Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
122 "Brennan, Benedicta, Mother, I.H.M. (Sr. Margaret Brennan)" correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#1 1952-07-08, HLS to Merton, 'I am writing you on behalf of a group of poets and artists who are at present' Item 1952 July 8
#3 1964-03-31 (#02), TALS[x] from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter and for the magazine. I have the magazine in the pile of' Item 1964 March 31
#7 1964-12-28, TLS to Merton, 'Happy Feast. I pray this finds you filled with the love, joy and peace of this' Item 1964 December 28
#3 1968-02-28 (#01), TLS from Merton, 'Thanks for your most generous letter, stock of poems, offer of addresses,' Item 1968 February 28
#6 1968-04-28 (#01), TALS from Merton, 'Such a long time I have your Tiger and letters, and finally I want to answer. How' Item 1968 April 28
#1 1967-05-30, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you for the poem, Originators, which we will put, with your permission, in' Item 1967 May 3
#2 1967-08-17, TALS to Merton, 'Enclosed is a «proof» of your poem, «The Originators» which we intend to' Item 1967 August 17
#4 1967-08-24, TLS to Merton, 'You must tell me the appropriate way to address you. I am reading WATERS OF SILOE' Item 1967 August 24
128 "Britton, Richard" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#1 1964-08-26, TLS to Drury, Thomas J., Bishop, 'As you had suggested in my interview with you recently, I spoke with Father Bernard' Item 1964 August 26
#1 1967-05-15, TLS to Merton, 'Under separate cover I am sending you a book which is a kind of thankyou for your' Item 1967 May 15
134 "Brown, Raphael" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#1 1966-12-24, HLS to Merton, 'Having done the Library of Congress reply to the McGill U. query on this topic for' Item 1966 December 24
#1 1966-06-30, TALS to Merton, 'I am writing on behalf of the Arts Festival Committee of McMaster University' Item 1966 June 3
#1 1963-12-04, TLS to Merton, 'Hawthorn is a familiar name to you I know. And I hope you remember the Daniel-Rops' Item 1963 December 4
#2 1963-12-12, TAL[c] from Merton, 'It was good to hear from you and receive the proofs of Daniel-Rops' book. I am glad' Item 1963 December 12
137 "Bruce, Frank Milton" correspondence Record subgroup 1947-1949
#1 1947-06-17, TLS[x] to Fox, James, 'Enclosed is a letter which we have just written to Father Louis concerning "Exile' Item 1947 June 17
#3 1948-08-09, TLS to Merton, 'Some years ago a Jesuit telephoned me to say that a very dear friend of ours, a' Item 1948 August 9
#3 1963-02-23, TL[c] from Merton, 'Since Jacques Maritain told me of your project, I have been expecting your letter. ' Item 1963 February 23
#4 1963-07-18, TALS to Merton, 'I am writing by return, because you are anxious about Jacques Maritain, and so' Item 1963 July 18
#5 1963-09-08, TALS to Merton, 'Thank you very much for all those mimeographed things - I simply cannot tell you how' Item 1963 September 8
#7 1963-11-04, TALS to Merton, 'Raissa's anniversary, and the 8th will be my father's, when I hope you will say a' Item 1963 November 4
#22 1966-08-no-day, TLS[x] from Merton, '[..] way. The hunters around here are wild shots. Lightning strikes trees all around' Item 1966 August (date approximate)
140 "Bryan, A." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#1 1963, TL[c] from Merton, 'The thing I forgot was this. It is really no special problem but I thought for once' Item 1963 (date approximate)
#3 1966-05-27, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. I was glad to hear from you, though I well understand that' Item 1966 May 27
143 "Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV" correspondence Record subgroup 1979, 1984, 1987
145 "Buckley, Arthur R." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#1 1967-04-04, TLS to Merton, 'I write to inquire whether your schedule of commitments might permit you to do the' Item 1967 April 4
146 "Bùi-bàng-Hiên, R., Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1965
#1 1963-04-22, TLS to Merton, 'We have received in The Special Collections Department of Margaret I. King Library' Item 1963 April 22
#3 1960-03-21, TLS to Merton, 'I flew back to New York the other day to watch the birth of "God is My Life". The' Item 1960 March 21
#7 1965-04-02, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your good and prompt letter. I am sending three rather poor photographs' Item 1965 April 2
