Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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048 "Bennett, Gloria Cecelia Sylvester" correspondence Record subgroup 1953
#04 1966-11-10 (#01), TL[c] Bennett from Merton, 'It occurs to me that I probably did not fulfill a promise-- or a threat-- to send' Item 1966 November 1
#05 1966-11-10 (#02), TLS[x] Bennett from Merton, 'It occurs to me that I probably did not fulfill a promise-- or a threat-- to send' Item 1966 November 1
#09 undated, other[x] Bennett, '(His first Mass) "Friday I said that Mass I had promised to Our Lady of Cobre… It' Item undated
#01 1966-06-16, TALS Bentley to Merton, 'It was indeed very good of you to come to see me. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you' Item 1966 June 16
051 "Bentley, Leilani" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#06 undated (#05), HLS Berg to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your nice letter and corrections which I sended [sic]' Item undated
#08 undated (#07), HLS Berg to Merton, 'Thank you so much for your nice book. I've' Item undated
053 "Bergida, Hedy" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1954-10-29, TALS Bernard to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter of the 16th. Indeed I was surprised! In fact I' Item 1954 October 29
#03 undated (#02), other Bernard, 'A TRIDUUM OF PRAYERS IN HONOR OF ST JOHN OF THE' Item undated
#01 1968-05-23, HLS Bernet to Merton, 'Sincere thanks to you for your thoughtfulness and kindness! I appreciate very much' Item 1968 May 23
#02 1961-10-no-day, other Berrigan from Merton, 'Thanks for your very fine letters and clipping. I am going to write you when I have' Item 1961 October (date approximate)
#06 1962-01-24 (#01), TLS Berrigan to Merton, 'Thank you for the material, which I find lucid and reasonable, in the best Merton' Item 1962 January 24 (date approximate)
#07 1962-01-24 (#02), other Berrigan to Merton, 'Censor A ALL ARE GENUINE POEMS; MANY ARE SUPERB [-] CensorB [sic]' Item 1962 January 24 (date approximate)
#09 1962-05-16, TLS Berrigan to Merton, 'A long overdue note to say hello, and to acknlwedge [sic] yours of a month or more' Item 1962 May 16
#19 1963-02-09, HLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'I have not yet thanked you for the clipping from the college paper with your' Item 1963 February 9
#22 1963-06-25 (#02), TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'This will come to you as a conscience matter letter, so that I can deal with your' Item 1963 June 25
#23 1963-11-09, TAPCS Berrigan to Merton, 'Hope you havent [sic] given me up for advent or something. After many wanderings' Item 1963 November 9
#25 1963-11-15 (#02), TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'I am glad to have your letter, card, from Paris. I was not sure where you were' Item 1963 November 15
#26 1963-12-21, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'I have to get off a short note to say hello, and to assure you that yr. letter was' Item 1963 December 21
#32 1964-03-18, other Berrigan Item 1964 March 18
#35 1964-06-02, TALS Berrigan to Merton, 'What a wonderful letter you wrote me, and how deeply I appreciate it… I was' Item 1964 June 2
#39 1964-08-04 (#02), TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Many thanks for your card from Oslo Morocco. We have played your tapes after much' Item 1964 August 4
#41 1964-09-19 (#02), TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Got a good letter from John Heidbrink today and he said you were bac[k] also told me' Item 1964 September 19
#46 1965-05-19, TALS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Glad to get your note. I would be delighted to see you and Jim ifyou [sic] can get' Item 1965 May 19
#47 1965-06-01, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'How grateful Tom for your marvelous welcome. Your wisdom, yourself! We went away' Item 1965 June 1
#56 1966-04-09, HLS Berrigan from Merton, 'It was good to get your letter. The operation worked out fine but it was a little' Item 1966 April 9
#63 1967-03-19, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'Here I am by the ocean at Santa Barbara, stuck without writing papers but determined' Item 1967 March 19
#64 1967-04-02, HLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Many thanks for Palm Sunday epistle. Here it is Low Sunday already. Why not drive' Item 1967 April 2
#70 1967-07-15, TALS Berrigan to Merton, 'It seems like ages, know I've been remiss. Jim Forest sent on one of yrs. to him' Item 1967 July 15
#78 1967-11-27 (#02), TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Jim Holloway sent me a clipping about Phil: that and his piece in CW about prison' Item 1967 November 27
#81 1968-02-08 (#01), TL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Seems I get less and less time to answer letters. Or anyway, whatever the reason, I' Item 1968 February 8
