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Day, Doris (1924-) to Atlee Kohl

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.282 Author/Creator: Day, Doris (1924-) Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed letter signed Date: 27 February 1987 Pagination: 2 p. + 26.7 x 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Although at first reluctant to include her religious views in the Woodland Historical Document Collection, Day writes: "My religion is what I feel inside, and my own personal contact with my maker. I talk to God, but don't feel that I have to go to church to do that. I always try to live the Golden Rule, and that, to me, is religion." She asks Kohl's donation be given to the Doris Day Pet Foundation.

Day, Doris, 1924-2019

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