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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.

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brock, Terry F.".

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

Merton and Brilliant discuss the publishing of some of Merton's work at Unicorn Press, a small literary magazine press. The two men also discuss other writers and poets, the peace movement, the Vietnam War, and Brilliant's friend James Hartz from Louisville, who was in opposition to the war. Included are original letters from Brilliant and a carbon copy of a letter from Merton.

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

Sr. Bridget is asking whether Merton can attend a meeting with Sybil Harton. At that meeting they discussed problems in determining who has a vocation, active versus contemplative leanings in the order, and an "identity crisis" that exists in many orders.

This subseries contains book reviews about the given Merton-related title. In a small number of cases, there are other materials such as manuscripts and proofs.

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

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

Merton and Mother Benedicta Brennan discuss a meeting to discuss a reform of women's religious orders, including the founding of "Prayer Houses" among more active orders, the future of contemplatives, and contemplatives involved in action. Proposals are discussed for a meeting in Monroe, Michigan with the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and in California with the Trappist nuns of Redwoods Monastery.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Breitenbeck, Joseph Matthew, Bishop".

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

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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brazzel, Elizabeth Ann, O.S.B. (and her English IV Students)".

Merton published the poem "Newscast" in «Freelance». 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.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brasier-Creagh, Patrick".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brandt, Charles, Br., O.C.S.O.".

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

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

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

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

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

A grade schooler asks Merton for information about Kentucky music and facts.

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

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bowman, R. M., Mrs.".

Fr. Charles Bowers writes on behalf of a committee organizing a conference to discuss "rational foreign policies towards Asia in the context of revolution, military and political conflict", etc. to be held in Sydney, Australia. Attendees were to be from diverse professions. Merton must decline because of his travels to the American west coast and to Asia. He also doubts whether his superiors would allow him to attend something of such a political nature.

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

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

Merton was asked by his friend Rabbi Abraham Heschel, a biblical scholar, in December of 1966 if he was interested in writing an introduction for a new edition of the Bible. The planned book, an annotated and illustrated edition, by Time-Life Books was not published; however, the manuscript for the article was published as a book by the Liturgical Press in 1970 under the essay's title «Opening the Bible». Merton had qualms about writing an introduction to the Bible, as he did not consider himself a biblical scholar. Also, in a response to Heschel in 1966/12/12, he mentions that he is "not too happy with big fancy projects organized by the mass media". After his essay was written, he suggested that it was not an adequate introduction, but could fit between the New and Old Testaments. The last couple of letters also mention Merton's literary magazine «Monks Pond». Bourne sends him a concrete poem and Merton mentions a plan for an upcoming issue featuring concrete poems exclusively. (Sources: see the enclosed letters and the introduction by Rob Stone to the 1986 edition of «Opening the Bible».)

Fr. Paul Bourne seemed to be in the difficult position of liking Merton and his works, and serving the official function as head censor for the Order, holding responsibility for objectionable works of Merton's going to publication. The two men struggle with what can and cannot be published by Merton on the topics of war, nuclear proliferation, Vietnam, and race relations. They also discuss other matters not related to Fr. Paul's work as a censor, including the monastic life, novitiate manuals, chapter meetings for the Order, changing worship to the vernacular, allowing conversation among monks, etc.

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

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

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

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 18, page 1.

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

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.

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

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

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 5: two copies, one starting on page 180, the other on page 187.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 20, page 381.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 12, page 422.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 8, page 333.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 4, page 1.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 12, page 71.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 11, page 192.

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 7, page 259.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Boultwood, Alban, Abbot, O.S.B.".

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

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Botte, Gregorio, Fr., O.F.M.".

This subseries contains book reviews about the given Merton-related title. In a small number of cases, there are other materials such as manuscripts and proofs.

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

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

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Borton, Cameron, Rev.".

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Borgerhoff, Cornelia Cuyler (Newlin)".

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.

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.

