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First lines: "I grossly maligned the yogurt: it is the new buttermilk that is causing cramps and diarrhea."...

First lines: "Our B. Robert (postulant) has a chill with diarrhea etc again and has been resting. I told him"...

First lines: "I will give a conference today after all on some Oriental texts on the Presentation if anybody wants"... Contents index: [see also #148a on the other side of the same note]

First lines: "I will need another bursitis shot next Monday Sept 26th [-] Could you please make"...

First lines: "Maybe someone should do a report on the Monastic Renewal article herewith - but first they'd"...

First lines: "I have to write a piece on Dom Vital for Achel's magazine: will you please let me have any relevant"...

First lines: "I have to see Dr Mitchell 10 am next Saturday - 25th [-] Could you please make arrangements"...

First lines: "Bro Ailred is now using a book of poems of Tiutchev in Russian and French which you may eventually"...

First lines: "Dr Mitchell wants to operate on that bursa. He has arranged for me to be admitted to St Joe's"...

First lines: "No I don't have the [indecipherable word..] copies I have recently used the material"...

First lines: "As regards your question; -- I have no trouble with six bottles -- but I wonder about the price."...

First lines: "you may wish to see this sometime in the next year..."... Contents index: [see also #195b on the same note - Bamberger notes that the earlier message was on the occasion of returning Gregory Zilboorg's «History of Medical Psychology» and the later note (from 1965) was when Merton was moving to the woods (his hermitage)]

First lines: "This is not an adequate letter, but I do want to get some kind of reply into the mail for you, as"... Contents index: [Cold War Letter #19] the "retire" / von Hildebrand's «Transformation in Christ» and «Defense of Purity» / marriage and celibacy / books on monastic life and solitary life / Bouyer - «The Meaning of the Monastic Life» and «Introduction to Spirituality» / Jean Danielou / Gorres - «Hidden Face».

First lines: "This is not an adequate letter, but I do want to get some kind of reply into the mail for you, as"... Contents index: [Cold War Letter #19] the "retire" / von Hildebrand's «Transformation in Christ» and «Defense of Purity» / marriage and celibacy / books on monastic life and solitary life / Bouyer - «The Meaning of the Monastic Life» and «Introduction to Spirituality» / Jean Danielou / Gorres - «Hidden Face».

First lines: "May the Lord give you His peace! Thank you for the enclosed typescripts which we enjoyed and"... Contents index: [dated the Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis] plans for retreat with Merton / distinctions between active and contemplative life - misuse of designations / definition of monasticism / tape on prayer.

First lines: "About the "Message of Contemplatives" tape: it would probably be wiser and more discrete not to"... Contents index: "Message of Contemplatives" tape not to circulate one side / abbatial election / date for retreat - which communities should be invited.

First lines: "I have checked about the guesthouse facilities and it will be all right if some or all of the"... Contents index: retreat details / taping the retreat / Sr. Mary Luke Tobin at Loretto - an American observer at Vatican II and close to Cardinal Suenens.

First lines: "It was good to hear from you. I think everything is pretty well underway now. Enclosed are the"... Contents index: agenda for retreat / meetings with Sr. Mary Luke Tobin and visiting Loretto / "cloister mystique" / lists sisters who can attend.

First lines: "We wish you the blessing of this holy season and pray that all of us may grow in the vital activity"... Contents index: [circular letter to sisters with a handwritten note to Merton on verso of the last page].

First lines: "Thank you for your letters of inquiry regarding my correspondence with the late Thomas Merton. Also"...

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Baptist, Mary, Sr.".

First lines: "Hello there; sorry I've been so long in writing to you. Did you get the copies of the Madness issue"... Contents index: publishing "Ishi: A Meditation" / "Albert Camus and the Christian Church" for issue on Christian radicalism / Faulkner / Jacques Ellul's «Propaganda» / Auschwitz.

First lines: "Thanks so much for the Auschwitz review-- I think it is terrific, absolutely, and hope to use it"... Contents index: medical problems / "Original Child Bomb" for Hiroshima anniversary / Cardinal Heenan / Margaret Gardiner / Barth / Kierkegaard / "The Death of God and the End of History" and "Blessed Are the Meek" articles.

First lines: "Thank you for your letter and for the article for THE AMERICAN BENEDICTINE REVIEW. We appreciate"... Contents index: idea of Merton writing a book of commentary on John Cassian to accompany a Benedictine Studies translation of Cassian's «Conferences» and «Institutes» / uniting Benedictines and Cistercians through this common heritage.

