Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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#5 1966-01-17, HLS to Merton, 'In July I sent you a letter which I suspect got lost, as the South American mail' Item 1966 January 17 (date approximate)
#7 1958-03-27, TALS[x] from Merton, 'Le agradezco mucho su carta del 18, y tengo mucho gusto en decirle antesde todo que' Item 1958 March 27
#9 1958-04-18, TALS[x] to Merton, 'Recibí hace algunos días sus estimables cartas del 27 y 31 de marzo las cuales no ha' Item 1958 April 18
#16 1958-11-12, HLS[x] from Merton, 'Circunstancia espacialísimas me han impedido escribí a usted dando' Item 1958 November 12
#18 1958-11-20 (#01), TL from Merton, 'I am grateful to you for your long and interesting letter, and for your thoughtful,' Item 1958 November 2
#19 1958-11-20 (#02), TALS[x] from Merton, 'I am grateful to you for your long and interesting letter, and for your thoughtful,' Item 1958 November 2
#21 1959-02-06, TALS[x] from Merton, 'Your wonderfully welcome letter and the pictures came on my birthday and I was very' Item 1959 February 6
#22 1959-02-16, TLS[x] from Merton, 'By now you should have received my reply to your letter, with the' Item 1959 February 16
#24 1959-03-06, TLS[x] from Merton, 'I was glad to get your letter and am replying immediately to say that we would like' Item 1959 March 6
#26 1959-04-19 (#01), TALS[x] from Merton, 'The statue finally arrived safely three days ago and is now installed in the' Item 1959 April 19
#27 1959-04-19 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton to Julio Endara, 'La estatua de la Santísima Virgen y el Niño por Jaime Andrade ha sido recibida e' Item 1959 April 19
#32 1964-08-21, TLS to Merton, 'Discúlpeme usted que de tarde en tarde le escriba unas letras. Mis actividades no' Item 1964 August 21
#35 undated, other[x], '1. [-] JAIME ANDRADE AND HIS SCULPTURE: 'THE VIRGIN AND THE CHILD' [-] Jaime' Item undated
#1 1958-01-07, other, 'PROJECT PROPOSAL / «Title»: THE ARTS OF THE SHAKERS / An exhibition of' Item 1958 January 7
#2 1960-11-29, HLS to Merton, 'Word has reached me that you are writing a book on the religion of the Shakers, to' Item 1960 November 29
#5 1961-01-17, TL[c] from Merton, 'This morning I received a good long letter from Shirley Burden in California and' Item 1961 January 17
#12 1962-08-06, HLS to Merton, 'Please do not think that because I have not written that I have not had you often in' Item 1962 August 6
#13 1962-09-20, TLS[x] from Merton, 'Probably my silence is the result of a more or less frantic effort to preserve some' Item 1962 September 2
#14 1962-12-13, HCS to Merton, 'The song you particularly liked, «Decisive Work», did not have, in my book, the' Item 1962 December 13
#16 1963-11-19, HLS to Merton, 'Though I have not written you of late, you have constantly been in my thoughts --' Item 1963 November 19
#21 1964-03-19, TLS to Merton, 'Your letters do us so much good. The one just received was a true Easter gift! ' Item 1964 March 19
#26 undated (#03), other, '«SHAKER STUDIES AT SMITH»[:] «EXHIBITION, LECTURE, SYMPOSIUM,' Item undated
#28 undated (#05), other, '«Mount Lebanon» Two hundred years ago, Anne Lee, a Quaker of Manchester,' Item undated
#30 Undated (#07), other, 2 envelopes with some notes from Merton on one Item undated
#2 1964-07-23, TALS[x] from Merton, 'Here is the copy of the preface that I promised you the other day. I hope you will' Item 1964 July 23
#3 1964-08-18, HLS to Merton, 'Your most comforting letter-- followed by the beautiful preface to our book--' Item 1964 August 18
#5 1964-12-07 (#01), TALS to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter of October 30. Dover Publications, who have put out three' Item 1964 December 7
#6 1964-12-07 (#02), other, 'Dr. Edward Deming Andrews, Ted to his classmates, was born in Pittsfield, Mass.' Item 1964 December 7
#13 1983-02-11, TLS from Center to Andrews, Faith, 'I was delighted to receive your letter of February 7, enclosing three of the missing' Item 1983 February 11
#16 1983-06-25, other to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'The Bookstore is pleased to invite you to a Booksigning Party for Faith' Item 1983 June 25
#17 1983-07-12, HLS to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'Your letter from Pleasant Hill was a beautiful one. Now I must tell you of the' Item 1983 July 12
#1 1958-03-14, TLS to Merton, 'The Abbot General has asked me to inform you and Father Paul of Holy Ghost Abbey' Item 1958 March 14