#2 1961-12-26 (#01), TLS[x] from Merton, 'For several weeks I have wanted to find an opportunity to answer your letter with' Item 1961 December 26
#6 1970-12-10, TLS to Center from Burdick, Jeanne, 'As a response to your letter of October 5th concerning correspondence between Thomas' Item 1970 December 1
#1 1965-11-02, TL[c] from Merton, 'I have read your long letter carefully, and sympathize with you. I wonder if you' Item 1965 November 2
#1 1968-06-24, HLS to Merton, 'Recently I polled our community for suggestions as to a Retreat Master for our next' Item 1968 June 24
#2 1968-06-27 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind invitation to preach the retreat at the Genesee. Since I have' Item 1968 June 27
#2 1967-05-22, TLS to Merton, 'I have been working here at Boystown since the first of the year, spend part of the' Item 1967 May 22
156 "Burns, Ethel M." correspondence Record subgroup 1958-1967, 1970
#1 1958-12-25, HCS from Merton, 'This is a very late "Christmas" card to thank you for your kind letter and the Mass' Item 1958 December 25 (date approximate)
#8 1966-08-22, HLS to Merton, 'Your feast day will soon be here and I want to wish you a happy one. A little' Item 1966 August 22
#3 1968-03-30 (#02), TLS[x] from van den Bogaard, Cyprian / to Flavian Burns, 'To start with I want to send you my best wishes for God's blessing for your new and' Item 1968 March 3 (date approximate)
#6 1968-06-20, HLS to Merton, 'My own opinion is still, that you should not go to this meeting. I think they' Item 1968 June 2
#8 1968-08-16 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'In regard to the letter of Dom John Morson about foreign censorship and in' Item 1968 August 16
#10 1968-09-04, TL[x] from Laughlin, James, 'Thank you so much for your letter authorizing that any charges on Father Louis's' Item 1968 September 4
#19 1985-01-09, HLS[x] to Hart, Patrick, 'Thank you for letting me read this book by Victor Kramer. To quote Naomi:' Item 1985 January 9
#7 1963-07-10, TL[c] from Merton, 'The immediate purpose of this letter is to let you know that the Nuns of Stanbrook' Item 1963 July 1
#9 1964-03-31, TLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for yours of March 25th. I feel very ashamed of myself for not having' Item 1964 March 31
#10 1964-04-18, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Glad to hear from you again, and thanks for the clippings. No we don't get the' Item 1964 April 18
159 "Burtt, Edwin Arthur, Dr." correspondence Record subgroup 1965-1966
162 "Bussard, Paul, Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1952
#1 1952-01-30, TLS[c] to Merton, 'We are planning to publish in book form approximately 100 of the best articles which' Item 1952 January 3
#4 1967-07-03, TALS to Merton, 'Guess what! You got a new name you didn't need!!!! HELLO!! This is the Disaster' Item 1967 July 3
#6 1967-07-18 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'I refuse to call anybody Susie. (I met a girl in a bar in London who was called' Item 1967 July 18
#7 1967-08-28, HLS to Merton, 'I send this quick. I know you would probably not hear so I am writing. I have a' Item 1967 August 28
#18 1968-02-11 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'What did you think? That I thought the Crimble box was a bomb and jumped in the' Item 1968 February 11
164 "Butterfield, Victor Lloyd" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
165 "Byles, Marie Beuzeville" correspondence Record subgroup 1966-1967
#1 1968-08-19, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your nice letter, and I am excited about my poems' Item 1968 August 19
#1 1967-09-20, TL[c] from Merton, 'Your outline looks very good to me, and there is not much that I would add to it. ' Item 1967 September 2
#2 1967-09-no-day (#01), other to Merton, 'NEW DIMENSIONS IN THEOLOGY [-] A new Eight-Week Series of Tuesday Night Lectures at' Item 1967 September (date approximate)
#5 1965-07-17, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks very much for the two new little books you sent. Your Rechenschaft looks' Item 1965 July 17
S1 Merton-Bamberger Correspondence from Gethsemani-Merton Files Series 1965-1967
#000c 1966-08-no-day, TL[x] from Merton, 'I am really very grateful for your kind and clear note of yesterday. It certainly' Item 1966 August
