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First lines: "I do not mean to start a correspondence with you, for nothing can be more depressing than an"... Contents index: desire to publish an article by Merton in Gannon College magazine and plans for publishing his own work.

First lines: "It was thoughtless of me for not giving to you my home address. Colleges have vacations, days of"... Contents index: plans to do a second printing of article in the "Laureate".

First lines: "I am very sorry for not answering you more promptly. By now you can probably guess why: almost"... Contents index: offers advice and encouragement about publishing and a name of a publisher.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Agagianian, Gregorio Pietro, Cardinal".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Agnes, Mother, O.C.D.".

First lines: "Sincere congratulations on your appointment as Master of Students; your new task will mean so much"... Contents index: Benedictines and Cistercians as sources for instruction / St. John's «Ascent» / Henri Daniel-Rops / other recommendations for authors and texts to teach students.

First lines: "No, your ms. is not lost. It arrived here yesterday, forwarded from Glockner. I have already begun"... Contents index: review of manuscript / Merton's Journal / proposes question: "What must one do practically when he has come to distrust his human concepts of the realities of the Faith?".

First lines: "This is a shot in the dark - probably completely unwarranted. But I know you understand, and will"... Contents index: sees hints that Merton has an idea of leaving Gethsemani and argues extensively that it will undermine his previous work and cause critics to write him off.

First lines: "Before Ash Wednesday descends upon us I want to thank you for your last letter."... Contents index: [two carbon copy transcripts of the letter filed in Dom James Fox's file concerning Merton and the critical article of him by Dom Aelred Graham, "A Modern Man in Reverse" / see also "Graham, Aelred" correspondence file, Series 2 for this file].

First lines: "The letter has been and will be my address from the beginning of June until the end of November."... Contents index: moved to New Jersey to work as chairman of the board of [Biblical] translators / working on Epistles / editorial policy / not like Knox's translation.

First lines: "Just a quick response. Colman McCarthy's article was extremely slanted, I thought, and I got"... Contents index: thought his words got slanted / states some problems with Trappist life but thinks some true contemplatives are produced and McCarthy was off base.

In this short exchange of letters, Merton discusses with Aiken the legitimacy of mystical states induced by psychedelic drugs.

First lines: "I want to express my appreciation of your paper. A NEW CHRISTIAN CONSCIOUSNESS, as excerpted in THE"... Contents index: practicing vs. theoretical mystics / Prof. Asrani of India - the "Inner Kingdom" and Sahaj State / response to Merton's statement that drugs could be a substitute for self-transcendence or love / Aiken sees LSD as useful.

First lines: "Thanks for your interesting letter of July 12. As you may imagine, I am having a hard time keeping"... Contents index: correspondence with Aldous Huxley and Gerald Heard about drugs / "you are right in saying that 'careful and occasional use' of psychedelics can be quite helpful." / Peyote as a way to "sacramentally" connect with Indians / latter day messianic cults.

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: "I am just about to go into retreat for eight days, and wanted to drop you this note. I shall be"... Contents index: President Johnson's "peace offensive" in Vietnam and Pope's calls for peace.

First lines: "Remembering you here! Yugoslavia difficult,- Egypt: land and monuments outstanding. The rest"... Contents index: [postcard of the ruins of Qumran] going next to Israel, Turkey and Greece.

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter of June 4 and for the Yamaguchi manuscript on Zen and Bergson, which has"... Contents index: Fr. Joseph Yamaguchi / introduction to Dr. Chi's book.

First lines: "I am very grateful for your letter of your study on "The Primitive Carmelite Ideal". I have found"... Contents index: poses questions about "The Primitive Carmelite Ideal" / growing desire for "life of the desert".

There is one letter in this file which is from Merton to Judy Alexander detailing arrangements for the traveling display of some of this calligraphies.

First lines: "Fr Paul at Conyers has written to me that you would be interested in the calligraphies of mine which"... Contents index: places where Merton's art will be displayed / arrangements for shipping art / proceeds going to scholarship fund.

First lines: "I received with gratitude the exchange of letters between yourself and the late Thomas Merton."...

First lines: "I received your letter requesting to use letter I wrote to Father Louis Merton in the Merton Study"... Contents index: permissions request.

First lines: "We have two additional replies to our form letter to the correspondents of Thomas Merton. 1."... Contents index: permissions for Sr. Alice / letter from Ethel Burns and Columbia medal of excellence, Christmas letters, and autographed books.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Allan, Julian P., O.B.E., F.R.B.S.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, Canon".

First lines: "Have I yet thanked you for the remarkable little book of essays on the Blessed Virgin. I"...

First lines: "I am getting near to the date of coming to New York. I fly on the 16th of this month. I have been"...

First lines: "I have two letters of yours to answer, and the first one is the second. There is no problem at all"...

First lines: "Plans have matured considerably for my visit. I shall only be at Gethsemani from Wednesday 3rd to"...

