Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#03 1968-06-27 (#02), TLS[x] Burke from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind invitation to preach the retreat at the Genesee. Since I have' Item 1968 June 27
#01 1963-02-no-day, TL[c] Burns from Merton, 'I would have a hard time telling you exactly what books of ours are in print now,' Item 1963 February
#02 1967-05-22, TLS Burns to Merton, 'I have been working here at Boystown since the first of the year, spend part of the' Item 1967 May 22
#01 1958-12-25, HCS Burns from Merton, 'This is a very late "Christmas" card to thank you for your kind letter and the Mass' Item 1958 December 25 (date approximate)
#09 1966-08-30, HNS Burns from Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter and gift. No, I did not know Mark Van Doren had' Item 1966 August 3
#19 undated (#02), HLS Burns from Merton, 'Let nothing disturb you! Trust and peace. God is always near. Thanks for' Item undated
#20 undated (#03), HLS Burns from Merton, 'Thanks again for your kindness. I do keep you in my prayers. Life is not as easy' Item undated
#23 undated (#06), HNS[x] Burns from Merton, '+ for Ethel Burns with prayers and good wishes in Xt [-] Thomas' Item undated
#01 1964-03-01, TAL[c] Burns from Merton, 'I am in profound agreement with your talks on the hermit life etc. However there is' Item 1964 March 1
#14 1968-10-09, TLS[x] Burns from Merton, 'I borrowed Mother Myriam's Olivetti to write out my paper for Darjeeling (they' Item 1968 October 9
#16 1968-11-09, TLS[x] Burns from Merton, 'I owe you a progress report. Not having got any mail for a couple of weeks I don't' Item 1968 November 9
#18 1968-12-13, HLS[x] Burns from Jenkins, Harold, 'Thank you for your telegram informing us of Father Thomas Merton's death. I assume' Item 1968 December 13
#19 1985-01-09, HLS[x] Burns to Hart, Patrick, 'Thank you for letting me read this book by Victor Kramer. To quote Naomi:' Item 1985 January 9
#08 1963-11-13, TAL[c] Burns from Merton, 'Forgive my long delay, perhaps no longer than usual, but I have been in the' Item 1963 November 13
#09 1964-03-31, TLS Burns to Merton, 'Many thanks for yours of March 25th. I feel very ashamed of myself for not having' Item 1964 March 31
#11 1964-06-24, TAL[c] Burns from Merton, 'A copy of the Gorres journals arrived yesterday, and I want to thank you also for' Item 1964 June 24
#12 1965-07-30, TALS Burns to Merton, 'Your very kind letter of July 17th only increases the sense of guilt I have had for' Item 1965 July 3
#17 1966-10-13, TL[c] Burns from Merton, 'Probably copies of REDEEMING THE TIME are on their way but I have not yet seen it. ' Item 1966 October 13
#01 1965-12-24, TL[c] Burtt from Merton, 'I have received you book and have begun it, under conditions that are quite' Item 1965 December 24
#02 1966-01-07, HLS Burtt to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind words about the book. I was sure you would find some' Item 1966 January 7
#01 1967-06-15, TALS Butorovich to Merton, 'Sorry for the first mistake but I'm a pretty rotten typist but my penmanship is' Item 1967 June 15
#04 1967-07-03, TALS Butorovich to Merton, 'Guess what! You got a new name you didn't need!!!! HELLO!! This is the Disaster' Item 1967 July 3
#13 1967-11-09, TALS Butorovich to Merton, 'This is going to be a fast letter. Hello! I am getting very bored with life and,' Item 1967 November 9
#15 1967-12-09 (#02), TALS[x] Butorovich from Merton, 'Sorry for the long delay. I've been very busy. Just had a wonderful time with' Item 1967 December 9
#20 1968-05-no-day, HPCS[x] Butorovich from Merton, 'I read your long letter--with insertions from Cris, etc., etc.-in Dallas airport.' Item 1968 May
#21 1968-06-04 (#01), TL[c] Butorovich from Merton, 'Don't mind the letterhead, this is just the secret headquarters of my drug pushing' Item 1968 June 4
#22 1968-09-26, TALS[x] Butorovich from Merton, 'Your letter(s) followed me to Alaska and got here just in time. I have not run out' Item 1968 September 26
#03 1967-01-22, HLS Byles to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter about Holy Obedience which I think corresponds to Tenko' Item 1967 January 22
#06 1967-05-12, TL[c] Byles from Merton, 'Your book on the Buddha is a joy to read and full of wisdom, so that once again I' Item 1967 May 12
