Correspondence with Zohmah, 1958

Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. 1958. Jean Charlot Collection, Correspondence, "Jean Charlot to Zohmah Day Charlot". Box 2, folder 4.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. John Charlot. Date: January 24, 1958.

  Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Coco Palms
  by the sea at Wailua Beach
  Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

  Dear Mom,
  All well. Lovely, smooth plane ride. Marvelous accomodations.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  P.S. Any news on colleges?—grades? I'll write more later.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date from diary: January 26, 1958. Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Coco Palms
  by the sea at Wailua Beach
  Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

  Sunday Morning
  Dear Z:
  Waiting to be picked up to go to Mass. Yesterday the Sisters took Johnny and I to see the other churches, Kilauea and Hanalei.

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text:

  [letterhead]
  Coco Palms
  by the sea at Wailua Beach
  Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

  Chaminade boy. Everybody likes him fine.
  What church looks like now:
  [drawing]
  Love Jean

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date from diary: January 27, 1958. Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Coco Palms
  by the sea at Wailua Beach
  Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

  Dearest:
  First day of the fresco: the two little angels at the corners of the cross. Johnny helps fine, and also a Sister from the convent. Timmy Beam is here, doing

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Coco Palms
  by the sea at Wailua Beach
  Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

  [drawing of work site for fresco]

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  Verso. Text:

  Did Johnny tell you he is writing the pamphlet also. What there is of it is very nice.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date from diary: January 28, 1958. Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Coco Palms
  by the sea at Wailua Beach
  Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

  Dear Z: Morning, before going to work. Fresco coming nicely but weather very bad. Much wind and rain.

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Coco Palms
  by the sea at Wailua Beach
  Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

  Done up to now.
  [drawing of fresco]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. John Charlot. Date: ca. January 29, 1958.

  Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  St. Catherine's Church
  Marist Fathers
  Kealia, Kauai, T.H.

  Dear Mom,
  How are things? Have my marks come? How 'bout college?
  All going well here. Big section of fresco to do today.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date from diary: February 2, 1958. Annotated by Zohmah: "1958 January".

  Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Coco Palms
  by the sea at Wailua Beach
  Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

  Sunday.
  Dearest:
  Johny left Saturday. I do think he had a nice vacation, enjoyed helping on the fresco and seeing his Chaminade friends.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  begin work.
  There is much interest in the frescos. Parishioners assign each angel to a racial group: Japanese, Hawaiian, etc..

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Dated: "April 5". Annotated by Zohmah: "To Compton", "1958".

  Text begins:

  Dearest:
  It was nice having you on the phone again, and indeed nice to know that Dad had received the sacrements.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Dated: "April 7,58".

  Text begins:

  Dearest:
  Writing from the office. The worst of my toothache corresponded to the Easter weekend, so went to classes today. A letter for you from Marigold which I opened in case any Trumpet urgent note was involved.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Dated: "April 9". Annotated by Zohmah: "1958", "to Compton", "Wednesday".

  Text begins:

  Dearest:
  I received communion this morning for Dad. Though with the Sacrements it is probably we who should pray to him.

  The Browns leave today.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Dated: "July 2, 58". Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Dated: "July 2, 58". Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Saint Benedict's Abbey
  Atchison, Kansas

  Dearest:
  Yesterday I sent you the telegram on arrival. The stay in Baton Rouge was quite easy.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  The church is beautiful and the wall in an excellent position.

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Saint Benedict's Abbey
  Atchison, Kansas

  [top right corner: (2]
  stay with him from the 10. We could drive to Centerville and see what the conditions are there!

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: July 4, 1958. Dated: "July 4". Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Dated: "July 4". Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Saint Benedict's Abbey
  Atchison, Kansas

  Dearest:
  No letter from you yet. I hope you got some news from Fr. Lochner. I often think of John and the fix he is in. Any news from Harvard.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  with a Guadalupe. A nice subject! Tomorrow I plan to go to

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Saint Benedict's Abbey
  Atchison, Kansas

  the room reserved for the Bishop. It is air-cooled, which is nice as

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: July 7, 1958. Dated: "July 7". Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Dated: "July 7". Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Saint Benedict's Abbey
  Atchison, Kansas

  Dearest:
  Had your post card. This should find you at Priscilla where I sent already two letters.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  After dinner I went to a Franciscan Mission in a Negro district. The Fr is the one who raised money in the middle West for Centerville construction!

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  St. Benedict's Abbey
  Atchison, Kansas

  P.S.
  Just got news from Glass. He visited Centerville. Says the back wall is up but the lathe and rough cost were not on yet.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: July 9, 1958. Dated: "July 9".

  Text begins:

  Centerville Tuxedo 52556

  [letterhead]
  Saint Benedict's Abbey
  Atchison, Kansas

  Dearest:
  I wrote Fr Mackey. I think he is a little unkind to criticize our course of action and a little naive when he speaks of "intellectual giants" as being all a danger to Catholics!

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  for John. Br Bauman is incomprehensible. He should send dates and check N^o2 but I received neither!

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: July 12, 1958. Dated: "July 12". Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Dated: "July 12". Text begins:

  Dearest:
  Arrived yesterday and was met at the Cincinnati airport by the Glasses. Rosemary, Bill's wife is very nice indeed.

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  necessary material and start doing all the work that does not need access to the wall.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  Anita Fenton lives here. She arranged a cocktail party to present me to local artists tomorrow.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: July 16, 1958. Dated: "July 16".

  Text begins:

  Dearest:
  I hope the McGibbons will go with you to Mexico. It would make it very nice.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: July 17, 1958. Dated: "July 17".

  Text begins:

  Dearest:
  John is arriving tonight. We will go to the railway station to get him.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Dated: "July 18". Annotated by Zohmah: "58".

  Text begins:

  Dearest:
  John arrived this morning 7h.30. Tired but quite all right. He had a bath and a haircut and is feeling all rested.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Dated: "July 22". Annotated by Zohmah: "58". Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Dated: "July 22". Annotated by Zohmah: "58". Text begins:

  [letterhead crossed out]
  Dearest: Received your letter of July 19. Sorry the bus rides were so uneasy. Bodil must be toughened to Mexican back roads.

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  [lettehead crossed out]
  This is a monastery and I do not see how you could stay. Centerville is just a few houses.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Dated: "July 28". Annotated by Zohmah: "1958".

  Text begins:

  Johnny says: Urgent. send address Marcia!
  I did wire you 300 same day you telephoned!

  dearest:
  Today we began painting. The mason had worked hard Saturday and Sunday to make it possible.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Dated: "July 31". Annotated by Zohmah: "1958". Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Dated: "July 31". Annotated by Zohmah: "1958". Text begins:

  John needs Marcia's address!

  Dearest:
  The job on the wall proceeds smoothly. One of the N.Y. office fellows who

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  When he finishes laying the mortar he helps with painting, and very well. Age: 22.

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