Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

Inventory list
Return to archival description
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#3 1961-04-05, HPCS from Merton, '[…] thanks for your gift and for your good news at Easter. Glad to hear Anne and' Item 1961 April 5
003 "Baciu, Stefan" correspondence Record subgroup 1963-1967
#3 1964-03-07 (#01), TLS to Merton, 'grato por suas linhas, acompanhando o texto lido no México, que, nas atuais' Item 1964 March 7
#4 1964-03-07 (#02), other, 'Stefan Baciu / Cesar Vallejo, Poeta' Item 1964 March 7
#18 1968-12-16, TLS[x] to Laughlin, James, 'I take the liberty to write you as a friend of Thomas Merton, since you were his' Item 1968 December 16
004 "Baeten, Betsi" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#1 1967-10-02, TL[c] from Merton, 'It is almost impossible for me to give you in a few words the reasons for race' Item 1967 October 2
#3 1967, HLS to Merton, 'I am Moderator of a panel on Civil Rights which we eighth graders are presenting for' Item 1967 (date approximate)
008 "Baker, James Thomas" correspondence Record subgroup 1967-1968, 1980
#5 1968-03-04, TLS to Merton, 'I wish to express my appreciation to you for your hospitality last week and for the' Item 1968 March 4
#6 1968-03-28, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for the return of the various items. Actually, the mimeographed ones did not' Item 1968 March 28
009 "Balthasar, Hans Urs von" correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1966
#1 1964-07-03, TAL[c] from Merton, 'My friend Dom Jean Leclercq writes that he recently had the pleasure of visiting you' Item 1964 July 3
#2 1964-08-07, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Je vous remercie de votre bonne lettre. Ce que vous me dites de votre théologie de' Item 1964 August 7
002 "Abdeslam ben Mohamed, Hadj" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#4 undated, HLS to Merton, 'Recevez mes meilleurs salutations et souhaits, avec' Item undated
004 "Abe, Masao" correspondence Record subgroup 1966-1967
#2 1967-03-27, TL[c] from Merton, 'I deeply regret the fact that due to your ill health you had to return early to' Item 1967 March 27
#2 1966-06-13, TAL[c] from Merton, 'I have your letter of May 16th and regret my delay in answering your questions.' Item 1966 June 13
#1 1961-12-30 (#01), transcript to Merton, 'Nous avons confié la chronique de cette année à l'un de nos novices qui a reçu,' Item 1961 December 3
010 "Agadjanian, Georges" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
011 "Agagianian, Gregorio Pietro, Cardinal" correspondence Record subgroup 1955
#2 1950-12-04, TLS to Merton, 'I am very grateful for the copy of «Monastic Orientation» which you kindly sent' Item 1950 December 4
#6 1951-03-26, TALS to Merton, 'I was very happy to hear that you are launching out into your Scripture course. ' Item 1951 March 26
#7 1951-06-02, TALS to Merton, 'Sincere congratulations on your appointment as Master of Students; your new task' Item 1951 June 2
#9 1952-08-25, TALS to Merton, 'I hope sincerely that St. Louis' day has brought many graces. I offered Holy Mass' Item 1952 August 25
#14 1953-01-22, TL[c] from Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind and solicitous letter. If a cryptic sentence of mine led' Item 1953 January 22
#19 1953-05-17, TLS to Merton, 'It is long since I have written; but be assured that I have been praying for you. ' Item 1953 May 17
#21 1954-02-01, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you very much for the latest notes of Monastic Orientation which you were so' Item 1954 February 1
#22 1954-05-12, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you ever so much -- first, for the fine letter of February 27, which I should' Item 1954 May 12
#26 1955-09-05, TALS to Merton, 'It was very good to hear from you, and to know that you will carry on with the' Item 1955 September 5