First lines: "Here is the Bolshakoff ms and the preface with it. I understand that the whole thing is to be"... Contents index: suggestions about the revisions needed to publish the Bolshakoff manuscript / rumor that Herder is coming out with a book on Cassian.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bartelme, Elizabeth".

First lines: "Your articles that have recently appeared in «The Catholic Worker» and in «Commonweal» on"... Contents index: articles on nuclear war and fallout shelters / asking for Merton to write on Christian responsibility to atmospheric nuclear testing / offer of advance payment against royalties for such a book.

First lines: "Thank you so much for your letter which raised my hopes very high that you will be doing the book on"... Contents index: possibility of publishing without an imprimatur / terms of agreement for book.

First lines: "Well, I finally have an answer for you on the Peace Book. The book is finished all right, but I am"... Contents index: Merton not able to publish book because of controversial nature / circulating copies of sections to friends as letters (what would become known as the Cold War Letters).

First lines: "I am so delighted to have your new manuscript, and I have read it very carefully and think it is a"... Contents index: terms of agreement for «Principles of Prayer» / division of chapters and timing in sending to the printer / Merton's hospital stay / Fr. Berrigan.

First lines: "I was most distressed to receive your letter of May 16th, and I can only say that I am very sorry"... Contents index: Merton in bad situation with Farrar Straus because of Macmillan contract / Naomi Burton [Stone] to serve as agent.

First lines: "I am so happy to have your introduction to Father Philip Berrigan's book, and I can't thank you"... Contents index: introduction to Philip Berrigan's book / copyright issues.

First lines: "I am sorry to see how long it is since I got your letter and Dan's proofs. Did not think the weeks"... Contents index: description of poems to be published by Dan [Berrigan?] - priest dealing with questions in a world of "Dachau and Hiroshima, Selma and Saigon" / whereabouts of Dan [Berrigan?].

First lines: "Thank you ever so much for your very fine remarks on Father Berrigan's poems. I am afraid it is"... Contents index: [filed by Dom James Fox in a box of Macmillan Company files at Gethsemani] Merton's remarks on Fr. Daniel Berrigan's poems / contact information for "Dan", Msgr. Ivan D. Illich in Cuernavaca / Jack English.

First lines: "Thanks so much for «Penny a Copy». Tom and Jim did a fine job of editing and I think it is a"... Contents index: Church in the twentieth century and the Catholic Worker / sentencing of Dan and Phil [Berrigan] for burning of draft records.

Fr. Giulio Basetti-Sani writes to Merton about Muslim-Christian dialogue, race relations, and about the contemplative life.

First lines: "Je n'ai pas esé vous déranger avant pour vous donner la nouvelle que depuis le 22 Févier je"... Contents index: [writing now from St. Bonaventure University in New York] Merton's memory still alive among the friars / Louis Massignon / Abdul Aziz / "Vocation" in «Laurel» / non-violence / Vietnam.

First lines: "Please send a copy of «Monks Pond», Spring 1968 as described in the May issue of"... Contents index: «Monks Pond» and «Liturgical Arts» magazine.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bass, Richard".

First lines: "I am happy to say a word to your fellow members of the Guild of St Paul in your parish: you leave"... Contents index: faith of converts vs. "cradle Catholics" / value of perspective of converts / changes in the Catholic Church / value of changing language to the vernacular / value of retention of Latin and Gregorian chant in monastic choir / avoiding "triumphalism" in our views.

First lines: "I am replying briefly to your letter so as to catch you there before you leave. There is no reason"... Contents index: Merton accepts role on Board of Epiphany Philosophers in the U.S. as long as no administration required / suggests W. H. Ferry - introduced Merton to "T to T" and with Bishop Pike in Santa Barbara / Cambridge / welcomes Bastin to come for a visit.

First lines: "Your two letters to Mrs. Ocampo arrived safely; she has gone for a few days to Mar del Plata. I am"... Contents index: acknowledging Merton's consent to publish an article in «Sur» / «Sur»'s 35th anniversary.

First lines: "Father John McNeil at LeMoyne College here gave me your name as someone to write, inviting you to"... Contents index: asking Merton's participation on a "Consultation on Pot, Pills and LSD" from March 1-3, 1968 at Syracuse / asking Merton to respond to papers given by experts in different fields, say Mass at Crouse College with Fr. Borgognoni there, and participate in dialog with students and clergy.

