Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#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
063 "Best, James S." correspondence Record subgroup 1966-1967
#02 1966-12-23, TL[c] Best from Merton, 'About the paper "Blessed are the Meek". I am under the impression it was printed in' Item 1966 December 23
#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
070 "Biram, John" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#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
#27 undated (#04), other Andrews, 'Mount Lebanon Two hundred years ago, Anne Lee, a Quaker of Manchester,' Item undated
#05 1964-12-07 (#01), TALS Andrews to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter of October 30. Dover Publications, who have put out three' Item 1964 December 7
#10 1983-01-26, TAL Andrews from Center to Andrews, Faith, 'It was good to talk with you on the telephone. As I told you then I have been' Item 1983 January 26
040 "Angela Marie, Sr." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#01 1964-12-30, TL[c] Angela Marie from Merton, 'Here I sit behind a very large pile of letters, trying to figure out which ones I' Item 1964 December 3
041 "Angela, Rev. Mother, O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1958
#05 1961-08-22, HLS Antoninus to Merton, 'I returned from a long sojourn in the Northwest trying to imbibe something of that' Item 1961 August 22
#11 1964-09-03, TLS[x] Antoninus from Merton, 'Fine. We will look for you early in November. Have the people in Louisville' Item 1964 September 3
#12 1964-10-05, TLS[x] Antoninus from Merton, 'Congratulations and blessings. I was praying for you Saturday, your profession day.' Item 1964 October 5
#19 1967-01-30 (#02), TLS[x] Antoninus from Merton, 'I am delighted that you can use the photograph on the jacket of the new book. ' Item 1967 January 3
#20 1968-05-05, HLS[x] Antoninus from Merton, 'I would be so happy to have something of yours for […] venture-- a poem, a bit of' Item 1968 May 5
#22 1973-12-04, TL[c] Antoninus from Center to Antoninus, Br., 'I am one of the Merton Trustees and currently involved with Father Merton's' Item 1973 December 4
#05 undated (#03), TAL[c] Appel from Merton, 'Bibliographical problems come over horizon perhaps we need to hit Cornell again high' Item undated
054 "Apple, Karen" correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#01 1966-03-01, TLS Appleton to Merton, 'Your publishers have informed us that you control first serial rights to MYSTICS AND' Item 1966 March 1
#05 1968-01-26 (#01), TLS Arasteh from Merton, 'Your book is very fine and I am giving it a slow and fruitful reading. I find it' Item 1968 January 26
#08 1968-02-17, TALS Arasteh to Merton, 'Thank you for your kind letter and the newsletter too. If weather does not prevent' Item 1968 February 17
#11 1968-04-02, TALS[x] Arasteh from Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter. April 12 is a difficult day in some respects as it is' Item 1968 April 2
#16 1974-01-08, HLS[x] Arasteh from Tremblay, Yvonne, 'During my studies at the University of Ottawa in view of obtaining a Ph.D. in' Item 1974 January 8
#18 1976-10-19, TLS[x] Arasteh from McCorkell, Edward, 'You may be surprised to hear from a Cistercian monk out here in the lovely' Item 1976 October 19
#19 1978-02-17, TALS[x] Arasteh from Smith, Anne Abel, 'I am glad to say we received this morning three complimentary copies of the Spanish' Item 1978 February 17
#20 1980-03-22, TLS[x] Arasteh from McCorkell, Edward, 'Last week I was delighted when the mail brought a copy of your book, GROWTH TO' Item 1980 March 22
#21 1984-01-13, TLS[x] Arasteh from Shannon, William, 'It was a great pleasure to speak with you on the phone today. I have been wanting' Item 1984 January 13
#22 1984-01-19, HLS Arasteh to Shannon, William, 'Thank you for your letter. I have located some information which will help you to' Item 1984 January 19
#02 1961-05-06 (#01), HLS Arca de Sardiña to Merton, 'Te escribo para informarle que mi esposo y el novio de […] amiga Marta Elena' Item 1961 May 6
#05 1961-07-26 (#01), HLS Arca de Sardiña to Merton, 'Cuando escribe de cosas espirituales […] escribirle en español […] es más fácil para' Item 1961 July 26
#06 1961-07-26 (#02), transcript Arca de Sardiña to Merton, 'When I write about spiritual things I would prefer to write you in Spanish as it is' Item 1961 July 26
