Surnames beginning with the letter "B"

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#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
#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
#01 1960-05-09, TLS[x] Brazzel from Merton, 'After all your notes and good wishes I know we are really friends, and I hope we' Item 1960 May 9
#04 1968-02-12, HLS Bredenberg to Merton, 'If this note seems rather messy and hurried, it's because I'm sitting in the Retreat' Item 1968 February 12
#03 1968-07-05, TL[c] Breitenbeck from Merton, 'I appreciate your kind note, and I want to say that I wish I were free to be of more' Item 1968 July 5
#03 1968-03-30, TLS Brennan to Merton, 'Obviously your letter was a keen disappointment to me. At the risk of importuning' Item 1968 March 3
#04 1968-04-09, TL[c] Brennan from Merton, 'You have more or less put your finger on the problem.I [sic] have a new young Abbot' Item 1968 April 9
#01 1964-03-17, HLS Bridget to Merton, 'Sorry, I forgot to insert the M. before your name! I know this is a poor time to' Item 1964 March 17
#06 1964-10-21, TALS Bridget to Merton, 'I have very much to say and may wind up saying little of it, but before I begin...' Item 1964 October 21
#08 1965-06-14, TALS Bridget to Merton, 'The Sister-in-charge for the summer has just offered me a grand birthday present --' Item 1965 June 14
#12 1973-01-24, TLS Bridget to Center from Bridget, Sr., 'I am writing on behalf of Father Allchin and myself with regard to our' Item 1973 January 24
#01 1967-05-30, TLS Brilliant to Merton, 'Thank you for the poem, Originators, which we will put, with your permission, in' Item 1967 May 3
#04 1967-08-24, TLS Brilliant to Merton, 'You must tell me the appropriate way to address you. I am reading WATERS OF SILOE' Item 1967 August 24
#03 1967-06-19 (#02), TLS[x] Brown from Merton, 'Thanks for your note and for the book and for the reprint. And above all thanks for' Item 1967 June 19
#01 1966-12-24, HLS Brown to Merton, 'Having done the Library of Congress reply to the McGill U. query on this topic for' Item 1966 December 24
#01 1963-12-04, TLS Browne to Merton, 'Hawthorn is a familiar name to you I know. And I hope you remember the Daniel-Rops' Item 1963 December 4
#01 1947-06-17, TLS[x] Bruce to Fox, James, 'Enclosed is a letter which we have just written to Father Louis concerning "Exile' Item 1947 June 17
#02 1948-07-13, TLS Bruce to Merton, 'Thanks very much for your thoughtfulness in sending us the list of your friends to' Item 1948 July 13
#01 1960-05-31, HLS Bruyn to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter and for the articles - I was most interested, especially' Item 1960 May 31
#07 1963-11-04, TALS Bruyn to Merton, 'Raissa's anniversary, and the 8th will be my father's, when I hope you will say a' Item 1963 November 4
#11 1964-02-24 (#02), TALS[x] Bruyn from Merton, 'This is chiefly to wish you many blessings and graces on March 12th and to say how' Item 1964 February 24
#19 1966-02-01, TL[c] Bruyn from Merton, 'Certainly I do not regard monastic letters as a distraction and I was glad to hear' Item 1966 February 1
#22 1966-08-no-day, TLS[x] Bruyn from Merton, '[..] way. The hunters around here are wild shots. Lightning strikes trees all around' Item 1966 August (date approximate)
#01 1963, TL[c] Bryan from Merton, 'The thing I forgot was this. It is really no special problem but I thought for once' Item 1963 (date approximate)
#01 1979-11-23, TLS[x] Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho to George, James, 'Thank you for your letter. I was very happy to have the opportunity of meeting you' Item 1979 November 23
#02 1967-04-08, TL[c] Buckley from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind letter of April 4th. I do not think it would be possible for' Item 1967 April 8
#01 1963-04-22, TLS Bull to Merton, 'We have received in The Special Collections Department of Margaret I. King Library' Item 1963 April 22
#03 1961-12-26 (#02), transcript Burdick from Merton, 'For several weeks I have wanted to find an opportunity to answer your letter with' Item 1961 December 26
#06 1970-12-10, TLS Burdick to Center from Burdick, Jeanne, 'As a response to your letter of October 5th concerning correspondence between Thomas' Item 1970 December 1
#01 1968-06-24, HLS Burke to Merton, 'Recently I polled our community for suggestions as to a Retreat Master for our next' Item 1968 June 24
