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Merton asks Tommy Glover for some advice in finding a composer for his "Freedom Songs" written for Robert Williams.
Tommy Glover was a former monk of Gethsemani Abbey, known as Br. Joshua, and one of the few African Americans at the monastery.
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See also the "Williams, Robert" and the "Schachter, Zalman" files (Glover mentioned in a letter to Schachter of 1961/December/15).
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1960/10/no |
other[x] |
THE JAZZ MUSICIAN WHO BECAME A MONK by Marc Crawford [-] Forty-year-old Trappist Monk, Brother Josue |
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[Ebony magazine (Vol. 15, Issue 12, p. 35-42) article on Glover with 6 black and white photographs]
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1964/08/16 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
It has been good to get news from you indirectly here and there. But direct communication is better |
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1964/08/27 (#01) |
TALS to Merton |
Greetings b'shem Yeshua! Both the letter and package arrived, and you can bet I am glad to have |
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1964/08/27 (#02) |
other |
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING [-] Lift ev'ry voice and sing [-] Till earth and heaven ring |
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[enclosed with 1964/08/27 letter]
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