First lines: "Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of speaking at some length with Rabbi Abraham Heschel who"... Contents index: [1st draft] Jewish Chapter of the Second Vatican Council / need for healing between Christians and Jews to serve both faiths / the fear of alienation with Moslems countered with reinforcement of the status of all "people of the Book" in the «Koran» / promises to Abraham / Protestant ecumenism.

First lines: "ENGAGEMENT OF THE CRUSADERS OF OUR LADY, for Peace «"Enrolled in the crusade for the conquest»"... Contents index: Enrollment card for the Crusaders of Our Lady - includes daily devotions promised, an oath, and place for signature / one copy to be kept and one to be presented to Pope Pius XII in the Marian year 1954 at the Feast of the Assumption.

First lines: "FAMILLES RELIGIEUSES ET GROUPES DE LAICS ENTRES DANS LA CROISADE DE NOTRE DAME DEPUIS L'ANNÉE SAINTE"... Contents index: a list of "Religious communities and lay groups entering the Crusaders of Our Lady since the Holy Year or supporting it in their prayers".

First lines: "Para o imenso Merton, ùnico ser que nos pode falar o ano inteiro sem irritar, mando meu retrato que"... Contents index: Note in an unknown hand at the end of the poem reads: "She wants me to send you this 'picture' of herself she wrote for you. Has returned from Greece with some new poems...".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Beck, Dorothy".

First lines: "I am so pleased that you are going to print the two Zen stories and some poems. Biographically, I"... Contents index: biographical information / working on a book of poems entitled «Coat of Flesh».

First lines: "Why I address you thus instead of as Dear Tom you will understand when I reveal to you that Barbara"... Contents index: John and Barbara's return to the Catholic Church / writer's block from U.S. racial problems and Vietnam War / resignation from Santa Clara University professorship / Selma-Montgomery March / called Communist by Governor Wallace on TV / Ku Klux Klan / killer of Jonathan Daniels trials / Cuernavaca - Ernesto Cardenal.

First lines: "It was a great lift to the spirit to find in our mail your note and the preface to «Redeeming»"... Contents index: «Redeeming the Time» / plans to teach at Miles College in Birmingham / Ku Klux Klan out to get him / the Church's progress in Birmingham / Byzantine rite English liturgy with Fr. Joseph Raya / writing autobiography.

First lines: "I read with great appreciation your article, "Albert Camus and the Church", which appeared in the"... Contents index: Merton's Camus article in «The Catholic Worker» / commentary on a book by Camus for a series / used for literature discussion group in many churches / «The Plague» or «The Stranger».

First lines: "From the way one of the girls at Seabury was talking of reviews it sounded as though the Plague"... Contents index: planning long article on Camus' «The Stranger» / "done with Camus for a while" / "girls in the publicity department [Seabury Press] seem to have had a good time with my hobbies" (see "Allman, Susan" file for a related article published in the «New York Post» about Merton's list of hobbies).

First lines: "Enclosed you will find the letters Thomas Merton wrote me. Most of them are concerned with his"...

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Belli, German".

First lines: "You're scheduled for Assistant Priest at the Sol. Abbatial Mass, on Thursday, Feast of the Ascension"... Contents index: [verso: "this card is one of several designs printed by the Trappist monks of Our Lady of Gethsemani…"] appears to be an intramural note from one monk to another.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss".

First lines: "On a visit to California, I brought some family and friends letters and papers- etc- I had not seen"... Contents index: letters written by Merton's parents around the time of his birth, some photos of Merton and John Paul (his younger brother) as babies, and of Owen (his father) / 1945 letter to Tom Bennett - entry into the monastery and news of John Paul's death / Tom Bennett's death / reaction to how they were portrayed by Merton.

First lines: "Thanks very much indeed for your note and for the Silver Jubilee Gift. You take me back to the days"... Contents index: mail received after «Life» / reading and enjoying her husband's book / SNCC (Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee - "snick") / direction of protests turning into violent revolution in places like France / Camus mentioned in husband's book / Merton sending his study of Camus on violence.

