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3 November 1988
Cartland, Barbara (1902-2000)
to Atlee Kohl
Response to a solicitation by Kohl. Cartland sends a poetic prayer about eternal life.
GLC05508.279
30 November 1987
Cash, Johnny (1932-2003)
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Cash writes about accepting Jesus as his savior during church when he was a 12 year old boy. The memory of that experience served as a beacon to call him back to Jesus throughout his life. He writes that...
GLC05508.280
13 December 1987
Cummings, Robert (1867-1949)
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Cummings writes that one can accomplish anything by acting with all their heart. This can be achieved by focusing on God rather than the seeming impossibility of the task at hand. One just has to believe they...
GLC05508.281
27 February 1987
Day, Doris (1924-)
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 Although at first reluctant to include her religious views in the Woodland Historical Document Collection, Day writes: "My religion is what I feel inside, and my own personal contact with my maker.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...
GLC05508.282
3 October 1988
De Havilland, Olivia (1916-)
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Olivia de Havilland writes that she cannot adequately describe her religious views at this time because her life is too demanding to afford her the necessary time for reflection. She does add, however, that...
GLC05508.283
4 February 1988
DeLuise, Dom (1933-)
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. DeLuise writes of the things that strengthen his belief in God: his children growing, his mother baking Easter bread, his wife at work and play, rain on the garden, and warming sunshine. He emphasizes the...
GLC05508.284.01
Unknown
[Photograph of Dom Deluise]
Photograph included with response to Kohl's solicitation letter (GLC05508.248.01). Signed "To Robert."
GLC05508.284.02
29 January 1987
Landry, Tom (1924-2000)
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Landry discusses being raised Methodist and going to church. At 33 he realized he was not really a christian, only a churchgoer. He tried to be the best football player and coach he could, but felt empty...
GLC05508.286
7 December 1987
Lear, Norman (1922-)
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Lear's letter talks about things he would pack for his "spiritual journey": words of Jesus, memories of individuals he's loved in a Christian way, religious writings of George Bernard Shaw and Ralph Waldo...
GLC05508.287.01
2 December 1988
Neal, Patricia (1926- )
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Neal includes an excerpt from her 1988 autobiography, "As I am," written at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, a Benedictine monastery, where she made "sense of all the tragedies in her life" and renewed her faith in...
GLC05508.288
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