Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
057 "Arca de Sardiña, Evora" correspondence Record subgroup 1961-1966
#7 1961-09-09, TLS[x] from Merton, 'I do not have time to give you a really full answer to your good letter, though I' Item 1961 September 9
#8 1961-11-27, TLS[x] from Merton, 'Have courage and faith. The advent liturgy will soon be reminding us that the Lord' Item 1961 November 27
#10 1962-01-27, HLS to Merton, 'Yesterday while I was in church, after Holy Communion I tried to talk to Our Lord. ' Item 1962 January 27
#21 1963-04-17 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'It was good to hear from you, both before and after Easter, with the copy of the' Item 1963 April 17
#22 1963-04-17 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'It was good to hear from you, both before and after Easter, with the copy of the' Item 1963 April 17
#24 1964-02-16 (#01), TLS[x] from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter, I had been thinking about you and wondering about you for a' Item 1964 February 16
#25 1964-02-16 (#02), HLS[x] to Hart, Patrick, 'Here are the letters from Merton that I promised to mail you. Father Shannon called' Item 1964 February 16
#26 1964-09-05 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'I am sorry your letter has gone so long without an answer, especially when you feel' Item 1964 September 5
#27 1964-09-05 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'I am sorry your letter has gone so long without an answer, especially when you feel' Item 1964 September 5
#1 1968-06-24, TLS to Merton, 'Enclosed herewith is copy of Royalty Agreement prepared by me between GIA MUSIC' Item 1968 June 24
065 "Asch, Yanna" correspondence Record subgroup 1967-1968
#1 1967-03-27 (#01), TLS to Merton, 'We have acquired the publishing rights to «The Roots of Faith» Religion Series' Item 1967 March 27
#2 1967-03-27 (#02), other, 'human culture, going in the direction of the increased unification of the human' Item 1967 March 27
#1 1967-09-05, TL[c] from Merton, 'I am returning the manuscript you sent me. As I get an unusual number of books and' Item 1967 September 5
068 "Atkins, Anselm, Fr., O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1965-1968
069 "Aud, David" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#2 1967-05-27, TL[c] from Merton, 'Sure, I remember Jim Aud, and of course have always the fondest memories of St' Item 1967 May 27
070 "Augustin, Marie, Sr., O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup undated
#1 1965-08-22, TLS to Merton, 'Africa is very happy and very glad to meet and great [sic] you. Often I have heard' Item 1965 August 22
#2 1965-09-05, TL[c] from Merton, 'It was a pleasure to receive your warm and encouraging letter from Africa and to' Item 1965 September 5
#1 1963-05-27, TALS to Merton, 'May we have your permission to reprint in our 15th annual volume of Borestone' Item 1963 May 27
075 "Ayyaneth, Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#6 1960-11-17 (#01), TALS[x] from Merton, 'It was a pleasure for me to receive your good letter and I am certainly grateful to' Item 1960 November 17
#8 1960-12-20, TALS to Merton, 'I am extremely grateful to you for your very helpful and affectionate reply to my' Item 1960 December 2
#11 1961-03-08, TALS to Merton, 'I was greatly pleased to receive your letter last month and regret that due to' Item 1961 March 8
#13 1961-05-13 (#02), other, 'Like a jeweled peacock he stirs all over / With fireflies. He takes his pleasure in' Item 1961 May 13
#14 1961-09-24, TALS[x] from Merton, 'It is a very long time since I have had a letter from you and I am beginning to' Item 1961 September 24
#15 1961-11-15, TLS from Douglas, Elmer H. / to Nicholas Heer, 'Some time ago I received a letter from one of your correspondents in Pakistan, Mr.' Item 1961 November 15
#16 1961-11-18, TALS to Merton, '1. I am in receipt of both your letters as well as a copy of your open letter to' Item 1961 November 18
#17 1961-12-24, TALS to Merton, 'I sent you a letter on the 18th November 1961 which, I hope, would have been' Item 1961 December 24
#20 1962-04-04 (#02), transcript from Merton, 'Finally I must answer your letters, at least briefly. A brief answer will be better' Item 1962 April 4
#25 1962-06-21, TALS to Merton, 'I acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your letter enclosing an offprint of your' Item 1962 June 21