First lines: "Thanks very much indeed for your note and for the Silver Jubilee Gift. You take me back to the days"... Contents index: mail received after «Life» / reading and enjoying her husband's book / SNCC (Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee - "snick") / direction of protests turning into violent revolution in places like France / Camus mentioned in husband's book / Merton sending his study of Camus on violence.

First lines: "Thanks for your nice letter. I will give you what help I can. First of all, I have read"... Contents index: read Hammarskjold's «Markings» "with great interest and sympathy" / "common interest in Meister Eckhart" / Johannes Tauler and John of the Cross / recommends «Conjectures, Seeds, New Seeds» / Merton's «Gandhi» - Hammarskjöld and Oriental thought / hasn't read recent biography on Hammarskjöld.

First lines: "It's a long time I wanted to write to you again, but I wrote like a mad cap and then time goes and,"... Contents index: writing a book, «The Invitation» / wrote a half funny and half dramatic play / Naomi Burton [Stone] translating "Carnets" / Hans Urs von Balthasar, German Jesuit / St. Bernard.

First lines: "Please don't be annoyed for me writing again, interrupting the life of silence which is yours… maybe"... Contents index: asking if Merton has contacts to get her translated and published in Brazil, Germany and Austria.

First lines: "I've received your both letters. God bless you for all the good you're doing to me. I am very"... Contents index: de Berg went from dancing to "dancing for God", maybe now the monastery / a Jesuit in charge of «Etudes» is reviewing «Carnets de trente veille» for theological errors - sending book to Naomi Burton [Stone].

First lines: "We will be looking forward to your Advent in August, around the 10th. By all means bring some of"... Contents index: Berrigan coming around August 10th / Gordon Zahn's contribution to «Das Buch» / Karl Meyer / Merton's peace writings and the censors / Berrigan's new book and similarities with «The New Man» / T. E. Maher, Jr..

First lines: "Probably by now you are in the middle of your retreat with the Protestants at Mount Saviour. May"... Contents index: book by Merton's "favorite Jesuit", Matthew Ricci, and Christian apostolate / "John Heidbrink's Mennonite minister who has translated a German Catholic book about Zen Buddhism" / Karl Meyer / book on peace - censors forbid "Target Equals City" / peace anthology / Phil Berrigan's study of segregation in «Catholic Worker».

First lines: "Nearest airport Louisville. From there by bus to New Haven, Ky. From there by taxi. But maybe I"... Contents index: directions to Gethsemani / asks if Berrigan wants to give a talk to the sisters at Loretto.

First lines: "I will be over tomorrow after the High Mass, about 10.15. Could you give a first talk of about 1/2"... Contents index: speaking schedule for Daniel Berrigan at Gethsemani on August 13 / Tony Walsh from Labre House in Montreal giving a talk.

First lines: "A short one to say hello, and to hope all is well there. Just back last night from N.Y. and a two"... Contents index: workshop with Mother Seton's Sisters of Charity - work with Puerto Ricans and blacks in poorest parishes of New York / John Heidbrink / a layman said that nuns "poor and prayerful and non violent" but priest not ready for leadership / founding Latin American house / asking Merton for introduction to book on liturgy and conscience.

First lines: "Just got your blanks from the Goggenbuch Stipend House. I will write you up a litany of praises"... Contents index: Berrigan's recommendation of a grant for the Guggenheim / Vatican Council II - debate on sources of Revelation / Cuba - "just war" question and our own "fabricated illusion" of needing to "press the button" - John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev - blending of American and Soviet materialism / Dorothy Day / Bob Lax.

First lines: "Just got your blanks from the Goggenbuch Stipend House. I will write you up a litany of praises"... Contents index: [same as TLS[x] from 1962/11/27, but with parts scratched out in pen].

First lines: "Thank you for your kind letter. I will look for the Ramparts and everything else of interest you"... Contents index: President Kennedy's death / the Goss-Mayrs.

First lines: "Your letter from Budapest was wonderful. Got to me long after Christmas however and I did not write"... Contents index: response to Berrigan's doubts that the Church would send him as a delegate to Prague peace conference and Merton's struggles with censorship on peace / Hildegard and Jean Goss Mayr / John Heidbrink / conflict in Latin America - Vietnam / «Black Revolution» and essays on peace / Karl Rahner / Henry Miller in Mexico.

