Letters from Howard Haines Brinton, 1972-1973
Scope and Contents
40 items. Note: Not all letters in the folder are highlighted below, but Brinton continues to have a large circle of correspondents. Many letters refer to his marriage to Yuki Takahashi and the good care she gives him. To John G. Barrow [interview between Elton Trueblood and Bill Moyers in Moyers' book; on criticism of Friends in Washington, 1972 January 11. To Ed [Brinton]. Wallingford, Pennsylvania [in the hospital where Yuki helps him eat and reads to him, while he thinks of new Pendle Hill pamphlets; still hopes to go to Pacific Yearly Meeting, 1972 February 19. To his children and their families and others [announces that he will marry Yuki Takahashi, since he cannot reward her in any other way for all her services, on which he relies and would not want to have her return to Japan], 1972 April 18. To Sarah Yarnall. Wallingford, Pennsylvania [his marriage will take place at his Meeting at Fourth and Arch Sts. in Philadelphia], 1972 April 25. To Alfred Stefferud. Wallingford, Pennsylvania [on a pamphlet in which Japanese students make observations on Quaker Meeting for Worship at Friends School, Tokyo], 1972 April 25. To William Morris Maier [in marrying Yuki, she will be safer in terms of immigration policies, and she will inherit 1/5 of his estate], 1972 May 4. To Ed Sanders [has been dictating his autobiography], 1972 May 4. To Henry Justice Williams [re placement of Mary Dyer statue in Philadelphia], 1972 May 15. To Mildred Young [hopes to put out a book on the religion of Fox, Barclay and Penn based on four Pendle Hill pamphlets], 1972 July 12. To Musahiro Tomimura [refers to his new book Quaker Journals], 1972 September 21
Dates
- Creation: 1972-1973
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
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