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George Hitchcock was Editor of «Kayak», which Merton referred to as "one of the best poetry magazines in the country." Hitchcock contributed a few poems that were published in the third issue of «Monks Pond». He was referred to Merton by another correspondent of Merton's, Teo Savory. Hitchcock writes from San Francisco.

Marie Hitchen writes from Wilmington, Delaware.

Sr. Gabriel Mary Hoare is a Sister of Loretto, artist, and was a professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Webster College in St. Louis, Missouri at the time of correspondence with Merton. She now is on faculty at Nerinx Hall High School in Webster Groves, Missouri. She arranged to bring an exhibit of Merton's drawings, "Forty-Three Signatures", to Webster College in April of 1965.

Fr. Marie-Joseph Hoat was a monk in Vietnam. His novices were reading «Seeds of Contemplation». He mentions the "dreadful war" in Vietnam.

Merton writes to James Hoban in response to a question about the Catholic Church's position regarding modern war.

Paula Hocks was later known as a photographer and book artist. At the time of correspondence with Merton, she had spent time interacting with the Trappist nuns at Redwoods Monastery and was on faculty at University of California at San Diego in La Jolla. Merton was encouraging her interest in sacred art. Before she had established herself as an artist, she had offered to do typing for Merton. She became Editor of a small poetry magazine at UCSD while teaching in the Philosophy Department. She would later move to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Michael Hodder writes from Newark, New Jersey. He hitchhiked to Gethsemani to visit Merton, but had not cleared it before coming, so he was not allowed to visit him. Hodder was claiming conscientious objector (C.O.) status but was drafted for Vietnam. Merton wrote a letter on his behalf to his draft board. He seems to have been in contact with Tom Cornell from the Catholic Peace Fellowship. He was a member of Students for a Democratic Society (S.D.S.) in Newark.

Hallock Hoffman writes from the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California, and was a colleague of W. H. "Ping" Ferry.

Anselm Hollo was a professor in the Department of English at University of Iowa in Iowa City at the time of correspondence with Merton. He was a Finnish poet who lived for a time on the Isle of Wight, and, since 1968, has taught at a number of universities in the United States. His translations of poems and his own poems are found throughout Merton's little literary magazine «Monks Pond». He has published a number of books of his poetry and of poetry in translation.

Jim Holloway came to Berea College in 1965 where he would remain as a professor before retiring in 1992. He was co-founder with Will Campbell of «Katallagete» (Greek for "be reconciled!"), a magazine sponsored by the Committee of Southern Churchmen (CSC) and to which Merton contributed. Holloway served as editor.

Fr. Edward Holtam was an Episcopal priest of the Society of St. John the Evangelist and writes from Cambridge, Massachusetts. They discuss an article Merton wrote about Christian non-violence.

Edwin Honig writes as a professor in the Department of English at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Lorna Hooper was Secretary of the West Campaigners against Factory Farming / West of England Campaign against Factory Farming (WECAFF). She writes from Bristol, England.

Merton writes to Vintila Horia in Madrid, Spain. Horia was a Romanian novelist, poet and essayist writing in French. His best known novel was «Dieu est né en exil» (God was born in exile).

Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, Bellarmine's first president, served from 1950-1973. He assisted Fr. John Loftus in the establishment of the Merton collection at Bellarmine.

Fr. Robert Hovda writes from the St. Paul's Student Center at North Dakota State University in Fargo. He asks Merton's help in putting together contemporary Prayers of the Faithful for the Liturgical Conference in Washington, D.C. He was best known for his work in liturgical renewal but was also deeply involved in peace, civil rights, and social justice concerns. He has published a number of books on liturgy.

Bob Hoyt writes as Editor of the National Catholic Reporter from Kansas City, Missouri.

Jo Hubacher writes from Toledo, Ohio.

Roger Hubank was a student at Cambridge University, where Merton spent his first year of college. He is a Catholic who asks about the relationship of Catholic authority and censorship in relation to authors, especially Catholic authors. He also questions some of Merton's criticism of D.H. Lawrence in «Elected Silence» and «The Sign of Jonas».

Barbara Hubbard was a futurist scholar and, in 1992, became the President and co-founder of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, whose vision is "the awakening of the spiritual, social, and scientific potential of humanity, in harmony with nature for the highest good of all life." Hubbard earned degrees from Bryn Mawr College, the Sorbonne and L’Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris. In addition, she was awarded the Emerson Theological Institute's first Doctor of Conscious Evolution degree. She was a nominee for Vice-President on the Democratic ticket in 1984 and had since advocated for a Peace Room in the White House. Her work in the futurist field began in the 1960's when she began a pioneering newsletter in evolutionary transformation entitled The Center Letter of the Center of American Living in New York. She writes to Merton from Lakeville, Connecticut. (Source: "About FCE’s Founder, Dr. Barbara Marx Hubbard". Foundation for Conscious Evolution, ‹https://www.barbaramarxhubbard.com/leadership›, Accessed 2020/04/15.)

Fr. William Hubbell writes from Lexington, Kentucky.

Cornelius Hubbuch made a substantial gift to Bellarmine College to pay for a library renovation necessary for the creation of the Merton Room. As a token of thanks, Merton sends Mr. and Mrs. Hubbuch one of his abstract drawings.

Jack Huber writes from New York in thanks for Merton's comment on Huber's book «Through and Eastern Window». He was a clinical psychologist who wrote a book on Zen.

Sr. James Ellen Huff was the College Librarian for Catherine Spalding College in Louisville (now known as Spalding University) at the time of writing.

Br. Hugh was a Trappist from Gethsemani writing about a minor issue of sorting mail with Merton while he was visiting the Trappistine nuns at Redwoods Monastery in California.

Catherine Hughes seems to have been an editor at Sheed and Ward publishers.

H. Stuart Hughes was a scholar of the intellectual history of Europe, author, and professor at Harvard University at the time of writing to Merton. His first letter to Merton is written shortly after a failed bid for United States Senator of Massachusetts on an Independent ticket, losing to Ted Kennedy in 1962. Previously, Merton had been contacted by the group Artists and Writers for Hughes, to whom he sent a reply with some contributions of his writing. Hughes was involved in the Massachusetts Political Action for Peace, which awarded Merton their Pax Peace Prize in 1963. His 1967 telegram is written while Chair of the SANE, "A Citizens’ Organization for a Sane World", which called for worldwide nuclear disarmament. (Sources: "H. Stuart Hughes: In Memoriam." «Perspectives»: March 2000. American Historical Association website. ‹http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2000/0003/0003mem2.cfm›, Accessed: 2005/04/28.)

Dorothy Hunt was Assistant Editor of «The Critic», published by the Thomas More Association, Chicago, Illinois.

At the time of writing, John Hunt was Senior Editor of «The Saturday Evening Post».

Philosopher, social critic, and author of books such as his most famous, «Brave New World», Aldous Huxley was born and educated in England and moved to the California in the 1930's. Becoming ever more critical of Western civilization and the dehumanizing character of technology, Huxley became drawn to Eastern philosophy and religion and to mysticism. Merton was influenced early on by Huxley though his book, «Ends and Means». Similar views on technology, Eastern philosophy, and mysticism appear in Merton's thinking, as well. (Source: «The Hidden Ground of Love», p. 436.)

Luis M. Iglesias Ortega was a Dominican priest and author writing from Villava in the north of Spain.