#02 1967-09-no-day (#01), other Byrne to Merton, 'NEW DIMENSIONS IN THEOLOGY [-] A new Eight-Week Series of Tuesday Night Lectures at' Item 1967 September (date approximate)
#03 1967-09-no-day (#02), HLS Byrne to Merton, 'During the days of my retreat I'm giving some thoughts to my lecture described in' Item 1967 September (date approximate)
#02 1964-05-09, TL[c] Belden from Merton, 'I want to answer your good letter as quickly as possible because if I leave it in' Item 1964 May 9
#04 1967-02-03, TLS Belford to Merton, 'I am so very happy that you are willing to do a commentary on Camus' The' Item 1967 February 3
#05 1967-07-13, TLS Belford from Merton, 'It usually takes time to get things typed up and ready here, so I have been delayed' Item 1967 July 13
#08 1968-03-27, TLS Belford from Merton, 'It took a little time for the copies of the Plague pamphlet to arrive, but' Item 1968 March 27
#09 1968-04-09, TLS[x] Belford from Koshland, William / to John Goodbody, 'I am so very grateful to have received Thomas Merton's INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY' Item 1968 April 9
#01 1954-09-05, HLS Benedictus to Merton, 'Two years ago I send you my last letter. Meanwhile I studied with much spiritual' Item 1954 September 5
#02 1955-03-14, HLS Benedictus to Merton, 'Kind thanks for your hearty letter of Dec. '54! It took a long time before we' Item 1955 March 14
#06 1967-01-07, HLS Bennett to Merton, 'Thank you so much for your wonderful letter and the essays enclosed. I have not yet' Item 1967 January 7
#08 1967-01-19 (#02), TLS[x] Bennett from Merton, 'Thanks for your warm good letter, and for Lerone's Boston talk. Starting with that,' Item 1967 January 19
#02 undated (#01), HLS Berg to Merton, 'Thanks for your nice letter. I wrote immediately to Dom Gabriel and sended [sic]' Item undated
#05 undated (#04), HLS Berg to Merton, 'I had a long letter of Dom Sortais… Well!!! Of course it's no…. The letter, well.' Item undated
#01 1966-12-01, TL[c] Bernard from Merton, 'I am happy to hear that you have a chance to live as a hermit in Texas and am' Item 1966 December 1
#16 1962-11-12 (#02), other Berrigan to Merton, 'FUND RAISING DRIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL CENTER [-] 1. Name of' Item 1962 November 12 (date approximate)
#29 1964-02-23 (#01), TAL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Your letter from Budapest was wonderful. Got to me long after Christmas however and' Item 1964 February 23
#37 1964-07-no-day, HPCS Berrigan to Merton, 'This is a poor excuse for a letter after all the months. But they have been harried' Item 1964 July (date approximate)
#40 1964-09-19 (#01), TAL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Got a good letter from John Heidbrink today and he said you were bac[k] also told me' Item 1964 September 19
#45 1965-02-26, TALS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'AID newsletter came in this morning all full of good pictures of you, and reminded' Item 1965 February 26
#48 1965-07-18, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Many thanks for the letter and the fine poem. I am sorry Fr McGowan couldn't get' Item 1965 July 18
#51 1966-02-06, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'I feel very neglectful, especially after the bum steer I gave you in an address from' Item 1966 February 6
#52 1966-02-14 (#01), TALS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Some event, hearing from you. Letter came today, dated Feb 6th in Argentina, and I' Item 1966 February 14
#55 1966-03-23, HLS Berrigan from Merton, 'Very happy to hear your back! Glad things have cleared. I thought they might. Go' Item 1966 March 23
#58 1966-09-18, TLS Berrigan from Merton, 'Thanks for great bare arsed letter and sign of the times from Jesuit Missions. ' Item 1966 September 18
#59 1966-10-27, TALS Berrigan from Merton, 'Here is the preface to Nhat Hanh. I would like it mimeographed, please. As soon as' Item 1966 October 27
#61 1967-02-22, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Thanks for the laurel note and the clipping on AJ. He certainly was one of the' Item 1967 February 22
