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First lines: "Thanks for your letter of July 21st. I am slow in replying, and yet this is relatively fast too."... Contents index: Merton thinks Brasier's questions interesting, but does not think he can do book on apologetics - more the work of a Dominican or a Jesuit - not in fitting with the contemplative life.

Merton published the poem "Newscast" in <u>Freelance</u>. He discusses with Bravemen his poems and a visit to Bravemen by Howard Nemerov and his reactions to Merton's poems. They also discuss setting up a meeting with a couple of students interested in Merton's work from Washington University in St. Louis. This meeting is discussed in Merton's journals on April 6, 1968.

First lines: "Thanks for the extra copies, for the feedback on the poem and all. For many reasons I am happy that"...

First lines: "After all your notes and good wishes I know we are really friends, and I hope we will remain united"... Contents index: Merton sends a picture of himself but asks that they not focus on appearances in life - asks student to be true to themselves and what God wants for them / many ways to serve God - not all through being a priest or religious.

First lines: "I appreciate your kind letter of the 18th and I'm glad to hear at least a temporary solution for the"... Contents index: would like to attend Monroe [Michigan] workshop on contemplative life, but doubts he can make it / would like to arrange meeting with the Trappist nuns at Redwoods Monastery.

First lines: "Thanks for your kind letter. I think we are working our way towards a solution. I have mentioned"...

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

First lines: "I am writing you for two reasons. I hope I don't waste your valuable time. A friend of mine - his"... Contents index: asking Merton to give Brett's friend, Dick Ganci, some criticism on his poems.

First lines: "Sorry, I forgot to insert the M. before your name! I know this is a poor time to write you, but I"...

First lines: "Congratulations on the birthday and thanks for your letter. I hope this reply reaches you in time"...

Poet Keith Wilson (see "Wilson, Keith" file) had asked Brigham to send some poetry to Merton for publication in <u>Monks Pond</u>. Merton decides to include her poems in the last three of his total four <u>Monks Pond</u> issues. Included are original letters to and from Merton concerning Merton's thoughts on Brigham's poems and details about their publication in <u>Monks Pond</u>.

First lines: "Passed on to me through Keith Wilson an 'invitation' to submit to Monks Pond. Are you planning to"...

First lines: "Besmilr Brigham--- drag sheet [-] Biography-- Choctaw (French, Irish and English) from my"... Contents index: [curriculum vitae for Brigham].

First lines: "Thanks for your most generous letter, stock of poems, offer of addresses, everything. First the"...

First lines: "Thank you so much for the three original letters you sent us that Thomas Merton had written you."...

First lines: "Must answer you together as I can hardly keep up with mail in any case. I have Teo's letter"... Contents index: [to Teo Savory and Brilliant - see "Savory, Teo" file for hard copy] Merton's tape played by Ping Ferry with "Big Zulu piece" and the "Unending Description" / Albert Camus piece for Unicorn Journal could be on «The Stranger» (already wrote on «The Plague» / Victor Hammer's press / Merton translating Rene Char.

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

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

First lines: "I am sorry I have not responded sooner. «Pandora's Box» is wonderful. Just perfect for"... Contents index: praise for the play / suggests sending it to Sister Mary Luke Tobin of the Sisters of Loretto since she was the American woman observer at the Second Vatican Council.

First lines: "Thank you for your letter and for the articles - I was most interested, especially in that one"...

First lines: "The Feast of St Theresa is as good a day as any for a letter to Stanbrook, and I must confess"...

First lines: "This is chiefly to wish you many blessings and graces on March 12th and to say how much I liked"... Contents index: [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files - some pen/pencil marks].

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

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter. I want to say that I said Mass for you and Stanbrook on the 12th"...

First lines: "Certainly I do not regard monastic letters as a distraction and I was glad to hear from you."...

First lines: "A very happy birthday to you - don't forget it is also my feast, and pray for me too. First of all,"...

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bryan, Gerard, Fr., O.C.S.O.".

First lines: "A Long Look Homeward [-] An Interview with the Dalai Lama of Tibet [-] Glenn H. Mullin"... Contents index: [pamphlet (29 pp.) published by the Tibetan Cultural Center, Bloomington, Indiana - given by the Dalai Lama to Br. John Albert, O.C.S.O. at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on 1987/09/19].

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bucher, Vitus, Fr., O.S.B.".

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

First lines: "I am afraid I am not able to be a very good correspondent. Sometimes I can answer letters,"... Contents index: [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files].

First lines: "Nearly one year ago I got a letter from you, in which letter you gave me some good counsels, which I"... Contents index: [encloses Latin text from St. Augustine] mystical traditions of Meister Eckhart, Origen, and the early Cistercians / desire for the eremitic life.

