| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1961/08/14 (#01) | TLS | to Merton | I believe that your <u>Letter to an Innocent Bystander</u> is a beautiful expression of the right | |
| likes Merton's article - does the message apply to his "plight as a Negro and airplane pilot?" - Green does not think so, but asks Merton's help in "bringing heroic Christian expression to this problem of adverse racial distinctions" / humorous founding of the "Protagonists for Positive Precipitous Protest" - membership for Merton |
| | 1961/08/14 (#02) | TL[x] | to Merton | I believe that your <u>Letter to an Innocent Bystander</u> is a beautiful expression of the right | |
| [same as "TLS" letter from the same date, but lists the following enclosures: "Gewirtz letter," "Letter to Bishop Albers," "Green reply to Colorado District Court," and "State Journal article on Mich. PEPC"] |
| | 1961/08/14 (#03) | TL[c] | from Green, Marlon / to Stanley Gewirtz | In a telephone conversation today a generous acquaintance of mine, Mr. Richard Witkin, Aviation | |
| letter attached to 1961/08/14 letter and dated 1961/06/08 to Stanley Gewirtz, Vice Chairman of Project Horizons with the Federal Aviation Agency in Washington, D.C. |
| | 1961/08/14 (#04) | other | to Merton | NEGRO PILOT CRITICIZES FEPC [-] Marlon D. Green, a Negro pilot for the state highway department, | |
| transcript of article from <u>The State Journal</u> in Lansing, Michigan, regarding Green's case of discriminatory hiring practices of some major airlines / 3,500 hours of flying time with the Air Force and no job offers / William L. Johnson - former Michigan gubernatorial candidate and Ironwood radio station owner |
| | 1961/08/14 (#05) | TL[c] | from Green, Marlon / to Joseph Albers | Taught by our Saviour's command and following His divine instruction, we make bold to say: MEXICAN | |
| letter attached to 1961/08/14 letter and dated 1961/07/02 to Bishop Joseph H. Albers of Lansing, Michigan / writing in protest of Albers' decision to establish a separate Spanish speaking parish - Green states that it is a form of segregation and discrimination against Mexican-Americans |
| | 1961/08/23 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your very good letter and the enclosures which give me at least some idea of your | |
| Merton offers to help by writing a letter / invites Green to Gethsemani / Merton says Bishop may be trying to meet a need in the Mexican parish like that of other ethnic parishes (German, Polish, etc.) / example of Martin Luther King, Jr. / sending back Colorado District Court enclosure / sending Auschwitz poem |
| | 1961/09/05 | TL[x] | to Continental Southern Lines | I urge you to practice your belief in the equality of your customers by ending the odious custom | |
| [to Continental Southern Lines, Incorporated, headquartered in Alexandria, Louisiana, who operated Continental Trailways busses] calls for an end to racial segregation on busses and in terminal facilities / asks for a monetary refund for a portion of his last trip that was not used |
| | 1961/09/07 | TL[x] | to Merton | Thank you very much for the privilege of discussing employment discrimination with you last Thursday | |
| employment discrimination / dialogue with Fr. Evans about problems of race / Merton's suggestion to contact Fr. John Loftus [Bellarmine College]; and Robert Lax and Edward Rice of <u>Jubilee</u> / enjoyed Mounier's article "Negro in American Culture" in <u>Cross Currents</u> |
| | 1963/03/20 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for letting me know about the hearing. I will bring it to the attention of the community | |
| saying Mass for Green's court hearing / "the race issue is symptomatic of many other weaknesses" / Merton gives full support in fighting for blacks in America / glad that <u>America</u>, "a rather conservative magazine", published article / sending book not getting published [<i>Peace in the Post-Christian Era</i>?] |
| | 1963/03/20? (#02) | other | from Merton | A Signed Confession of Crimes Against the State [-] It was printed in the behavior of Titan [sic] | |
| [photocopy of article sent to Green by Merton in 1963/03/20? - handwritten notes [by Merton?] say "Pasternak denied his own confession in advance" - dated 1959] |
| | 1963/03/20? (#03) | other | from Merton | ZEN CATHOLICISM [-] Dom Aelred Graham's Suggestion [-] by T. Merton | |
| [photocopy of book review sent to Green by Merton in 1963/03/20?] |
| | 1963/03/20? (#04) | other | from Merton | A RULER'S EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE [-] Some texts from Francois Fenelon | |
| [photocopy of article sent to Green by Merton in 1963/03/20?] |
| | 1963/03/20? (#05) | other | from Merton | Hope you have not got into this particular mess fomented by our government! God bless you always | |
| photocopy of typescript for article "The Machine Gun in the Fallout Shelter" with handwritten annotation from Merton to Marlon Green (also photocopied) |
| | 1963/04/22 | TL[x] | to Friends | I was sitting at my typewriter like this when CBS News came on at 11 this morning and WOW! | |
| [circular letter mimeographed and sent to Merton and Marlon Green's other friends] Richard C. Hottelet from CBS News - regarding the unanimous ruling in Green's favor by the Supreme Court - ramifications for Continental / T. Raber Taylor |
| | 1963/04/25 | TLS[x] | from Fox, James / to Marlon Green | We saw your picture in the paper, and that you had won your case with the United States Supreme | |
| [letter from Dom James Fox, Abbot of Gethsemani] Green's Supreme Court victory / lack of success at Gethsemani in retaining black vocations - one black man taking vows within a month |
| | 1963/05/08 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Great news. Congratulations. This is a very big step forward and you deserve a great deal of | Yes |
| congratulations on successful ruling in the Supreme Court / racial problems in Alabama - courage of non-violent demonstrators - example of blacks that whites need to live up to / time of crisis and change - Sigmund Freud's statement that "civilization was a kind of sickness" / sending recent book |
| | 2004/07/22 (#01) | TLS | to Center from Green, Paula | In response to your email dated 19 July, herewith the copies of correspondence between my father | |
| sending photocopies of 3 letters between Green and Merton, and 1 letter between Dom James Fox and Green |
| | 2004/07/22 (#02) | other | to Center from Green, Paula | Materials following: 1. MDG Biography (updated July 2004 - pcg) 2. T. Raber Taylor obituary (RMN | |
| sending photocopies of background information about Paula Green's father, Marlon Green and the Supreme Court Case |
| | 2004/08/29 | TLS | to Center from Green, Paula | Well, as a follow-up to our 22 July letter, herewith a few more "finds" of correspondence between my | |
| letter accompanying transmittal of additional letters between Merton and Marlon Green - includes a listing of previously sent letters and the contents of the current letter / status of missing enclosure from 1961/08/14 |
| | undated/no/no | other | from Merton | + For Marlon Green, Paternally in Xt [-] T. Merton [-] CHANT TO BE USED IN PROCESSIONS | |
| [photocopy of poem, "Chant to Be Used in Processions around a Site with Furnaces" - original typescript and handwritten note sent to Marlon Green] |
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