"Bourne, Paul, Fr., O.C.S.O." correspondence

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#5 1952-03-17, TL[c] to Merton, 'Your brief sketch of St. John of the Cross is very nice except for one aspect which' Item 1952 March 17
#6 1952-05-02 (#01), TLS from Merton, 'Could you please look over these two works of art (?) and tell me if they are too' Item 1952 May 2
#11 1953-05-22, TALS from Merton, 'Here is the completed draft of «Tower of Babel». I am sending it as a straight' Item 1953 May 22
#13 1953-10-29, TALS to Merton, 'This Intro. to Doctor Mellifluus seems to me quite the best thing of this sort you' Item 1953 October 29
#15 1959-01-07, HLS to Fox, James, 'I'm really distressed at being so in arrears with the censorship. Just after' Item 1959 January 7
#16 1959-03-03, TLS to Fox, James, 'Have just mailed a most enthusiastic endorsement of The Power and Meaning of Love' Item 1959 March 3
#17 1960-03-01, HLS to Fox, James, 'First- please tell Fr. Louis to go ahead with his preface to Disputed Questions -' Item 1960 March 1
#26 1962-01-18, HLS to Fox, James, 'Here is a returned ms of Fr. Louis - «Nuclear War» and Frather Jn Eudes article' Item 1962 January 18
#28 1962-01-22 (#02), TLS[c] from Fox, James, 'We received your gracious note of January 18 with the two manuscripts. Here we go' Item 1962 January 22
#29 1962-01-23, TLS[c] from Fox, James, 'We certainly are keeping the Air Mail or Postal Clerks busy these days. I just' Item 1962 January 23
#30 1962-01-25, HLS to Fox, James, 'Somehow, somewhere, I've mislaid the copy of Fr. Louis article on nuclear warfare.' Item 1962 January 25
#31 1962-02-18, HLS to Fox, James, 'Had word from Fr. Clement that «Nuclear War» has been cleared for publication.' Item 1962 February 18
#32 1962-02-21, TALS[c] from Fox, James, 'I received your gracious note of Septuagesima Sunday. Don't worry about the other' Item 1962 February 21
#39 1964-02-01, HLS to Merton, 'Will take care of your Notes on Art etc at once. For the records' Item 1964 February 1
#43 1964-06-03, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Many thanks to you and Fr Charles for your good work: the approval from Rome' Item 1964 June 3
#44 1964-07-18, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Many thanks for returning the articles. I suppose there is a new system under way. ' Item 1964 July 18
#48 1964-08-11, TAL[c] to Merton, 'Thanks for your last letter and your green light on Honest to God for the' Item 1964 August 11
#49 1964-08-24, HLS to Merton, 'By all means go ahead with Few Questions: Fewer Answers. I read it without the' Item 1964 August 24
#53 1965-01-18 (#04), other from Merton, 'The Drawings of Thomas Merton [-] A NOTE BY THE ARTIST [-] Since judgments are' Item 1965 January 18
#54 #Error Item 1965 January 18
#58 1965-02-12, HLS to Merton, 'Forgive this delay re your rubbings, but we have not been idle. The Museum is' Item 1965 February 12
#59 1965-04-15, HLS to Merton, 'Mille pardons. Really I'm all confused. Just came across most of this on my desk' Item 1965 April 15
#64 1966-11-30, HLS to Merton, 'Always a pleasure to have a word from you. How I wish I had a valid eremitical' Item 1966 November 3
#66 1967-06-23, TL[c] from Merton, 'Here is the ms of a book of poems-- or rather a mosaic of poetry and poetic prose,' Item 1967 June 23
#69 1967-06-30 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind letter. I do hope we can reach some kind of real openness on' Item 1967 June 3
#73 1973-12-04, HLS to Center from Bourne, Paul, 'As a Trappist monk of ancient vintage with no place to store things I never saved' Item 1973 December 4
#74 1973-12-05, TAL[c] from Center to Bourne, Paul, 'I have just finished a fascinating experience of going through the Thomas Merton' Item 1973 December 5
