Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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#19 1962-04-04 (#01), TALS[x] Aziz from Merton, 'Finally I must answer your letters, at least briefly. A brief answer will be better' Item 1962 April 4
#21 1962-04-04 (#03), other[x] Aziz from Merton, 'SONG FOR THE DEATH OF AVERROËS (from Ibn Al Arabi, after the Spanish version of Asin' Item 1962 April 4
#25 1962-06-21, TALS Aziz to Merton, 'I acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your letter enclosing an offprint of your' Item 1962 June 21
#27 1962-12-26 (#01), TALS[x] Aziz from Merton, 'It is certainly true that I deserve your mild and kind reproach for being a poor' Item 1962 December 26
#28 1962-12-26 (#02), TALS[x] Aziz from Merton, 'It is certainly true that I deserve your mild and kind reproach for being a poor' Item 1962 December 26
#33 1963-12-19, HLS Aziz to Merton, 'I am grateful to you for your detailed reply but as you had kindly mentioned therein' Item 1963 December 19
#44 1966-01-02 (#01), TL[c] Aziz from Merton, 'I have your two kind letters of Dec. 1 and Dec. 20th and once again I will try' Item 1966 January 2
#48 1966-04-04, HLS Aziz to Merton, 'My very dear good friend, I received your kind letter dt 23/3/66, while I was lying' Item 1966 April 4
#49 1966-12-28, TL[c] Aziz from Merton, 'Your good letter reached me in this season of holy days and I have not failed to' Item 1966 December 28
#51 1968-01-16, TL[c] Aziz from Merton, 'I was happy to receive your letter of December 18th. Also especially thank you for' Item 1968 January 16
#54 1990-12-04, HLS[x] Aziz to Shannon, William, 'I had acknowledged with thanks the receipt on 30th August, 1990 of your kind letter' Item 1990 December 4
#60 1994-11-30, HLS[x] Aziz to Shannon, William, 'I acknowedge with gratitude your last letter dt.' Item 1994 November 3
#62 1995-12-05, HLS[x] Aziz to Shannon, William, 'On 18th March, 1995, I sent you a detailed air mail lette acknowledging gratefully' Item 1995 December 5
#68 1999-09-18, TLS Aziz to Center from Heer, Nicholas, 'Thank you for your letter of 11 September 1999. I'm glad to know that the Abdul' Item 1999 September 18
#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
005 "Bagguley, John" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#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
#02 1967-09-29, TL[c] Baker from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. As I have not made any firm commitments as far ahead as' Item 1967 September 29
#10 1968-07-03, TLS Baker to Merton, 'We are safely settled in Bowling Green and are enjoying the "cool" Kentucky summer. ' Item 1968 July 3
#11 1968-07-25, TL[c] Baker from Merton, 'In your letter you mention the cool summer: it has got hot enough now! I have' Item 1968 July 25
#12 1980, other[x] Baker, 'James Thomas Baker [-] 335 Sumpter Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky' Item 1980 (date approximate)
#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
S1 Merton-Bamberger Correspondence from Gethsemani-Merton Files Series 1965-1967
#000a 1966-08-no-day, TALS[x] Bamberger from Merton, 'Our talk yesterday has been fruitful in this: it has suggested some helpful' Item 1966 August
#002b 1967-03-12 (#02), TLS[x] Bamberger from Merton, 'Thanks for your reassuring note. It did clear things up a bit and I would not be' Item 1967 March 12
#003a 1967-05-04 (#01), TL[c] Bamberger from Merton, 'Through the devious workings of Providence I have now fallen into the hands of a new' Item 1967 May 4
#004b undated-04-28 (#02), TALS[x] Bamberger from Merton, 'Thanks for letting me see your essay on Basil. I think you are on to something' Item undated April 28
S2 Miscellaneous Merton Memorabilia Series 1963-1970
#012 undated, other, 'God bless you. VERY REV. THOMAS PLASSMANN, O.F.M. [-] RECTOR [-] CHRIST THE' Item undated
#016 undated, other, 'A Christmas Poem. For Jane, Kate and Ann and Lee, and Dorothy. (that is, a poem' Item undated
#017 1965-03-29, TNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Mr. Wicklum, who is Dom Fulgence's friend-- called me. He expects to arrive Sunday,' Item 1965 March 29
#020 1951, other, '«Direction in St John of the [Cross].» Faulty directions [-] 1 Moral deficiency -' Item 1951
#021 undated, other, 'The Law in the Teaching of Saint Paul. [-] The topic of our first conference this' Item undated
#028 1966-10-01, HN, 'Gethsemani Life of Praise [-] 3 books to Fr Louis [-]' Item 1966 October 1
#032 1966-03-02, TNS, 'Ammon Hennacy [-] Box 655 [-] Salt Lake City, Utah [-] Gandhi on Non Violence [-]' Item 1966 March 2
