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First lines: "At the request of our Father Louis we are forwarding to you today our library copy of THE RIGHT"... Contents index: [from "Fr. M. Regis, O.C.S.O., Librarian" on Gethsemani Abbey letterhead, likely Appel, sent to Paul V. Moynihan, reference librarian at the Bapst Library of Boston College] sending the book «The Right Reverend Dom M. Edmund Obrecht, O.C.S.O.» by the late Fr. Amadeus Ginsbach of Gethsemani Abbey.

First lines: "Your most comforting letter-- followed by the beautiful preface to our book-- arrived almost a month"...

First lines: "Your most comforting letter-- followed by the beautiful preface to our book-- arrived almost a month"...

First lines: "Discúlpeme usted que de tarde en tarde le escriba unas letras. Mis actividades no me dejan mucho"... Contents index: [includes color slide of mosaics] «Emblems in a Season of Fury» / good translations of poems / explanation of new artistic style that Andrade is developing of mosaics in relief employed in modern architecture.

First lines: "Discúlpeme usted que de tarde en tarde le escriba unas letras. Mis actividades no me dejan mucho"... Contents index: [includes color slide of mosaics] «Emblems in a Season of Fury» / good translations of poems / explanation of new artistic style that Andrade is developing of mosaics in relief employed in modern architecture.

First lines: "Perhaps for your records - we sent today the book 'Disputed Questions' to; Mrs. Anne Freedgood,"...

First lines: "Perhaps for your records - we sent today the book 'Disputed Questions' to; Mrs. Anne Freedgood,"...

First lines: "By all means go ahead with Few Questions: Fewer Answers. I read it without the slightest"...

First lines: "By all means go ahead with Few Questions: Fewer Answers. I read it without the slightest"...

First lines: "There is someone working on the Louisville date, and they will probably contact you directly. The"...

First lines: "There is someone working on the Louisville date, and they will probably contact you directly. The"...

First lines: "As you had suggested in my interview with you recently, I spoke with Father Bernard Sylvanus de"... Contents index: [carbon copies to Merton, Fr. B. Sylvanus de Aguiar, and Fr. Vincent Daugintis].

First lines: "As you had suggested in my interview with you recently, I spoke with Father Bernard Sylvanus de"... Contents index: [carbon copies to Merton, Fr. B. Sylvanus de Aguiar, and Fr. Vincent Daugintis].

First lines: "This letter is accompanied by the sincere hope that you will pardon my presumption in writing to you"...

First lines: "This letter is accompanied by the sincere hope that you will pardon my presumption in writing to you"...

First lines: "I forget if I wrote about the dates for Mrs Harton. In fact I don't remember getting your other"...

First lines: "I forget if I wrote about the dates for Mrs Harton. In fact I don't remember getting your other"...

First lines: "Fine. We will look for you early in November. Have the people in Louisville written to you yet?"... Contents index: [copied on same paper as 1964/08/26 letter].

First lines: "Fine. We will look for you early in November. Have the people in Louisville written to you yet?"... Contents index: [copied on same paper as 1964/08/26 letter].

First lines: "I am sorry your letter has gone so long without an answer, especially when you feel so lost and"...

First lines: "I am sorry your letter has gone so long without an answer, especially when you feel so lost and"...

First lines: "I am sorry your letter has gone so long without an answer, especially when you feel so lost and"...

First lines: "I am sorry your letter has gone so long without an answer, especially when you feel so lost and"...

First lines: "We want you to know of our gratitude for the generous contribution sent by you in the amount of"... Contents index: thanking Merton for a contribution made to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in support of civil rights work.

First lines: "We want you to know of our gratitude for the generous contribution sent by you in the amount of"... Contents index: thanking Merton for a contribution made to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in support of civil rights work.

First lines: "2. spilt into the cloister. The Abbot of Solesmes officiated and the next day for Rome. I spoke to"... Contents index: [two postcards of Chartres Cathedral] Dom Doyère / lack of religious vocations in France vs. too many young priests in America / Abbot of Wisques.

First lines: "2. spilt into the cloister. The Abbot of Solesmes officiated and the next day for Rome. I spoke to"... Contents index: [two postcards of Chartres Cathedral] Dom Doyère / lack of religious vocations in France vs. too many young priests in America / Abbot of Wisques.

First lines: "I am half way through your book "A Thomas Merton Reader" and find it fascinating. However, that is"... Contents index: describes family connection with Merton / describes that Nanny, her grandmother (Freida Hauck), is in poor health and is now living with her parents and the tensions caused in caring for her / asks for Merton's prayers for Nanny / Nancy has married and has children so cannon help her parents care for Nanny.

