Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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#13 1962-05-24, TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'I deeply feel with you all the emotions that have shaken you, on meeting the' Item 1962 May 24
#15 1962-08-17, TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'I am sorry I have been busy and have not been able to write. This is just a note to' Item 1962 August 17
#20 1963-02-22, TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'Thanks for your two letters. The last one was particularly good, and I want to tell' Item 1963 February 22
#05 1962-04-27, TLS Barry to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter and for the article for THE AMERICAN BENEDICTINE REVIEW. ' Item 1962 April 27
#11 1964-05-22 (#02), TAL[c] Barry from Merton, 'Here is the Bolshakoff ms and the preface with it. I understand that the whole' Item 1964 May 22
#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
057 "Arca de Sardiña, Evora" correspondence Record subgroup 1961-1966
005 "Bagguley, John" correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#01 1966-10-14, TALS Bonazzi to Merton, 'John Griffin wrote me as soon as he got back from the Abbey with you and Jacques' Item 1966 October 14
#07 1967-09-08, TL[c] Bonazzi from Merton, 'Perfectly ok to use the quote from "Letter to Innocent Bystander". And of course to' Item 1967 September 8
#13 1967-10-08, TALS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Since last writing you we have decided to do a little 20-page quarto to commemorate' Item 1967 October 8 (date approximate)
#14 1967-10-09, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Just returned from Griffin's. The photographs are fantastic! We will just flip' Item 1967 October 9
#18 1967-12-10, TL[c] Bonazzi from Merton, 'I don't see any problems whatever about the copyrights. It seems to me everything' Item 1967 December 1
#19 1967-12-26, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Heard the long almighty & beautiful tape at John Griffin's last weekend and he' Item 1967 December 26
#20 1968-01-31, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Thank you for your note. What is this about starting a magazine of your own? I' Item 1968 January 31
#23 1997-03-31 (#01), TLS Bonazzi to Grip, Robert, 'Thanks so much for the kindly support, the generous clarification of expenses in our' Item 1997 March 31
#09 1968-09-06, TLS Brigham to Merton, 'No, Mpond 3 hasn't arrived yet; sure it will in a day or two--. Book is with' Item 1968 September 6
#11 1971-03-14, TLS[x] Brigham to Center from Brigham, Besmilr, 'I notice that I never did write out the quote mentioned in the letter that' Item 1971 March 14
#12 1971-03-22, TL[c] Brigham from Center to Brigham, Besmilr, 'Thank you for your letter of March 14, together with the one of last October 14. We' Item 1971 March 22
#03 1967-01-05, TLS Bourne to Merton, 'Your kind letter arrived just in time for me to share it with the project's' Item 1967 January 5
#04 1967-01-07, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter of the 5th which reached me this morning. I still have not' Item 1967 January 7
#11 1967-09-24, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'I am enclosing a tentative plan for my introduction to the opening volume of the' Item 1967 September 24
#15 1968-03-13, TLS Bourne to Merton, 'You're right that the best place for your piece would be in the position between the' Item 1968 March 13
#01 1966-12-16, TLS Best to Merton, 'I feel very apologetic this morning. It could be that the copy of your paper' Item 1966 December 16
#06 1967-07-31, TL[c] Best to Marks, Lillian, 'I am sending your letter, with considerable distress, on to Thomas Merton. The' Item 1967 July 31
#04 1967-11-06, TL[c] Braveman from Merton, 'Thanks for the extra copies, for the feedback on the poem and all. For many reasons' Item 1967 November 6
#02 1960-01-19, TLS Burden to Merton, 'I am enclosing the proofs of your introduction to God is My Life. I would have' Item 1960 January 19
#06 1965-03-29, TLS Burden to Merton, 'Thanks so much for your note together with the enclosure concerning the exhibit. ' Item 1965 March 29
149 "Burden, Shirley C." correspondence Record subgroup 1959-1961, 1965, 1970
118 "Braveman, Barbara Ann" correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#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
#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
#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
#12 1980, other[x] Baker, 'James Thomas Baker [-] 335 Sumpter Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky' Item 1980 (date approximate)