#33 1963-12-19, HLS to Merton, 'I am grateful to you for your detailed reply but as you had kindly mentioned therein' Item 1963 December 19
#34 1964-06-28, TL[c] from Merton, 'Only now am I getting around to answering your fine letter of last November or' Item 1964 June 28
#36 1964-12-09 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'It was a pleasure to get your letter this morning. Certainly I hope to write you a' Item 1964 December 9
#41 1965-12-01, TALS to Merton, 'I am in receipt of your two letters dated 2nd Nov. and 7th Nov. '65 respectively,' Item 1965 December 1
#45 1966-01-02 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'I have your two kind letters of Dec. 1 and Dec. 20th and once again I will try' Item 1966 January 2
#47 1966-03-23, TALS[x] from Merton, 'Thanks for your find letter which I cannot answer adequately now as I am about to go' Item 1966 March 23
#49 1966-12-28, TL[c] from Merton, 'Your good letter reached me in this season of holy days and I have not failed to' Item 1966 December 28
#50 1967-12-18, TALS to Merton, 'I have not heard from you since long time. I hope you would be keeping fit. I know' Item 1967 December 18
#51 1968-01-16, TL[c] from Merton, 'I was happy to receive your letter of December 18th. Also especially thank you for' Item 1968 January 16
#59 1993-05-15, HLS[x] to Shannon, William, 'I acknowedge with thanks the receipt of your kind and deightful letter dt. 10/1/93' Item 1993 May 15
#62 1995-12-05, HLS[x] to Shannon, William, 'On 18th March, 1995, I sent you a detailed air mail lette acknowledging gratefully' Item 1995 December 5
#63 1996-08-15, HLS[x] to Shannon, William, 'I acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your kind letter dt 31.12.93 (but actually' Item 1996 August 15
#66 1999-08-06, TL from Heer, Nicholas / to Rob Baker, 'Enclosed are copies of the letters from Abdul Aziz. In addition to the one I' Item 1999 August 6
#3 undated (#02), TLS to Merton, '«The MONK TO-DAY» 1 - «Does a monk have a specific task in the world?» -' Item undated
#4 1963-04-09, HPCS from Merton, 'I will be saying the Masses for Mimi -- I hope she will take care of' Item 1963 April 9
005 "Bagguley, John" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#1 1966-09-17, TALS[x] to Merton, 'In June 1937, W. H. Auden, Louis Aragon, Stephen Spender and Nancy Cunard circulated' Item 1966 September 17
#1 1962-02-19, TLS to Merton, 'Your revised carbon of the article on Spiritual Direction reached my hands only this' Item 1962 February 19
#2 1967-09-29, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. As I have not made any firm commitments as far ahead as' Item 1967 September 29
#4 1967-10-16, TL[c] from Merton, 'Fine. I'll keep Feb. 28th for you. Let me know when you will arrive, and whether' Item 1967 October 16
#7 1968-05-no-day, TLS to Merton, 'I am happy to tell you that my committee accepted the dissertation this week and' Item 1968 May (date approximate)
#1 1967-05-03, HLS to Merton, 'Votre très aimable et' Item 1967 May 3
#3 1967-05-24, HLS to Merton, 'Je viens de recevoir votre lettre, à laquelle je donne réponse. Tout ce que vous me' Item 1967 May 24
003 "Abdeslam, Sidi" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#1 1967-02-14, HLS to Merton, 'Sidi Abdeslam […] oublié votre rencontre, les moments pour le Colliue, et tout ce' Item 1967 February 14
#1 1966-08-12, HLS to Merton, 'Mr. Richard DeMartino sent me a copy of your paper. «Buddhism and the Modern' Item 1966 August 12
#1 1967-11-18, TALS to Merton, 'Forgive me, but whereas I know that Franciscans are addressed by their first names' Item 1967 November 18 View
#1 1966-05-16, TLS to Merton, 'Animado por D.Abade Basílio Penido, que me disse que poderia escrever mesmo em' Item 1966 May 16
007 "Acharya, Francis Mahieu, Fr., O.S.C.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1961
#2 1961-12-30 (#02), transcript to Merton, 'Mon séjour en votre ashram fût une découverte bien agréable. Pour la première fois' Item 1961 December 3
#3 1961-12-30 (#03), transcript to Merton, 'En Inde, qu'on soit Hindou, musulman ou bouddhiste, la sainteté consiste' Item 1961 December 3
#5 1967-09-23, HLS to Merton, '1) I have finished reading 'Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander', and it is certainly' Item 1967 September 23