First lines: "I am half way through your book "A Thomas Merton Reader" and find it fascinating. However, that is"... Contents index: describes family connection with Merton / describes that Nanny, her grandmother (Freida Hauck), is in poor health and is now living with her parents and the tensions caused in caring for her / asks for Merton's prayers for Nanny / Nancy has married and has children so cannon help her parents care for Nanny.

First lines: "I thought this would interest you, if you do not already know the book, which is one of the most"... Contents index: [handwritten and signed note from van Bruyn - typed selections from «Venture to the Interior» by Laurens van der Post].

First lines: "I thought this would interest you, if you do not already know the book, which is one of the most"... Contents index: [handwritten and signed note from van Bruyn - typed selections from «Venture to the Interior» by Laurens van der Post].

First lines: "Perhaps you will remember me. Back in Easter, '56, when Fr. Hilary was guestmaster, I spent about 8"... Contents index: advise on contemplative vocation / background of meeting Merton before entering, and when thinking about, Trappist vocation / life first with the Anglican Benedictines / desire to join Camaldolese - need for greater solitude in nature (Thoreau a childhood hero) / time with Fr. Minard in South Carolina / Dom Winandy / authenticity of Merton's vocation to the solitary life and recommendations to others - stay with Trappists or look elsewhere? / Merton's article on the eremitical life.

First lines: "Perhaps you will remember me. Back in Easter, '56, when Fr. Hilary was guestmaster, I spent about 8"... Contents index: advise on contemplative vocation / background of meeting Merton before entering, and when thinking about, Trappist vocation / life first with the Anglican Benedictines / desire to join Camaldolese - need for greater solitude in nature (Thoreau a childhood hero) / time with Fr. Minard in South Carolina / Dom Winandy / authenticity of Merton's vocation to the solitary life and recommendations to others - stay with Trappists or look elsewhere? / Merton's article on the eremitical life.

First lines: "Thanks for letting me see your essay on Basil. I think you are on to something important. First"... Contents index: diathesis / P. Charles Dumont - want translation into French of Evagrius / sending an article / issues of "the mag" [Monks Pond?] well received by poets.

First lines: "About this skin condition, in resumé. 1) Poison ivy on the hands for over two months, at first it"...

First lines: "I hope that I have not transgressed your wishes in showing your letter at Wisques. Dom Doyère asked"... Contents index: [no date but seems to fall between 1964/09/11 and 1964/09/22 letters] "Monk in Diaspora".

First lines: "Fr. Prior just gave me your note about B. Martin and the Conferences. I did not see the note he"... Contents index: Br. Martin's reaction to Merton's work and whether a monk should be controversial / Merton's Conferences / unsettling effect Merton has on people, including Bamberger at times.

First lines: "I am not quite sure I understand Dr Simon. He said something about «fungus» infection,"...

First lines: "I hope that I have not transgressed your wishes in showing your letter at Wisques. Dom Doyère asked"... Contents index: [no date but seems to fall between 1964/09/11 and 1964/09/22 letters] "Monk in Diaspora".

First lines: "Got a good letter from John Heidbrink today and he said you were bac[k] also told me where to find"... Contents index: arranged talk with Loretto community / Merton's showing of abstract drawings in Louisville / aggiornamento of Trappist life and monastic formation - vocation problem / article on Flannery O'Connor / more of Merton's writing on peace getting through censors, though nothing "technical about the morality of the bomb".

First lines: "Got a good letter from John Heidbrink today and he said you were bac[k] also told me where to find"... Contents index: arranged talk with Loretto community / Merton's showing of abstract drawings in Louisville / aggiornamento of Trappist life and monastic formation - vocation problem / article on Flannery O'Connor / more of Merton's writing on peace getting through censors, though nothing "technical about the morality of the bomb".

First lines: "It has been good hearing from you. I am glad you were at Wisques and of course have no objection at"... Contents index: Abbot of Wisques and Dom Doyère / copies of "Monk in Diaspora" / Miguel de Sanmiguel, publisher at Guadarrama / Spanish poets / Abbot of Montserrat.

First lines: "It has been good hearing from you. I am glad you were at Wisques and of course have no objection at"... Contents index: Abbot of Wisques and Dom Doyère / copies of "Monk in Diaspora" / Miguel de Sanmiguel, publisher at Guadarrama / Spanish poets / Abbot of Montserrat.

First lines: "For many reasons I have been delayed in replying to your letter. Naturally I have studied it with"...

First lines: "For many reasons I have been delayed in replying to your letter. Naturally I have studied it with"...

First lines: "After the Chateaux de la Loire and the pre-historic caves in Dordogne, we have now seen the remains"... Contents index: [two postcards of the Abbaye de Fontfroide] ruins of Cistercian abbeys / sister-in-law, a Carmelite in Tours living without electricity.

