Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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#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 1960-03-11, TALS Akers to Merton, 'We are traveling around this part of the country, these days. Bob is making' Item 1960 March 11
#08 1964-11-21, TL[c] Akers from Merton, 'It has been good to hear from you and to see the postcards with which you share your' Item 1964 November 21
#10 1965-01-29, TALS Akers to Merton, 'Due to the introduction of friends we had a very memorable visit which I wanted to' Item 1965 January 29
#12 1970-10-05, TALS Akers from Center to Akers, Sibylle, 'We are writing to you regarding your correspondence with the late Thomas Merton. ' Item 1970 October 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 1967-06-26, TL Allen to Merton, 'At the time you passed through the gate of the Trappist monastery, and turned your' Item 1967 June 26
#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
#03 1965-03-06, TL[c] Anderson from Merton, 'Forgive me please for not answering sooner. You can doubtless guess that mail is' Item 1965 March 6
#01 1964-04-18, TL[c] Anderson from Merton, 'It was good to get your letter. I rather suspected that you were implicated in the' Item 1964 April 18
#05 1958-03-03 (#03), TALS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'Le agradezco mucho su carta, y voy a explicarle mis ideas para la obra propuesta, de' Item 1958 March 3
#10 1958-05-14, TLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'Since you understand English well, I can write to you in that language and thus save' Item 1958 May 14
#11 1958-07-08, HLS[x] Andrade to Merton, 'No he podido contestar a sus cartas mi agradecerle por el envío de su' Item 1958 July 8
#13 1958-07-18 (#02), TL Andrade from Merton, 'If I were free to do what I thought best myself, or if I could get permission to do' Item 1958 July 18
#16 1958-11-12, HLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'Circunstancia espacialísimas me han impedido escribí a usted dando' Item 1958 November 12
#30 1961-02-09 (#01), TLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'It is already over a month since I received your good letter. It was my intention' Item 1961 February 9
037 "Andrea, Sr., S.L." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#03 1960-12-12, TLS[x] Andrews from Merton, 'It was indeed a pleasure to get your kind letter. I had been thinking of writing to' Item 1960 December 12
#06 1961-02-13, HLS Andrews to Merton, 'I am deeply grateful for the pamphlets and the little book you so kindly sent me. ' Item 1961 February 13
#07 1961-08-22, TL[c] Andrews from Merton, 'It is a terribly long time since you last wrote and since you sent the little book' Item 1961 August 22
#11 1961-12-21 (#02), transcript Andrews from Merton, 'Forgive please this very long delay in thanking you for the copy of Shaker' Item 1961 December 21
#13 1962-09-20, TLS[x] Andrews from Merton, 'Probably my silence is the result of a more or less frantic effort to preserve some' Item 1962 September 2
#16 1963-11-19, HLS Andrews to Merton, 'Though I have not written you of late, you have constantly been in my thoughts --' Item 1963 November 19
#17 1964-01-21, HLS Andrews to Merton, 'I have been reading with the greatest interest your article on The Shakers in' Item 1964 January 21
#20 1964-03-13, TL[c] Andrews from Merton, 'The Tree of Life has arrived, and indeed has been on the wall for some time. It' Item 1964 March 13
#21 1964-03-19, TLS Andrews to Merton, 'Your letters do us so much good. The one just received was a true Easter gift! ' Item 1964 March 19
#23 1964-04-05, TLS[x] Andrews from Merton, 'The ms has reached me and I want to say it is safe and that I will get to it and to' Item 1964 April 5
#01 1964-11-22, TLS Boekel to Merton, 'In "The Commonweal" of August 21, 1964 I read your very interesting article about' Item 1964 November 22
#01 1964-09-13, HLS Boettcher to Merton, 'I am half way through your book "A Thomas Merton Reader" and find it fascinating. ' Item 1964 September 13
#03 1964-10-no-day, TLS Boettcher from Merton, 'I have no need of an introduction to you, as I remember you with affection as a nice' Item 1964 October (date approximate)
#09 1966-07-22, TLS Boettcher from Merton, 'Thanks for your last letter. If you want any more of those booklets about the' Item 1966 July 22
#01 1972-06-01, TLS[x] Bogatynska to Center from Tarnawski, Stefan, 'I am the private-attorney of Mrs. Waclawa Sowinska of Kraków, ul.Kingi 7, Poland,' Item 1972 June 1
#03 undated, HLS Bogatynska to Merton, 'From my beloved country I dare send you, Reverend Father my cordial greetings and' Item undated
082 "Bogdana, Sr." correspondence Record subgroup 1965, 1967, 1970
#04 1970-10-31, TLS[x] Bogdana to Center from Bogdana, Sr., 'Thank you for sending me information concerning the Thomas Merton Collection at' Item 1970 October 31
083 "Boggs, Jan" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#04 1962-03-27, HPCS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I am again in Rome since March 12th and expect to remain in Italy till June 12th. ' Item 1962 March 27