First lines: "Whitmonday. Time for abrief [sic] letter, perhaps uninspired. I am worn out (not really) from"... Contents index: book on Gandhi and piece on "Mercy" / Georgetown Strategy Center wants Merton's input but he can't / visit of Hibakusha of Hiroshima bombing / Polish tape arrived but not South African [Berrigan notes "Confiscated?"] / Jan Milic Lochman from Prague / Ivan Illich inviting Merton to Latin American conference / why Merton can't travel.

First lines: "One of the things that you can do for Latin America is get in touch with the poet Pablo Antonio"... Contents index: "Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra Concerning Giants" - getting in touch with Cuadra in Nicaragua / Henry Miller - «Stand Still Like the Humming Bird» / Michael Serafian - «The Pilgrim» - Cardinal Bea / essay "Black Revolution" in «Negro Digest» / Pope John XXIII / being outside the Catholic mainstream.

First lines: "Many thanks for your card from Oslo Morocco. We have played your tapes after much aggiornamento"... Contents index: Jerry Berrigan of Syracuse - sending transcript of the African tape / reforming religious life - proposes talk at Loretto / proposed meeting with Berrigan and John Heidbrink in October / frustrated attempts to write on important matters - leaving cycle of "burn out" / Merton's physical resemblance to Henry Miller, Picasso or "ex con".

First lines: "Thanks for your note of yesterday. I sent the CW Letters and some other things, but have no more"... Contents index: no more copies of «Peace in the Post-Christian Era» to reproduce / talk on Loretto for the afternoon / will try to come up with an article for «Jesuit Missions» after finishing overdue article for «Holiday».

First lines: "Last minute check on arrangements for getting the people here. John H. arranged for me to have only"... Contents index: arrangements for meeting at Gethsemani / John Heidbrink and John O. Nelson from Yale / Berrigan to work on getting Paul Peachey there.

First lines: "Today your letter came, with one from Jim also one from Dorothy Day. It was a great relief to hear"... Contents index: [handwritten in pencil - "This was with Catholic Peace Fellowship materials"] regret over hasty reaction to the suicide of Roger LaPorte by quitting the Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF) - (see telegram in "Forest, James" file) / Berrigan's exile to South America.

First lines: "Today your letter came, with one from Jim also one from Dorothy Day. It was a great relief to hear"... Contents index: regret over hasty reaction to the suicide of Roger LaPorte by quitting the Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF) - (see telegram in "Forest, James" file) / Berrigan's exile to South America.

First lines: "Some event, hearing from you. Letter came today, dated Feb 6th in Argentina, and I don't know how"... Contents index: Ernesto Cardenal in Nicaragua and his brother in Ecuador / doesn't feel sorry for Berrigan going to Latin America - would like to go there himself / Berrigan's current popularity in print, success of the Catholic Peace Fellowship, and partnership with Sr. Corita / peace protests / conflicts with authority and obedience.

First lines: "Greetings and reminder you have been with us. John [-] Our warmest thoughts with you. Thich Nhat"... Contents index: [verso: "Interior, Lincoln's Boyhood Home 1811-1816, Knob Creek… KY" / post card from John Heidbrink, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Merton / photocopy of the letter side only] Merton writes "We are at Lincoln's place. Lovely sunny day. Kids all around.".

First lines: "Many thanks for your splendid letter from Europe. I got a good idea of the trip-- and the seminary."... Contents index: European seminarians - desire to change but do not know how / Lanza del Vasto / sending works in need of typing.

First lines: "Things have been happening quite fast here; they sentenced David Miller to 2 and 1 half years last"... Contents index: sentencing of David Miller [for burning draft card] / using every legal means to protest war / proposal to send Berrigan to North Vietnam to bring medical supplies - conflict with Jesuit religious superiors / asks Merton if he should disobey at the risk of Jesuits expelling him.

First lines: "Thanks for all the good material. I had a few of these made up for the brethren when I was saying"... Contents index: [stationary says: "US Forest Service… Leave a Clean Camp and a Dead Fire"] Peace movement is turning more violent - ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. out of fashion / Philip Berrigan and others involved in civil disobedience in Baltimore planning violence against military property / youth influenced by "Che" Guevara.

First lines: "Reaction to the airmail special about Phil and the group that wants to get violent. This will help"... Contents index: reaction to Philip Berrigan's proposal to use violent means - Che Guevara, Regis Debray - violence against people is definitely off-limits - violence against property gets away from Gandhi's ideals, starts to get fuzzy morally, but Merton does not rule it out; however, will it undermine the real message behind peace movement.

