Surnames beginning with the letter "B"

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#06 1967-07-31, TL[c] Best to Marks, Lillian, 'I am sending your letter, with considerable distress, on to Thomas Merton. The' Item 1967 July 31
064 "Betchor, Greti" correspondence Record subgroup 1971-1972
#02 1958-01-10, TLS Bettencourt to Merton, 'Thanks for your letter of December 19, 1957. I have already written to Curtis Brown' Item 1958 January 1
067 "Beyer, Anna Helga" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#01 1967-04-15 (#01), TALS Bieberman from Merton, 'I am a monk, poet, priest, and have written s [sic] few books on the contemplative' Item 1967 April 15
#02 1967-04-15 (#02), TL[c] Bieberman from Merton, 'I am a monk, poet, priest, and have written s [sic] few books on the contemplative' Item 1967 April 15
#02 1967-09-25 (#01), TALS Biram to Merton, 'this is an extremely hard letter to write, so I ask you to overlook its faults & see' Item 1967 September 25
071 "Bissey, Colomban, Dom, O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1950-1967
#02 1960-02-16, TL[x] Bissey from Fox, James, 'We have more pleasant news for you now than in our last letter in regard to the book' Item 1960 February 16
#04 1964-01-07 (#02), transcript Bissey from Merton, 'Here are a few words for you first of all to wish you a happy New Year, and then' Item 1964 January 7
#07 1965-04-07 (#01), TAL[c] Bissey from Merton, 'Vous avez été bien aimable ce matin, je regrette beaucoup de vous avoir' Item 1965 April 7
#11 1965-11-08 (#02), transcript Bissey from Merton, 'Here is an answer I am writing to your Fr. Raymond who wrote to me as you know. I' Item 1965 November 8
#13 1967-01-24 (#01), TLS[x] Bissey from Bernard, Fr., O.C.S.O. / to James Fox, 'Vous n'êtes pas sans savoir que notre Père Abbé vient d'être nommé Chevalier de la' Item 1967 January 24
#18 1967-02-01 (#02), TLS[x] Bissey from Fox, James / to Fr. Bernard, O.C.S.O., 'I presume that you can read english, I hope. I know you have acted in all' Item 1967 February 1
#23 1967-06-23 (#01), TL[c] Bissey from Merton, 'Merci de votre aimable lettre. Je suis content d'avoir de vos nouvelles. Les' Item 1967 June 23
#01 1968-04-02, TLS Bixler to Merton, 'Perhaps I should first reintroduce myself: I am the student and friend of Mrs.' Item 1968 April 2
073 "Black, Bernard, Fr., C.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1962
#01 1962-01-23, TLS Black to Merton, 'I have a recent letter from Edward Deming Andrews of Pittsfield, Massachusetts in' Item 1962 January 23
#02 1962-01-27, transcript Black from Merton, 'I need not tell you how I would love to be there on February 2nd. There are few' Item 1962 January 27 (date approximate)
076 "Blanchard, Judy" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#02 1966-10-13, TL[x] Blumenkren from Merton, 'I have been hoping to answer your letter of late August and now your new letter with' Item 1966 October 13
078 "Boardman, Fon Wyman, Jr." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#01 1968-02-05, TLS Boardman to Merton, 'On May 30, 1968 we are going to publish BLACK POWER AND WHITE PROTESTANTS, by Joseph' Item 1968 February 5
079 "Boekel, C.W. van, Dr., M.S.C." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#02 1964-10-28, TLS Boettcher from Merton, 'When I suggested the Little Sisters I realized that the suggestion would be a bit of' Item 1964 October 28
#10 1970-10-23, HLS[x] Boettcher to Center from Boettcher, Nancy Hauck, 'Enclosed are the letters I have from Tom Merton. Please Xerox them for me. I have' Item 1970 October 23
#11 1970-10-30, TL[x] Boettcher from Center to Boettcher, Nancy Hauck, 'We were delighted to receive your packet of letters concerning your Nanny, Thomas' Item 1970 October 3
081 "Bogatynska, Genowefa" correspondence Record subgroup 1960-1972
#05 1970-11-10, TL[c] Bogdana from Center to Bogdana, Sr., 'Thank you for the information you sent about your correspondence with Father Thomas' Item 1970 November 1
#02 1966-02-09, TL[c] Boggs from Merton, 'I received your letter of the 3rd only yesterday. I am afraid this answer will be' Item 1966 February 9
084 "Bolshakoff, Serge (Sergius) Nikolaevich" correspondence Record subgroup
#01 1961-03-02, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I intended to write to you for some time but only now do it. I read the most of' Item 1961 March 2
#02 1961-03-20, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter of March 14th. I have received it today on my' Item 1961 March 2
#08 1962-09-03, HNS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'P.S. I read your letter to the Mayor of Hiroshima with attention. I think it shall' Item 1962 September 3