#02 1968-06-27 (#01), TL[c] Burke from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind invitation to preach the retreat at the Genesee. Since I have' Item 1968 June 27
#03 1961-06-17, TLS Burns from Kelty, Matthew (for Merton) / to Ethel Burns, 'A note of thanks from Father Louis for your letter and also for your Mass offering. ' Item 1961 June 17
#04 1963-02-13, TLS Burns from from Basil, Br., O.C.S.O. / to Ethel Burns, 'Thank you for your letter. Thank you also for your kind donation, which of course' Item 1963 February 13
#07 1966-02-07, HPCS Burns from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind remembrance, and I hope you will keep well. The weather' Item 1966 February 7
#10 1967-08-18 (#01), TLS Burns from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter and for the stipend. I will gladly say that Mass for' Item 1967 August 18
#15 1970-11-21, HLS Burns to Center from Burns, Ethel, 'I hope these articles will be of some use to you - some of them are deteriorating' Item 1970 November 21
#03 1968-03-30 (#02), TLS[x] Burns from van den Bogaard, Cyprian / to Flavian Burns, 'To start with I want to send you my best wishes for God's blessing for your new and' Item 1968 March 3 (date approximate)
#08 1968-08-16 (#02), TL[c] Burns from Merton, 'In regard to the letter of Dom John Morson about foreign censorship and in' Item 1968 August 16
#09 1968-08-16 (#03), TLS[x] Burns from Merton, 'In regard to the letter of Dom John Morson about foreign censorship and in' Item 1968 August 16
#06 1963-03-22, TLS Burns to Merton, 'Many thanks for yours of the 11th and 13th March. I am afraid we shall just have to' Item 1963 March 22
#13 1965-08-08, TAL[c] Burns from Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter. I am not sure I agree with your idea of leaving out' Item 1965 August 8
#04 1966-02-24, TL[x] Burtt from Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter. I realize that I promised further reactions to' Item 1966 February 24
#01 1952-01-30, TLS[c] Bussard to Merton, 'We are planning to publish in book form approximately 100 of the best articles which' Item 1952 January 3
#06 1967-07-18 (#02), TLS[x] Butorovich from Merton, 'I refuse to call anybody Susie. (I met a girl in a bar in London who was called' Item 1967 July 18
#10 1967-09-06, TALS Butorovich to Merton, 'Hullo!! Well, here I am finally home and back in (YIK!!!) school But never fear!!! ' Item 1967 September 6
#17 1968-02-11 (#01), TL[c] Butorovich from Merton, 'What did you think? That I thought the Crimble box was a bomb and jumped in the' Item 1968 February 11
#24 1982-09-06, TALS Butorovich from Hickey, Regis / to Br. Patrick Hart, 'Here are duplicated copies of six letters, apparently from Father Louis (Thomas)' Item 1982 September 6
#01 1966-10-20, TLS Byles to Merton, 'I am very much appreciating 'Gandhi and the One-Eyed Giant', and shall try and get' Item 1966 October 2
#02 1967-01-09, TL[c] Byles from Merton, 'Your kind letter of October 20th took a good long time to reach me via India, and I' Item 1967 January 9
#04 1967-02-01, TL[c] Byles from Merton, 'I am simply appalled to hear of your misfortune. Unfortunately it seems that more' Item 1967 February 1
#01 1952-10-16, TLS Byrne to Merton, 'We have just heard from our South American representative that Sudamericana are' Item 1952 October 16
#03 1964-03-07 (#01), TLS Baciu to Merton, 'grato por suas linhas, acompanhando o texto lido no México, que, nas atuais' Item 1964 March 7
#07 1965-05-17, TALS Baciu to Merton, 'que grande pena que Ud. não poderá escrever o Prefácio para meus poemas de Hawaii. ' Item 1965 May 17
#10 1965-05-27, TALS Baciu to Merton, 'sua carta (verdadeiro documento) foi um enorme prazer para mim, e por este prazer' Item 1965 May 27
#15 1966-07-14, TALS Baciu to Merton, 'grato por sua boa carta, por tudo que nele me diz, e por suas plavras por meu' Item 1966 July 14
#17 1967-05-31, TALS Baciu to Merton, 'hoje acabo de receber as provas do ensaio que escrevi sôbre Ud., a ser publicado, em' Item 1967 May 31
#19 1968-12-20, TL[x] Baciu from Laughlin, James, 'Thank you for your letter of December 16. Father Merton's death is a terrible loss' Item 1968 December 2
#01 1965-10-11, TALS Bailey to Merton, 'I have been very much impressed with the article you wrote for the September issue' Item 1965 October 11
#01 1964-07-03, TAL[c] Balthasar from Merton, 'My friend Dom Jean Leclercq writes that he recently had the pleasure of visiting you' Item 1964 July 3
#04 1965-02-01, HLS Balthasar to Merton, 'Je dois' Item 1965 February 1