First lines: "Reaction to your airmail special about Phil and the group that wants to get violent. This will help"... Contents index: [same as TL[c] from 1967/10/10, except Archivist's note from Cornell states that certain words (containing Philip Berrigan's name) have been covered up and signature masked (Merton's name still listed), presumably for mimeographing and distribution to others, while protecting Merton and Philip Berrigan].

First lines: "I don't know even if I had the gumption to write a think [sic] you to you for the marvelous letter"... Contents index: recounts events surrounding Philip Berrigan's decision, with 3 others, to pour blood on draft records / Phil looking forward to jail / demonstrations in Washington, D.C. / cable to the Pope distributed to clergy / clergy appeal to turn in draft cards as a "paraliturg[ical]" offering / CPF - protest against Catholic Relief Services.

First lines: "A short hectic one as usual; Just in from Chi toward dawn; we had several good things there"... Contents index: draft card turn-in by seminarians in Chicago / apathy by Jesuit theologians in Aurora, Illinois / cursing lawyers in Philip Berrigan case / possibility of Merton's rules loosening regarding travel with a new abbot / seminar on Zen prayer / Ivan Illich conference on Che Guevara / Marxist students and "black power kids".

First lines: "Here's the little booklet on The Plague I told you about. No one deserves the dedication better"... Contents index: hoping Berrigan will send Merton poems or fables for «Monks Pond» / trouble with "John Birch element" at Gethsemani, including ex-Jesuit Fr. Raymond "who is threatening to have me burned" / conference for nuns.

First lines: "Rejoice with us! On September 8, eight of us entered a General Electric Nuclear Weapons factory in"... Contents index: circular letter sent to friends of Daniel and Philip Berrigan (and six others) announcing their act of disobedience in breaking into the General Electric plant and ruining 3 nuclear re-entry cones with household hammers / including a personal message sent to Pat [?] / permission to use Merton correspondence.

First lines: "The news that your publishing project has been accepted by the Merton Trust is wonderful!"...

First lines: "Here is the preface. I can send some more copies if you like, but this is the one for printing, as"... Contents index: sending preface to «No Longer Strangers» - may have to send preface to censors / Merton likes content of the book but has some criticisms on style - too much ambiguity that will be understood by friends and misused by enemies.

First lines: "PRESS STATEMENT (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) [-] On Friday, October 27, 1967, we are entering the"... Contents index: statement to the press of group's plan to enter a draft records office in Baltimore, Maryland, and pour their blood on draft records - reasons for actions - biographies of those committing this act: Rev. James Mengel, David Eberhardt, Thomas Lewis, Father Philip Berrigan.

First lines: "New Year's eve. The day is darkening and it has been snowing since midnight last night. Snow is"... Contents index: support for Philip's act of civil disobedience and the governments charge of conspiracy / John and June Yungblut / Merton's book «Faith and Violence» dedicated to Philip and Daniel / abbatial election / new foundation in Chile - asking Merton to go down / "Maybe the only honest place is jail-- or the Amazon jungle".

This set of correspondence contains nine letters between two like-minded poets and authors. In his correspondence with Berry, one can see seeds of Merton's interest in the environment. One can only guess at the directions in this vein that his friendship with Berry might have led him. Among the letters are original typed and handwritten letters by Berry, and carbon copies of Merton's letters.

First lines: "Many thanks for the fine poems. I want to try the two longer ones and the little Feb.2. in the next"... Contents index: likes winter Haiku, but does not want to use them until the season of winter returns / asks for contributor's notes / proposes get-together after Easter (after April 14th).

First lines: "Je vous remercie pour votre lettre, que j'ai à nouveau reçue avec le retard habituel. Mais dès"... Contents index: asking if Merton wants back editions of the journal on Buddhism and Asian culture.

First lines: "Invoice [-] France-Asie [-] Revue bilingue des Problèmes asiatiques et de Synthèse culturelle"... Contents index: invoice for «Présence du Bouddhisme».

First lines: "I feel very apologetic this morning. It could be that the copy of your paper "Blessed are the Meek""... Contents index: apologies of the delay in seeing "Blessed are the Meek" article and its late anticipated publication in the March 1967 issue of «Fellowship» magazine - John Heidbrink gave Best the article and Jim Forest reminded him of what it was - article's contribution to the theology of non-violence / Catholic Peace Fellowship.