#82 1968-02-08 (#02), TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Seems I get less and less time to answer letters. Or anyway, whatever the reason, I' Item 1968 February 8
#84 1968-11-27, TLS Berrigan to Merton, 'This is a very brief note to say hello. You will by now have heard of the trial and' Item 1968 November 27
#87 1982-07-11 (#01), other Berrigan from Shannon, William, 'Note on the letters of Daniel Berrigan: When I put this correspondence together, I' Item 1982 July 11
#93 undated (#02), other Berrigan, 'Contemporary Literary Criticism - subject Daniel' Item undated
#01 1964-09-25, TAL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Sure, by all means have them send the proofs and I will try to writ[e] at least' Item 1964 September 25
#05 1965-02-no-day (#01), HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'Your note arrived today and I immediately informed Macmillan to go ahead on the' Item 1965 February (date approximate)
#09 1967-12-31 (#01), TL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'New Year's eve. The day is darkening and it has been snowing since midnight last' Item 1967 December 31
#12 1968-09-30, HPCS Berrigan from Merton, 'Your letter finally caught up with me in Alaska but I am moving on. Impossible to' Item 1968 September 3
060 "Berry, Thomas, Fr., C.P." correspondence Record subgroup 1961
#05 1967-07-29, TLS Best to Merton, 'I expect you too will want to answer Lillian Marks. I hope I did not apologize' Item 1967 July 29
#01 1971-03-10, TLS[x] Betchor to Center from Betchov, Greti, 'We received your letter concerning our correspondence with the late Thomas Merton,' Item 1971 March 1
#03 1972-06-30, TLS Betchor to Center from Betchov, Greti, 'We received your letter of June 9th concerning our correspondence with Thomas Merton' Item 1972 June 3
#01 1957-12-03, TLS Bettencourt to Merton, 'The first Portuguese edition of NO MAN IS AN ISLAND was a great success - out of' Item 1957 December 3
066 "Bewley, Betty" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1967-09-11, TLS Bewley to Merton, 'I wrote to Harcourt, Brace & World concerning our request to reprint "In the' Item 1967 September 11
#05 1971-02-02, TLS Bieberman to Center from Bieberman, Lisa, 'I'm sorry to be just getting around to answering your request for copies of' Item 1971 February 2
069 "Biegansho, H., Miss" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1967-08-22, HLS Biegansho to Merton, 'You have been good enough to send me several of your books - but now I dare ask you' Item 1967 August 22
#03 1967-09-25 (#02), other Biram to Merton, 'Appeared New York Times 4 Sept. 67 (editorial page) A COCKTAIL PARTY Penned' Item 1967 September 25
#01 1950-05-29, HLS Bissey to Merton, 'Merci de tant coeur pour les deux exemplaires de votre beau livre sur sainte' Item 1950 May 29
#03 1964-01-07 (#01), TAL[c] Bissey from Merton, 'Voici un petit mot pour vous souhaiter d'abord une bonne année. Et puis quelques' Item 1964 January 7
#10 1965-11-08 (#01), TL[c] Bissey from Merton, 'Voici une réponse que j'écris a votre P. Raymond qui m'a écrit, comme vous le savez' Item 1965 November 8
#12 1965-11-29, HLS Bissey to Merton, 'Votre lettre du 8 Nov. m'a causé me immense' Item 1965 November 29
#15 1967-01-24 (#03), TNS[x] Bissey from Merton to James Fox, 'What about it? How about a nice birthday present? --You yourself often say it is' Item 1967 January 24
#17 1967-02-01 (#01), TLS[x] Bissey from Fox, James, 'I would not want you to misinterpret my letter which I have written to good Father' Item 1967 February 1
#21 1967-06-12 (#01), HLS Bissey to Merton, 'N'ayant pas "l'opportunité" d'aller vous voir cette année, je bien vous faire' Item 1967 June 12
#01 1962-12-11, TL[c] Black from Merton, 'I was glad to hear from you because Les Dewart said you had been ill, and now I see' Item 1962 December 11
#01 1966-12-15, TL[c] Blanchard from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. I do not know of any community of women in which there' Item 1966 December 15
#02 1968-03-08, TL[c] Boardman from Merton, 'I have finished reading the galleys of BLACK POWER AND WHITE PROTESTANTS which I am' Item 1968 March 8
080 "Boettcher, Nancy Hauck" correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1966, 1968, 1970
#04 1965-05-27, HNS Boettcher from Merton, 'Thanks for telling me about Nanny. I did not know about her, but in the middle of' Item 1965 May 27
#05 1965-06-16 (#01), TLS Boettcher from Merton, 'Thanks very much for sending the telegram to let me know of Nanny's death. It was' Item 1965 June 16
#06 1965-06-16 (#02), TL[c] Boettcher from Merton, 'Thanks very much for sending the telegram to let me know of Nanny's death. It was' Item 1965 June 16
#08 1966-04-23, HNS Boettcher from Merton, 'I wanted to answer your first letter about the new baby, but let it slip until too' Item 1966 April 23
#02 undated, HLS Bogatynska to Merton, 'Thank you so much for your letter - for your goodness. I enjoyed it very much. It' Item undated