#037 1966-04-14, HNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'Thanks for your note about Harpers. I am glad everything is all right - now. May I' Item 1966 April 14
#041 undated, HNS, 'I'll drop by Monday AM for' Item undated
#044 1967-06-no-day, HNS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'Have to go to Dr tomorrow - just checked and found there was «no underwear» -' Item 1967 June
#049 1966-01-13, HNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have 4 Chuang Tzu to send out and 4 Gandhi also? Many thanx in Jesu' Item 1966 January 13
#050 1966-01-06, TAN from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have copies of Ascent to Truth and No Man is an Island to send out? (1' Item 1966 January 6
#051 1967-05-no-day, HANS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'The doctor sent me a shot as I can't get there this week (Decoration Day) [-] I'll' Item 1967 May
#056 undated, HNS from Merton to Fr. Linus, 'I will have an informal conference and discussion on church architecture today, for' Item undated
#057 1963-11-04, TALS Bamberger from Flood, Maurice / to Merton, 'Just a few words to relate to you as Master of Novices that for some time a few of' Item 1963 November 4
#064 undated, HNS from Merton to Br. Camillus, 'Can someone use these? Dan Walsh gave them - they gather dust in my place. [-] In' Item undated
#067 1966-12-12, HNS Bamberger , 'Gifts to Miss Naal. [-] 1 - Conjectures [-] 1 - New Man PB. [-] 1 - Gandhi [-] 1lb' Item 1966 December 12
#070 undated, HNS from Merton to Br. Charles, 'The Br. Antoninus record was passed on to fr Linus' Item undated
S5 Merton-Bamberger Correspondence from Bamberger's Files Series 1960-1984
#076 undated, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'I don't know if you saw the note on the door opposite yours, but about eleven thirty' Item undated
#086 1966-09-11, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Dr Mitchell ex-rayed the back and said the operation had been a complete success and' Item 1966 September 11
#091 1968-08-30, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Dr Mitchell recommended these - can you please provide? [-] Thanks in Jesu [-] fr m' Item 1968 August 3
#095a 1966-05-28, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I have an appointment with Dr Mitchell Saturday - could you please make the' Item 1966 May 28
#095b 1966-05-28, HN Bamberger , 'Doing better - moved from Infirmary to hermitage. Buddhist monk, prof. at' Item 1966 May 28
#097 1966-05-21, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I will try out sleeping in hermitage for a few nights - to see if dampness effects' Item 1966 May 21
#102 undated, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'I had a long session with Br Alphonse yesterday. He is one novice about' Item undated
#104 undated, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Are you free for two minutes after dinner today? [-] In Jesu [-] fr m' Item undated
#109 1967-01-02, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Thought you would like to glance at this - thou [sic] you can throw it away. [-] In' Item 1967 January 2
#114 1964-11-28, HLS Bamberger from Merton, 'Second thoughts on the study schedule we spoke of today. Instead of getting Fr' Item 1964 November 28
#117 undated, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'As this skin thing seems to be getting worse and the poison ivy seems to be in my' Item undated
#120 1964-12-no-day, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I could see you and Fr Prior about [indecipherable word..] either Thursday at 10.45' Item 1964 December
#121 undated, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Fr Eudes [-] many thanks! [-] fr m' Item undated
#130 1967-03-no-day, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'As to the Alberti piece: please believe that I had no idea you would take it that' Item 1967 March
157 "Burns, Flavian, Dom, O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1964, 1968
#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
161 "Bush, Cynthia" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#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
165 "Byles, Marie Beuzeville" correspondence Record subgroup 1966-1967
#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
#03 1967-05-12, TL[x] Abe from Merton, 'Just after I had sent you my last letter, the copies of "Japanese Religi [page cuts' Item 1967 May 12
#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