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First lines: "We received your charming letter of February 14. I am answering for good Father Louis."... Contents index: [copy of a letter filed in Dom James Fox's file concerning the Merton and the critical article of him by Dom Aelred Graham, "A Modern Man in Reverse" / see also "Graham, Aelred" correspondence file, Series 2].

First lines: "It is long since I have written; but be assured that I have been praying for you. And I know that"... Contents index: true solitude / St. John of the Cross / "Robert's translation of Canticle in the Jerusalem Bible" / Wisdom of Solomon / Fr. Gabriel's «The Spiritual Director».

First lines: "It was ever so good to receive your letter of October 19th, and to learn that the struggle still"... Contents index: addresses Merton's complaints of Gethsemani and its artificiality / authorship of Deutero-Isaiah / Jeremias / "parallels between the Bible and extra-biblical sources / suggestions for conference on saintly priest / Soloviev.

First lines: "Thank you very much for the latest notes of Monastic Orientation which you were so good to send. I"... Contents index: Dan Walsh / Mother Schroen / «A Great Mystic of the Eighteenth Century» by Fr. Favre, C.SS.R..

First lines: "Greetings from Kentucky and all the O'Callaghans' [sic]! How are you? It has been so long since"... Contents index: permissions request / confidentiality of some materials / Mother Sullivan.

First lines: "Thank you so very much for your kind letter of June 8. I myself was back in the USA during"...

First lines: "Permission to see […] from Fr. Barnabas - last letter «qualified» - I have reg. myself Fr. Barn"...

First lines: "Having some idea of what your mail may be like I thank you if you are even beginning to read this"... Contents index: N.C.R. article "Crisis in Monasticism Hits American Trappists" / asks how Merton reacts to claim that contemplative orders have failed.

First lines: "We were both born in Pennsylvania, 1n [sic] 1902, and have both graduated from Penn State University"... Contents index: Biographical statement of John W. Aiken, B.A., D.O. and Louisa V. Aiken, B.A., D.O. / enclosure to 1967/07/12 letter.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Akers, Sibylle von Kaskel".

First lines: "2. spilt into the cloister. The Abbot of Solesmes officiated and the next day for Rome. I spoke to"... Contents index: [two postcards of Chartres Cathedral] Dom Doyère / lack of religious vocations in France vs. too many young priests in America / Abbot of Wisques.

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

First lines: "Tout ce qui touche B.Pasternak me touche et m'intéresse. Ainsi, sans en faire un système, je lis"... Contents index: no date, but seems to be a draft of the 1960/11/18 letter.

First lines: "J'ai été très touché par l'amitié avec laquelle vous avez bien voulu me faire parvenir un exemplaire"... Contents index: Boris Pasternak / «The Behavior of Titans».

First lines: "en réponse à votre lettre"... Contents index: Alexeieff sends letters in response to Merton Center request.

First lines: "I am in the middle of the semi-hopeless task of trying to get through the piled up mail of the last"... Contents index: Suggests apostolate of hosting ecumenical meetings and offering retreats and days of recollection.

First lines: "I wish to thank you with all my heart for the immense help "Bread in the Wilderness" has been, and"... Contents index: asks Merton for a plan to pray the Psalms for a busy person [includes envelope for letter forwarded to Merton from a publisher in London].

First lines: "This letter is principally to say that I am going to be in the states next year from January to the"...

First lines: "I hope this will meet you in New York and find you well and ready for action. Certainly I look"...

First lines: "Just a note to say that I hope to be at Gethsemani on Tuesday after Easter, probably in the"...

First lines: "Thank you so much for your letter, and for all the fascinating things that have arrived. I have"...

First lines: "Just a note to announce my arrival on this side of the Atlantic. It looks as though I might be"...

First lines: "Pardon the pretentious note paper. Someone thought it wd be a good gift, and it is useful. Though"...

First lines: "Here is the first draft of the translation of Ana Griffiths' poems. It's the only copy I have so I"...

First lines: "The hermitage looks like this even today-- though we are supposed to be in "spring". However I hope"... Contents index: photocopy of page includes faint photograph of the area around Merton's hermitage covered in snow.

First lines: "Thank you for your letter of October 26 regarding yours and Sister Bridget's correspondence with"...

First lines: "Thank you very much for your letter of 8th December and for the xerox copies of my letters to Father"...

First lines: "I know of a place -- said the young and foolish disciple whose name was impulsive Action -- where"...

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

Here are a couple of letters exchanged between a soldier fighting in Vietnam and Merton. The soldier is inspired by some of Merton's words in «The Seven Storey Mountain», and Merton offers further encouragement in his reply.

This letter appears to be an internal memo to another Gethsemani monk about use and arrangement of a certain outbuilding and of the ladies' guest house.

First lines: "I thought you'd like to know that everyone in New York now knows about your fields of interest,"...