This Sub-Section includes books about Merton by other authors; i.e., biographical works and literary or theological commentary on his writings. These works range in date from 1949 through the present. All published works in this section are cataloged, and records can be searched online: https://www.bellarmine.edu/library/.

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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Boodoosingh, A., Mrs.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bonner, Paul Hyde".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bond, Fred F.".

Before approaching Merton for submissions to his magazine, Robert Bonazzi had met two of Merton's friends, Mark Van Doren and John Howard Griffin. Griffin gave Bonazzi a poem about Robert Lax that he wanted to publish. The letters primarily concern publication matters. Among what was published were essays, poems, photographs and drawings (referred to as "signatures") by Merton. Also mentioned is the founding of Merton's own "little magazine" «Monks Pond».

This large collection of letters contains an important discussion between Merton and a Russian Orthodox scholar. Though the discussion of Orthodox religion and its mystical traditions is an important part of the conversation, many other subjects are explored. Bolshakoff traveled to many monasteries, both Catholic and Orthodox, and enters into ecumenical dialogue with Merton. Merton also speaks of the Vietnam War and his opposition to it; however, he must explain to Bolshakoff how he justifies a life of contemplation instead of active resistance.

Merton gives his definition of poetry in response to a high school student's request.

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

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

Completed for master's degree, Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie, Warszawa, Poland, 2000.

Merton had a close relationship with Nancy Hauck Boettcher's grandmother, who helped raise Merton and his brother. Nancy begins writing Merton when her grandmother, Freida "Nanny" Hauck, was living with Nancy's parents and causing strain on them. Nanny's condition worsens and she dies. Though Nancy was, as was Merton, close with Nanny, she sees Nanny's death as something of a blessing given Nanny's suffering and the hardship endured by her parents in caring for her.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Boekel, C.W. van, Dr., M.S.C.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Boardman, Fon Wyman, Jr.".

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.

Completed for master's degree, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2023.

This subseries contains book reviews about the given Merton-related title. In a small number of cases, there are other materials such as manuscripts and proofs.

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Black, Mary Childs".

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Black, Bernard, Fr., C.S.B.".

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

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

Completed for master's degree, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2002.

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Biegansho, H., Miss".

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

This virtual collection consists of various list of bibliographic resources by or about Thomas Merton on various topics.

This Records Subgroup points to information datasets that index references in Merton's books, conference speakers, etc. It is not a representation of a physical collection, but may point to references within other collections in the archives. For example, the calendar database is a finding aid to discover pieces of correspondence by date found in Record Group 1.

Quotation: "Truthfully I have an enormous obscure subtle thesis that Blake is all full of Indian and Chinese theories of art, for a certainty. That he has read the Bhagavad Gita, I have found out, and then found out that others know this well. But they have not gone into this as I intend, and they say nothing of his art anyway, only explain he was tussling with the druids every word he wrote. But I do not up and be a loud roaring fellow and a stupid shit saying how Blake picked up some old Chinese book and writ down all his theories of art and poetry. I say how he knew about the Indian works from books of travel, how he read the Gita, how he was anyhow a fine mystic, how he read strange histories about the east all full of half modern ideas about how one race influences another through means of etymology, and the Greeks weren't so smart as to be all holy and full of truth of their own for that they swiped everything from India and Egypt the book states clearly. This Blake read. Anyhow he hated Plato"...

This subseries contains book reviews about the given Merton-related title. In a small number of cases, there are other materials such as manuscripts and proofs.

This subseries contains book reviews about the given Merton-related title. In a small number of cases, there are other materials such as manuscripts and proofs.

Completed for honors thesis, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2008.

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

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

These four letters, all original letters from Bettencourt to Merton, concern publishing writes for Merton's books in Portuguese.

This file contains no letter to or from Merton. The letters to and from the Merton Center regard obtaining correspondence between Merton and the University of Notre Dame Press concerning the publication of <i>Faith and Violence</i>. Copies of the letters were sent but are present in this file.