#01 1966-02-02, HLS Boggs to Merton, 'I am a sophomore at Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna, New York, and we are doing a' Item 1966 February 2
#03 1966-02-11, HLS Boggs to Merton, 'How can I ever thank you for your wonderful, gracious letter? When my teacher heard' Item 1966 February 11
#03 1961-06-21, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I enclose the letter of the Abbot General which allows you to write a preface to the' Item 1961 June 21
#07 1962-09-02, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter. I am glad that you liked the manuscript. Of' Item 1962 September 2
#12 1963-01-29, TAL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'You will be glad to hear that I have finished all the work on the revision of your' Item 1963 January 29
#18 1963-11-11, TL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'For a long time I have been owing you a reply to your several very interesting' Item 1963 November 11
#21 1964-01-26, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Before Lent begins and I leave Oxford on Feb 13th for London and abroad I send you' Item 1964 January 26
#29 1965-06-09, TL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'It is always so good to receive your extremely informative and lively letters, but I' Item 1965 June 9
#30 1965-08-19, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your two letters of June 9th and August 10th, which were forwarded' Item 1965 August 19
#32 1965-10-16, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Since I wrote to you on October 2nd I received your two articles, which I am' Item 1965 October 16
#37 1966-12-no-day, TL[x] Bolshakoff to Sobesedniks (circular letter), 'Since I wrote my last letter in the end of July there were many developments for the' Item
#42 1968-04-26, TL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'I am afraid I owe you a deep apology: I have not been able to get your Easter' Item 1968 April 26
#02 1966-10-19, TAPCS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Thank you so much for the ok on the poem. I will of course makesome [sic] reference' Item 1966 October 19
#10 1967-10-03 (#01), TLS[c] Bonazzi from Griffin, John Howard, 'Gregory and I are in a dudgeon over these Merton photos. After we mocked up a first' Item 1967 October 3
#12 1967-10-03 (#03), TALS Bonazzi to Merton, 'What a very moving collection of signatures. We are mulling over them now but' Item 1967 October 3
#15 1967-10-10, TL[c] Bonazzi from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter: glad everything is working out. I am happy that you can' Item 1967 October 1
#16 1967-10-15, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Acknowledging your letter which clarified CABLES TO THE [sic] ACE and all news of' Item 1967 October 15
#17 1967-12-06, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'John is genuinely frantic about your special issue of Latitudes, concerning' Item 1967 December 6
#21b 1997-04-30, TLS Bonazzi to Grip, Robert, 'Thanks so much for your kind letter of 21 April, as well as for the much-needed' Item 1968 July 7
#02 1968-08-16, TL[c] Bond from Merton, 'In the years that have passed since your group came here, I have often thought of' Item 1968 August 16
#01 1968-05-14, TLS Boodoosingh to Merton, 'MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS We have at last received the reading copy of the' Item 1968 May 14
#01 1966-02-16, TLS Borgerhoff to Merton, 'Jacques Maritain has asked me to write to you about the problem of finding a' Item 1966 February 16
#05 1967-01-30, TL[c] Borgerhoff from Merton, 'At Jacques' request, I am returning to you the ms of Raissa's Journal. He' Item 1967 January 3
#07 1970-11-10, TL[x] Borgerhoff from Center to Borgerhoff, Cornelia, 'Thank you for donating the letter of Thomas Merton to our collection. It will be a' Item 1970 November 1
#01 1964-02-05, HNS Borgstin to Merton, 'Tonight I have read 'The Monk in the Diaspora'. It is splendid; and it touches on' Item 1964 February 5
#04 1966-07-20, TALS Borgstin to Merton, 'Could we have three or four more copies of the revised edition of The Climate of' Item 1966 July 2
091 "Borton, Cameron, Rev." correspondence Record subgroup 1968, 1972
#04 1972-08-24, TL[c] Borton from Center to Borton, Cameron, 'Thank you so much for sending us the xeroxed copy of your letter from Thomas Merton.' Item 1972 August 24
#06 1972-09-no-day, TLS Borton to Center from Borton, Cameron, 'Thank you for your quick reply to me. I have decided that I want very much for you' Item 1972 September (date approximate)
#01 1964-05-31, TLS Boswell from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter and for the gift. Actually the most personal as well as the' Item 1964 May 31
095 "Botte, Gregorio, Fr., O.F.M." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#01 1968-01-12, TLS Botte to Merton, 'I have to give a set of talks to a group of contemplative nuns in Boston during the' Item 1968 January 12