These letters, mostly originals from Burden to Merton, primarily concern the publication of Burden's books of photographs of Gethsemani, entitled <a onClick="return popup(this, 'link')" href="http://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638&queryString=ti:God+Is+My+Life"><i>God Is My Life</i></a>. However, they also discuss the Shakers, and Burden may have helped Merton come into contact with Edward Deming Andrews. Merton sends Burden photographs of his drawings in hopes of having them displayed in Santa Barbara with proceeds going to a Negro scholarship and a scholarship at Bellarmine College in Louisville.

First lines: "This letter is two-fold - to wish you a very, very Merry Christmas and to report on the book."...

First lines: "I am enclosing the proofs of your introduction to God is My Life. I would have liked to send you"...

First lines: "Well, here I am back in California again, no closer to Gethsemani, but full of Shaker information."...

First lines: "Shortly you will receive a small gift package from me. It is a chasuble I saw in a peasant exhibit"...

First lines: "(not for publication) "The way I would express it now is in purely religious and symbolic terms."... Contents index: [Cold War Letters #15 - excerpt (shorter version of others of the same date) labelled "not for publication" - fuller form of the letter was published].

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.

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

First lines: "Cold, windy, snowy days, bright ones, are perhaps good for writing letters. At least I am"... Contents index: suggests sending poems to J. Laughlin at New Directions or «Ramparts» / Lapp book «Kill and Overkill» / new aspect of war that operates without principles, like Zen, but "Zen is sane. But not the Pentagon." / Ixion poem.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burns, Dan (Br. Ralph)".

First lines: "My Masses today and tomorrow are for your intention. God bless you - I wish you many graces."...

First lines: "A note of thanks from Father Louis for your letter and also for your Mass offering. If this answer"... Contents index: [from Fr. Matthew Kelty, sent on behalf of Merton to Ethel Burns].

First lines: "Thanks again and best wishes for the New Year. I hope all things go well with you. Do not worry"...

First lines: "Thanks for your kind remembrance, and I hope you will «keep well». The weather is getting"... Contents index: [verso: Front Guest Garden at Gethsemani Abbey].

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

First lines: "Thanks for your letter and for the stipend. I will gladly say that Mass for priests. I think very"...

First lines: "I hope these articles will be of some use to you - some of them are deteriorating and when I"...

First lines: "Thanks for your remembrance and gift. I shall pray for you especially along with all my friends on"...

First lines: "Thanks for the gift and clipping. I hope you are well these days. I have had a bad back but am"...

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: "+ to Ethel M. Burns - with all good wishes and prayers and with deep gratitude for your kindness."... Contents index: [see Sub-Section B.6 for the original signature and inscription in the book «Thoughts in Solitude»].

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burns, Flavian, Dom, O.C.S.O.".

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: "This letter is a good one and a strong one. What strikes me most is the point about Rawa Senegg:"... Contents index: considers a visit to Rawaseneng Trappists in Indonesia and visits to Zen places in Japan more important to him than Bangkok conference - does not want to go to General Chapter in Europe.

First lines: "I had a good flight out - after Chicago was alone by a window and did not have to talk to anyone."... Contents index: [writing from Redwoods Monastery in Whitethorn, California] praise for the solitude of the monastery and alive spirit of the nuns at Redwoods.

First lines: "Finished the talks to the nuns on Sunday and am now on retreat: which means the whole day in"... Contents index: [writing from Redwoods Monastery in Whitethorn, California] in the future will commit to more solitude - not allow himself to be called "as a peritus to big official meetings" but possibly more retreats in places like Redwoods.

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: "I am shattered by this unbelievable event. I know it is God's will, and I know that our dear friend"... Contents index: Laughlin's response to the news of Merton's death.

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].

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

First lines: "I hope you got my letter of 20th October safely? We are all ready to go ahead with the printing"...

First lines: "Betty Bartelme, of Macmillan, tells me that they are bringing out a book of yours this Fall, PRAYER"... Contents index: forthcoming book by Merton - «Prayer as Worship and Experience» by Macmillan / Farrar, Straus - Bob Giroux.

First lines: "Thanks for your note. I am afraid I don't have a complete typescript of PRAYER AS WORSHIP"... Contents index: complex relations with Farrar, Straus and Cudahy - Bob Giroux / dropping of Curtis Brown / «The Merton Reader».

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: "The copy of «The Way of Chuang Tzu» which you kindly sent me has been forwarded to me here"... Contents index: praise for Merton's introduction to «The Way of Chuang Tzu» and Merton's simple and poetic skill in rendering Chuang Tzu / «Tao Teh Ching» / Merton's life as a hermit.

