Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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#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
001 "Cáceres, Esther de" correspondence Record subgroup 1961-1967
940 "Hubbard, Barbara Marx" correspondence Record subgroup 1967-1968
#01 1967-11-18, TALS Aberle to Merton, 'Forgive me, but whereas I know that Franciscans are addressed by their first names' Item 1967 November 18 View
#01 1966-05-16, TLS Accioly to Merton, 'Animado por D.Abade Basílio Penido, que me disse que poderia escrever mesmo em' Item 1966 May 16
#02 1966-06-13, TAL[c] Accioly from Merton, 'I have your letter of May 16th and regret my delay in answering your questions. I' Item 1966 June 13
008 "Aelred, Fr., S.S.F." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#02 1964-12-08, TL[c] Aelred from Merton, 'I thank you in anticipation for the book and magazine you have sent. They will, I' Item 1964 December 8
#05 1967-09-23, HLS Agadjanian to Merton, '1) I have finished reading "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander", and it is certainly' Item 1967 September 23
#01 undated, HALS Agnes to Merton, '1. When can a Carmelite Monastery be declared "non-viable"? Because of a genuine' Item undated
#10 1952-09-04, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'Under separate cover I am returning the ms. All typographical errors are checked' Item 1952 September 4
#15 1953-01-29, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter of clarification; for, yes, I was concerned. Your' Item 1953 January 29
#17 1953-02-20, transcript Ahern to Fox, James, 'I am writing directly to you, for I feared a letter to Father M. Louis might not' Item 1953 February 2
#22 1954-05-12, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'Thank you ever so much -- first, for the fine letter of February 27, which I should' Item 1954 May 12
#23 1954-08-09, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'I returned just this morning from the summer schools in Detroit (to our own Fathers)' Item 1954 August 9
#25 1955-07-24 (#02), other Ahern to Merton, '1. The new translation must read smoothly and yet follow the text closely. It must' Item 1955 July 24
#26 1955-09-05, TALS Ahern to Merton, 'It was very good to hear from you, and to know that you will carry on with the' Item 1955 September 5
#01 1960-11-18 (#01), TLS Alexeieff to Merton, 'Tout ce qui touche B.Pasternak me touche et intéresse Ainsi, sans en faire un' Item 1960 November 18
021 "Alice, M., Sr., O.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1967, 1970
#02 1967-10-16 (#01), TLS Alice from Merton, 'I am in the middle of the semi-hopeless task of trying to get through the piled up' Item 1967 October 16
#06 undated, HN Alice, 'Sister Alice thought this might be' Item undated
#01 1963-07-04, TLS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'It was a pleasure to receive your letter. Certainly you will be very welcome at the' Item 1963 July 4
#03 1963-10-21, HLS Allchin from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. I find the proposal to do an introduction on Isaac for' Item 1963 October 21
#06 1964-01-04, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'Please forgive me for not writing before. I have meant to, over and over again, but' Item 1964 January 4
#08 1964-12-31, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know' Item 1964 December 31
#09 1965-05-22 (#01), TALS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'Please believe that I am covered with the most utter confusion. I knew I owed you a' Item 1965 May 22
#10 1965-05-22 (#02), TL[c] Allchin from Merton, 'Please believe that I am covered with the most utter confusion. I knew I owed you a' Item 1965 May 22
#15 1967-01-27, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter. I have now heard from my friends in Louisville' Item 1967 January 27
#17 1967-04-04, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I was taught at home (and also at […] perhaps?) that one ought always to write Thank' Item 1967 April 4
#18 1967-06-16 (#01), TLS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'So many things to thank your for. It seems a long time since your visit, when the' Item 1967 June 16
#24 1967-09-27, TALS Allchin to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter which was extremely encouraging from more points' Item 1967 September 27
#31 1968-03-26, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter. We shall aim to be at the monastery by about' Item 1968 March 26
#32 1968-04-17, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I have been meaning to write for a long time to say, How good that was. I did enjoy' Item 1968 April 17
#37 1971-02-16, HLS Allchin to Center from Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, 'I must apologize for never replying before this to your letter about the letters of' Item 1971 February 16
#45 undated (#03), other Allchin, 'These pages include summary-notes of the Allchin letters with the dates of the' Item undated
#01 1967-12-25, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I am moved to write to you because of yr. article in Peace News of De. 22nd. The' Item 1967 December 25
#01 1954-11-11, HLS Alvares to Merton, 'Magna cum laetitia et gratitudine,' Item 1954 November 11
#01 1967-07-02, TLS Alves de Araújo to Merton, 'Paz e Bem! Acabo de terminar a leitura de "Sementes de Destruição", versão' Item 1967 July 2
030 "Amici de Jesus, Marie, Sr., O.C.D." correspondence Record subgroup 1954
#04 1967-04-11 (#01), TN Amps from Merton, 'I intended to send the above some books but probably never put in the list. If you' Item 1967 April 11
#08 1967-07-19, TN Amps from Merton, 'Will you please send a copy of Seeds of Destruction AIRMAIL (paperback ok) to Miss' Item 1967 July 19
#12 undated-09-13, TN Amps to Merton, 'Father Dan asked me to tell you the news of Mrs. Tommy O'Callahan [sic] having a' Item undated September 13
#04 1959-07-23, TALS Anastácio to Merton, 'De B.H., onde estou com as nossas Monjas, e ficarei até, provàvelmente, o fim do' Item 1959 July 23
033 "Anderson, James Bruce" correspondence Record subgroup 1963-1964
#07 1964-09-26, TL[c] Anderson from Merton, 'Thanks for your note: I am relaying the information to Cardenal, Seminario de' Item 1964 September 26