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First lines: "Yesterday we received from Lee Belford the manuscript of your excellent commentary on Camus:"... Contents index: offer to publish Merton's commentary on Camus' «The Plague».

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bùi-bàng-Hiên, R., Fr.".

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bunge, Gabriel, Br., O.S.B.".

First lines: "For several weeks I have wanted to find an opportunity to answer your letter with its one very"... Contents index: [Cold War Letters #15] responds to Burdick's question about "disinterested love" - charity, agape rather than eros - mysticism, the Zen tradition, Hassidim, Jewish tzaddiks of Central Europe and Poland (Buber) / Sigmund Freud - "a great puritan" / sending some writings of D. T. Suzuki.

First lines: "I have read your long letter carefully, and sympathize with you. I wonder if you are aware that"... Contents index: more in the Church and at the Second Vatican Council are seeing the value of Teilhard de Chardin, and that "He needs no saving, he is about as 'in' as one can be with the avant garde... the others will come round." / there is still suffering ahead and Chardin indicates the proper spirit to face this in «Divine Milieu».

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

First lines: "I am writing this letter in behalf of Christopher Burke who is petitioning for classification as a"... Contents index: Merton attests that the Burke family is guided by serious pacifistic principals and feels that as a Catholic he may appeal to the call of the Second Vatican Council's message that Catholics may feel obliged to refuse military service for unjust causes.

First lines: "For the past month I have been searching for time and a timely word to thank you for giving us"... Contents index: "The Guilt of Hiroshima" by James Douglass and criticism for the Kirby letter of October 27 which criticizes Douglass / lack of moral grounds for using threat of another nuclear attack like Hiroshima as grounds to threaten Communism - mentions great writers opposed to nuclear war, including Merton / situation in Cuba.

First lines: "Thanks for your kind invitation to preach the retreat at the Genesee. Since I have always thought"... Contents index: Merton refuses offer to preach retreat - has turned down many others - true vocation is meditation and writing / suggests subprior Fr. Matthew [Kelty?].

First lines: "I would have a hard time telling you exactly what books of ours are in print now, but I will make an"... Contents index: list of books and publishers by Merton.

First lines: "I have been working here at Boystown since the first of the year, spend part of the day attending"... Contents index: asking for articles by Merton concerning the subject of married clergy.

First lines: "This is a very late "Christmas" card to thank you for your kind letter and the Mass stipend which"... Contents index: ["Christmas Card 1958" - verso: "From a woodcut by Gerhard Marcks for the hand-press edition of Thomas Merton's 'The Tower of Babel,' printed for New Directions by R. von Sichowsky in Hamburg, Germany."].

First lines: "Many thanks for your kind letter and gift. No, I did not know Mark Van Doren had mentioned me in"...

First lines: "Let nothing disturb you! Trust and peace. God is always near. Thanks for remembering my birthday"... Contents index: [verso: "Statue of St. Benedict (by Peter Watts) Abbey of Gethsemani, Ky."].

First lines: "Thanks again for your kindness. I do keep you in my prayers. Life is not as easy and pleasant as"...

First lines: "+ for Ethel Burns with prayers and good wishes in Xt [-] Thomas Merton"... Contents index: [see Sub-Section B.6 for the original signature and inscription in the book «Life and Holiness»].

First lines: "I am in profound agreement with your talks on the hermit life etc. However there is one small point"... Contents index: mostly agrees with Flavian and Dom André on eremitical life - disagrees that monks be permitted free transitus to live this life and that communities should be more restrictive in allowing transfer but more accommodating in allowing the hermit lifestyle if someone is mature enough.

First lines: "I borrowed Mother Myriam's Olivetti to write out my paper for Darjeeling (they wanted it written out"... Contents index: [writing from Redwoods Monastery in Whitethorn, California] advantages of the solitude of Alaska over the development on the California coast / will return to Gethsemani but does not see future there / Asian trip agenda / on Dom James Fox finally thinking Merton "mature" - "Maybe that was the result of the episode in 1966".

First lines: "I owe you a progress report. Not having got any mail for a couple of weeks I don't know if there"... Contents index: [writing from the Hotel Imperial in New Delhi, India] meeting with the Dalai Lama in the Himalayas - Tibetan samadhi / Madhyamika philosophy / Dalai Lama called Merton a "Geyshe" - someone with Dalai Lama told Merton he had never said this of a westerner before / Alaska hermitage / popularization of Tibetan spirituality.

First lines: "Thank you for your telegram informing us of Father Thomas Merton's death. I assume he will be buried"... Contents index: [Harold Brewster Jenkins was Merton's uncle on his mother's side - see also the "Jenkins, Harold" file in Section A].

