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First lines: "Your pamphlet on prayer is very good. If I may offer one minor suggestion it is that you break up"... Contents index: [see "Censors Reports" file in correspondence for physical copy] "Balanced Life of Prayer" [book/pamphlet].

First lines: "I like St John very much but if the lady is St Teresa I think you've missed her character, a round"... Contents index: [see "Censors Reports" file in correspondence for physical copy] "Saints for Now" by Clare Boothe Luce with an essay by Merton regarding St. John of the Cross [essay in book] - censor Fr. Paul Bourne reacts to Merton's two black ink brush drawings of St. John of the Cross and of St. Thérèse of Lisieux for inclusion in the book, written on the bottom of Merton's letter (see Item #1 of the same date).

First lines: "In the absence of your dear Rev. Father I take the responsibility of addressing this criticism"... Contents index: [see "Censors Reports" file in correspondence for physical copy] "Bread in the Wilderness" [book - here under original title of "Contemplation in the Liturgy"].

First lines: "You will be glad to here that Harcourt Brace is bringing out the Encyclical, with one commentary -"...

First lines: "Thanks so much for your kind letter of March 1 with the Preface to DISPUTED QUESTIONS. They can go"... Contents index: "Disputed Questions," "Carmelite Sanctity," "The Christian Life of Prayer," and "Art and Worship".

First lines: "Two more "little articles" received and will be cared for. Notice from Rome that Fr. Louis recent"... Contents index: [verso: reproduction of "Our Lady of Sorrows" by Luis Morales / originally filed in a collection of Censors Reports kept by James Fox - see also the "Censors Reports" file under "Christian Ethics and Nuclear War" (possibly also referring to "Target Equals City" and "Peace: Christian Duties and Responsibilities")].

First lines: "Somehow, somewhere, I've mislaid the copy of Fr. Louis article on nuclear warfare. Would you be kind"... Contents index: [originally filed by Dom James Fox in a file about censors (see "Censors Reports" and likely regarding "Christian Ethics and Nuclear War" / dated "Conversion of St. Paul" (January 25) and Fox marks replying to his letter by late January 1962] two rejected articles / Fr. Charles [English?].

First lines: "Here we come again knocking at your door just as Lent approches, with a little penance for our"... Contents index: [originally filed in a collection of Censors Reports kept by James Fox - see also the "Censors Reports" file under "Christian Ethics and Nuclear War" (possibly also referring to "Target Equals City" and "Peace: Christian Duties and Responsibilities")].

First lines: ""... Contents index: [photographs of Merton's art from his exhibit - many, if not all, images were inverted in photo development].

First lines: "Always a pleasure to have a word from you. How I wish I had a valid eremitical call, but for me it"...

First lines: "Thanks for your kind letter. I do hope we can reach some kind of real openness on the Order as"...

First lines: "Of course you may keep your New Yorker section intact! It was really rather priggish of me"... Contents index: [see "Censors Reports" file in correspondence for physical copy].

First lines: "There used to be an old woman around the parish at 59th St. who specialized in etiquette. "Never"...

First lines: "This pamphlet for visitors and postulants is essentially the same as the «Life at Gethsemani»"...

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First lines: "Thanks for your letter of the 15th, which gives me a much clearer idea of the project. I have been"...

First lines: "It certainly was kind of you to entertain me at such length and so well when I was in Kentucky."...

First lines: "Last week at a small conference of our Bible consultants I was able to grab the elbow of Dr. Heschel"...

First lines: "Thanks for sending me Dr Sanders' OT introduction. I have just glanced at it so far but will enjoy"...

First lines: "Well, you turned the tables on me. I was happy to see your concrete poem. There is a lot of that"... Contents index: reaction to Bourne's concrete poem / plans to do an all concrete poem edition of «Monks Pond» / anthology of concrete poems by Emmett Williams.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Boutoute, Louis, Abbot".

First lines: "We write to canvass your availability to contribute a paper to a conference being convened in Sydney"...

First lines: "Your invitation is an attractive one indeed. I wish I could accept it. Unfortunately I am tied up"... Contents index: cannot attend conference / would like to go in order to visit Australian and New Zealand relatives.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Boyd, Pauline B.".

