Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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#108b 1966-11-20, HNS from Merton, 'The only hitch would be if Dr M. wanted me to see the neuro-surgeon who can't be' Item 1966 November 2
#112 undated-09-19, HLS from Merton, 'Things are going quite well. It has been painful and rough at times but there is a' Item undated September 19
#113 undated, HNS to Merton, 'Would you have the opera Gregory Palamas of Nilus by any fortunate chance? If so' Item undated
#114 1964-11-28, HLS from Merton, 'Second thoughts on the study schedule we spoke of today. Instead of getting Fr' Item 1964 November 28
#116 1964-09-18, HLS from Merton, 'I am not quite sure I understand Dr Simon. He said something about «fungus»' Item 1964 September 18
#122 1965-01-no-day, TN from Merton, 'It seems to me that it would be better if Bro Matthias never worked in the calf' Item 1965 January
#124 undated, TAN from Merton, 'I have no objection to you and juniors using the sheep barn cell, as there are few' Item undated
#129 1965-09-19, TL from Merton, 'As you see Jim is very definite about it and I trust his judgment which I think is' Item 1965 September 19
#131 1967-10-28, HNS from Merton, 'If you have not done so I strongly recommend you take a look at the American' Item 1967 October 28
#137 1966-11-07, TLS from Merton, 'Report on visit to Dr Mitchell yesterday: ex rays show trouble with disks in two' Item 1966 November 7
#140 1965-12-02, TL from Merton, 'I grossly maligned the yogurt: it is the new buttermilk that is causing cramps and' Item 1965 December 2
#142 1964-01-02, TN from Merton, 'About your class schedule, looks fine to me. All I need to know really is when you' Item 1964 January 2
#143 undated, TN from Merton, 'An afterthought on my note of the other day. This is by way of exception, I won't' Item undated
#144 undated, TNS from Merton, 'Just for the record: this has been building up since Christmas and quite a few' Item undated
#148b undated, HN from Merton, 'I will give a conference today after all on some Oriental texts on the Presentation' Item undated
#149 undated, TN from Merton, 'Tentatively I thought the best time for Rabbi Werblowski to give conference to' Item undated
#154 undated, HNS from Merton, 'Rev. Father and I and Bro Colman are all very doubtful of whether' Item undated
#159 1960-09-06, HNS from Merton, 'I remember that Friday was a day on which a truck normally used to go to town and' Item 1960 September 6
#165b 1966-09-05, HNS from Merton, 'Maybe if Bro Clement has a ride Friday (I could just as easily go at 7 or whenever' Item 1966 September 5
#166 1966-07-26, TAN from Merton, 'I have to write a piece on Dom Vital for Achel's magazine: will you please let me' Item 1966 July 26
#168 undated, TN from Merton, 'This shoulder and back thing gets more and more troublesome. It is especially bad' Item undated
#169 undated, HNS from Merton, 'I am sorry this got buried under a pile of stuff and forgotten and I didn't get to' Item undated
#171 1966-07-27, HNS from Merton, 'I need to be at the Medical Arts Building about 10.30 Friday. So if we leave here' Item 1966 July 27
#176 1965-11-no-day, TN from Merton, 'Could you please return this article when finished? [-] The buttermilk did not' Item 1965 November
#177 undated, TNS from Merton, 'Concerning the change in time of the Brothers' lauds: as you have it set up it' Item undated
#183 undated, HNS from Merton, 'Jim Wygal gave me this to read and said to pass it on to you. It seems ok. [-] In' Item undated
#199 1984-12-02, other[x], 'When Thomas Merton died some sixteen years ago the New York Times referred to him as' Item 1984 December 2
011 "Bando, Shojun" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#2 1962-07-04 (#01), transcript from Merton, 'This is not an adequate letter, but I do want to get some kind of reply into the' Item 1962 July 4
#4 1964-12-26, TL[c] from Merton, 'I am sorry to have left your letter unanswered for so long. I am always glad to' Item 1964 December 26
#5 1965-12-14, TLS to Merton, 'I haven't been acknowledging your kindness in the articles which you send us from' Item 1965 December 14
#9 1966-05-10, TLS to Merton, 'God bless you, Father, for your genuine Christianity! I'm sure you couldn't' Item 1966 May 1