First lines: "After the Chateaux de la Loire and the pre-historic caves in Dordogne, we have now seen the remains"... Contents index: [two postcards of the Abbaye de Fontfroide] ruins of Cistercian abbeys / sister-in-law, a Carmelite in Tours living without electricity.

First lines: "Sure, by all means have them send the proofs and I will try to writ[e] at least something, if I"... Contents index: five day conference of novice masters "kicking around seven main types of misunderstanding" / some peace writings approved for publishing after a rewrite - thinks writings are now stronger / Carole Denise McNair killed in the September 1963 bombing in Birmingham, Alabama - "Picture of a Black Child with a White Doll".

First lines: "Thanks for your note: I am relaying the information to Cardenal, Seminario de Cristo Sacerdote, La"... Contents index: comments for publication on 1964 presidential election between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater.

First lines: "Thanks for your note: I am relaying the information to Cardenal, Seminario de Cristo Sacerdote, La"... Contents index: comments for publication on 1964 presidential election between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater.

First lines: "It was good to hear from you, and I think I have a fairly clear memory of your visit, though it was"... Contents index: Trappist monastic life - good on promoting the «vita activa» (active life) of work and active communal prayer, but not good at promoting true solitude - will drive away those looking for solitude unless eremitical life is allowed - suggests Fr. Minard's group / Merton looking for a solution for more solitude within the Order.

First lines: "It was good to hear from you, and I think I have a fairly clear memory of your visit, though it was"... Contents index: Trappist monastic life - good on promoting the «vita activa» (active life) of work and active communal prayer, but not good at promoting true solitude - will drive away those looking for solitude unless eremitical life is allowed - suggests Fr. Minard's group / Merton looking for a solution for more solitude within the Order.

First lines: "It was good to hear from you, and I think I have a fairly clear memory of your visit, though it was"... Contents index: [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] Trappist monastic life - good on promoting the «vita activa» (active life) of work and active communal prayer, but not good at promoting true solitude - will drive away those looking for solitude unless eremitical life is allowed - suggests Fr. Minard's group / Merton looking for a solution for more solitude within the Order.

First lines: "It was good to hear from you, and I think I have a fairly clear memory of your visit, though it was"... Contents index: [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] Trappist monastic life - good on promoting the «vita activa» (active life) of work and active communal prayer, but not good at promoting true solitude - will drive away those looking for solitude unless eremitical life is allowed - suggests Fr. Minard's group / Merton looking for a solution for more solitude within the Order.

First lines: "The wonderful package of books has arrived, and I am reading the first volume of «Herrlichkeit»"...

First lines: "The wonderful package of books has arrived, and I am reading the first volume of «Herrlichkeit»"...

First lines: "We visited today this magnificent Abbaye, daughter of Fontfroide, destroyed in 1835 and partially"... Contents index: [Real Monasterio de Poblet] Cistercians living 12th century austerity since rebuilding ruined abbey in 1940.

First lines: "We visited today this magnificent Abbaye, daughter of Fontfroide, destroyed in 1835 and partially"... Contents index: [Real Monasterio de Poblet] Cistercians living 12th century austerity since rebuilding ruined abbey in 1940.

First lines: "I will be expecting Mrs Harton and her holy companions, including you I hope, Oct. 15 on the Feast"...

First lines: "I will be expecting Mrs Harton and her holy companions, including you I hope, Oct. 15 on the Feast"...

First lines: "Congratulations and blessings. I was praying for you Saturday, your profession day. It really make"...

First lines: "Congratulations and blessings. I was praying for you Saturday, your profession day. It really make"...

First lines: "Father Philip Berrigan asked me to get the address of Chris McNair for you, and it is: 61 Sixth"... Contents index: Merton's article in the «New York Review».

First lines: "Je viens de recevoir une lettre des Éditions Albin Michel m'informant de votre déception de n'avoir"... Contents index: Merton's complaint to Editions Albin Michel that he had not received «Présence du Bouddhisme».

First lines: "Father Philip Berrigan asked me to get the address of Chris McNair for you, and it is: 61 Sixth"... Contents index: Merton's article in the «New York Review».

First lines: "Je viens de recevoir une lettre des Éditions Albin Michel m'informant de votre déception de n'avoir"... Contents index: Merton's complaint to Editions Albin Michel that he had not received «Présence du Bouddhisme».

First lines: "As I leave a week from Sunday for University of Maryland, it behooves me to firm up my Louisville"...

First lines: "As I leave a week from Sunday for University of Maryland, it behooves me to firm up my Louisville"...

First lines: "I have no letters from you since last December, although I wrote myself to you three times. My last"...

