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<object xmlns:xs="//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><field label="PrimaryMedia" name="primaryMedia"><value>/internal/media/dispatcher/5772/full</value></field><field label="Title" name="title"><value>Letter to Reverend William A. Holmes from The Very Reverend C. L. Kimbrough</value></field><field label="Date" name="displayDate"><value>11/28/1963</value></field><field label="Dimensions" name="dimensions"><value>10 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (26.7 x 18.1 cm)</value></field><field label="Medium" name="medium"><value>Paper</value></field><field label="Credit Line" name="creditline"><value>William A. and Nancy M. Holmes Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza</value></field><field label="Object number" name="invno"><value>2007.016.0457.0001</value></field><field label="On View" name="onview"><value>0</value></field><field label="Description" name="description"><value>Letter sent to Rev. Holmes of Northaven Methodist Church in Dallas from The Very Reverend C. L. Kimbrough, Director of St. Joseph's House in Sherry, Wisconsin. Kimbrough thanks Holmes for his stand against hate and intolerance.

Letter is hand-written on letterhead paper and reads as follows:

St. Joseph's House
P.O. Box 102    Phone: 652-2414
Sherry, Wisconsin

Thanksgiving Day, 1963

Dear Pastor,
     You are certainly to be commended for your stand expressed over the national television news recently. I wondered what the outcome of your words would be and now understand that you are under police guard.
     I am, myself, a Southerner and have been much ashamed of "my people" frequently in the past years, but nothing can compare with the recent shock of our president's death.
     Be assured of my feeble prayers for you. God keep you.
                     In our Blessed Lord,
                     The Very Revd) C. L. Kimbrough
                     Director of St. Joseph's House (Episcopal)</value></field><field label="Classifications" name="classification"><value>Documents</value></field><field label="Id" name="id"><value>64545</value></field><field label="Width" name="width"><value>18.0975361951</value></field><field label="Height" name="height"><value>26.6700533401</value></field><field label="Source ID" name="sourceId"><value>31220</value></field><field label="Object" name="culture"><value>Letter</value></field><field label="Depth" name="depth"><value>0E-10</value></field><field label="Description" name="labelText"><value>Letter sent to Reverend William A. Holmes at Northaven Methodist Church from The Very Reverend C. L. Kimbrough, Director of St. Joseph's House in Sherry, Wisconsin. 

In reference to a controversial sermon Holmes preached in Dallas on Sunday, November 24, 1963 that was later nationally television, Kimbrough thanks Holmes for his stand against hate and intolerance.

Letter is hand-written on letterhead paper and reads as follows:

"St. Joseph's House
P.O. Box 102    Phone: 652-2414
Sherry, Wisconsin

Thanksgiving Day, 1963

Dear Pastor,
     You are certainly to be commended for your stand expressed over the national television news recently. I wondered what the outcome of your words would be and now understand that you are under police guard.
     I am, myself, a Southerner and have been much ashamed of 'my people' frequently in the past years, but nothing can compare with the recent shock of our president's death.
     Be assured of my feeble prayers for you. God keep you.
                     In our Blessed Lord,
                     The Very Revd C. L. Kimbrough
                     Director of St. Joseph's House (Episcopal)"</value></field><field label="Terms" name="thesconcepts"><value>Letters</value><value>Methodist Church</value><value>Clergy</value><value>National response</value><value>Holmes, William A.</value></field><field label="Media" name="media"><value displayOrder="0" mediaType="Image" mediaURL="https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/5772/full" mediaId="5772"/></field></object>