#06 1962-07-22, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter of July 9th, which I have received here to-day from' Item 1962 July 22
#10 1963-01-05, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter and cheque for $50 which I didn't expect and which' Item 1963 January 5
#11 1963-01-08, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I am sending you by the registered post my little Mss in French -- "Staretz' Item 1963 January 8
#14 1963-04-11, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I am already in Rome since April 6th and hope to remain here till July. Since I' Item 1963 April 11
#34 1965-12-13, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter and for your cheque, which I much appreciate. It helps' Item 1965 December 13
#35 1966-08-no-day, TL[x] Bolshakoff to Sobesedniks (circular letter), 'Since I wrote the last letter I travelled [sic] again about and presided the first' Item
#41 1967-06-09, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I enclose the "Letter to Sobesedniks" for June, when we observe our feast of June' Item 1967 June 9
#44 1994, other Bolshakoff, 'BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DR SERGE NIKOLAEVITCH BOLSHAKOFF [-] PRIVATE PUBLICATION [-] 1994' Item
#04 1967-05-13, TL[c] Bonazzi from Merton, 'I have been meaning to write and thank you for the first issue of Latitudes. I' Item 1967 May 13
#05 1967-05-22, TALS Bonazzi to Merton, 'First rule of publishing: a Monk should never allow an editor to edit out what' Item 1967 May 22
#22 1968-07-07, Bonazzi from Merton, 'I'm sorry everyone is bugging you about Latitudes 5. As a matter of fact I hadn't' Item 1997 March 31
#24 1997-03-31 (#02), other Bonazzi to Grip, Robert, 'ELIZABETH GRIFFIN-BONAZZI --Widow of John Howard Griffin, wife of 27 years, mother' Item 1997 April 3
#01 1968-08-12, TLS Bond to Merton, 'We would deeply appreciate your reading the enclosed manuscript. Please be aware' Item 1968 August 12
#02 1966-02-20 (#01), TALS Borgerhoff from Merton, 'First of all I want to say quite candidly that I think that a non-Catholic publisher' Item 1966 February 2
#03 1966-02-20 (#02), TL[c] Borgerhoff from Merton, 'First of all I want to say quite candidly that I think that a non-Catholic publisher' Item 1966 February 2
#04 1966-11-18, HLS Borgerhoff to Merton, 'Jacques has asked me to tell you that he would be extremely grateful if you would' Item 1966 November 18
090 "Borgstin, Gregory, Fr., O.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1967
#09 1968-06-03, HLS Borgstin to Merton, 'The first think we have to thank you for is your good visit - a real joy and source' Item 1968 June 3
#01 1968-05-12, TLS Borton to Merton, 'Four years ago, I came upon one your books. Since that time I have read almost' Item 1968 May 12
#03 1968-05-23 (#02), TL[c] Borton from Merton, 'Thanks for the confidence you show in me, in presenting your questions about John of' Item 1968 May 23
092 "Boscher, Maurice, Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1963
093 "Bosco, John, Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1954
#01 1954-07-11, HLS Bosco to Merton, 'This will have to be short, because if I don't finish it tonight, I won't be able to' Item 1954 July 11
#01 1965-01-03, TL[c] Boucher from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. This cannot be much more than a brief note to say that I' Item 1965 January 3
099 "Bourgeouis, Dr." correspondence Record subgroup 1966
100 "Bourget, Lawrence, Dom, O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1959
102 "Bourne, Paul, Fr., O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1952-1973
#03 1951-09-16, TLS Bourne to Merton, 'Enclosed you will find the document you requested for the edification or something' Item 1951 September 16
#06 1952-05-02 (#01), TLS Bourne from Merton, 'Could you please look over these two works of art (?) and tell me if they are too' Item 1952 May 2
#17 1960-03-01, HLS Bourne to Fox, James, 'First- please tell Fr. Louis to go ahead with his preface to Disputed Questions -' Item 1960 March 1
#19 1960-03-no-day, TLS Bourne from Merton to Censors, 'Since objections were raised to the article entitled Vocation to Solitude, the theme' Item 1960 March (date approximate)
#29 1962-01-23, TLS[c] Bourne from Fox, James, 'We certainly are keeping the Air Mail or Postal Clerks busy these days. I just' Item 1962 January 23
#32 1962-02-21, TALS[c] Bourne from Fox, James, 'I received your gracious note of Septuagesima Sunday. Don't worry about the other' Item 1962 February 21
#35 1963-05-01, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'Here is a problem for you as Head Censor: I hope you can help me unravel it. The' Item 1963 May 1
#37 1964-01-02, HALS Bourne to Merton, 'Judged best not to submit this to formal censorship-- as I don’t know how long it' Item 1964 January 2
#41 1964-03-13, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Taking all factors into account I can't see that this little piece requires' Item 1964 March 13