#29 1973-07-22, TLS[x] to Center from Ahern, Barnabas, 'Thank you so very much for your kind letter of June 8. I myself was back in the USA' Item 1973 July 22
#2 1967-07-12 (#02), TL[c] to Friends, 'After 26 years in the practice of medicine, we retired in February 1964 to travel,' Item 1967 July 12
#3 1967-07-12 (#03), other to Merton, 'We were both born in Pennsylvania, 1n [sic] 1902, and have both graduated from Penn' Item 1967 July 12
#2 1964-01-29, TALS to Merton, 'Due to the introduction of friends we had a very memorable visit which I wanted to' Item 1964 January 29
#5 1964-09-22, TL[c] from Merton, 'It has been good hearing from you. I am glad you were at Wisques and of course have' Item 1964 September 22
#12 1970-10-05, TALS from Center to Akers, Sibylle, 'We are writing to you regarding your correspondence with the late Thomas Merton. ' Item 1970 October 5
019 "Alexander, Judy" correspondence Record subgroup 1965
068 "Bieberman, Lisa" correspondence Record subgroup 1967, 1971
#4 1967-04-no-day, other, '«Psychedelic Information Center» BULLETIN [-] A New York City group, the' Item 1967 April
#6 undated, other, 'on getting the message by Lisa Bieberman [-] "I'll show you mine if you'll show me' Item undated
#2 1967-09-25 (#01), TALS to Merton, 'this is an extremely hard letter to write, so I ask you to overlook its faults and see' Item 1967 September 25
#3 1967-09-25 (#02), other to Merton, 'Appeared New York Times 4 Sept. 67 (editorial page) «A COCKTAIL PARTY» Penned' Item 1967 September 25
#2 1960-02-16, TL[x] from Fox, James, 'We have more pleasant news for you now than in our last letter in regard to the book' Item 1960 February 16
#13 1967-01-24 (#01), TLS[x] from Bernard, Fr., O.C.S.O. / to James Fox, 'Vous n'êtes pas sans savoir que notre Père Abbé vient d'être nommé Chevalier de la' Item 1967 January 24
#14 1967-01-24 (#02), TLS[x] from Bernard, Fr., O.C.S.O. / to Merton, 'Vous savez déjà par une indiscrétion de mon Père Prieur (mon frère de sang) la' Item 1967 January 24
#16 1967-01-31, HLS to Merton, 'J'aurais voulu vous annonce' Item 1967 January 31
#17 1967-02-01 (#01), TLS[x] from Fox, James, 'I would not want you to misinterpret my letter which I have written to good Father' Item 1967 February 1
#1 1962-01-23, TLS to Merton, 'I have a recent letter from Edward Deming Andrews of Pittsfield, Massachusetts in' Item 1962 January 23
#3 1962-02-14, TLS to Merton, 'I want to thank you for your fascinating and helpful letter concerning the Shaker' Item 1962 February 14
#1 1966-10-08, TLS[x] to Merton, 'I hate to impose upon you, but I am sure you will understand why I do it. One of' Item 1966 October 8
#2 1966-10-13, TL[x] from Merton, 'I have been hoping to answer your letter of late August and now your new letter with' Item 1966 October 13
#2 1968-03-08, TL[c] from Merton, 'I have finished reading the galleys of BLACK POWER AND WHITE PROTESTANTS which I am' Item 1968 March 8
#2 1964-10-28, TLS from Merton, 'When I suggested the Little Sisters I realized that the suggestion would be a bit of' Item 1964 October 28
#4 1965-05-27, HNS from Merton, 'Thanks for telling me about Nanny. I did not know about her, but in the middle of' Item 1965 May 27
#6 1965-06-16 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks very much for sending the telegram to let me know of Nanny's death. It was' Item 1965 June 16
#8 1966-04-23, HNS from Merton, 'I wanted to answer your first letter about the new baby, but let it slip until too' Item 1966 April 23
#9 1966-07-22, TLS from Merton, 'Thanks for your last letter. If you want any more of those booklets about the' Item 1966 July 22
#10 1970-10-23, HLS[x] to Center from Boettcher, Nancy Hauck, 'Enclosed are the letters I have from Tom Merton. Please Xerox them for me. I have' Item 1970 October 23
#2 undated, HLS to Merton, 'Thank you so much for your letter - for your goodness. I enjoyed it very much. It' Item undated
#1 1966-02-02, HLS to Merton, 'I am a sophomore at Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna, New York, and we are doing a' Item 1966 February 2