#13 1963-02-15, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter of Jan 29th, which I received here in Groningen, where I' Item 1963 February 15
#19 1963-11-25, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter of Nov. 11th, which I received in Dublin on my way here.' Item 1963 November 25
#24 1964-10-21, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I have no letters from you since last December, although I wrote myself to you three' Item 1964 October 21
#33 1965-12-08, TL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'First of all I am taking this occasion to send you a Christmas present from our' Item 1965 December 8
#38 1967-03-12, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I enclose my Eastertide "Letter", which is, possibly, more interesting than the' Item 1967 March 12
#39 1967-04-21, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Since I sent you on March 12th my letter from Florence with the latest "Letter to' Item 1967 April 21
#45 undated (#01), other Bolshakoff to Merton, 'The list of people to send the LETTER TO' Item undated
#46 undated (#02), other Bolshakoff, 'A Russian Forerunner of Psychosomatic Medicine [-] STARETZ SEMEN KLIMICH' Item
#01 1966-10-14, TALS Bonazzi to Merton, 'John Griffin wrote me as soon as he got back from the Abbey with you and Jacques' Item 1966 October 14
#07 1967-09-08, TL[c] Bonazzi from Merton, 'Perfectly ok to use the quote from "Letter to Innocent Bystander". And of course to' Item 1967 September 8
#13 1967-10-08, TALS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Since last writing you we have decided to do a little 20-page quarto to commemorate' Item 1967 October 8 (date approximate)
#14 1967-10-09, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Just returned from Griffin's. The photographs are fantastic! We will just flip' Item 1967 October 9
#18 1967-12-10, TL[c] Bonazzi from Merton, 'I don't see any problems whatever about the copyrights. It seems to me everything' Item 1967 December 1
#19 1967-12-26, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Heard the long almighty & beautiful tape at John Griffin's last weekend and he' Item 1967 December 26
#20 1968-01-31, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Thank you for your note. What is this about starting a magazine of your own? I' Item 1968 January 31
#23 1997-03-31 (#01), TLS Bonazzi to Grip, Robert, 'Thanks so much for the kindly support, the generous clarification of expenses in our' Item 1997 March 31
086 "Bond, Fred F." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
087 "Bonner, Paul Hyde" correspondence Record subgroup 1958
088 "Boodoosingh, A., Mrs." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#02 1964-05-08, TALS Borgstin to Merton, 'Please excuse my long silence. Actually, it would have been a great consolation to' Item 1964 May 8
#03 1965-04-05, HLS Borgstin to Merton, 'Many thanks for the copies of your articles which dome to me from time to time. I' Item 1965 April 5
#06 1966-07-25, TL[c] Borgstin from Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind and detailed letter of July 20 which tells me the final' Item 1966 July 25
#07 1967-08-25, HLS Borgstin to Merton, 'A blessed and joyful feast! All of us here are remembering you specially today, and' Item 1967 August 25
#02 1968-05-23 (#01), TALS Borton from Merton, 'Thanks for the confidence you show in me, in presenting your questions about John of' Item 1968 May 23
#05 1972-08-no-day, TALS[x] Borton to Center from Borton, Cameron, 'I am enclosing a xeroxed copy of the one letter I received from Thomas Merton in' Item 1972 August (date approximate)
094 "Boswell, Jack" correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#02 1968-01-26, TL[c] Botte from Merton, 'The article you refer to has not yet appeared in Spiritual Life. I have a' Item 1968 January 26
098 "Boultwood, Alban, Abbot, O.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1966-07-11, TL[c] Bourgeouis from Merton, 'I am returning your thoughts which I have read over superficially. Do not think' Item 1966 July 11
#02 1965-06-04, TALS Bourne to Merton, 'By all means take your time with Father Capon's book. If you are inspired --' Item 1965 June 4
#01 1951-02-21, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Your prelude to the chant afforded a sort of Laetare Sunday diversion in my Lenten' Item 1951 February 21
#04 1951-09-17, TLS Bourne to Merton, 'An advance copy or your excellent new book, Ascent to Truth, reached us a few days' Item 1951 September 17
#05 1952-03-17, TL[c] Bourne to Merton, 'Your brief sketch of St. John of the Cross is very nice except for one aspect which' Item 1952 March 17