#004a undated-04-28 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for letting me see your essay on Basil. I think you are on to something' Item undated April 28
#005 undated, TLS to Merton, 'Fr. Prior just gave me your note about B. Martin and the Conferences. I did not see' Item undated
#007 1965-07-19, TLS from Fortune, Carl, 'I have been very slow in writing you because I thought I would get a summary from' Item 1965 July 19
#014 undated, other object Item undated
#017 1965-03-29, TNS from Merton, 'Mr. Wicklum, who is Dom Fulgence's friend-- called me. He expects to arrive Sunday,' Item 1965 March 29
#029 1966-11-02, TN, 'Jack O'Neil [-] Peace Corps [-] Box 707 [-] Monrovia Liberia [-] 1 Crucifix [-] New' Item 1966 November 2
#031 1966-11-08, TN, 'Paperbacks: Waters of Siloe - Sign of Jonas [-] To: Therese Plater Syberg [-] 31' Item 1966 November 8
#032 1966-03-02, TNS, 'Ammon Hennacy [-] Box 655 [-] Salt Lake City, Utah [-] Gandhi on Non Violence [-]' Item 1966 March 2
S4 Correspondence from John Eudes Bamberger's Files with Merton and Other Monks Regarding Merton's Medical Conditions Series 1963-1968
#037 1966-04-14, HNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'Thanks for your note about Harpers. I am glad everything is all right - now. May I' Item 1966 April 14
#041 undated, HNS, 'I'll drop by Monday AM for' Item undated
#042 1966-01-28, HNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have 2 Emblems of Season [sic] to sign and send out? Many thanks in' Item 1966 January 28
#053 1966-11-20, HNS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'I had some ointment in the bathroom and it has vanished. One of the inmates playing' Item 1966 November 2
#054 1967-04-no-day, HNS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'I am leaving shirt[?] here as I have to go back next week - will set things up and' Item 1967 April
#057 1963-11-04, TALS from Flood, Maurice / to Merton, 'Just a few words to relate to you as Master of Novices that for some time a few of' Item 1963 November 4
#058 1968, HNS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'Could you get the secular clothes again for me to go to town «Tuesday» Jan 9? ' Item 1968
#064 undated, HNS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'Can someone use these? Dan Walsh gave them - they gather dust in my place. [-] In' Item undated
#067 1966-12-12, HNS, 'Gifts to Miss Naal. [-] 1 - Conjectures [-] 1 - New Man PB. [-] 1 - Gandhi [-] 1lb' Item 1966 December 12
#068 1967-10-no-day, HNS, 'I'll take the clothes down tomorrow AM. [-] Thanks [-] fr m' Item 1967 October
#071 undated, HNS from Merton to Maurice Flood, 'I have a heavy cold at the moment but I could have a talk with you Tuesday or' Item undated
#072 undated, HNS from Merton to Maurice Flood, 'Could this be mimeographed as usual - whenever convenient. No wild rush - but' Item undated
#078 1966-11-no-day, TN from Merton, 'Next Monday the 21st I have to report back to Dr Mitchell. I am glad to say that' Item 1966 November
#081 undated, TN from Merton, 'I suggested that Bro Kieran see you again. He has had a flare up of rather acute' Item undated
#083 1967-03-no-day, HNS from Merton, 'I am planning to see Dr Mitchell this «Thursday» A.M. Can you please arrange' Item 1967 March
#084a 1967-03-03, HNS to Merton, 'Would you have the new edition (in French) of St Basil's letters? Seems I saw it' Item 1967 March 3
#090 1965-11-28, TN from Merton, 'It turned out that I had this book after all. I thought I did not, someone was' Item 1965 November 28
#092 1968-08-18, HNS from Merton, 'That flight is Eastern 504y - arriving in Washington DC. National Airport 8:17 p.m.' Item 1968 August 18
#093 1962-01-28, HNS from Merton, 'Many thanks - enjoyable to read such a fantastic writer -- [-] Happy New Year [-] In' Item 1962 January 28
#094 undated, HCS from Merton, 'Thanks for the offer of the room - as I am now I can get along without it. Things' Item undated
#095a 1966-05-28, HNS from Merton, 'I have an appointment with Dr Mitchell Saturday - could you please make the' Item 1966 May 28
#096 undated-12-16, HNS from Merton, 'Many thanks for letting me use this book. It is tremendous! [-] In Jesu [-] fr m' Item undated December 16
#097 1966-05-21, HNS from Merton, 'I will try out sleeping in hermitage for a few nights - to see if dampness effects' Item 1966 May 21
#098a 1965-08-18, HNS from Merton, 'The diarrhea is bad again (due to fuss of trying to get everything in order,' Item 1965 August 18