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First lines: "Thanks for your most generous letter, stock of poems, offer of addresses, everything. First the"...

First lines: "Such a long time I have your Tiger and letters, and finally I want to answer. How much to respond"...

First lines: "I have looked over your manuscript and it has many good things in it. But unfortunately it seems"...

First lines: "I am reading your book, «Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander», which I find both informative and"... Contents index: C. S. Lewis and Merton / thesis topic - race relations - possibility of racial war or apartheid / could race war be carried out in the name of Christianity by white racists?.

First lines: "Thanks for your kind letter. I am certainly happy to think that so sound a judge as C.S.Lewis found"... Contents index: possibility of racial violence and apartheid police state - suggests writing to John Howard Griffin on this subject.

First lines: "Under separate cover I am sending you a book which is a kind of thankyou for your current work."... Contents index: Episcopal Peace Fellowship.

First lines: "Thank you for your letter of June 21st regarding the title for the Lutgarde manuscript."... Contents index: [first page of the letter only - continuation not extant] title for book about St. Lutgard and her mysticism and mental prayer - Merton suggests "The Tiger Lilly" [it is published as «What Are These Wounds?»].

First lines: "The enclosed is a 'religious entertainment'--not exactly a play--on some of the changes, confusing"... Contents index: enclosing a play by Helen De Sola, entitled "Pandora's Box", on life in the post-conciliar Church - liberal and conservative perspectives delivered by Pope John XXIII and Pius XII looking down from heaven.

First lines: "Thanks for your letter. I was glad to hear from you, though I well understand that in Rome one does"... Contents index: connection between Vladimir Soloviev and Teilhard de Chardin (and St. Bernard) - Gregory of Nyssa / Dom Samson Wicksteed (of Caldey Abbey).

First lines: "With Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year"... Contents index: [signed by the Secretary of the Council for Religious and Cultural Affairs of H. H. the Dalai Lama, Gangchen Kyishong, Dhamsala H. P. India.].

First lines: "A Long Look Homeward [-] An Interview with the Dalai Lama of Tibet [-] Glenn H. Mullin"... Contents index: [pamphlet (29 pp.) published by the Tibetan Cultural Center, Bloomington, Indiana - given by the Dalai Lama to Br. John Albert, O.C.S.O. at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on 1987/09/19].

First lines: "to Fathe Vitus of the clerics of St. John's Abbey - from the scholastics of Our Lady of Gethsemani -"... Contents index: [inscription to Father Vitus of St. John Abbey (likely Fr. Vitus Bucher) with Latin text from the Rule of St. Benedict, "ut ab ipsius magisterio numquam discedentes in ejus doctrina usque ad mortem in monasterio perseverantes, passionibus Xti per patientiam participemus, ut et regno ejus mereamur esse consortes." Signed "f M Louis, O.C.S.O."].

First lines: "This letter comes to you as a surprise as it does from a person whom you have never known before,"... Contents index: asking permission to translate «Seeds of Contemplation» into Vietnamese.

First lines: "Nearly one year ago I got a letter from you, in which letter you gave me some good counsels, which I"... Contents index: [encloses Latin text from St. Augustine] mystical traditions of Meister Eckhart, Origen, and the early Cistercians / desire for the eremitic life.

First lines: "This letter is two-fold - to wish you a very, very Merry Christmas and to report on the book."...

First lines: "Well, here I am back in California again, no closer to Gethsemani, but full of Shaker information."...

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

First lines: "With hesitancy I write you this letter. Seldom have I ever spoken to a priest, much less written"... Contents index: Sigmund Freud / agnosticism / explanation of Merton's quote from «The Seven Storey Mountain» about the "disinterested love of God".

First lines: "I was happy and surprised to get your good letter, and very glad for you. Certainly the dimensions"... Contents index: true self versus false self / faith and crisis / suggested authors and publications to read to weather bad times.

First lines: "Bless you and thanks for remembering me. I am better now - pretty busy too. May our bond give you"...

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

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».

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».

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

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

In this interesting group of letters, Merton provides insights on how the body of his works were viewed within the Church, by the academic community, and by non-Catholics like James T. Baker, a Baptist.

In this group of letters, Merton and Bane discuss the training of novices for the cloistered life, monastic renewal, and proposed reform to community life in light of Vatican II; the foundation of an audio tape library for Merton recordings; and a retreat for contemplative orders conducted by Merton. In his journals, Merton has many glowing words about the retreat and the quality of the participants (see also references in "Related Information"). Herein are many original typed and signed letters from Bane and carbon copies of letters from Merton.