#62 1967-03-07, HLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Just got your new book yesterday. It looks great. Will report soon as I can type' Item 1967 March 7
#69 1967-07-13 (#02), TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'You will probably hear of this through the FOR but since people in France have been' Item 1967 July 13
#73 1967-09-no-day, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'A short note and a loud cry like the Beatles, HELP. My books such as they are still' Item 1967 September (date approximate)
#77 1967-11-27 (#01), TL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Jim Holloway sent me a clipping about Phil: that and his piece in CW about prison' Item 1967 November 27
#85 1979-09-17, other[x] Berrigan by Berrigan, Daniel, 'I would like to reflect with you rather than talk to you about this extraordinary' Item 1979 September 17
#88 1982-07-11 (#02), other Berrigan, 'The Merton-Berrigan' Item 1982 July 11
#89 1982-08-01, TL[c] Berrigan from Shannon, William / to James Tyler, 'I am sorry I am so late in getting back to you to thank you for your kindness to me' Item 1982 August 1
#91 1982-09-28, TL[c] Berrigan from Shannon, William, 'I am not sure you will remember me, I have been teaching at Nazareth College-for' Item 1982 September 28
#03 1965-01-18 (#01), TL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Here is the preface. I can send some more copies if you like, but this is the one' Item 1965 January 18
#01 1967-10-24, HLS Berry to Merton, 'Denise Levertov thinks it would be great to see you at Gethsemani when she's here on' Item 1967 October 24
#04 1968-02-07, HLS Berry to Merton, 'The home address is Port Royal, Ky. 40058. And that's usually the best one to' Item 1968 February 7
#07 1968-04-08, TLS Berry to Merton, 'I enclose a check, a blank for transfer of copyright on the poem "Envoy" that you' Item 1968 April 8
#08 1968-04-22, TL[c] Berry from Merton, 'The second issue is in the works with envoy etc and I will in due course send the' Item 1968 April 22
#02 1972-06-09, TL[c] Betchor from Center to Betchov, Greti, 'In going through some old correspondence of the Center, I found a letter from you to' Item 1972 June 9
#04 1972-07-06, TL[c] Betchor from Center to Betchov, Greti, 'Thank you very much for sending us xerox copies of Thomas Merton's correspondence' Item 1972 July 6
#03 1958-11-25, TLS Bettencourt to Merton, 'We have received through D. Timóteo Amoroso Anastácio O.S.B. translator of NO MAN IS' Item 1958 November 25
#03 1967-04-25, TLS Bieberman to Merton, 'Thanks very much for your letter. I appreciate what you say about not being too' Item 1967 April 25
#04 1967-04-no-day, other Bieberman, 'Psychedelic Information Center BULLETIN [-] A New York City group, the' Item 1967 April
#01 1967-09-24, TLS Biram to Fox, James, 'it may be, for all I know, discourteous to write to a member of your/Abbey [sic]' Item 1967 September 24
#06 1964-01-27, HLS Bissey to Merton, 'Merci de votre charmante lettre du 7 et de votre livre "Emblems of a Season of' Item 1964 January 27
#08 1965-04-07 (#02), transcript Bissey from Merton, 'You were very kind this morning and I am very sorry to have caused you some' Item 1965 April 7
#09 1965-04-28, HLS Bissey to Merton, 'C'est de Cîteaux, où je viens d'arriver pour le Ch. G'al presque eu même temps que' Item 1965 April 28
#14 1967-01-24 (#02), TLS[x] Bissey from Bernard, Fr., O.C.S.O. / to Merton, 'Vous savez déjà par une indiscrétion de mon Père Prieur (mon frère de sang) la' Item 1967 January 24
#16 1967-01-31, HLS Bissey to Merton, 'J'aurais voulu vous annonce' Item 1967 January 31
#19 1967-02-16 (#01), TL[c] Bissey from Merton, 'Voici que je viens un peu en retard pour vous féliciter, mais vous savez bien' Item 1967 February 16
#20 1967-02-16 (#02), transcript Bissey from Merton, 'Here I come a little bit late to congratulate you, but you know well how happy I am' Item 1967 February 16
#01 1964-05-23, TLS Black to Merton, 'We were very pleased to have your order for one of our books a few months ago. ' Item 1964 May 23
#03 1962-02-14, TLS Black to Merton, 'I want to thank you for your fascinating and helpful letter concerning the Shaker' Item 1962 February 14
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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