Correspondence from and to Thomas Merton

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#02 1959-06-22, HPCS Bach from Merton, 'Thank you for the surprise letter and for the gift which I shall use to good' Item 1959 June 22
#04 1963-04-09, HPCS Bach from Merton, 'I will be saying the Masses for Mimi -- I hope she will take care of' Item 1963 April 9
#01 1963-09-12, TALS Baciu to Merton, 'Muchas gracias por su amable carta del 19 de Agosto, en la cual tiene la bondad de' Item 1963 September 12
#06 1965-04-05, TLS Baciu to Merton, 'suponho que por sobrecarga de trabalho, ficaram sem resposta minhas últimas cartas. ' Item 1965 April 5
#12 1966-02-03, TALS[x] Baciu to Merton, 'Em 19 de abril prôximo, Manuel Bandeira vai fazer 80 anos. O fato se reveste,' Item 1966 February 3
#13 1966-06-17, TALS Baciu to Merton, 'é com alegria que posso lhe dizer que hoje acabo de pôr o ponto final em seu ensaio,' Item 1966 June 17
#14 1966-07-07, TL[c] Baciu from Merton, 'Your book on Manuel Bandeira arrived today. It is very handsome and I will read it' Item 1966 July 7
#16 1966-08-01, TL[c] Baciu from Merton, 'First of all, thanks very much for the excellent article. You have been very' Item 1966 August 1
#18 1968-12-16, TLS[x] Baciu to Laughlin, James, 'I take the liberty to write you as a friend of Thomas Merton, since you were his' Item 1968 December 16
006 "Bailey, J. Martin" correspondence Record subgroup 1965
#01 1967-09-13, TLS Baker to Merton, 'Glenn Hinson, who was my teacher and spiritual adviser at the Baptist seminary in' Item 1967 September 13
#03 1967-10-10, TLS Baker to Merton, 'I am grateful for your interest in my dissertation and for your concern that I get' Item 1967 October 1
#05 1968-03-04, TLS Baker to Merton, 'I wish to express my appreciation to you for your hospitality last week and for the' Item 1968 March 4
#07 1968-05-no-day, TLS Baker to Merton, 'I am happy to tell you that my committee accepted the dissertation this week and' Item 1968 May (date approximate)
#09 1968-06-11 (#02), TL[c] Baker from Merton, 'In the past couple of weeks I have hardly had time to answer any mail at all. ' Item 1968 June 11
009 "Balthasar, Hans Urs von" correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1966
#02 1964-08-07, TAL[c] Balthasar from Merton, 'Je vous remercie de votre bonne lettre. Ce que vous me dites de votre théologie de' Item 1964 August 7
#000c 1966-08-no-day, TL[x] Bamberger from Merton, 'I am really very grateful for your kind and clear note of yesterday. It certainly' Item 1966 August
#001b 1967-03-11 (#02), TALS[x] Bamberger from Merton, 'This is not anything urgent, but I am just beginning to wonder. Br Martin has been' Item 1967 March 11
#002a 1967-03-12 (#01), TL[c] Bamberger from Merton, 'Thanks for your reassuring note. It did clear things up a bit and I would not be' Item 1967 March 12
#004a undated-04-28 (#01), TL[c] Bamberger from Merton, 'Thanks for letting me see your essay on Basil. I think you are on to something' Item undated April 28
#005 undated, TLS Bamberger to Merton, 'Fr. Prior just gave me your note about B. Martin and the Conferences. I did not see' Item undated
#006b undated (#02), TLS[x] Bamberger from Merton, 'Thanks for the tip about Reiteznstein and recluses. In what source is this found' Item undated
#007 1965-07-19, TLS Bamberger from Fortune, Carl, 'I have been very slow in writing you because I thought I would get a summary from' Item 1965 July 19
#008 1963-11-11, TLS Bamberger from Mitchell, W. C., 'Per your request of 11-8-63, please note that we have been giving Father Merton' Item 1963 November 11
#013 undated, other, 'Room where FR. LOUIS died is on the corner. Taken by Mother Christiana of' Item undated
#014 undated, other, small square of red cloth glued to paper - some text cut off - possible relic Item undated
#018 1970-01-17, HLS Bamberger from Marie-Pascal, Sr. / to John Eudes Bamberger, 'En ce moment, je termine la lecture de votre article su Th. Merton Traduit par P.' Item 1970 January 17
#022a undated, other Bamberger from Merton, 'RE: Monastic Formation, Junior Professed Choir Monks. [-] Suggestions. [-] 1) That' Item undated
#022b undated, other, '«Scripture» [-] The Psalms -Msgr Patrick Boylan (2 Vol) [-] Hesed and Hasid ' Item undated
#024 1966-09-13, TN, 'Genowefa Bogatynska [-] ul. Rakowicka 21/4 [-] Krakow, «POLAND» [-] 1' Item 1966 September 13
#026 undated, HN, 'Fr. Louis [-] two paperback books. @ 1.35 [-] $2.70 [-] B' Item undated
#031 1966-11-08, TN, 'Paperbacks: Waters of Siloe - Sign of Jonas [-] To: Therese Plater Syberg [-] 31' Item 1966 November 8
#033 1966-07-23, TN, 'Benedictine Convent [-] P.O. Box 25 [-] Toronto, Uganda, Africa [-] Re. of Dom' Item 1966 July 23