First lines: "I have no letters from you since last December, although I wrote myself to you three times. My last"...

First lines: "I have very much to say and may wind up saying little of it, but before I begin... this letter"...

First lines: "I have very much to say and may wind up saying little of it, but before I begin... this letter"...

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: "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: "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: "It was good to get your letter and to hear of your new work. The mosaics in relief seem to me to be"... Contents index: [Merton writes "Jaime Andrade" in pen above "Dear Jaime"] books on Ecuadorian folk lore / Merton's abstract drawings.

First lines: "It was good to get your letter and to hear of your new work. The mosaics in relief seem to me to be"... Contents index: [Merton writes "Jaime Andrade" in pen above "Dear Jaime"] books on Ecuadorian folk lore / Merton's abstract drawings.

First lines: "It was good to get your letter and to hear of your new work. The mosaics in relief seem to me to be"... Contents index: books on Ecuadorian folk lore / Merton's abstract drawings.

First lines: "It was good to get your letter and to hear of your new work. The mosaics in relief seem to me to be"... Contents index: books on Ecuadorian folk lore / Merton's abstract drawings.

First lines: "Thank you for your recent letter, as usuall [sic] full of interesting news of your amazing"...

First lines: "Thank you for your recent letter, as usuall [sic] full of interesting news of your amazing"...

First lines: "When I suggested the Little Sisters I realized that the suggestion would be a bit of a bombshell on"... Contents index: Walter Hauck and disgrace in sending Nanny to the Little Sisters of the Poor / Merton encourages them "see beyond the surface and the conventional social outlook".

First lines: "When I suggested the Little Sisters I realized that the suggestion would be a bit of a bombshell on"... Contents index: Walter Hauck and disgrace in sending Nanny to the Little Sisters of the Poor / Merton encourages them "see beyond the surface and the conventional social outlook".

First lines: "How many letters do I owe you? I blush to think of it. Please forgive me. (I have just been"...

First lines: "How many letters do I owe you? I blush to think of it. Please forgive me. (I have just been"...

First lines: "vous [sic] saurez m'excuser si j'ai attendu presque une année pour vous écris encore, après votre"... Contents index: «Life and Holiness» / Hebert Mason / «Mohammed et St. François» / "Les érémites du Moyen Age et l'esprit du pèlérinage vers Jérusalem" / Pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Islamic pilgrimages / finished 3 volumes on works of Louis Massignon / Christian interpretations of the Koran.

First lines: "vous [sic] saurez m'excuser si j'ai attendu presque une année pour vous écris encore, après votre"... Contents index: «Life and Holiness» / Hebert Mason / «Mohammed et St. François» / "Les érémites du Moyen Age et l'esprit du pèlérinage vers Jérusalem" / Pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Islamic pilgrimages / finished 3 volumes on works of Louis Massignon / Christian interpretations of the Koran.

First lines: "It was good to get your letter last August and to know that the Preface was suitable. I am very"... Contents index: Shakers / Ted (Edward Deming Andrews) / collection in one place at Amherst / published correspondence with Ted.

First lines: "It was good to get your letter last August and to know that the Preface was suitable. I am very"... Contents index: Shakers / Ted (Edward Deming Andrews) / collection in one place at Amherst / published correspondence with Ted.

First lines: "You will recall the hopes that Dan and I had that you would write the foreword of our joint"... Contents index: asking Merton to write a foreword to his book «No Longer Strangers» / at meeting at Gethsemani next month, Philip would like to discuss institutionalism - wrote about it in «Perspectives».

First lines: "I have no need of an introduction to you, as I remember you with affection as a nice little baby,"... Contents index: [undated, but apparently between the 1964/09/13 and 1964/10/28 letters - sent to the Center in an envelope postmarked 1968/12/24 - possibly this was the announcement of Merton's death and was misplaced] Nanny (Freida Hauck) / possibility of sending her to the care facility of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

First lines: "I have no need of an introduction to you, as I remember you with affection as a nice little baby,"... Contents index: [undated, but apparently between the 1964/09/13 and 1964/10/28 letters - sent to the Center in an envelope postmarked 1968/12/24 - possibly this was the announcement of Merton's death and was misplaced] Nanny (Freida Hauck) / possibility of sending her to the care facility of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

First lines: "I am afraid that I cannot five you a great deal of information on the Carthusians that would be"... Contents index: benefits and drawbacks of Carthusians or Camaldolese as an order for solitude.

First lines: "I am afraid that I cannot five you a great deal of information on the Carthusians that would be"... Contents index: benefits and drawbacks of Carthusians or Camaldolese as an order for solitude.

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: "Glad to have your card. We are expecting you. Could you please phone our guesthouse when you know"...