First lines: "This is just a note to greet you from Boston. Last week's conference surpassed «all»"...

First lines: "By all means use the article with better title."... Contents index: [typed message for handwritten postcard] Dalai Lama / return from Asia in May via England a trip to Wales with Allchin.

First lines: "Thank you for your letter of February 16 concerning your correspondence with Thomas Merton. We will"...

First lines: "Thank you for your letter of August 7th about my correspondence with Thomas Merton. I am replying"... Contents index: Replying on his own behalf and for Sr. Bridget, S.L.G. (formerly Sr. Bridget, O.S.H. / Order of St. Helena).

First lines: "Rather than holding off until I start alphabetically through the correspondence, I have pulled yours"...

First lines: "I want to write a few words to thank you for your letter and to encourage you to stick to the good"... Contents index: Vietnam / words of encouragement for soldier and comrades.

First lines: "When Seabury Press decided to do Camus' "The Plague" for its Religious Dimensions in Literature"... Contents index: news clipping sent by Allman from the New York Post from "The Week in Books" by Martha MacGregor describing Merton's many interests.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Alvares, Marcos Maria de, Fr., O.F.M.".

First lines: "The Visitation nuns of a convent in France have asked for a copy of "The Less Traveled Road.""... Contents index: [see Amps' response on the same page].

First lines: "Fr. Raymond had none, so we received one from Fr. Innocent- a used copy from the Lib."... Contents index: [on same page as note by Merton, recorded here as the same date].

First lines: "[…] Lá muito, escreverlhe, quando agora"... Contents index: [sent on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, January 25th, 1958] includes a small photo dated 1956/07/25 of workers in a field (see scan of photo at the top of this finding aid's web page).

First lines: "Trinity Parish is going to publish a journal of poetry, prints, and essays, to appear twice each"... Contents index: asking permission to publish some of Merton's poetry.

First lines: "Please forgive the long delay. I have been wanting to send you something. All my poems are "out""... Contents index: Merton sends notes on Julien Green / asks if Anderson wants "abstract 'calligraphic' drawings".

First lines: "Due to the tragic death of the president we have decided to include a separate section of poems"... Contents index: Kennedy's death / publishing of Merton's drawings / art collector interested in drawings / Fr. Roselip sending poems / Chinese and Taiwanese poets.

First lines: "Thank you for your gracious welcome to us on Saturday. I am particularly grateful to you for the"... Contents index: Christian efforts for peace / Hibakusha.

First lines: "Thank you for writing me as you have. I am sorry that the young people will not have the privilege"... Contents index: Johnson government in southeast Asia / blame placed on Eisenhower.

First lines: "El distinguido Presidente de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Dr. Julio Endara, se"... Contents index: heard about Merton's plans to commission a statue of Mary and Child Jesus and offers to take up the job.

First lines: "Le agradezco mucho su carta, y voy a explicarle mis ideas para la obra propuesta, de una estatua de"... Contents index: commissions and describes plan for a Statue of the Blessed Virgin for the Novitiate Library / vocation of artist and monk-priest / Nativity and Native Americans.

First lines: "I thank you very much for your letters, and I am going to explain to you my ideas about the work"... Contents index: translation of the 1958/03/03 letter to commission and describe a plan for a Statue of the Blessed Virgin for the novitiate library (translator's handwriting, not Merton's).

First lines: "Contesto su interesante carta de 7 de los corriente. Mi plan de trabajo será el siguiente:"...

First lines: "Gracias por su atenta carta de 18 de julio por el cheque de quinientos dólares que"...

First lines: "Your letter arrived this morning and I enjoyed all of it very much. I reply immediately to your"... Contents index: [verso of card: photo and text, "Statue of St. Bernard (by Peter Watts) Abbey of Gethsemani, Ky."].

First lines: "Gracias por su carta. Estoy muy contento que el trabajo le haya"...

First lines: "I was glad to get your letter and am replying immediately to say that we would like to have"...

First lines: "La estatua de la Santísima Virgen y el Niño por Jaime Andrade ha sido recibida e instalada aquí,"...

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: "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: "1. [-] JAIME ANDRADE AND HIS SCULPTURE: "THE VIRGIN AND THE CHILD" [-] Jaime Andrade in"... Contents index: [seems to be a collected transcript of various press releases about Andrade's sculpture sent to Gethsemani - "The Virgin and the Child"].

First lines: "Word has reached me that you are writing a book on the religion of the Shakers, to be illustrated by"... Contents index: [sends unknown enclosure] Shirley Burden illustrator / Harold Hugo and reproduction of Shaker furniture.

First lines: "We so appreciate your letter, with its great understanding and insight. The mystical phrase of the"...

First lines: "This morning I received a good long letter from Shirley Burden in California and some pictures he"...

First lines: "You were so good to give of your time and thought to us at the Abbey. I wish it were possible to"...