Bannon solicits from Merton his remembrances of St. Bonaventure University and its faculty and staff. Merton's lengthy response, naming many of his dearest priestly and lay professors, is included in the article "Thomas Merton: A Growing Legend at St. Bonaventure," <u>Magnificat</u> 11 (March 1966), pp. 3-4 (Source: <a onClick="return popup(this, 'link')" href="http://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638&queryString=ti:Road+to+Joy"><i>The Road to Joy</i></a>, p. 297.)

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

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

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bates, Harvey H., Rev.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Belden, Albert David, Rev. Dr.".

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: "Black, Hector".

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

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" <u>Monks Pond</u>.

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

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: "Brady, Thomas".

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: "Brasier-Creagh, Patrick".

There are no letters to or from Merton in this file, but a mention of Merton in a letter from the Dalai Lama to James George.

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

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

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

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.

This record group includes artwork, photographs, musical recordings, and scripts for plays by Merton or based on or inspired by his writings.

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.

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).

First lines: "I first read your name a little less than a year ago when I noticed an article you had written for"... Contents index: asking for help on writing a paper on Merton's poetry.

First lines: "Denise Levertov was here yesterday and in our good visit together I was reminded of Vassar and"... Contents index: Spanish and Latin American poets / Zukofsky favorite of North American poets / importance of Merton's writing, but out of mainstream writing world - "not a regular 'Catholic poet'".

First lines: "M. Jacques Maritain has told me that you are translating his wife's poems, and that you know I have"...

First lines: "I see some time has gone by since your letter of November 4th and we are all now persuaded that we"...

First lines: "This is chiefly to wish you many blessings and graces on March 12th and to say how much I liked"...

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

First lines: "I have thought about you a great deal, but refrained from writing until your birthday, as I feel you"...

First lines: "At least I have the joy of reading your fine translations of Raissa, and the book itself is"... Contents index: [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files].

First lines: "A very happy birthday to you - don't forget it is also my feast, and pray for me too. First of all,"...

First lines: "It was a pleasure for me to receive your good letter and I am certainly grateful to our mutual"... Contents index: not sending «Seeds of Contemplation» due to early ignorance of Sufism that Merton hopes to correct in «New Seeds» / Husayn Mansur Hallaj and Rumi / Nwyia's book on John of the Cross and Ibn Abbad / recommended books / Imam Riza.

First lines: "I am extremely grateful to you for your very helpful and affectionate reply to my earlier letter."... Contents index: background on Imam Riza and the Shiahs / Merton's poem on "wisdom" / asks for background on Trappist Order, Our Lady of Gethsemani, and Our Lady of Fatima (origin of Fatima, a Muslim name) / background on Ibn Abbad of Ronda / Paul Nwyia.

First lines: "Your admirable letter of December 20th reached me promptly and I was deeply touched by your"... Contents index: Imam Riza - poem from Cincinnati Museum / Al Ansari / Taoism / Trappist life / solitary life at Gethsemani analogous to Sufis and orthodox Muslim community legalism / significance of Mary for Gethsemani and at Fatima / Islamic revival.

First lines: "Here is the threshold of holiness in the dust of the road / Where mighty kings have laid their heads"... Contents index: "Fragment of poem from the Tomb Cover of Imam Riza (Cincinnati Museum)", Xeroxed copy of attachment to 1961/01/30 letter.

First lines: "I was greatly pleased to receive your letter last month and regret that due to official"... Contents index: quotes Louis Massignon in stating Merton a "'simurgh', (a very rare bird) among [his] Order" / Muslim "Night of Power" / similarity between John of the Cross and Hakim Tirmizi / interest in mystical prayer in Islam / Imam Riza poem.

First lines: "Like a jeweled peacock he stirs all over / With fireflies. He takes his pleasure in / Lights. He is"... Contents index: poem attached to 1961/05/13 letter "THE MOSLEMS' ANGEL OF DEATH / (Algeria 1961)".

First lines: "1. I am in receipt of both your letters as well as a copy of your open letter to Cuadra. In the"... Contents index: Sirdar Iqbal Ali Shah / Kashf al Majub / Holy Names of Allah / "The Moslems' Angel of Death" (Azrael) / ascetic elements of mystic spirituality and the Incarnation / U.S.-Russia and Gog-Magog / nuclear war / Tawhid / Tirmizi / St. Basil / Aziz's biography.