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

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: "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"...

First lines: "We can send one car and will send same to Albert Pick Motel nine am Wednesday 18th. Good idea for"... Contents index: arranging talk on Loretto / Berrigan to lead discussion on "spiritual roots of protest" and Merton to give talk on "monastic desert viewpoint".

First lines: "It has been good to hear from you and to see the postcards with which you share your trip with me."... Contents index: wanted to see Silos, but not Valle de los caidos / Editorial Guadarrama / «Seeds of Destruction».

First lines: "In "The Commonweal" of August 21, 1964 I read your very interesting article about Bishop Robinson."... Contents index: asking to translate Merton article about Bishop Robinson for Dutch periodical / permissions granted from Mr. Skillen of «The Commonweal».

First lines: "Invoice [-] France-Asie [-] Revue bilingue des Problèmes asiatiques et de Synthèse culturelle"... Contents index: invoice for «Présence du Bouddhisme».

First lines: "As some token of gratitude for the […] on mystical"... Contents index: Fr. [Arthur MacDonald] Allchin / Professor Evans of London University.

First lines: "Second thoughts on the study schedule we spoke of today. Instead of getting Fr Tarcisius in on it,"...

First lines: "Nous avons bien reçu votre lettre du 23 écoulé et vous en remercions. Nous vous informons que nous"... Contents index: sending a number of editions of the journal.

First lines: "Thank you for your letter of October 30. Dover Publications, who have put out three of our books"... Contents index: Religion in Wood / Indiana University / communitarianism / New Harmony / The Angel and the Serpent.

First lines: "Dr. Edward Deming Andrews, Ted to his classmates, was born in Pittsfield, Mass. March 6, 1894 and"... Contents index: enclosed with 1964/12/07 letter / clipping from Fall 1964 issue of Amherst Alumni Quarterly.

First lines: "I thank you in anticipation for the book and magazine you have sent. They will, I am sure, be very"... Contents index: Lancelot Andrews / Lady Julian / the Cloud in relation to Zen / monastic renewal and article published by the Blackfriars.

First lines: "Thank you for your kind letter. Naturally I would be delighted to have you translate anything of"... Contents index: translation of Merton's writings into Malayalam / «A Merton Reader» / Dom Bede Griffiths / Abbé Monchanin /.

First lines: "As Christmas approaches once again, I want to send you my best wishes and a token of our friendship"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter and the cheque, for which I thank very much you and the community. I"...

First lines: "I am sorry to have left your letter unanswered for so long. I am always glad to hear from you and"... Contents index: could give occasional advice via mail / Franciscan solitude - retiro.

First lines: "Happy Feast. I pray this finds you filled with the love, joy and peace of this season. Do you know"...

First lines: "Here I sit behind a very large pile of letters, trying to figure out which ones I will have to throw"... Contents index: spiritual advice and consolation / unauthorized picture on the cover of the «Sign».

First lines: "It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know how life is. I"...

First lines: "Do you think Bro Ca[ the rest of name is illegible] could find a small moment to translate this?"... Contents index: [verso: Bamberger notes that Merton refers to a Polish letter he needed to be translated]

First lines: "I could see you and Fr Prior about [indecipherable word..] either Thursday at 10.45 a.m. or Saturday"...

First lines: "Para el Padre Merton con mi amistad y mis poemas."... Contents index: [see the "Family Room - Marginalia" section of the Merton Center collection for the original signed copy of the book «El ojo del can»].

First lines: "Je vous remercie, avec un peu de retard, pour l'envoi de votre article, très intéressant d'ailleurs,"...

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

First lines: "Yours is the second letter I have received in a few days, about the reference to Julian of Norwich"... Contents index: reference to Julian of Norwich in «Seeds of Destruction» / Julian of Norwich's «Revelations of Divine Love» / Bob Giroux.

First lines: "Many thanks for the "Tongs" which got here a couple of days ago. I have not had a chance to play"...

First lines: "Many thanks for the "Tongs" which got here a couple of days ago. I have not had a chance to play"...

