Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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#01 1962-02-19, TLS Baird to Merton, 'Your revised carbon of the article on Spiritual Direction reached my hands only this' Item 1962 February 19
#04 1967-10-16, TL[c] Baker from Merton, 'Fine. I'll keep Feb. 28th for you. Let me know when you will arrive, and whether' Item 1967 October 16
#06 1968-03-28, TL[c] Baker from Merton, 'Thanks for the return of the various items. Actually, the mimeographed ones did not' Item 1968 March 28
#08 1968-06-11 (#01), TAL[c] Baker from Merton, 'In the past couple of weeks I have hardly had time to answer any mail at all. ' Item 1968 June 11
#05 1965-07-17, TAL[c] Balthasar from Merton, 'Thanks very much for the two new little books you sent. Your Rechenschaft looks' Item 1965 July 17
#06 1966-02-25, HLS Balthasar to Merton, 'Comment vous remercie d'avoir le temps' Item 1966 February 25
#08 1966-09-12, TAL[c] Balthasar from Merton, 'Grand merci de votre bonne lettre que date déjà de trois mois! Je pense que le Fr.' Item 1966 September 12
010 "Bamberger, John Eudes, Dom, O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1951-1984
#000b 1966-08-03, TALS[x] Bamberger from Merton, 'Thanks for your note of the other day. It was helpful and more clear than our talk,' Item 1966 August 3
#003b 1967-05-04 (#02), TLS[x] Bamberger from Merton, 'Through the devious workings of Providence I have now fallen into the hands of a new' Item 1967 May 4
#009 1965-06-10, TLS Bamberger from Fortune, Carl, 'I have just received the report on the stool culture which we did on Father Merton. ' Item 1965 June 1
S3 Correspondence from Bamberger's Files with Other Monks Regarding Gift Book Donations Series 1951-1966
#025 1966-11-07, TN, 'Frln. Dagmar Henne [-] Agence Hoffman [-] Seestrasse 6 [-] 8 Munchen 23 W.' Item 1966 November 7
#029 1966-11-02, TN, 'Jack O'Neil [-] Peace Corps [-] Box 707 [-] Monrovia Liberia [-] 1 Crucifix [-] New' Item 1966 November 2
#034 1966-07-21, TN, 'For our files. [-] Lunsford P.' Item 1966 July 21
S4 Correspondence from John Eudes Bamberger's Files with Merton and Other Monks Regarding Merton's Medical Conditions Series 1963-1968
#039 1966-09-19, HNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have our «hardcover» «No Man Is Island» [sic] and 1 paperback' Item 1966 September 19
#053 1966-11-20, HNS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'I had some ointment in the bathroom and it has vanished. One of the inmates playing' Item 1966 November 2
#055 1966-07-07, TNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have the following to sign and send out: requested by Dom Leclercq for' Item 1966 July 7
#065 undated-11-21, HNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have 1 - Gandhi [-] 1 - Raids on the Unspeakable [-] to send out - and' Item undated November 21
#068 1967-10-no-day, HNS Bamberger , 'I'll take the clothes down tomorrow AM. [-] Thanks [-] fr m' Item 1967 October
#075 undated, HNS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'I ran out of «witch hazel» [-] May I please have a bottle today (Saturday) if' Item undated
#077 1966-03-10, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I just saw the eye-doctor and he wants me in his office to check on possible eye' Item 1966 March 1
#080 1965-01-23, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Did not get allergy shot Sunday - will try again Monday after dinner OK? [-] fr m' Item 1965 January 23
#087 1965-12-26, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Do you have a minute after dinner? [-] Thanx in Jesu [-] fr m' Item 1965 December 26
#094 undated, HCS Bamberger from Merton, 'Thanks for the offer of the room - as I am now I can get along without it. Things' Item undated
#096 undated-12-16, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Many thanks for letting me use this book. It is tremendous! [-] In Jesu [-] fr m' Item undated December 16
#100 1967-06-08, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I thought you would be interested in these reports. [-] In Jesu [-] fr m' Item 1967 June 8
#111 1963-12-25, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'Thanks for your note. I can agree with your desire to work for new liturgical forms' Item 1963 December 25
#113 undated, HNS Bamberger to Merton, 'Would you have the opera Gregory Palamas of Nilus by any fortunate chance? If so' Item undated
#118 undated, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'You might enjoy this - no need to return it. [-] In Jesu [-] fr m' Item undated
#122 1965-01-no-day, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'It seems to me that it would be better if Bro Matthias never worked in the calf' Item 1965 January