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Amps, Zachary, Br., O.C.S.O. (Br. M. Bernadine)".

First lines: "Perhaps for your records - we sent today the book 'Disputed Questions' to; Mrs. Anne Freedgood,"...

First lines: "will you please send the following without charge to this priest in Vietnam who is to translate them"...

First lines: "AT request of Dom Leclercq will you please send without charge the following books: Praying"...

First lines: "Because I 'worked out' Saturday afternoon, I was unable to take care of your request for the 'Reader"... Contents index: 1 «Thomas Merton Reader» sent to J. Van Nierop in Belgium.

First lines: "Sua carta, que acabo de reciber, foi viva graça tão grande,"...

First lines: "Ayude - une também visto:"...

First lines: "Well, then: here are some calligraphies. They may turn out to be a little radical for you. The"... Contents index: group of calligraphies entitled "Flying Signatures" / other series "Animal Forces" and "Vegetal Forces" / Prof. Herbert Burke / Ernesto Cardenal / Latin American poetry.

First lines: "No, I am afraid that the murder of President Kennedy has left me inarticulate. If anything deserves"... Contents index: Saint John Perse / selling of his "non-pictures" / recommends poet Ned O'Gorman.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Anderson, Kevin, Fr., O.C.S.O. (alias Fr. Robert)".

First lines: "Thanks for your letter. I am glad to hear that things have been developing well, and am certainly"... Contents index: El Latroun / Mont des Cats / Dom André / hermit's life / Dom Winandy in diocese of San Angelo, TX / Fr. Seraphim of Ava in Wisconsin / Abbot of St. Procopius, Lisle, IL.

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: "Your long and hopeful letter reached me yesterday which is now your feast day in the new Ordo. I"... Contents index: life of solitude / Bishop Valdéz.

First lines: "Thanks for your letter and for the details about your visit with the Hibakusha group next Saturday."... Contents index: proposed schedule for Hibakusha.

First lines: "Le agradezco mucho su carta del 18, y tengo mucho gusto en decirle antesde todo que nuestro Padre"...

First lines: "Recibí hace algunos días sus estimables cartas del 27 y 31 de marzo las cuales no ha sido posible"...

First lines: "It was very good to get your letter, the pictures, and especially the picture of the model"... Contents index: Merton's feedback and suggestions after seeing a picture of the model statue - other thoughts on American art / invitation to come to Gethsemani - Merton's desire to visit Ecuador / proposal for "a new form of monastic life" near Quito - in contact with life of the region and the soil, but also with the culture of the city / no monastic habit, no emphasis on apostolate or education / Merton "a revolutionist" but non-violent.

First lines: "Special circumstances have prevented my writing to you to thank you for the 2 pieces of literature"... Contents index: [translation of 1958/11/12 letter] Merton's poem "Prometheus" / Mother and Child statue taking shape - child must hold something: branch, fruit, root / not interested in Trappist foundation in Quito - vices of colonial times, cultural loss, exploitation of the people by Church / books requested from Cultural Center - Julio Endara.

First lines: "I am grateful to you for your long and interesting letter, and for your thoughtful, sincere answer"... Contents index: Child in statue should be holding a "fruit, flower or leaf" indigenous to South America - not corn because of associations with bad art / acknowledges problems with the monastic mission in Ecuador, but sees value in a cultural and social mission to Indians - opposition from orthodox Communists.

First lines: "Debí haber contestado su interesante carta del pasado mes de noviembre a tiempo"...

First lines: "Your wonderfully welcome letter and the pictures came on my birthday and I was very happy to get"...

First lines: "Contesto su dos últimas cartas y espero hacerlo en forma muy sintética en beneficio del tiempo"...

First lines: "The statue of the Blessed Virgin and Child by Jaime Andrade has been received and installed here,"... Contents index: [English transcript of the same letter to Dr. Endara].

First lines: "It is not easy to advise you today when everything is changing and consequently when one does not"... Contents index: advice about changing orders / Regina Laudis, Bethlehem, CT / Lorettine sisters / Dan Walsh's ordination.

Merton expresses his love of the Shakers through these letters and develops a greater understanding of them, prompting him to write essays on the subject. In addition, Merton wrote a preface to one of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews' books on the Shakers.

First lines: "It was good to hear from you again. Aside from our common interest in the Shaker culture, I feel"... Contents index: [Andrews enclosed "6 tracts, flyer, Hancock history" / possibly among undated materials at the end of the sequence].

First lines: "The song you particularly liked, «Decisive Work», did not have, in my book, the music to which"... Contents index: letter is in a Christmas card containing the song "The Humble Heart".

First lines: "Christmas mail was an avalanche this year: it always is, but more so in 1967. News from friends"... Contents index: [Signature xeroxed or mimeographed, but there is an original handwritten note by Merton to Burns: "Ethel- I'll be saying Mass for priest and will remember you in it. Joy and peace in the Lord TM." Transferred from Sub-Section D.2 (Mimeographs) on 2009/July/28].