#01 1961-03-02, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I intended to write to you for some time but only now do it. I read the most of' Item 1961 March 2
#02 1961-03-20, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter of March 14th. I have received it today on my' Item 1961 March 2
#08 1962-09-03, HNS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'P.S. I read your letter to the Mayor of Hiroshima with attention. I think it shall' Item 1962 September 3
#13 1963-02-15, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter of Jan 29th, which I received here in Groningen, where I' Item 1963 February 15
#19 1963-11-25, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter of Nov. 11th, which I received in Dublin on my way here.' Item 1963 November 25
#24 1964-10-21, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I have no letters from you since last December, although I wrote myself to you three' Item 1964 October 21
#33 1965-12-08, TL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'First of all I am taking this occasion to send you a Christmas present from our' Item 1965 December 8
#38 1967-03-12, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I enclose my Eastertide "Letter", which is, possibly, more interesting than the' Item 1967 March 12
#39 1967-04-21, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Since I sent you on March 12th my letter from Florence with the latest "Letter to' Item 1967 April 21
#45 undated (#01), other Bolshakoff to Merton, 'The list of people to send the LETTER TO' Item undated
#46 undated (#02), other Bolshakoff, 'A Russian Forerunner of Psychosomatic Medicine [-] STARETZ SEMEN KLIMICH' Item
084 "Bolshakoff, Serge (Sergius) Nikolaevich" correspondence Record subgroup
#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
#020 1951, other, '«Direction in St John of the [Cross].» Faulty directions [-] 1 Moral deficiency -' Item 1951
#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
#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 1960-03-11, TALS Akers to Merton, 'We are traveling around this part of the country, these days. Bob is making' Item 1960 March 11
#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
#65 1967-01-18, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Don't worry about your ms. All is under control. Have you read Dewart's Future' Item 1967 January 18
#66 1967-06-23, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'Here is the ms of a book of poems-- or rather a mosaic of poetry and poetic prose,' Item 1967 June 23
#67 1967-06-28, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Don't fret about censorship. I've about reached the point where I consider it' Item 1967 June 28
#70 1968-06-03, TL[x] Bourne from Martin, Frederick R., 'Father Thomas Merton has asked me to send a set of uncorrected galleys for his' Item 1968 June 3
#71 1968-09-03, HNS Bourne from Merton, 'Will you please do whatever is necessary to process this new book of verse? [-] Many' Item 1968 September 3
#74 1973-12-05, TAL[c] Bourne from Center to Bourne, Paul, 'I have just finished a fascinating experience of going through the Thomas Merton' Item 1973 December 5
#76 undated (#02), HNS Bourne to Merton, 'Fret not about your novel - I'm not supposed to be reading novels so how could I' Item undated
#82 undated (#08), HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Thought you might like to see our new Guide. The text was not easy to write - just' Item undated
#01 1951-11-17, TLS[x] Boutoute from Merton, 'Cette lettre vous surprendra à première vue, mais plus dutout lorsque je vous aurai' Item 1951 November 17
#02 1967-11-06, other Boyd to Merton, '[…] A HERMIT'S PREFERENCES Seabury Press recently sent Thomas Merton an author' Item 1967 November 6
#01 1967-03-20, TL[c] Boyd from Merton, 'You are the first person who ever picked me out as an authority on music. I cannot' Item 1967 March 2
#02 1965-08-08, TL[c] Brahmachari from Merton, 'It was a delight to get your letter dated May 28th, and I am sorry to see that so' Item 1965 August 8
#01 1964-09-14, TLS Brandt to Merton, 'Perhaps you will remember me. Back in Easter, '56, when Fr. Hilary was guestmaster,' Item 1964 September 14
#02 1964-09-27 (#01), TL[c] Brandt from Merton, 'It was good to hear from you, and I think I have a fairly clear memory of your' Item 1964 September 27
#03 1964-09-27 (#02), TL[c] Brandt from Merton, 'It was good to hear from you, and I think I have a fairly clear memory of your' Item 1964 September 27
#01 1964-08-11, TL[c] Brasier-Creagh from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter of July 21st. I am slow in replying, and yet this is' Item 1964 August 11