First lines: "Thank you for letting me read this book by Victor Kramer. To quote Naomi: "«This» is the Merton"... Contents index: praise for Victor Kramer's book («Thomas Merton» and later revised as «Thomas Merton, Monk and Artist») / comparison to Michael Mott's «Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton» and George Woodcock's «Thomas Merton, Monk and Poet».

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

First lines: "Forgive my long delay, perhaps no longer than usual, but I have been in the hospital, so I have some"... Contents index: Merton's praise of the Ida Görres Diaries sent by Burns - Görres' response to «Sign of Jonas» / Görres' book on St. Thérèse of Lisieux / Görres' statement on the "ultra ultra Catholic mind, that tight, closed, prim, infallible, authoritarian, and highly aggressive mind" - death of Diem and Nhu.

First lines: "Many thanks for yours of March 25th. I feel very ashamed of myself for not having written to you"... Contents index: Ida Görres Diaries / Farrar, Straus - Bob Giroux - «Seeds of Destruction» / sending copy of «Ancren Riwle».

First lines: "A copy of the Gorres journals arrived yesterday, and I want to thank you also for all the other"... Contents index: meeting with D. T. Suzuki on Zen and Christianity / «Seeds of Destruction» / Bob Giroux.

First lines: "Your very kind letter of July 17th only increases the sense of guilt I have had for weeks and months"... Contents index: Illtud Evans - speaking to Merton about «Seeds of Destruction» - Burns suggests leaving out "Religion and Race in the U.S." and "Man is a Gorilla with a Gun" for publication in England.

First lines: "Probably copies of REDEEMING THE TIME are on their way but I have not yet seen it. I would in any"... Contents index: asking for some extra copies of «Redeeming the Time» be sent to him, to Dagmar Henne in Germany and to Jose Maria Valverde.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burtt, Edwin Arthur, Dr.".

First lines: "I have received you book and have begun it, under conditions that are quite exemplary"... Contents index: read a book by Burtt and plans to send comment on the book at a later date / Merton sending book on Chuang Tzu.

First lines: "Many thanks for your kind words about the book. I was sure you would find some common ground"... Contents index: mentions that there are similarities and differences between their ideas - looks forward to Merton's comments.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Busby, C. R.".

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

First lines: "Sorry for the first mistake but I'm a pretty rotten typist but my penmanship is worst so good luck!"... Contents index: quotes Benjamin Franklin on politics and religion / asks Merton about his thoughts on drugs and the hippy movement / Bob Dylan / asks Merton for submissions to her underground newspaper, «Clique Courier» / her backstage passes to the Monterey International Pop Music Festival / Paul McCartney and the Beatles.

First lines: "Guess what! You got a new name you didn't need!!!! HELLO!! This is the Disaster Kid from the"... Contents index: "letter to a hippy hermit" / Monterey Pop Festival with grandma / D. T. Suzuki / Butorovich recommends Kahlil Gibran, O. Henry, J.R.R. Tolkien and John Lennon to Merton / asks what he would add or leave out of «Seven Storey Mountain» / Pablo Picasso / types lyrics - Beatles songs from "Sgt. Pepper" / Ravi Shankar.

First lines: "This is going to be a fast letter. Hello! I am getting very bored with life and, well"... Contents index: class retreat to San Juan Bautista / asking Merton's opinion about going her going to England for college and the requirements / Ravi Shankar spending the semester at Columbia University / asking Merton for a tape on Zen Buddhism / The Beatles / purchased Suzuki book / picture of Merton with hat on «Mystics and Zen Masters».

First lines: "Sorry for the long delay. I've been very busy. Just had a wonderful time with fifteen cloistered"... Contents index: meeting with fifteen cloistered nuns at Gethsemani / encourages Butorovich to go to school in England, but mentions the tough matriculation (handwritten unpublished note states that his information "is probably completely «obsolete»") / Merton does not know whether he can "put Zen on tape" for her and the nuns.

First lines: "I read your long letter--with insertions from Cris, etc., etc.-in Dallas airport. Now I'm at Memphis"... Contents index: [photocopy of postcard (from Butorovich?) with typed "translation" of Merton's script, she adds that the others mentioned in the letter were Cris Cadena, Butorovich's school friend who joined Merton and Butorovich's family for dinner when Merton was in California, and Mary Lou Berryessa, another school friend of Butorovich].

First lines: "Don't mind the letterhead, this is just the secret headquarters of my drug pushing outfit. (aspirins"... Contents index: [letterhead: "Community Council of San Mateo County" "Action Study on Community Health Services"] sending second issue of «Monks Pond» / asks Butorovich for material from her underground paper.