#02 1962-07-04 (#01), transcript Bane from Merton, 'This is not an adequate letter, but I do want to get some kind of reply into the' Item 1962 July 4
#03 1962-07-04 (#02), transcript Bane from Merton, 'This is not an adequate letter, but I do want to get some kind of reply into the' Item 1962 July 4
#19 1967-09-17, TALS Bane to Merton, 'May the Lord give you His peace! Thank you for the enclosed typescripts which we' Item 1967 September 17 (date approximate)
#22 1967-10-03, TL[c] Bane from Merton, 'About the "Message of Contemplatives" tape: it would probably be wiser and more' Item 1967 October 3
#26 1967-11-06, TL[c] Bane from Merton, 'I have checked about the guesthouse facilities and it will be all right if some or' Item 1967 November 6
#27 1967-11-10, TLS Bane to Merton, 'It was good to hear from you. I think everything is pretty well underway now. ' Item 1967 November 1
#33 1967-12-no-day, TALS Bane to Merton, 'We wish you the blessing of this holy season and pray that all of us may grow in the' Item 1967 December
#38 1972-09-16, TLS Bane to Center from Bane, Elaine, 'Thank you for your letters of inquiry regarding my correspondence with the late' Item 1972 September 16
#03 1967-06-23, TLS Barnard to Merton, 'Hello there; sorry I've been so long in writing to you. Did you get the copies of' Item 1967 June 23
#05 1967-08-31, TALS Barnard to Merton, 'Thanks so much for the Auschwitz review-- I think it is terrific, absolutely, and' Item 1967 August 31
#01 1962-02-13, TLS Bartelme to Merton, 'Your articles that have recently appeared in The Catholic Worker and in' Item 1962 February 13
#04 1962-03-27, TLS Bartelme to Merton, 'Thank you so much for your letter which raised my hopes very high that you will be' Item 1962 March 27
#05 1962-06-06, TL[c] Bartelme from Merton, 'Well, I finally have an answer for you on the Peace Book. The book is finished all' Item 1962 June 6
#07 1962-09-14, TLS Bartelme to Merton, 'I am so delighted to have your new manuscript, and I have read it very carefully and' Item 1962 September 14
#10 1963-05-20, TLS Bartelme to Merton, 'I was most distressed to receive your letter of May 16th, and I can only say that I' Item 1963 May 2
#13 1965-02-02, TLS Bartelme to Merton, 'I am so happy to have your introduction to Father Philip Berrigan's book, and I' Item 1965 February 2
#14 1965-12-03, TL[c] Bartelme from Merton, 'I am sorry to see how long it is since I got your letter and Dan's proofs. Did not' Item 1965 December 3
#15 1965-12-08, TLS[x] Bartelme to Merton, 'Thank you ever so much for your very fine remarks on Father Berrigan's poems. I am' Item 1965 December 8
#19 1968-05-31, TL[c] Bartelme from Merton, 'Thanks so much for Penny a Copy. Tom and Jim did a fine job of editing and I' Item 1968 May 31
#04 1965-05-08, HLS Basetti-Sani to Merton, 'Je n'ai pas esé vous déranger avant pour vous donner la nouvelle que depuis le 22' Item 1965 May 8
#01 1968-07-18, HLS Baskin to Merton, 'Please send a copy of Monks Pond, Spring 1968 as described in the May issue' Item 1968 July 18
#01 1965-04-05, TL[c] Bass from Merton, 'I am happy to say a word to your fellow members of the Guild of St Paul in your' Item 1965 April 5
#02 1967-12-16, TL[c] Bastin from Merton, 'I am replying briefly to your letter so as to catch you there before you leave. ' Item 1967 December 16
#01 1965-12-06, TALS Bastos to Merton, 'Your two letters to Mrs. Ocampo arrived safely; she has gone for a few days to Mar' Item 1965 December 6
#01 1967-07-18, TLS Bates to Merton, 'Father John McNeil at LeMoyne College here gave me your name as someone to write,' Item 1967 July 18
#01 1964-07-14 (#01), TL[d] Bea from Merton, 'Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of speaking at some length with Rabbi' Item 1964 July 14
#10 1972-08-22, TLS[x] Belford to Center from Belford, Lee Archer, 'Enclosed you will find the letters Thomas Merton wrote me. Most of them are' Item 1972 August 22
014 "Baptist, Mary, Sr." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
022 "Bartelme, Elizabeth" correspondence Record subgroup 1962-1968
026 "Basetti-Sani, Giulio, Fr., O.F.M." correspondence Record subgroup 1963-1967
028 "Bass, Richard" correspondence Record subgroup 1965
038 "Beck, Dorothy" correspondence Record subgroup 1968
042 "Belli, German" correspondence Record subgroup 1965
047 "Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
061 "Berry, Wendell" correspondence Record subgroup 1967-1968