#11 1953-05-22, TALS Bourne from Merton, 'Here is the completed draft of Tower of Babel. I am sending it as a straight' Item 1953 May 22
#13 1953-10-29, TALS Bourne to Merton, 'This Intro. to Doctor Mellifluus seems to me quite the best thing of this sort you' Item 1953 October 29
#20 1960-04-09, TLS Bourne to Fox, James, 'Have just mailed the censorship report on the two brief pieces you refer to in your' Item 1960 April 9
#22 1961-11-30, TLS Bourne to Fox, James, 'You are very thougthful to recall the matter of postage. Now I will be able to enter' Item 1961 November 3 (date approximate)
#25 1962-01-12, TLS[c] Bourne from Fox, James, 'We received your gracious note January 18 with the two manuscripts. Here we go' Item 1962 January 12
#26 1962-01-18, HLS Bourne to Fox, James, 'Here is a returned ms of Fr. Louis - Nuclear War and Frather Jn Eudes article' Item 1962 January 18
#34 1962-04-28, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'As you know periodically my affairs get in an awful tangle, and they are in one now:' Item 1962 April 28
#36 1963-05-04, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'First of all, I trust you to refrain from any official reference to what I might say' Item 1963 May 4 (date approximate)
#38 1964-01-16, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'Before Dom James took off for the Chapter I had a talk with him about the censorship' Item 1964 January 16
#39 1964-02-01, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Will take care of your Notes on Art etc at once. For the records' Item 1964 February 1
#40 1964-03-10, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'This little item here had better be sent to you I think. It has been offered by a' Item 1964 March 1
#51 1965-01-18 (#02), TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would' Item 1965 January 18
#59 1965-04-15, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Mille pardons. Really I'm all confused. Just came across most of this on my desk' Item 1965 April 15
#60 1965-10-07, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'After getting your poem out of the file an hour ago I've now utterly lost it. No' Item 1965 October 7
#62 1965-11-22 (#02), TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'Next Spring New Directions is bringing out a paperback selection of various prose' Item 1965 November 22
#68 1967-06-30 (#01), TLS Bourne from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind letter. I do hope we can reach some kind of real openness on' Item 1967 June 3
#72 1973-11-30, TLS[x] Bourne from Center to Bourne, Paul, 'Mr. Victor Kramer at Georgia State University has requested permission to look at' Item 1973 November 3
#73 1973-12-04, HLS Bourne to Center from Bourne, Paul, 'As a Trappist monk of ancient vintage with no place to store things I never saved' Item 1973 December 4
#78 undated (#04), HNS Bourne to Merton, 'P. 17 of #7 (Eng. Mystics) is missing - we did not lose it! […] The report from' Item undated
#83 undated (#09), other[x] Bourne from Merton, 'Do you think they require censoring?? In Jesu f m Louis [-] By no means!' Item undated
#03 1967-01-05, TLS Bourne to Merton, 'Your kind letter arrived just in time for me to share it with the project's' Item 1967 January 5
#04 1967-01-07, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter of the 5th which reached me this morning. I still have not' Item 1967 January 7
#11 1967-09-24, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'I am enclosing a tentative plan for my introduction to the opening volume of the' Item 1967 September 24
#15 1968-03-13, TLS Bourne to Merton, 'You're right that the best place for your piece would be in the position between the' Item 1968 March 13
104 "Bousquet, Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1963
106 "Bowers, Charles F., Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
108 "Boyd, Alda Lee" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1967-10-09, TLS Boyd to Merton, 'Thanks for your permission to send the releases about your fields of interest to' Item 1967 October 9
#02 1967-03-no-day, HLS Boyd to Merton, 'I'm interested in Ky. History and in the 7th grade we are keeping a scrapbook of' Item 1967 March (date approximate)
#01 1964-03-13, TL[c] Bozarth from Merton, 'Unfortunately a rather heavy schedule makes it impossible for me to answer your' Item 1964 March 13
#01 1965-05-28, HLS Brahmachari to Merton, 'My heart-felt thanks for your remembrance. You so kindly remember me as I do you so' Item 1965 May 28
118 "Braveman, Barbara Ann" correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#04 1967-11-06, TL[c] Braveman from Merton, 'Thanks for the extra copies, for the feedback on the poem and all. For many reasons' Item 1967 November 6