#10 1966-07-23 (#01), TLS to Merton, 'I am taking advantage of your offer to be of service to us. Uniquely, you can be of' Item 1966 July 23
#11 1966-07-23 (#02), other, 'GENERAL NORMS FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF CONTEMPLATIVE' Item 1966 July 23
#14 1967-07-17, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you for the last envelope of literature which you sent. It is always deeply' Item 1967 July 17
#15 1967-07-31, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind letter of the 17th. I will ask someone to send on some more' Item 1967 July 31
#17 1967-08-14, TL[x] from Merton, 'Thanks for your recent letter. I have contacted Sister Luke at Loretto in the hope' Item 1967 August 14
#18 1967-08-20, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you for your wonderful letter. It meant a lot, and the promise of a' Item 1967 August 2
#23 1967-10-05, TL[c] from Merton, 'Once more, about the date. Let me try to get down to something more definite. ' Item 1967 October 5
#24 1967-10-10, TLS to Merton, 'Just a note to thank you for your recent letters and let you know that I am working' Item 1967 October 1
#27 1967-11-10, TLS to Merton, 'It was good to hear from you. I think everything is pretty well underway now. ' Item 1967 November 1
#28 1967-11-14, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for the letter and the points for discussion. Some of them are really first' Item 1967 November 14
#30 1967-12-09, TLS to Merton, 'Just a brief and most sincere thank-you right now. It was a great week. Right now' Item 1967 December 9
#40 1972-10-02 (#02), TAL[c] from Center to Bane, Elaine, 'I have a copy of Mr. Bailey's letter to you of October second, explaining to you' Item 1972 October 2
#42 1973-01-08, TALS to Center from Bane, Elaine, 'Thank you for your very cordial letter of December 4th regarding my correspondence' Item 1973 January 8
#2 1968-04-10, TL[c] from Merton, 'I am sorry I left your letter so long without an answer. It is almost impossible' Item 1968 April 1
015 "Barbara, Mary, Sr., O.S.F." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
016 "Barnard, Roger" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#2 1967-04-24, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your good letter. I am glad you found the two books interesting enough' Item 1967 April 24
#2 1967-07-08, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your long and interesting letter of June 24, with its enclosures. I' Item 1967 July 8
#12 1964-05-25, from Bolshakoff, Serge, 'Since I received your letter nearly a year ago I had no more news from you and do' Item 1964 May 25
#13 1967-08-15, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. Sounds interesting. I gladly contribute what ideas I can,' Item 1967 August 15
021 "Barry, Marion S., Jr." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#1 1964-09-09, TLS to Merton, 'We want you to know of our gratitude for the generous contribution sent by you in' Item 1964 September 9
#12 1964-10-07, TLS to Merton, 'Father Philip Berrigan asked me to get the address of Chris McNair for you, and it' Item 1964 October 7
024 "Barton, Robert Joyce" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#1 1967-08-07, TALS to Merton, 'My hope is that you might explain your poem, "Fall '66" which appeared in the «New' Item 1967 August 7
#1 1960-07-13, TLS to Merton, 'It gave me much pleasure to hear that something in «The House» may be of use to' Item 1960 July 13
#5 1967-12-02, HLS to Merton, 'I am very greatfull [sic] for your kindness sending your article: «The Cross' Item 1967 December 2
#2 1967-07-25, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for inviting me to the convocation on Pot, Pills and LSD next spring. I am' Item 1967 July 25
#1 1967-10-29, TLS to Merton, 'I know that you must be inundated with letters seeking your advice on all sorts of' Item 1967 October 29
#1 1964-07-14 (#01), TL[d] from Merton, 'Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of speaking at some length with Rabbi' Item 1964 July 14
#2 1964-07-14 (#02), TAL[d] from Merton, 'Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of speaking at some length with Rabbi' Item 1964 July 14
#1 1968-08-27, TLS to Merton, 'I am so pleased that you are going to print the two Zen stories and some poems. ' Item 1968 August 27
