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DeLuise, Dom, 1933-2009 to Atlee Kohl

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.284.01 Author/Creator: DeLuise, Dom, 1933-2009 Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed letter signed Date: February 4, 1988 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 21.6 cm Order a Copy

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 importance of staying in touch with our spirituality and remembering the love that is God is within all of us. He asks Kohl's donation to go to the Pearl S. Buck Foundation

DeLuise, Dom, 1933-2009

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