#036 1966-03-11, HN, 'If possible, please, send a copy of "Seasons of Celebration" to: Dom Abade Basilio' Item 1966 March 11
#040 1966-11-16, HNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have 5 copies of «Conjectures» to sign and send out? Thanks in' Item 1966 November 16
#046 1966-03-08, TN from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have two copies of Chuang Tzu and of Gandhi to sign and send out? [-]' Item 1966 March 8
#052 1966-12-28, HNS from Merton to Br. Zachary, 'May I please have 3 Raids on Unspeakable to send out? [-] Thanx in Jesu [-] fr m' Item 1966 December 28
#073 1966-07-04, TL[c] from Merton to Richard Schmidlen, 'Three points: first the books that were given gratis to Mrs Parsons were as far as' Item 1966 July 4
#078 1966-11-no-day, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'Next Monday the 21st I have to report back to Dr Mitchell. I am glad to say that' Item 1966 November
#083 1967-03-no-day, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I am planning to see Dr Mitchell this «Thursday» A.M. Can you please arrange' Item 1967 March
#084a 1967-03-03, HNS Bamberger to Merton, 'Would you have the new edition (in French) of St Basil's letters? Seems I saw it' Item 1967 March 3
#084b 1967-03-03, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I left it in the novitiate - it should be there - or in the library. Sorry I don't' Item 1967 March 3
#088 undated, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'I removed those patches today after dinner. On the right side, sumac, there was' Item undated
#090 1965-11-28, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'It turned out that I had this book after all. I thought I did not, someone was' Item 1965 November 28
#098b 1965-08-18, HN Bamberger , 'Yesterday we had a council meeting and, at my suggestion, voted on F. Louis'' Item 1965 August 18
#101 1965-09-20, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Are they giving you the Commonweal? I asked them to. May I have an article on' Item 1965 September 2
#106 1965-11-21, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I will start in Chapter today if you wish. Please get the information to those who' Item 1965 November 21
#107 undated, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'I need to go to Dr. in L'ville next «Friday» - could you please arrange as' Item undated
#108a 1966-11-20, TN Bamberger to Merton, 'Bernard says OK for 8:30 am Monday, but he said he has to be back here by 4 pm. I' Item 1966 November 2
#108b 1966-11-20, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'The only hitch would be if Dr M. wanted me to see the neuro-surgeon who can't be' Item 1966 November 2
#119 1966-08-14, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'I have to see Dr Mitchell again this Friday. If we could leave about 9 that would' Item 1966 August 14
#124 undated, TAN Bamberger from Merton, 'I have no objection to you and juniors using the sheep barn cell, as there are few' Item undated
#126 1965-12-09, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'The diarrhea cleared up ok. I have a slight cold, but no problem. The other' Item 1965 December 9
#129 1965-09-19, TL Bamberger from Merton, 'As you see Jim is very definite about it and I trust his judgment which I think is' Item 1965 September 19
#133 undated, other Bamberger , 'Fr. Louis' bookmark in' Item undated
#135 1967-05-24, TN Bamberger from Merton, 'The x rays showed slight trouble in the lower back but nothing special: the leg' Item 1967 May 24
#138 undated, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Zalman Schachter will be here tomorrow Tuesday - nothing special is planned. Two' Item undated
#139 1966-04-10, HNS Bamberger from Merton, 'Of course there will be no conference today or next Sunday. After that will be if I' Item 1966 April 1
#01 1967-05-03, HLS Abdeslam ben Mohamed to Merton, 'Votre très aimable et' Item 1967 May 3
#04 undated, HLS Abdeslam ben Mohamed to Merton, 'Recevez mes meilleurs salutations et souhaits, avec' Item undated
#02 1967-03-27, TL[c] Abe from Merton, 'I deeply regret the fact that due to your ill health you had to return early to' Item 1967 March 27
#04 1967-06-30, HLS Abe to Merton, 'I am sorry not to have written to you long before this. I have been dreadfully busy' Item 1967 June 3
#02 1961-12-30 (#02), transcript Acharya to Merton, 'Mon séjour en votre ashram fût une découverte bien agréable. Pour la première fois' Item 1961 December 3
#03 1961-12-30 (#03), transcript Acharya to Merton, 'En Inde, qu'on soit Hindou, musulman ou bouddhiste, la sainteté consiste' Item 1961 December 3
#01 1965-05-09, TLS Aelred to Merton, 'We were pleased to receive the folowing [sic] books from you today: BREAD IN THE' Item 1965 May 9