#11 1962-01-31, TALS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'This time I want to try to answer you immediately. I think you are quite right, and' Item 1962 January 31
#17 1962-10-29 (#01), TL[c] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'This is a troubled time, in which you are going to have to collect your forces and' Item 1962 October 29
#22 1963-04-17 (#02), TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'It was good to hear from you, both before and after Easter, with the copy of the' Item 1963 April 17
#23 1963-07-25, TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'I have not forgotten your letter of June 6th, but summer is a very busy season. I' Item 1963 July 25
#24 1964-02-16 (#01), TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter, I had been thinking about you and wondering about you for a' Item 1964 February 16
#04 1967-06-28, TLS Arnold to Merton, 'First of all thank you so much for your kind letter of June 22. We are indeed' Item 1967 June 28
064 "Arthon, Thomas, Br. (Br. Egbert), O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#01 undated, TLS Astudillo to Merton, 'Verdad que no importa el que no seamos católicos los dos, para que puede a llamarle' Item undated
067 "Atencio, Mr." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1967-09-05, TL[c] Atencio from Merton, 'I am returning the manuscript you sent me. As I get an unusual number of books and' Item 1967 September 5
#06 undated (#02), TL[c] Atkins from Merton, 'It is silly to bother you with this piece of absurd nonsense, but as I made you a' Item undated
#01 1967-01-20, TL[c] Augustine from Merton, 'Thanks for your good letter. It is encouraging to get a letter from a Cistercian' Item 1967 January 2
072 "Augustinius, Gervasius F., Fr., K.M.NTARA." correspondence Record subgroup 1965
#02 1959-11-18, HLS Aziz from Heer, Nicholas / to Abdul Aziz, 'Let me first apologize for not answering your letter of 22 September 1959 before' Item 1959 November 18
#04 1960-01-25, TALS Aziz to Nicholas Heer, 'I had replied to your letter dated 18th November 1959 on 17th December 1959, and I' Item 1960 January 25
#20 1962-04-04 (#02), transcript Aziz from Merton, 'Finally I must answer your letters, at least briefly. A brief answer will be better' Item 1962 April 4
#23 1962-04-04 (#05), other[x] Aziz from Merton, 'MISCELLANEA MONASTICA [-] THE ENGLISH MYSTICS. In regard to some recent' Item 1962 April 4
#37 1965-11-01, TALS Aziz to Merton, 'In your December reply to my X'mas and New Years greetings you had kindly promised' Item 1965 November 1
#38 1965-11-02, TALS[x] Aziz from Merton, 'I am really sorry for my long silence, and I know that there is no real way to make' Item 1965 November 2
#47 1966-03-23, TALS[x] Aziz from Merton, 'Thanks for your find letter which I cannot answer adequately now as I am about to go' Item 1966 March 23
#52 1968-04-24 (#01), TL[c] Aziz from Merton, 'I want to say that some time ago I received the book of Seyyed Hossein Nasr safely' Item 1968 April 24
#55 1991-10-29, HLS[x] Aziz to Shannon, William, 'I heaved a sigh of relief to receive your long-awaited letter dt. 3/10/91 which' Item 1991 October 29
#57 1992-07-26, HLS[x] Aziz to Shannon, William, 'I acknowledge with deep gratitude and joy the receipt of your valuable gift of the' Item 1992 July 26
#58 1992-11-28, HLS[x] Aziz to Shannon, William, 'I hasten to send you my sincere greetings on your forthcoming 75th birthday' Item 1992 November 28
#65 1997-04-15, HLS[x] Aziz to Shannon, William, 'I am glad that at long last you were good enough to find some time from your heavy' Item 1997 April 15
#66 1999-08-06, TL Aziz from Heer, Nicholas / to Rob Baker, 'Enclosed are copies of the letters from Abdul Aziz. In addition to the one I' Item 1999 August 6
#67 1999-08-23, TLS Aziz to Center from Heer, Nicholas, 'Thank you for your letter of 16 August 1999. Enclosed are the original Abdel [sic]' Item 1999 August 23
#69 undated (#01), other Aziz, 'My academic qualifications are of the highest order, being M.A., LL.B., I was a' Item undated
#70 undated (#02), other Aziz, 'Ch. Abdul Aziz, whose letters sparked Merton's interest in Sufism, has lived all his' Item undated
001 "Babin, Pierre, Fr., O.M.I." correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#01 1966-12-26, TL[c] Babin from Merton, 'Merci de votre bonne lettre: oui, elle était bien pour moi "un cadeau de Dieu." Je' Item 1966 December 26
#03 undated (#02), TLS Babin to Merton, 'The MONK TO-DAY 1 - Does a monk have a specific task in the world? -' Item undated