#79 undated (#05), HNS from Merton, 'I presume a «prayer» for peace will not be stigmatized at unmonastic - anyway' Item undated
#81 #Error Item undated
#83 undated (#09), other[x] from Merton, 'Do you think they require censoring?? In Jesu f m Louis [-] By no means!' Item undated
#9 1952-09-22, TLS to Merton, 'In the absence of your dear Rev. Father I take the responsibility of addressing this' Item 1952 September 22
#10 1953-04-30, TLS from Merton, 'I am rushing to you, tardily, an un-proofread article on St Bernard which has been' Item 1953 April 3
#12 1953-10-12, HLS from Merton, 'You will be glad to here that Harcourt Brace is bringing out the Encyclical, with' Item 1953 October 12
#14 1955, other[c] from Merton, 'Silence in Heaven--- a note to the Father Censors. [-] This text was written for the' Item 1955 (date approximate)
#22 1961-11-30, TLS to Fox, James, 'You are very thougthful to recall the matter of postage. Now I will be able to enter' Item 1961 November 3 (date approximate)
#34 1962-04-28, TL[c] from Merton, 'As you know periodically my affairs get in an awful tangle, and they are in one now:' Item 1962 April 28
#36 1963-05-04, HLS to Merton, 'First of all, I trust you to refrain from any official reference to what I might say' Item 1963 May 4 (date approximate)
#37 1964-01-02, HALS to Merton, 'Judged best not to submit this to formal censorship-- as I don’t know how long it' Item 1964 January 2
#40 1964-03-10, TL[c] from Merton, 'This little item here had better be sent to you I think. It has been offered by a' Item 1964 March 1
#42 1964-05-27, HLS to Merton, 'You should have your green light for the Diaspora very soon; but meanwhile I've run' Item 1964 May 27
#55 1965-01-22, HLS to Merton, 'Your Berrigan preface strikes me as quite conservative - for 1965 - and I see no' Item 1965 January 22
#56 1965-01-25, HLS to Merton, 'Mille pardons! I just picked up your brochure on the drawings and realized for the' Item 1965 January 25
#62 1965-11-22 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'Next Spring New Directions is bringing out a paperback selection of various prose' Item 1965 November 22
#65 1967-01-18, HLS to Merton, 'Don't worry about your ms. All is under control. Have you read Dewart's «Future' Item 1967 January 18
#71 1968-09-03, HNS from Merton, 'Will you please do whatever is necessary to process this new book of verse? [-] Many' Item 1968 September 3
#76 undated (#02), HNS to Merton, 'Fret not about your novel - I'm not supposed to be reading novels so how could I' Item undated
#77 undated (#03), HLS to Merton, 'There used to be an old woman around the parish at 59th St. who specialized in' Item undated
#2 1951-05-28, HLS to Merton, 'Your pamphlet on prayer is very good. If I may offer one minor suggestion it is' Item 1951 May 28
#3 1951-09-16, TLS to Merton, 'Enclosed you will find the document you requested for the edification or something' Item 1951 September 16
#7 1952-05-02 (#02), HNS to Merton, 'I like St John very much but if the lady is St Teresa I think you've missed her' Item 1952 May 2
#18 1960-03-05, TL[x] from Fox, James, 'Thanks so much for your kind letter of March 1 with the Preface to DISPUTED' Item 1960 March 5
#19 1960-03-no-day, TLS from Merton to Censors, 'Since objections were raised to the article entitled Vocation to Solitude, the theme' Item 1960 March (date approximate)
#20 1960-04-09, TLS to Fox, James, 'Have just mailed the censorship report on the two brief pieces you refer to in your' Item 1960 April 9
#21 1961-04-17, TLS[x] from Fox, James, 'We are sending you one of Father Louis', so-called 'little articles'. It is called' Item 1961 April 17
#23 1961-12-16, TLS[c] from Fox, James, 'We received word from our Most Rev. Abbot General in regard to the article on PEACE' Item 1961 December 16