010 "Agadjanian, Georges" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1967-05-22, HLS Agadjanian to Merton, 'I do not mean to start a correspondence with you, for nothing can be more depressing' Item 1967 May 22
#03 1967-06-16, HALS Agadjanian to Merton, 'It was thoughtless of me for not giving to you my home address. Colleges have' Item 1967 June 16
#06 1967-09-26, TL[c] Agadjanian from Merton, 'I am very sorry for not answering you more promptly. By now you can probably guess' Item 1967 September 26
011 "Agagianian, Gregorio Pietro, Cardinal" correspondence Record subgroup 1955
012 "Agnes, Mother, O.C.D." correspondence Record subgroup undated
#07 1951-06-02, TALS Ahern to Merton, 'Sincere congratulations on your appointment as Master of Students; your new task' Item 1951 June 2
#08 1952-08-19, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'No, your ms. is not lost. It arrived here yesterday, forwarded from Glockner. I' Item 1952 August 19
#13 1953-01-14, TALS Ahern to Merton, 'This is a shot in the dark - probably completely unwarranted. But I know you' Item 1953 January 14
#16 1953-02-16, transcript Ahern to Merton, 'Before Ash Wednesday descends upon us I want to thank you for your last' Item 1953 February 16
#24 1955-07-24 (#01), TALS Ahern to Merton, 'The letter has been and will be my address from the beginning of June until the end' Item 1955 July 24
#02 1967-12-23, TL[c] Aidan from Merton, 'Just a quick response. Colman McCarthy's article was extremely slanted, I thought,' Item 1967 December 23
015 "Aiken, John W., Dr." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#01 1967-07-12 (#01), TLS Aiken to Merton, 'I want to express my appreciation of your paper. A NEW CHRISTIAN CONSCIOUSNESS, as' Item 1967 July 12
#04 1967-08-14, TL[c] Aiken from Merton, 'Thanks for your interesting letter of July 12. As you may imagine, I am having a' Item 1967 August 14
#04 1964-09-18, HLS Akers to Merton, 'I hope that I have not transgressed your wishes in showing your letter at Wisques. ' Item 1964 September 18 (date approximate)
#09 1965-01-18, TL[c] Akers from Merton, 'I am just about to go into retreat for eight days, and wanted to drop you this note.' Item 1965 January 18
#11 1965-05-20, HPCS Akers to Merton, 'Remembering you here! Yugoslavia difficult,- Egypt: land and monuments' Item 1965 May 2
#02 1968-06-06, TLS Albee to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter of June 4 and for the Yamaguchi manuscript on Zen and' Item 1968 June 6
#01 1960-03-15, TALS Albert of the Blessed Sacrament to Merton, 'I am very grateful for your letter of your study on "The Primitive Carmelite Ideal".' Item 1960 March 15
019 "Alexander, Judy" correspondence Record subgroup 1965
#01 1965-02-26, TL[c] Alexander from Merton, 'Fr Paul at Conyers has written to me that you would be interested in the' Item 1965 February 26
#05 1971-01-26, TL[c] Alexeieff from Center to Alexeieff, Alexandre, 'I received with gratitude the exchange of letters between yourself and the late' Item 1971 January 26
#04 1970-10-28, TLS Alice to Center from Alice, M., Sr., 'I received your letter requesting to use letter I wrote to Father Louis Merton in' Item 1970 October 28
#05 1970-11-03, TN Alice from Pooler, Alfred D., Fr.; Charlaine Hays, 'We have two additional replies to our form letter to the correspondents of Thomas' Item 1970 November 3
022 "Allan, Julian P., O.B.E., F.R.B.S." correspondence Record subgroup 1955
023 "Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, Canon" correspondence Record subgroup 1963-1968, 1971-1973
#07 1964-04-25, TL[c] Allchin from Merton, 'Have I yet thanked you for the remarkable little book of essays on the Blessed' Item 1964 April 25
#13 1967-01-02, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I am getting near to the date of coming to New York. I fly on the 16th of this' Item 1967 January 2
#23 1967-09-15, TLS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'I have two letters of yours to answer, and the first one is the second. There is no' Item 1967 September 15
#28 1968-03-20, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'Plans have matured considerably for my visit. I shall only be at Gethsemani from' Item 1968 March 2
#33 1968-08-11, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'This is just a note to greet you from Boston. Last week's conference surpassed' Item 1968 August 11
#36 1968-11-10 (#02), transcript Allchin from Merton, 'By all means use the article with better' Item 1968 November 1 (date approximate)
#38 1971-02-19, TL[c] Allchin from Center to Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, 'Thank you for your letter of February 16 concerning your correspondence with Thomas' Item 1971 February 19