First lines: "Your letter(s) followed me to Alaska and got here just in time. I have not run out on the monastery"... Contents index: [written from Anchorage, Alaska].

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter about Holy Obedience which I think corresponds to Tenko San's ideas but"... Contents index: sending «Footprints of Gautama the Buddha» / describes a criminal attack made upon her.

First lines: "Your book on the Buddha is a joy to read and full of wisdom, so that once again I want to tell you"... Contents index: Byles' book on Buddha, «Footprints of Gautama the Buddha» (see "Marginalia" collection in the Merton Center for Merton's notes on this book) / «Way of Chuang Tzu» has not been reviewed in English to Merton's knowledge and permits Byles to review it in «The Middle Way» / Merton sends piece on Marcel and Buddha.

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

First lines: "NEW DIMENSIONS IN THEOLOGY [-] A new Eight-Week Series of Tuesday Night Lectures at CATHERINE"... Contents index: program for series of eight weekly lectures.

First lines: "During the days of my retreat I'm giving some thoughts to my lecture described in the included"... Contents index: asks for Merton's critiques on his outlined points for a conference entitled, "The Theology of Listening", to be delivered on September 26, 1967, at Catherine Spalding College.

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This Record Group contains published works and manuscripts (including proofs and galleys) of books and pamphlets by and about Merton. Additionally, there are reviews of books by and about Merton, royalties statements and censors reports for Merton's books, and masters theses and doctoral dissertations about Merton and his writings.

Record Sub-Group 3i contains book and pamphlet length material by Thomas Merton grouped by title, in manuscript and published form, with reviews, censors reports, and royalties statements related to each title.

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Review (by: Sugrue, Thomas) in NY Herald Tribune (23 September 1951).

Review in Star Toronto, Canada (29 September 1951).

Review in Post Houston Texas (7 October 1951).

Review in Union Sacramento Calif (7 October 1951).

Review in Times Hartford Conn. (13 October 1951). E.C.

Review (by: Harris, Gerladine C.) in Dispatch Columbus O (14 October 1951).

Review (by: Williamson, Mary Paula) in The Pilot Boston Mass (20 October 1951).

Review (by: Hurley, R.J.; Thomas Sugrue, and J.A. Pike) in Book Rev Digest (November 1951).
Contains excerpts from reviews by R.J.

Review in Times Moncton, NB Canada (November 1951).

Review (by: Simons, John W.) in Catholic Messenger Davenport Ia (8 November 1951).

Review in America (24 November 1951).

Review in Chronicle San Francisco Calif (28 October 1951).

Review (by: Diviney, Charles E.) in Reverend Charles Diviney.

Review in Pilot Boston Mass (16 February 1952).

Review in America (23 February 1952).

Review in NY Herald Tribune (6 July 1951).

Review in Times NY City (17 November 1951).

Review in World Herald Omaha Neb (October).

Review in Herald News Fall River Mass (11 October 1951).

Review (by: Luff, S.G.A.) in Clergy Review 62 (august 1977): 336-337.

Review (by: Watkin, E. I.) in Dublin Review 226 (1st quarter 1952): 74-77.

Review (by: Kennedy, R. Scott) in R. Scott Kennedy.

Review (by: Delaney, Anne) in Boston Sunday Globe (26 August 1973).

Review (by: Gallagher, Joseph) in Pittsburgh Catholic (24 August 1973).

Review (by: McCulloc, Joseph) in Times (25 May 1974).

Review (by: Woodcock, George) in Pacific Affairs 46.4 (Winter 1973-1974): 570.

Review (by: Leclercq, Jean, Dom, O.S.B.) in Bulletin de L'Aide a L'Implantation Monastique 17 (1974): 111-113.

Review (by: Rice, Edward) in New York Times Book Review (8 July 1973): 13.

Review (by: Miller, David L.) in Review of Books and Religion 3 (Mid-January 1974): 1, 16.

Review (by: Christopher, Michael) in US Catholic 38 (October 1973): 48-50.

Review (by: Kuhn, John G.) in Best Sellers 33 (August 15 1973): 223.

Review (by: Lipner, Julius) in Blackfriars 56 (October 1975) 471-474.

Review (by: Graham, Aelred, O.S.B.) in Tablet [London] 228 (June 8 1974): 551-552.

Review (by: Dahlheimer, Ed) in The Mirror [Diocese of Springfield, MO] (July 22, 1973).

Review (by: MacKaye, William R.) in Washington Post Book World (August 12, 1973).

Review in Long Island Catholic (December 13, 1973).

Review (by: Dollen, Charles) in Southern Cross [San Diego CA] (August 9, 1973).

Review (by: Evett, Robert) in Star [Washington, DC] (July 5, 1973).