#2 1955-12-15 (#02), other to Merton, 'Ci è stato rivolto gentile invito di scrivere alcune parole di presentazione e di' Item 1955 December 15
012 "Agnes, Mother, O.C.D." correspondence Record subgroup undated
#3 1950-12-19 (#01), TALS to Merton, 'It will be a pleasure and privilege to lend any help I can; so never hesitate to' Item 1950 December 19
#5 1951-02-27, TLS to Merton, 'Under separate cover I am sending the notes which I promised for the end of January!' Item 1951 February 27
#8 1952-08-19, TLS to Merton, 'No, your ms. is not lost. It arrived here yesterday, forwarded from Glockner.' Item 1952 August 19
#10 1952-09-04, TLS to Merton, 'Under separate cover I am returning the ms. All typographical errors are checked' Item 1952 September 4
#12 1952-12-30, TLS to Merton, 'Though I did not write for Christmas, I did not forget; for I offered Holy Mass for' Item 1952 December 3
#15 1953-01-29, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter of clarification; for, yes, I was concerned. Your' Item 1953 January 29
#25 1955-07-24 (#02), other to Merton, '1. The new translation must read smoothly and yet follow the text closely. It must' Item 1955 July 24
#1 1967-12-17, HLS to Merton, 'Having some idea of what your mail may be like I thank you if you are even beginning' Item 1967 December 17
016 "Akers, Sibylle von Kaskel" correspondence Record subgroup 1960-1966, 1970
#1 1960-03-11, TALS to Merton, 'We are traveling around this part of the country, these days. Bob is making' Item 1960 March 11
#7 1964-09-29, HPCS to Merton, 'We visited today this magnificent Abbaye, daughter of Fontfroide, destroyed in 1835' Item 1964 September 29
017 "Albee, Edith Greenburg" correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#1 1968-04-05, TLS to Merton, 'Of course we shall be delighted to pay the one hundred dollars--certainly a modest' Item 1968 April 5
#2 1968-06-06, TLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter of June 4 and for the Yamaguchi manuscript on Zen and' Item 1968 June 6
#1 1965-02-26, TL[c] from Merton, 'Fr Paul at Conyers has written to me that you would be interested in the' Item 1965 February 26
020 "Alexeieff, Alexandre" correspondence Record subgroup 1960-1961, 1971
#3 1961-01-09, TALS from Merton, 'J'ai été très touché par l'amitié avec laquelle vous avez bien voulu me faire' Item 1961 January 9
#3 1967-10-16 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'I am in the middle of the semi-hopeless task of trying to get through the piled up' Item 1967 October 16
023 "Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, Canon" correspondence Record subgroup 1963-1968, 1971-1973
#1 1967-04-15 (#01), TALS from Merton, 'I am a monk, poet, priest, and have written s [sic] few books on the contemplative' Item 1967 April 15
#5 1971-02-02, TLS to Center from Bieberman, Lisa, 'I'm sorry to be just getting around to answering your request for copies of' Item 1971 February 2
#1 1967-08-22, HLS to Merton, 'You have been good enough to send me several of your books - but now I dare ask you' Item 1967 August 22
070 "Biram, John" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
071 "Bissey, Colomban, Dom, O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1950-1967
#3 1964-01-07 (#01), TAL[c] from Merton, 'Voici un petit mot pour vous souhaiter d'abord une bonne année. Et puis quelques' Item 1964 January 7
#9 1965-04-28, HLS to Merton, 'C'est de Cîteaux, où je viens d'arriver pour le Ch. G'al presque eu même temps que' Item 1965 April 28
#12 1965-11-29, HLS to Merton, 'Votre lettre du 8 Nov. m'a causé me immense' Item 1965 November 29
#21 1967-06-12 (#01), HLS to Merton, 'N'ayant pas "l'opportunité" d'aller vous voir cette année, je bien vous faire' Item 1967 June 12
#22 1967-06-12 (#02), other, 'Demande à Père Louis de Gethsemani (Th. Merton) un article comprenant de six à dix' Item 1967 June 12
#1 1968-04-02, TLS to Merton, 'Perhaps I should first reintroduce myself: I am the student and friend of Mrs.' Item 1968 April 2
074 "Black, Hector" correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#2 1962-01-27, transcript from Merton, 'I need not tell you how I would love to be there on February 2nd. There are few' Item 1962 January 27 (date approximate)
#1 1966-12-15, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. I do not know of any community of women in which there' Item 1966 December 15