#03 1967-12-19, TLS Bredenberg to Merton, 'How pleased I was to receive your very warm letter! The answers to my questions' Item 1967 December 19
#06 1968-03-no-day, HLS Bredenberg to Merton, 'I'm writing this in a café on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado. Since school got' Item 1968 March (date approximate)
#07 1968-04-03, HLS Bredenberg to Merton, 'Here at last is a poem. It's one that I was more excited about around 3 weeks ago,' Item 1968 April 3
#08 1968-04-22, TL[c] Bredenberg from Merton, 'Thanks so much for your two letters and the poem. You are very adventurous: that' Item 1968 April 22
#01 1968-06-18, TLS Breitenbeck to Merton, 'It looks like I spend most of my time on the road - but not in behalf of myself. I' Item 1968 June 18
#05 1968-09-20, TALS Breitenbeck to Merton, 'For your confidential information I wish to assure you that I have received the' Item 1968 September 2
#05 1968-07-07, HLS Brennan to Merton, 'At least this begging pen of mine will be still for a while and I will not write any' Item 1968 July 7
#06 1968-07-11, TL[c] Brennan from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind letter. I think we are working our way towards a solution. I' Item 1968 July 11
#03 1964-03-31 (#02), TALS[x] Bridget from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter and for the magazine. I have the magazine in the pile of' Item 1964 March 31
#05 1964-09-no-day, HLS[x] Bridget from Merton, 'I will be expecting Mrs Harton and her holy companions, including you I hope, Oct.' Item 1964 September (date approximate)
#07 1964-12-28, TLS Bridget to Merton, 'Happy Feast. I pray this finds you filled with the love, joy and peace of this' Item 1964 December 28
#10 1965-06-19 (#02), TLS[x] Bridget from Merton, 'Congratulations on the birthday and thanks for your letter. I hope this reply' Item 1965 June 19
#13 1973-01-29, TL[x] Bridget from Center to Bridget, Sr., 'Many thanks for your letter of January 25th. Yes, it was good that you sent the' Item 1973 January 29
#05 1967-09-02, TL[c] Brilliant from Merton, 'Must answer you together as I can hardly keep up with mail in any case. I have' Item 1967 September 2
#06 1968-02-27, TLS Brilliant to Merton, 'Teo and I received the Merton/Lax yesterday. In the morning, we went to the' Item 1968 February 27
#01 1967-02-12, TL[c] Britton from Merton, 'I have no qualms in saying I like your ms, but selling it is another thing again. ' Item 1967 February 12
#03 1967-10-no-day, HLS Britton to Merton, 'About two years ago I sent you 30 or 40 pages of poetry and received a newsletter in' Item 1967 October (date approximate)
#02 1963-12-12, TAL[c] Browne from Merton, 'It was good to hear from you and receive the proofs of Daniel-Rops' book. I am glad' Item 1963 December 12
#03 1948-08-09, TLS Bruce to Merton, 'Some years ago a Jesuit telephoned me to say that a very dear friend of ours, a' Item 1948 August 9
#12 1964-08-25, TALS Bruyn to Merton, 'This was meant to arrive in time for your feast, but even if it took off instantly,' Item 1964 August 25 View
#16 1965-03-28, TL[c] Bruyn from Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter. I want to say that I said Mass for you and Stanbrook' Item 1965 March 28
#17 1965-06-16, TL[c] Bruyn from Merton, 'First, since you mention the prospectus at the top of your letter, I will say "yes"' Item 1965 June 16
#02 1966-05-08, TLS Bryan to Merton, 'That letter of your received in July has been waiting an answer for many a month. I' Item 1966 May 8
#02 1965-07-22, TL[c] Brzatynska from Merton, 'I will answer your good letter without delay, because otherwise I will put it aside' Item 1965 July 22
#01 1967-04-04, TLS Buckley to Merton, 'I write to inquire whether your schedule of commitments might permit you to do the' Item 1967 April 4
#03 1967-07-20, TLS Buckley to Merton, 'Yesterday we received from Lee Belford the manuscript of your excellent commentary' Item 1967 July 2
#02 1961-12-26 (#01), TLS[x] Burdick from Merton, 'For several weeks I have wanted to find an opportunity to answer your letter with' Item 1961 December 26
#01 1965-11-02, TL[c] Burhans from Merton, 'I have read your long letter carefully, and sympathize with you. I wonder if you' Item 1965 November 2
#01 1966-09-22, TL[c] Burke from Merton to Chairman of Local Draft Board 116, 'I am writing this letter in behalf of Christopher Burke who is petitioning for' Item 1966 September 22
#01 1962-11-02, TL[x] Burke to The Editors, AVE MARIA, 'For the past month I have been searching for time and a timely word to thank you for' Item 1962 November 2