First lines: "I realize any sort of letters are unwelcome but after reading "Can We Survive Nihilism" in the"... Contents index: "Can We Survive Nihilism" from the «Saturday Review» / Boyd is relieved that Merton did not fully withdraw from the world and stop writing.

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

First lines: "Thanks for your good letter. I will have some material sent to you, and I hope you will get"...

First lines: "It seems to me that if you can go as far as Hawaii you might as well go to Japan. On the other hand"... Contents index: Zen monasteries in Japan / suggests visiting Jesuits at Sophia University and talking to Fr. H. Dumoulin, S.J. - Jesuits mainly study Soto Zen.

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

First lines: "Thank you most sincerely for allowing «freelance» to print "Newscast," one of the poems in a"...

First lines: "If this turns out to be the unorganized mess I fear it will be, "Forgive me Father, for I know not"...

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bredenberg, Nancy Fly".

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 am very interested in the idea of "Houses of Prayer" in active"...

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

First lines: "Thanks for your letter and for the magazine. I have the magazine in the pile of things to get to"...

First lines: "Thank you for your letter of August 7th about my correspondence with Thomas Merton. I am replying"... Contents index: [filed under "Allchin, Arthur MacDonald"] Allchin is replying on his own behalf and for Sr. Bridget, S.L.G..

First lines: "I will be glad to contribute my correspondence with Thomas Merton to your Studies Center--and to"...

First lines: "You will see that our correspondence was not extensive, that it was a brief contact--relative to the"...

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

First lines: "Enclosed is a «proof» of your poem, «The Originators» which we intend to place in Folio"... Contents index: sending proof of "The Originators" / woodcut of Merton's name / Ping Ferry mentions that Merton a Basil Bunting fan.

First lines: "I am returning the proof immediately. Very beautiful. I like the woodcuts immensely. One word I"... Contents index: Teo Savory.

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

First lines: "In August the Thomas More Association will publish the «1968 Catholic Book Annual», an"... Contents index: asking if Merton would write for the «Annual» on "What five books published during the past year do you consider most important within your own experience?".

This file includes one carbon copy of a letter from Merton on the nature of him being a "successful man".

First lines: "When I observe that your letter was written on January 30th and when I see this date on which I"... Contents index: Merton explains that his "'formula for success' actually has no bearing on success itself" - his success was by accident and he has not been afraid to state view the public may not like.

This file contains a letters to and from Merton, and a letter sent to Bishop Thomas J. Drury of San Angelo, Texas. They concern the establishment of retreat center for priest around San Angelo and with the help of Fr. Bernard Sylvanus de Aguira, O.C.S.O. They also proposed that Merton be the leader of this group of priest living a contemplative and eremitical life temporarily and while on retreat. Merton responds that he is interested in helping struggling priest and likes the retreat idea, but states that he would not be allowed to leave Gethsemani for such an endeavor. He also thinks the idea of trying to make it true contemplative life is too ambitious and confuses the end results. He suggests focusing on retreats for priests.

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

First lines: "Thanks for your note and for the book and for the reprint. And above all thanks for thinking of"... Contents index: Vietnam War / peace efforts and Christian unity - eschatology / what goes on at Berkeley "«sounds» real".

First lines: "I am writing on behalf of the Arts Festival Committee of McMaster University inviting you to deliver"... Contents index: invitation to lecture and read poetry at McMaster University.

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: "Since Jacques Maritain told me of your project, I have been expecting your letter. Actually I think"...

First lines: "I am writing by return, because you are anxious about Jacques Maritain, and so hasten to tell you"...

First lines: "Thank you very much for all those mimeographed things - I simply cannot tell you how grateful I am"...

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: "I have a great deal to thank you for besides your letter - the mimeographed things, and the magazine"...

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 did not get round to writing to you for your fiftieth birthday, but I remembered it all right,"...

First lines: "At the risk of appearing again too soon, I write to know how you are. I was horrified to hear"... Contents index: [sends photo of her in habit standing outside of Stanbrook Abbey].

First lines: "Thank you for welcome and cheering letter, also for interesting autobiographical bit, though how you"...