#2 1958-07-11, HLS to Fox, James, 'A hasty note to apologize for having caused something in the nature of a minor' Item 1958 July 11 (date approximate)
#1 1965-07-17, TL[c] from Merton, 'I wish I had time to write you a good long letter about the problems of religious to' Item 1965 July 17
#1 1963-11-11 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Sorry I did not see you when you were here. I did not even know you were here, and' Item 1963 November 11
#1 1963-07-04, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thank you for your good letter, which came an awful long time ago. But I think you' Item 1963 July 4
#2 1968-01-04, TL[c] from Merton, 'I have been terribly remiss in not answering your fine letter and thanking you for' Item 1968 January 4 View
#3 1963-10-21, HLS from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. I find the proposal to do an introduction on Isaac for' Item 1963 October 21
#6 1964-01-04, HLS to Merton, 'Please forgive me for not writing before. I have meant to, over and over again, but' Item 1964 January 4
#12 1966-07-22, TLS[x] from Merton, 'Sorry Fr Linus missed you. He was anxious to see you. However I can count on' Item 1966 July 22
#19 1967-06-16 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'So many things to thank your for. It seems a long time since your visit, when the' Item 1967 June 16
#20 1967-07-20, HLS to Merton, 'Thank you so much for your letter, and for all the fascinating things that have' Item 1967 July 2
#33 1968-08-11, HLS to Merton, 'This is just a note to greet you from Boston. Last week's conference surpassed' Item 1968 August 11
#34 1968-08-27, TLS from Merton, 'September has nearly come around and alas, no Wales. First of all the General' Item 1968 August 27
#37 1971-02-16, HLS to Center from Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, 'I must apologize for never replying before this to your letter about the letters of' Item 1971 February 16
#42 1973-01-25, TALS to Center from Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, 'Thank you very much for your letter of 8th December and for the xerox copies of my' Item 1973 January 25
#2 1967-07-10, TL[c] from Merton, 'I want to write a few words to thank you for your letter and to encourage you to' Item 1967 July 1
027 "Allman, Susan" correspondence Record subgroup 1967-1968
030 "Amici de Jesus, Marie, Sr., O.C.D." correspondence Record subgroup 1954
#4 1967-04-11 (#01), TN from Merton, 'I intended to send the above some books but probably never put in the list. If you' Item 1967 April 11
#9 1967-10-18 (#01), TN from Merton, 'The Visitation nuns of a convent in France have asked for a copy of 'The Less' Item 1967 October 18
#12 undated-09-13, TN to Merton, 'Father Dan asked me to tell you the news of Mrs. Tommy O'Callahan [sic] having a' Item undated September 13
#1 1958-01-25, HLS to Merton, '[…] Lá muito, escreverlhe, quando' Item 1958 January 25 (date approximate)
#3 1958-08-10, HLS to Merton, 'Ayude - une também' Item 1958 August 1 (date approximate)
#4 1963-11-06, TL[c] from Merton, 'Well, then: here are some calligraphies. They may turn out to be a little radical' Item 1963 November 6
035 "Anderson, Olof, Dr." correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1965
#2 1964-05-12, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter and for the details about your visit with the Hibakusha group' Item 1964 May 12
#5 1965-06-03, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you for writing me as you have. I am sorry that the young people will not' Item 1965 June 3
#1 1958-02-05, TLS[x] from Merton to Julio Endara, 'Tengo el honor de pedirles, a Uds, ayuda en un asunto que interesera tal artista' Item 1958 February 5
#3 1958-03-03 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Le agradezco mucho su carta, y voy a explicarle mis ideas para la obra propuesta, de' Item 1958 March 3
#17 1958-11-16, transcript to Merton, 'Special circumstances have prevented my writing to you to thank you for the 2 pieces' Item 1958 November 16
#30 1961-02-09 (#01), TLS[x] from Merton, 'It is already over a month since I received your good letter. It was my intention' Item 1961 February 9
#34 1964-10-28 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'It was good to get your letter and to hear of your new work. The mosaics in relief' Item 1964 October 28
037 "Andrea, Sr., S.L." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#1 1967-05-20, TL[c] from Merton, 'It is not easy to advise you today when everything is changing and consequently when' Item 1967 May 2
#3 1960-12-12, TLS[x] from Merton, 'It was indeed a pleasure to get your kind letter. I had been thinking of writing to' Item 1960 December 12