First lines: "I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would not have to be"...

First lines: "I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would not have to be"...

First lines: "Forty - Three Signatures [-] an exhibit of Drawings [-] by Thomas Merton"...

First lines: "The Drawings of Thomas Merton [-] A NOTE BY THE ARTIST [-] Since judgments are usually based"...

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

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: "Your Berrigan preface strikes me as quite conservative - for 1965 - and I see no need of censoring"...

First lines: "Did not get allergy shot Sunday - will try again Monday after dinner OK? [-] fr m Louis"...

First lines: "Mille pardons! I just picked up your brochure on the drawings and realized for the first time that"...

First lines: "Due to the introduction of friends we had a very memorable visit which I wanted to describe to you."... Contents index: estate of the Marquesa de Salinas near Cordoba / description of nearby Carmelites / Fathers at Montserrat.

First lines: "It seems to me that it would be better if Bro Matthias never worked in the calf barn, as h[e] has"... Contents index: [Bamberger notes, "I disagreed."]

First lines: "Je dois vous"...

First lines: "I am so happy to have your introduction to Father Philip Berrigan's book, and I can't thank you"... Contents index: introduction to Philip Berrigan's book / copyright issues.

First lines: "Turn about is fair play - the enclosed is an article by me for you to censor. Actually, this is a"...

First lines: "Forgive this delay re your rubbings, but we have not been idle. The Museum is booked solid for a"...

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

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: "The foreword arrived, so an immediate word of my gratitude- tremendously pleased with it."... Contents index: correction of one error in Merton's foreword.

First lines: "Forgive me please for not answering sooner. You can doubtless guess that mail is something of a"... Contents index: singing in choir / new liturgy / self-consciousness / advice for readings as novice master.

First lines: "Many thanks for returning "Father William of"... Contents index: [postcard of Westminster Abbey].

First lines: "I want to answer your letter before I forget about it, and while I have the problem fresh in my mind"... Contents index: Dom Winandy / Dom Thomas / superiorship vs. eremitical life.

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

First lines: "Thanks so much for your note together with the enclosure concerning the exhibit. Glad you liked"...

First lines: "Mr. Wicklum, who is Dom Fulgence's friend-- called me. He expects to arrive Sunday, April 4th,"...

First lines: "Thanks for your good and prompt letter. I am sending three rather poor photographs of the drawings"...

First lines: "Many thanks for the copies of your articles which dome to me from time to time. I am"...

First lines: "suponho que por sobrecarga de trabalho, ficaram sem resposta minhas últimas cartas. Eu sei como é"...

First lines: "Vous avez été bien aimable ce matin, je regrette beaucoup de vous avoir indirectement cause des"...

First lines: "You were very kind this morning and I am very sorry to have caused you some annoyance by being"... Contents index: [copied from annotated typescript in Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2, Box 3].

First lines: "Mille pardons. Really I'm all confused. Just came across most of this on my desk and can't"...

First lines: "I think often of you and of the book."...

First lines: "Books for Sister Bogdana cordially in Christ our Lord [-] T Merton"... Contents index: [photocopy of an envelope with the above note in Merton's handwriting - sending «The Seven Storey Mountain» and «Disputed Questions»].

First lines: "C'est de Cîteaux, où je viens d'arriver pour le Ch. G'al presque eu même temps que Dom James,"...

First lines: "Since I left England in January I didn't write you. My present journey was most interesting on many"...

First lines: "We were pleased to receive the folowing [sic] books from you today: BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS, THE"... Contents index: thanks Merton for sending books and translation into Indonesian / Fr. Franciscus (Fransiskus "Frans" Harjawiyata / Frans Harjawiyata).

First lines: "que grande pena que Ud. não poderá escrever o Prefácio para meus poemas de Hawaii. Comprendo, porém"...

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: "Always in the exordium… the obvious! Long time no compose elongated intramural notes to you."... Contents index: Sr. Teresa Ann, O.S.B., editor of «American Benedictine Review» / "Penetrations" article / advice on whether or what to write.