First lines: "He abideth patiently He forgiveth easily He understandeth mercifully He forgetteth utterly"... Contents index: [Merton provided this text to Stanbrook Abbey Press and cited it was "From a fourteenth century manuscript" / Sr. Margaret Truran of Stanbrook notes, "The text is hand-set by the Stanbrook Abbey Press in Jan van Krimpen’s font 'Romulus Cancelleresca Bastarda', a trademark of the Press. The calligraphic capitals H and E are done by Margaret Adams."].

First lines: "WILL BE WHERE WE WERE OR NEAR BETWEEN 12:00 - 4:00 PM EACH HOUR ON HOUR SUNDAY 4/21/68 -?4/XXX"...

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

First lines: "Excuse me my writing to you: I know, I mustn't write so often, to disturb you. This time I want to"... Contents index: translated introduction from Japanese edition of «The Seven Storey Mountain» into Polish - would like to publish this and some of Merton's other writings in Polish.

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: "I flew back to New York the other day to watch the birth of "God is My Life". The Meriden Gravure"...

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

First lines: "In answer to your recent letter regarding any letters, etc. I might have from Thomas Merton,"...

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: "It is quite impossible for me to tell you how much your letter of November 8th meant to me, and"... Contents index: Meditation on Father Delp / permission to reprint "Gloss on the Sin of Ixion" in student quarterly - Ixion / «Peace in the Post Christian Era» / Jim Douglass and Dorothy Day / the Cuban crisis.

First lines: "In lieu of thanks for sending «Peace in the Post Christian Era», may I send you a poem."... Contents index: poem on peace and war on the campus / on copy of «Peace in the Post Christian Era» sent by Merton.

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: "Burke, Jerome, Dom, O.C.S.O.".

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

First lines: "Your feast day will soon be here and I want to wish you a happy one. A little offering is enclosed,"...

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

First lines: "Thank you for your letter regarding Fr Merton. Father, his correspondence with me was brief, some"...

First lines: "Thank you for your letter of October 23. More and more people are replying to the form letter we"...

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: "I tried to reach you with this at 181st Street last June when you sent the Masses but there was"... Contents index: [verso: "Ars Liturgica . NR.7989 . Maria Laach . Germania"].

First lines: "with gratitude and best wishes for the New Year. You will certainly be in my Masses all year."... Contents index: [see Sub-Section D.9 for the original on the cover of an offprint of "The Pasternak Affair in Perspective," a reprint from «Thought» 34.135 (Winter 1959-1960)].

First lines: "Thanks for your very interesting letter and the offering! I bet Columbia is amazing now. This"... Contents index: [see Sub-Section D.9 for the original on the title page of a mimeograph of preface to the Japanese edition of «The Seven Storey Mountain»].

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»].

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: "In regard to the letter of Dom John Morson of Aug. 12th. This problem arose rather frequently in"... Contents index: problems in publishing in France, Spain and Italy - problems with censors for the Italian translation of «Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander».

First lines: "I am writing this in the Chancery Office while waiting to get my flight to California confirmed."... Contents index: [writing from Anchorage, Alaska] flying in bush planes and getting a feel for Alaska / good prospects for a hermitage / climbed a 2000 foot mountain.

First lines: "Yesterday I wrote in a big hurry on a most unfamiliar typewriter. This is still not the kind of"... Contents index: [writing from Anchorage, Alaska] plans of going to Juneau area - later visit the Yakutat people / hermits - Russian Orthodox monk who has lived for years off of Kodiak island - the Staretz living there before him was venerated a saint.

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

First lines: "At long last New Directions have sent me a finished copy of NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION."...

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 do not remember whether or not I answered your letter about writing a special preface for"... Contents index: Merton would like to see a copy of the Second Vatican Council Encyclical "Gaudium et Spes", the Church in the Modern World, before writing preface to «Redeeming the Time».

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: "Father Merton's letter of January 4. I think "leads about Sufism, Moslem culture and stuff about"... Contents index: responding to Merton's request for leads about Sufism, Muslim or Islamic culture, Afghanistan, and Persia / recommends Americans at Princeton, Minnesota, and Chicago (Nykl) / in England, recommends A. J. Arberry at Cambridge / provides other related sources.

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».