First lines: "I was touched at your thoughtfulness in sending me the music for the song "Decisive Work". It is"...

First lines: "We are very happy to know that you will do the preface to our new book. The illustrations - 80 to"...

First lines: "«A Proposal to Save The Shaker Community at Hancock, Massachusetts»"... Contents index: two slightly different-sized copies of a similar flyer / may be what is referenced in 1961/08/26 letter.

This file contains letters copied from the "Fromm, Erich" file. Fromm sent Merton poems by Carmen Blumenkren from Cuernavaca, Mexico. The file contains the copied letter from Fromm with the attached poems and biographical sketch and Merton's reply. The originals can all be found in the Fromm file.

This Records Subgroup includes articles and essays by Merton in published, mimeograph, and manuscript form. Please refer to published bibliographies or the finding aids section for more information.

First lines: "Watch out for 1923! Old Grad's Datebook for the Banner Year. Get ready to take over General Motors."

This file contains essays by Thomas Merton with titles beginning with the letter "A" (removing the word "A" or "An" if occurring at the beginning of a title).

First lines: "Somewhere in his «Mont Saint Michel and Chartres», Henry Adams makes the remark that a medieval.." Contents: 2 copies. «Worship» 34: 248-255..

First lines: "En un lugar de su Mont Saint Michel y Chartres, Henry Adams hace la advertencia de que un artista.." Contents: «Hogar y arquitectura» (Madrid) 57: 21-23..

First lines: "A curious error of the monk Joachim of Flora, condemned by Alexander IV in 1255, bears.." Contents: The third of three articles published Collectanea (pp. 59-78 in «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard» and pp. 85-111 in «Marthe, Marie et Lazare»). The last part of this essay is divided into a new chapter in the French, "Chapitre IV. L'union de l'Action et de la Contemplation" (the division begins on p. 72 of the «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard», after note 148, and continues to the end of the essay (French edition pp. 113-126)..

First lines: "In his ninth sermon on the Canticle of Canticles, St. Bernard describes the apostolic fruitfulness.." Contents: The first of three articles published Collectanea. The manuscript is untitled. It appears in English as "Action in the Monastic Life" (pp. 38-44 in «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard» and pp. 43-57 in «Marthe, Marie et Lazare»)..

First lines: "1) St Bern. [indecipherable] problem substantially in same way as St Gregory. 2) "Contemplative.."

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 5, page 1.

Content described at the Subseries level.

Drawing by Thomas Merton with title handwritten by Merton.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 24, page 222.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 24, page 232.

Only published in Swedish. Translated by Sven Heilo.

First lines: "Dessa ord äro Johannes Döparens före hans död I Herodes fängelse, riktade till Kristus, herre över.."

See contents note at the item level.

First lines: "Preliminaries: 1. One must learn how to meditate. There are «was» of meditation..." Contents: 3 copies..

Handwritten notes by Merton regarding his schedule during his stay at Eagle River, Alaska; and plans for travel to Cordova, Alaska; San Francisco, California; and Santa Barbara, California. Originally in a book used by Merton with marginal notes: «L'Evangile au desert: des premiers moines a Saint Bernard», edited by Placide Deseille.

First lines: "Preamble: on God's grace and our own work. Vocation. Twofold call: to contempl. life / to renew.."

First lines: "August 22 [-] A picture of Mount McKinley in front of me under the lamp - (came today as a feast day.." Contents: Published in «Antæus», No. 61, Autumn, 1988: 272-280..

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 4, page 252.

Cross-reference only: see files under “Rafael Alberti and his angels” and “Roman nocturnes, translation of poem by Rafael Alberti”.

Content described at the Subseries level.

First lines: "Die Engel sind unsere Brüder und Dienstgefährten in einer Welt von Freiheit und Gnade..." Contents: «Seckauer Hefte» (Styria, Austria) 29 (1966): 73-79..

First lines: "The angels are our brothers and fellow servants in a world of freedom and of grace..." Contents: «Season» 5 (Summer 1967): 5-11..

First lines: "The angels are our brothers and fellow servants in a world of freedom and of grace..." Contents: 2 copies. «The Merton Seasonal» 22 (Spring 1997): 3-6..

First lines: "[holograph insert] The much advertised "Death of God" -.." Contents: Labeled "Advent 1965" / copied from Syracuse University..

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 7, page 284.

In «Faith and Violence» as "Pacifism and Resistance in Simone Weil"

Content described at the Subseries level.

See contents note at the item level.

First lines: "Algunas linea del poeta y monje trapense Thomas, Tom Merton, Gethsemaniano desde 1941 -- nació.." Contents: Copied from the Ernesto Cardenal papers at the Benson Library at the University of Texas from unknown publication, pages 136-137..

First lines: "Biographical data: born in France (1915) of artist parents, one English, one American..."

Response to letter from Miguel Grinberg of 19 August 1963 (see "Grinberg, Miguel" file in Correspondence, Section A).