#7 1961-08-22, TL[c] from Merton, 'It is a terribly long time since you last wrote and since you sent the little book' Item 1961 August 22
#9 1961-11-10, TLS to Merton, 'You were so good to give of your time and thought to us at the Abbey. I wish it' Item 1961 November 1
#10 1961-12-21 (#01), TLS[x] from Merton, 'Forgive please this very long delay in thanking you for the copy of «Shaker' Item 1961 December 21
#17 1964-01-21, HLS to Merton, 'I have been reading with the greatest interest your article on «The Shakers» in' Item 1964 January 21
#22 1964-03-24, TLS to Merton, 'Enclosed is a copy of the manuscript of 'Religion in Wood'. I can't tell you how' Item 1964 March 24
#24 undated (#01), other, '«A Proposal to Save The Shaker Community at Hancock,' Item undated
#29 undated (#06), other, ''Your most important studies' THE PEOPLE CALLED SHAKERS, Dover,' Item undated
#7 1965-04-20, HLS[x] from Merton, 'I think often of you and of the' Item 1965 April 2
#8 1971-12-no-day, HCS to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'Your May 9th card is sheer delight - I hasten to send you 'The Gift to be' Item 1971 December (date approximate)
#12 1983-02-07 (#02), TLS to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'I'm happy to be able to help you complete your collection of Thomas Merton's' Item 1983 February 7
#19 1984-06-15, HLS to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'I wanted to add my hopes to that of the invitation mailed by the Old Chathan' Item 1984 June 15
040 "Angela Marie, Sr." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#1 1964-12-30, TL[c] from Merton, 'Here I sit behind a very large pile of letters, trying to figure out which ones I' Item 1964 December 3
#2 1963-11-11 (#02), TL[x] from Merton, 'Sorry I did not see you when you were here. I did not even know you were here, and' Item 1963 November 11
045 "Anne Madeleine, Sr., V.H.M." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#2 1968-03-15, TL[c] from Merton, 'Unfortunately I cannot come to your workshop. I realize that something of the sort' Item 1968 March 15
#1 1966-02-15, TALS to Merton, 'About two years ago I had a long talk (in fact, several long talks extending over 4' Item 1966 February 15
#1 1964-11-06, TAL[c] from Merton, 'I am afraid that I cannot five you a great deal of information on the Carthusians' Item 1964 November 6
#4 1967-01-no-day, TLS to Merton, 'One more thing before I sign off. On New Year's Day I received a great' Item 1967 January (date approximate)
#3 1960-12-08, HLS to Merton, 'I am glad you were interested in the Cuba piece. I was struck by the identity of' Item 1960 December 8
#7 1961-12-19, HLS from Merton, 'As a matter of fact I know nothing about that Spiritual Life Institute. Fr.' Item 1961 December 19
#8 1963-01-31, HLS to Merton, 'Thank you for your translations of Raïssa Maritain's pieces that your good note' Item 1963 January 31
#10 1964-08-26, TALS[x] from Merton, 'There is someone working on the Louisville date, and they will probably contact you' Item 1964 August 26
#16 1965-01-09 (#02), TALS[x] from Merton, 'Many thanks for the 'Tongs' which got here a couple of days ago. I have not had a' Item 1965 January 9
#17 1967-01-27, HLS to Merton, 'Time has come for me to publish another book of poems with Doubleday and I would' Item 1967 January 27
#23 undated (#01), HLS[x] from Merton, 'This is to thank you belatedly for the […] a fine book of penetrating insights and' Item undated
053 "Appel, Regis, Fr., O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1965
#1 1966-03-01, TLS to Merton, 'Your publishers have informed us that you control first serial rights to MYSTICS AND' Item 1966 March 1
#1 1965-11-13, TALS to Merton, 'I appreciate your interest in my work, and under separate cover I am sending you a' Item 1965 November 13
#8 1968-02-17, TALS to Merton, 'Thank you for your kind letter and the newsletter too. If weather does not prevent' Item 1968 February 17
#13 1968-05-22 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'Here is the reworked piece on 'Rebirth in Christianity'. I have been somewhat' Item 1968 May 22
#15 1971-02-23, HLS[x] from Abdelnour, Mary Madeline, 'For several weeks now I have been reading your most challenging book «Final' Item 1971 February 23
#26 undated (#02), other, 'I. Western scholars have generally interpreted Sufism in terms of religious values,' Item undated
#27 undated (#03), other, 'Arasteh, A. Reza. «Final integration in the adult personality, a mesure [sic] for' Item undated