#123 undated, HN Bamberger from Merton, 'might as well put this in to library when through [-] inadvertently signed in blood.' Item undated
#125 1966-06-11, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Dr Mitchell told me to come back next Saturday the 11th if the bursitis was still' Item 1966 June 11
#134 undated, HN Bamberger from Merton, 'I spoke with Br Finbarr. In my opinion this boy has a good monastic vocation but he' Item undated
001 "Abbott, Eric Symes, The Very Rev." correspondence Record subgroup 1963-1968
#02 1967-05-19, TL Abdeslam ben Mohamed from Merton, 'C'est un véritable ami qui me parle, comme vous l'avez fait, de ce' Item 1967 May 19
#01 1967-02-14, HLS Abdeslam to Merton, 'Sidi Abdeslam […] oublié votre rencontre, les moments pour le Colliue, et tout ce' Item 1967 February 14
#01 1966-08-12, HLS Abe to Merton, 'Mr. Richard DeMartino sent me a copy of your paper. Buddhism and the Modern' Item 1966 August 12
006 "Accioly, Inácio, Dom, O.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#02 1967-06-07, TL[c] Agadjanian from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. About publication of the article in the "Laureate"-- you' Item 1967 June 7
#04 1967-08-05, HALS Agadjanian to Merton, 'I. I have read thus far the following books written by you: 1) The Seven' Item 1967 August 5
#01 1950-04-10, TALS Ahern to Merton, 'May Our Lord and Our Lady bless you for cooperating so generously and earnestly in' Item 1950 April 1
#06 1951-03-26, TALS Ahern to Merton, 'I was very happy to hear that you are launching out into your Scripture course. ' Item 1951 March 26
#11 1952-11-16, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'This is just a note to thank you for the copy of Monastic Orientation which you were' Item 1952 November 16
#12 1952-12-30, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'Though I did not write for Christmas, I did not forget; for I offered Holy Mass for' Item 1952 December 3
#27 1956-04-08, TALS Ahern to Merton, 'I have thought of you many a time since my last letter - and always with a prayer. ' Item 1956 April 8
014 "Aidan, Mary, Mother, S.H.C.J." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#02 1967-07-12 (#02), TL[c] Aiken to Friends, 'After 26 years in the practice of medicine, we retired in February 1964 to travel,' Item 1967 July 12
#02 1964-01-29, TALS Akers to Merton, 'Due to the introduction of friends we had a very memorable visit which I wanted to' Item 1964 January 29
#05 1964-09-22, TL[c] Akers from Merton, 'It has been good hearing from you. I am glad you were at Wisques and of course have' Item 1964 September 22
#06 1964-09-24, HPCS Akers to Merton, 'After the Chateaux de la Loire and the pre-historic caves in Dordogne, we have now' Item 1964 September 24
#07 1964-09-29, HPCS Akers to Merton, 'We visited today this magnificent Abbaye, daughter of Fontfroide, destroyed in 1835' Item 1964 September 29
017 "Albee, Edith Greenburg" correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#01 1968-04-05, TLS Albee to Merton, 'Of course we shall be delighted to pay the one hundred dollars--certainly a modest' Item 1968 April 5
018 "Albert of the Blessed Sacrament, Fr., O.C.D." correspondence Record subgroup 1960
#01 1967-09-01, HLS Alice to Merton, 'I have never met you Father, but after reading many of your books I have learned to' Item 1967 September 1
#02 1963-10-15, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I have often been on the point of writing, but other things have always interfered. ' Item 1963 October 15
#04 1963-12-01 (#01), TLS[c] Allchin from Merton, 'Thank you so much for the Traherne. It will be very valuable if and when I come to' Item 1963 December 1
#05 1963-12-01 (#02), TLS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'Thank you so much for the Traherne. It will be very valuable if and when I come to' Item 1963 December 1
#12 1966-07-22, TLS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'Sorry Fr Linus missed you. He was anxious to see you. However I can count on' Item 1966 July 22
#19 1967-06-16 (#02), TL[c] Allchin from Merton, 'So many things to thank your for. It seems a long time since your visit, when the' Item 1967 June 16
#21 1967-08-15, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I have been meaning to write for the last two or three weeks. Many things to say,' Item 1967 August 15
#22 1967-08-29, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'This is just to ask one thing. I had planned to come to Gethsemani after Easter' Item 1967 August 29
#27 1968-02-05, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter and the article, which I have glanced through. ' Item 1968 February 5
#34 1968-08-27, TLS Allchin from Merton, 'September has nearly come around and alas, no Wales. First of all the General' Item 1968 August 27