#24 1962-01-03, HLS to Fox, James, 'All under control, I trust. Did the best I could by "Peace," and now pray it will' Item 1962 January 3 (date approximate)
#27 1962-01-22 (#01), HCS to Fox, James, 'Two more "little articles" received and will be cared for. Notice from Rome that Fr.' Item 1962 January 22 (date approximate)
#35 1963-05-01, TL[c] from Merton, 'Here is a problem for you as Head Censor: I hope you can help me unravel it. The' Item 1963 May 1
#38 1964-01-16, TL[c] from Merton, 'Before Dom James took off for the Chapter I had a talk with him about the censorship' Item 1964 January 16
#41 1964-03-13, HLS to Merton, 'Taking all factors into account I can't see that this little piece requires' Item 1964 March 13
#51 1965-01-18 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would' Item 1965 January 18
#67 1967-06-28, HLS to Merton, 'Don't fret about censorship. I've about reached the point where I consider it' Item 1967 June 28
#68 1967-06-30 (#01), TLS from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind letter. I do hope we can reach some kind of real openness on' Item 1967 June 3
#72 1973-11-30, TLS[x] from Center to Bourne, Paul, 'Mr. Victor Kramer at Georgia State University has requested permission to look at' Item 1973 November 3
#78 undated (#04), HNS to Merton, 'P. 17 of #7 (Eng. Mystics) is missing - we did not lose it! […] The report from' Item undated
#80 undated (#06), HNS from Merton, 'This pamphlet for visitors and postulants is essentially the same as the «Life at' Item undated
#82 undated (#08), HLS to Merton, 'Thought you might like to see our new Guide. The text was not easy to write - just' Item undated
#1 1951-02-21, HLS to Merton, 'Your prelude to the chant afforded a sort of Laetare Sunday diversion in my Lenten' Item 1951 February 21
#4 1951-09-17, TLS to Merton, 'An advance copy or your excellent new book, Ascent to Truth, reached us a few days' Item 1951 September 17
#8 1952-08-09, TLS to Merton, 'As we have been directed, I address to you this critique of Father Louis' latest' Item 1952 August 9
#25 1962-01-12, TLS[c] from Fox, James, 'We received your gracious note January 18 with the two manuscripts. Here we go' Item 1962 January 12
#33 1962-03-06, TALS[c] from Fox, James, 'Here we come again knocking at your door just as Lent approches, with a little' Item 1962 March 6
#45 1964-07-27, TALS from Merton, 'Here is the text of a preface to a book on Shaker furniture. It will certainly' Item 1964 July 27
#46 1964-07-no-day, HLS to Merton, 'I don't know what's going on, censorshipwise, at the Generalate. I get no response' Item 1964 July (date approximate)
#47 1964-08-06, HLS to Merton, 'Since Commonweal themselves have been recently bewailing their circulation one can' Item 1964 August 6
#50 1965-01-18 (#01), TLS from Merton, 'I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would' Item 1965 January 18
#52 1965-01-18 (#03), other from Merton, 'Forty - Three Signatures [-] an exhibit of Drawings [-] by Thomas' Item 1965 January 18
#57 1965-02-04, HLS to Merton, 'Turn about is fair play - the enclosed is an article by me for you to censor. ' Item 1965 February 4 (date approximate)
#60 1965-10-07, HLS to Merton, 'After getting your poem out of the file an hour ago I've now utterly lost it. No' Item 1965 October 7
#61 1965-11-22 (#01), TLS from Merton, 'Next Spring New Directions is bringing out a paperback selection of various prose' Item 1965 November 22
#63 1966-05-15, HLS to Merton, 'Here is your article. Fr Chas is the other censor so I'm sure its quite all right' Item 1966 May 15
#70 1968-06-03, TL[x] from Martin, Frederick R., 'Father Thomas Merton has asked me to send a set of uncorrected galleys for his' Item 1968 June 3
#75 undated-09-21 (#01), HLS to Merton, 'Of course you may keep your New Yorker section intact! It was really rather' Item undated September 21