#3 1966-01-02, TALS to Merton, 'Why I address you thus instead of as Dear Tom you will understand when I reveal to' Item 1966 January 2
#4 1966-03-17, TLS to Merton, 'It was a great lift to the spirit to find in our mail your note and the preface to' Item 1966 March 17
#1 1963-11-29, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thank you for your very kind letter of October 19th. I am sorry to have delayed in' Item 1963 November 29
#8 1968-03-27, TLS from Merton, 'It took a little time for the copies of the «Plague» pamphlet to arrive, but' Item 1968 March 27
#9 1968-04-09, TLS[x] from Koshland, William / to John Goodbody, 'I am so very grateful to have received Thomas Merton's INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY' Item 1968 April 9
043 "Benaudes, Teris" correspondence Record subgroup undated
#2 1955-03-14, HLS to Merton, 'Kind thanks for your hearty letter of Dec. '54! It took a long time before we' Item 1955 March 14
#1 1966-08-14, HLS to Merton, 'On a visit to California, I brought some family and friends letters and papers- etc-' Item 1966 August 14
#2 1966-08-14 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks very much indeed for your note and for the Silver Jubilee Gift. You take me' Item 1966 August 14
#3 1966-08-14 (#02), TALS[x] from Merton, 'Thanks very much indeed for your note and for the Silver Jubilee Gift. You take me' Item 1966 August 14
#7 1967-01-19 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your warm good letter, and for Lerone's Boston talk. Starting with that,' Item 1967 January 19
#8 1967-01-19 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton, 'Thanks for your warm good letter, and for Lerone's Boston talk. Starting with that,' Item 1967 January 19
#9 undated, other[x], '(His first Mass) "Friday I said that Mass I had promised to Our Lady of Cobre… It' Item undated
051 "Bentley, Leilani" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
052 "Berg, Marina de" correspondence Record subgroup 1960
#2 undated (#01), HLS to Merton, 'Thanks for your nice letter. I wrote immediately to Dom Gabriel and sended [sic]' Item undated
#6 undated (#05), HLS to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your nice letter and corrections which I sended [sic]' Item undated
#8 undated (#07), HLS to Merton, 'Thank you so much for your nice book. I've' Item undated
#1 1966-12-01, TL[c] from Merton, 'I am happy to hear that you have a chance to live as a hermit in Texas and am' Item 1966 December 1
056 "Bernard, Fr., O.C.D." correspondence Record subgroup 1954
057 "Bernet, Kenneth, Fr., S.F.M." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
060 "Berry, Thomas, Fr., C.P." correspondence Record subgroup 1961
061 "Berry, Wendell" correspondence Record subgroup 1967-1968
#3 1968-01-31, TL[c] from Merton, 'What keeps me from writing more is that I never know if Port Royal Kentucky is' Item 1968 January 31
#3 1964-11-23, other to Merton, 'Invoice [-] France-Asie [-] Revue bilingue des Problèmes asiatiques et de Synthèse' Item 1964 November 23
063 "Best, James S." correspondence Record subgroup 1966-1967
#2 1966-12-23, TL[c] from Merton, 'About the paper "Blessed are the Meek". I am under the impression it was printed in' Item 1966 December 23
#3 1967-01-16, TALS to Merton, 'I've written «Cowley» for permission and will use the article in March, and in' Item 1967 January 16
#5 1967-07-29, TLS to Merton, 'I expect you too will want to answer Lillian Marks. I hope I did not apologize' Item 1967 July 29
#1 1971-03-10, TLS[x] to Center from Betchov, Greti, 'We received your letter concerning our correspondence with the late Thomas Merton,' Item 1971 March 1
#4 1972-07-06, TL[c] from Center to Betchov, Greti, 'Thank you very much for sending us xerox copies of Thomas Merton's correspondence' Item 1972 July 6
065 "Bettencourt, Yolanda" correspondence Record subgroup 1957-1959
#2 1958-01-10, TLS to Merton, 'Thanks for your letter of December 19, 1957. I have already written to Curtis Brown' Item 1958 January 1
#3 1958-11-25, TLS to Merton, 'We have received through D. Timóteo Amoroso Anastácio O.S.B. translator of NO MAN IS' Item 1958 November 25
067 "Beyer, Anna Helga" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#1 1966-09-14, TALS to Merton, 'Vor mir liegt Ihr Buch " Aufstieg zur Wahrheit". Ich empfinde gerade die' Item 1966 September 14