#2 1961-03-20, HLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter of March 14th. I have received it today on my' Item 1961 March 2
#14 1963-04-11, HLS to Merton, 'I am already in Rome since April 6th and hope to remain here till July. Since I' Item 1963 April 11
#20 1963-12-23, HLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter and cheque which is for me quite princely. It' Item 1963 December 23
#21 1964-01-26, HLS to Merton, 'Before Lent begins and I leave Oxford on Feb 13th for London and abroad I send you' Item 1964 January 26
#24 1964-10-21, HLS to Merton, 'I have no letters from you since last December, although I wrote myself to you three' Item 1964 October 21
#25 1964-10-28, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Thank you for your recent letter, as usuall [sic] full of interesting news of your' Item 1964 October 28
#27 1964-12-20, HLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter and the cheque, for which I thank very much you and the' Item 1964 December 2
#29 1965-06-09, TL[c] from Merton, 'It is always so good to receive your extremely informative and lively letters, but I' Item 1965 June 9
#30 1965-08-19, HLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your two letters of June 9th and August 10th, which were forwarded' Item 1965 August 19
#36 1966-10-24, TL[c] from Merton, 'I am very much afraid that if I am called to be like Theophane the Recluse a letter' Item 1966 October 24
#37 1966-12-no-day, TL[x] to Sobesedniks (circular letter), 'Since I wrote my last letter in the end of July there were many developments for the' Item 1966 December
#40 1967-04-no-day, TL[x] to Sobesedniks (circular letter), 'I write this letter from Florence in the end of my three-months-long stay in Italy,' Item 1967 April
#4 1967-05-13, TL[c] from Merton, 'I have been meaning to write and thank you for the first issue of Latitudes. I' Item 1967 May 13
#18 1967-12-10, TL[c] from Merton, 'I don't see any problems whatever about the copyrights. It seems to me everything' Item 1967 December 1
#20 1968-01-31, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you for your note. What is this about starting a magazine of your own? I' Item 1968 January 31
#21b 1968-07-07, TLS[x] from Merton, 'I'm sorry everyone is bugging you about Latitudes 5. As a matter of fact I hadn't read the Ranieri' Item 1968 July 7
#1 1968-08-12, TLS to Merton, 'We would deeply appreciate your reading the enclosed manuscript. Please be aware' Item 1968 August 12
#1 1958-07-16, HLS to Merton, 'It is never a bother to me when people inquire about, or drop in to look at, "The' Item 1958 July 16
#1 1966-02-16, TLS to Merton, 'Jacques Maritain has asked me to write to you about the problem of finding a' Item 1966 February 16
#2 1966-02-20 (#01), TALS from Merton, 'First of all I want to say quite candidly that I think that a non-Catholic publisher' Item 1966 February 2
#4 1966-11-18, HLS to Merton, 'Jacques has asked me to tell you that he would be extremely grateful if you would' Item 1966 November 18
#5 1966-07-23, HLS to Merton, 'A packet from Gethsemani with Pre-Benedictine Monachism, Series 2, and the poems and' Item 1966 July 23
#6 1972-09-no-day, TLS to Center from Borton, Cameron, 'Thank you for your quick reply to me. I have decided that I want very much for you' Item 1972 September (date approximate)
093 "Bosco, John, Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1954
#1 1968-01-12, TLS to Merton, 'I have to give a set of talks to a group of contemplative nuns in Boston during the' Item 1968 January 12
#2 1968-01-26, TL[c] from Merton, 'The article you refer to has not yet appeared in Spiritual Life. I have a' Item 1968 January 26
098 "Boultwood, Alban, Abbot, O.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
100 "Bourget, Lawrence, Dom, O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1959
#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