#35 1968-11-10 (#01), HPCS Allchin from Merton, 'By all means use the article - with better title. The Indian journey has been fine' Item 1968 November 1 (date approximate)
#44 undated (#02), other Allchin, 'The Reverend Arthur MacDonald Allchin (known as Donald to his' Item undated
#01 undated, TL[c] Allen from Merton, 'I went and lost your note, so failed to answer it yesterday. I am really very sorry' Item undated
027 "Allman, Susan" correspondence Record subgroup 1967-1968
029 "Alves de Araújo, Celso" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1954-02-28, HLS Amici de Jesus to Merton, 'La lettre de Soeur Thérèse écrite' Item 1954 February 28
#01 1961-06-21, TANS Amps to Merton, 'Would you have time to translate these lines for me? Thanks very' Item 1961 June 21
#05 1967-04-11 (#02), TN Amps to Merton, 'According to our record (of this year} we have not sent anything to the reverse side' Item 1967 April 11
#06 1967-05-27, HNS Amps from Merton, 'May I please have [-] 1 - Seven Storey Mtn (Hard cover) [-] 1 Reader [-] To send' Item 1967 May 27
#11 1968-02-07, TN Amps from Merton, 'Could you please send to this library, free of charge, the following: New Seeds of' Item 1968 February 7
#03 1963-11-03, TLS Anderson to Merton, 'Thank you very much for the commentary on Julien Green for CHARLATAN. We did not' Item 1963 November 3
#01 1963-05-28, TL[c] Anderson from Merton, 'Things do not seem to be too encouraging, in your life, do they? I am sorry to hear' Item 1963 May 28
#05 1966-01-17, HLS Anderson to Merton, 'In July I sent you a letter which I suspect got lost, as the South American mail' Item 1966 January 17 (date approximate)
035 "Anderson, Olof, Dr." correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1965
#04 1965-05-31, TL[c] Anderson from Merton, 'I am glad to hear that the Peace Caravan of the AFSC will be in Louisville in July,' Item 1965 May 31
#01 1958-02-05, TLS[x] Andrade from Merton to Julio Endara, 'Tengo el honor de pedirles, a Uds, ayuda en un asunto que interesera tal artista' Item 1958 February 5
#08 1958-03-31, HLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'He … de la' Item 1958 March 31
#18 1958-11-20 (#01), TL Andrade from Merton, 'I am grateful to you for your long and interesting letter, and for your thoughtful,' Item 1958 November 2
#22 1959-02-16, TLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'By now you should have received my reply to your letter, with the' Item 1959 February 16
#26 1959-04-19 (#01), TALS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'The statue finally arrived safely three days ago and is now installed in the' Item 1959 April 19
#29 1960-02-27, HLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'It was a joy to get your letter and to see the photographs of the new work which is' Item 1960 February 27
#31 1961-02-09 (#02), TLS[x] Andrade from Merton to whom it may concern, 'I have no hesitation in recommending Jaime Andrade, sculptor, of Quito Ecuador, as a' Item 1961 February 9
#33 1964-10-28 (#01), TL[c] Andrade from Merton, 'It was good to get your letter and to hear of your new work. The mosaics in relief' Item 1964 October 28
#01 1958-01-07, other Andrews, 'PROJECT PROPOSAL / Title: THE ARTS OF THE SHAKERS / An exhibition of' Item 1958 January 7
#10 1961-12-21 (#01), TLS[x] Andrews from Merton, 'Forgive please this very long delay in thanking you for the copy of Shaker' Item 1961 December 21
#12 1962-08-06, HLS Andrews to Merton, 'Please do not think that because I have not written that I have not had you often in' Item 1962 August 6
#18 1964-01-29, TL[c] Andrews from Merton, 'Thanks for your most recent letter, as well as for the previous one which I put off' Item 1964 January 29
#22 1964-03-24, TLS Andrews to Merton, 'Enclosed is a copy of the manuscript of "Religion in Wood". I can't tell you how' Item 1964 March 24
#143 undated, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'An afterthought on my note of the other day. This is by way of exception, I won't' Item undated
#149 undated, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'Tentatively I thought the best time for Rabbi Werblowski to give conference to' Item undated
#154 undated, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Rev. Father and I and Bro Colman are all very doubtful of whether' Item undated
#158 1966-02-06, other Bamberger , 'Books -' Item 1966 February 6
#159 1960-09-06, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I remember that Friday was a day on which a truck normally used to go to town and' Item 1960 September 6
#161 1966-01-02, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Will your team please take care of this and will you deal with him directly? [-]' Item 1966 January 2