Elbert R. (Bert) Sisson writes from Bryans Road, Maryland. After retiring from active duty in the army in 1945, he worked for the federal government until 1972. He was a political activist and liberal democrat, once running for public office in 1974, but withdrawing when his wife took ill. He was opposed to the Vietnam War and wrote a book under the pen name Rory McCormick, entitled Americans against Man (New York and Cleveland: Corpus Books, 1970). (Source: Sisson, Maura A. Obituary of Elbert Sisson. Genealogical website. Accessed 3 May 2006. ‹http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/richard/aqwg203.htm›.)
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See also Cold War Letters #44 published in Witness to Freedom, p. 38; Cold War Letters #94 published in The Road to Joy, pp. 323-324; and see also a letter to his daughter, Grace Sisson, in The Road to Joy, pp. 352-353.
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1962/03/no? (#01) |
transcript from Merton |
Friends have been keeping me supplied with information, and as a result I have seen Visible |
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[Cold War Letters #44 - transcript from bound set]
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1962/03/no? (#02) |
other from Merton |
GRACE'S HOUSE [-] On the summit: it stands on a fair summit |
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[transcript of poem written by Merton for Grace Sisson in thanks for her father sending a picture she drew of "Grace's House" - published in Collected Poems of Thomas Merton]
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1962/04/15 |
TALS to Merton |
In your letter several weeks ago you enquired about Szilard. Enclosed is a copy of a speech |
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1962/06/26 |
TALS to Merton |
Many thanks for the mimeographed binder of letters and the "book" that just arrived, Peace |
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1962/08/02 |
transcript from Merton |
I was very happy with your letter and above all with the pictures, especially the drawings |
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[Cold War Letters #94 - transcript from bound set]
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1962/no/no? |
other[x] from Sisson, Grace / to Merton |
GRACE'S HOUSE! |
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1964/05/26 |
TALS to Merton |
Thank you for the paper on Father Perrin and the booklet on Prior Guigo. I guess you have been |
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1965/01/16 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Your letter of November 25th is here answered and I have reason to be glad that it is, because Will |
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1967/05/13 |
TL[c] from Merton to Grace Sisson |
Of course I remember you and your drawing. If I did not answer in a big hurry, it was because |
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1967/05/no |
HLS from Sisson, Grace / to Merton |
You mayn't remember me, but I'm the little kid who sent you the picture "Grace's House." |
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[verso: drawing by Grace Sisson entitled, "The Road to Joy"]
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