First lines: "Many thanks for your kind letter. I realize that I promised further reactions to your book, which"... Contents index: Burtt's thought on the logical positivists - Merton would like to know more about Wittgenstein and others - had course on Nagel at Columbia / liked last chapters with what Burtt said about "love, communication, and the implications of all this for our contemporary crisis".

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: "Bush, Cynthia".

First lines: "We are sending you, under separate cover, an advance copy of Jules Supervielle's Selected Writings"... Contents index: asking for Merton to write a comment for book advertisement for Jules Supervielle's «Selected Writings».

First lines: "I don't know if your letter was a disaster: but anyway, if it was, it was a nice disaster."... Contents index: Merton's enjoyment of underground movements and publications - sending poem/prose "mosaic" for her newspaper (to later come out in one of his books) - thinks poems sounds like Bob Dylan (likes "Obviously Five Believers") / Merton owns Beatles "Revolver" (likes "Taxman") / the Grateful Dead / LSD / Merton as "hippy monk".

First lines: "The certified letter came today and by the time you get this you will have got back the little pink"... Contents index: Brian Epstein / hippie culture in California.

First lines: "The certified letter came today and by the time you get this you will have got back the little pink"... Contents index: Brian Epstein / hippie culture in California.

First lines: "I am thinking about you: are your ears burning? My house in the woods all full of San Francisco"... Contents index: life in the hermitage / Merton likes Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe, 13th Floor Elevators and Grateful Dead, but not Moby Grape / Japanese Zen people and Merton / Merton fixing up for publication his book «Journal of My Escape from the Nazi's» / «Cables to the Ace» / LSD and Timothy Leary's jail sentence.

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: "Here are duplicated copies of six letters, apparently from Father Louis (Thomas) Merton, that have"... Contents index: copies of Butorovich's letters given to a graduate of Maur Hill Prep in Atchison Kansas by a woman at Merton's funeral [Butorovich?].

First lines: "It is good to report to you that Professor John H. Ford of Bellarmine College has been nominated"... Contents index: John Ford nominated for the 1968 E. Harris Harbison Award for Distinguished Teaching / asking for Merton's evaluation of Ford's service as a teacher and scholarship in his field.

First lines: "I am delighted to hear that Prof. John H. Ford of Bellarmine College has been nominated for the"... Contents index: Merton sends his support of Ford as a Catholic and as a teacher of philosophy.

First lines: "I am very much appreciating 'Gandhi and the One-Eyed Giant', and shall try and get the local"... Contents index: «Gandhi and Non-Violence» / Arthur Osbourne / Byles' book on Tenko San and Ittoen - whether Tenko San's idea of "doing what people ask you (not in the sense of being a doormat") versus Catholic holy obedience.

First lines: "I am simply appalled to hear of your misfortune. Unfortunately it seems that more and more people"...

First lines: "Many thanks for "Chuang Tzu". I have already recommended it for the library of an acquaintance"... Contents index: asks whether «Way of Chuang Tzu» was reviewed for «The Middle Way» / morality of Zen and the absence of the "Golden Rule".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Byrne, Michael, Fr.".

Correspondence between Thomas Merton and people filed under "C" (typically those with a surname beginning with the letter "C").

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.

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Reviews of 30 Days with Thomas Merton – Words of Contemplation and Hope.

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Reviews of The Alaskan Journal.

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First lines: "Harcourt, Brace will publish a new Thomas Merton book, "The Ascent to Truth," described as "heavy"... Citation: Courier Journal (10 July 1951).

First lines: "One need not be a scholar to enjoy this new book by the noted Trappist who gave us "The Seven Storey"... Citation: Union Sacramento Calif (7 October 1951).

First lines: "Thomas Merton's new book was finished on the anniversary of his ninth year in the Cistercian order." Citation: Dispatch Columbus O (14 October 1951). Gerladine C. Harris.

First lines: "'The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution,'"... Citation: Sign 31 (November 1951): 66. Katherine Bregy.

First lines: "'This new book by Thomas Merton is three things in one. It is a general introduction to Christian"... Citation: Book Rev Digest (November 1951). Contains excerpts from reviews by R.J. Hurley, Thomas Sugrue, and J.A. Pike.

First lines: "God is Truth. When we make the ascent to truth we approach close to God. We shall be happy"... Citation: Catholic Universe Bul Cleveland Ohio (2 November 1951). FR. A.M. Fitzpatrick.

First lines: "There is so much of good in "The Ascent to Truth" that I am reluctant to set down my opinion that it"... Citation: Ensign Ottawa Ont. (3 November 1951). J.G. Shaw. Copy of 9a.

First lines: "Strictly speaking, this is a book without an ending, a study without a solution. It seems like an"... Citation: America 86 (10 November 1951): 158,160. R.J. McInnis.