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: "My own opinion is still, that you should not go to this meeting. I think they over-rate your"... Contents index: still does not think Merton should go to meeting [Bangkok?].

First lines: "Thank you so much for your letter authorizing that any charges on Father Louis's American Express"...

First lines: "I thought you'd like to see some photos of one of the best places I have found. These are pictures"... Contents index: [writing from Anchorage, Alaska] sending pictures of good places for hermitage in Alaska - Cordova, Alaska / offers of land to Merton for hermitage.

First lines: "Just a word to say I am in Calcutta and the meeting is about to begin. It will be held here because"... Contents index: [writing from the Oberoi Grand Hotel in Calcutta, India] experience of Buddhism in Thailand / poverty of Calcutta / "The idea of ghetto monasticism in Calcutta is just impossible!".

First lines: "This is just a formal acknowledgment of your letter of the 31st January about THE LIVING BREAD,"... Contents index: [see "Stone, Naomi Burton" file for letter - to Graham Watson of Curtis Brown publishers].

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: "The immediate purpose of this letter is to let you know that the Nuns of Stanbrook are printing"... Contents index: Nuns of Stanbrook printing a translation of a letter of Guido the Carthusian / dropping book published by Macmillan - «Prayer as Worship and Experience» - foolishness of fighting with Farrar, Straus over book on prayer / J. Laughlin publishing «Emblems of a Season of Fury».

First lines: "Glad to hear from you again, and thanks for the clippings. No we don't get the Tablet. But"... Contents index: clippings from «Tablet» and «Ramparts» magazines / «Merton Reader» / visit in May to Gethsemani by the Hibakusha, survivors of Hiroshima.

First lines: "At long last I think that I have had a brainwave for a title to the book we agreed to make of the"... Contents index: idea to call "The Christian in World Crisis" and "Christian in Diaspora" book «Redeeming the Time».

First lines: "I am glad you have all the material for «Redeeming the Time» and happy that everything is now"... Contents index: Merton asks Burns to send his friend, the Muslim scholar Abdul Aziz in Pakistan, a copy of Zaehner's «Hindu and Moslem Mysticism».

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

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: "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: "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: "This is a surprise "Crimble" box!! This is sent with love from me and my "little sister" Linda"... Contents index: [verso: Butorovich's drawing of a crimble tree] sends a "Crimble box" (also, Chrimble - word coined by John Lennon for Christmas) of presents from her and Linda Macmillan.

First lines: "What did you think? That I thought the Crimble box was a bomb and jumped in the lake with it?"... Contents index: Butorovich's give makes Merton "the largest collector of Beatle relics in Kentucky" / the Beatles on TV maybe "the ultimate triumph of Zen" / sending mimeo of «Journal of My Escape from the Nazis» / Merton gives directions for cooking kasha.

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: "Thank you very much for your nice letter, and I am excited about my poems appearing in MONKS POND."... Contents index: Byrd spent time with Keith Wilson in the summer / submits contributor's notes / «Tolar Creek Syndicate».

The files contain correspondence between Thomas Merton and people filed under "E" (typically those with a surname beginning with the letter).

The files contain correspondence between Thomas Merton and people filed under "I" (typically those with a surname beginning with the letter).

The files contain correspondence between Thomas Merton and people filed under "O" (typically those with a surname beginning with the letter).

The files contain correspondence between Thomas Merton and people filed under "Q" (typically those with a surname beginning with the letter).

The files contain correspondence between Thomas Merton and people filed under "W" (typically those with a surname beginning with the letter).

This Sub-Section includes Merton's handwritten personal diaries and journals, as well as his reading notebooks or working notebooks. His journals have been published in their entirety. Small sections of the notebooks have been quoted in various works, but the notebooks have not on the whole been published. The notebooks range in date from 1946-1968.

Reviews of Advent and Christmas with Thomas Merton.

Reviews of The Alaskan Journal.

There is no extant citation information.

Review (by: Pike, James A.) in New York Times (23 September 1951): 3,34.

Review in Tennessean Nashville Tenn. (7 October 1951). L.H.

Review in SaSkatoon Star Phoenix Sask., Canada (27 October 1951). J.W.T.

Review (by: Shaw, J.G.) in Ensign Ottawa ON (3 November 1951).

Review (by: Fitzpatrick, A.M., Fr.) in Catholic Universe Bul Cleveland Ohio (2 November 1951).

Review (by: Shaw, J.G.) in Ensign Ottawa ON (3 November 1951).

Review (by: McInnis, R.J.) in America 86 (10 November 1951): 158,160.

Review (by: Inge, Welford) in Oklahoman Oklahoma City Oklahoma (16 December 1951).