Thomas Merton Collection

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#01 1968-04-02, TLS Bixler to Merton, 'Perhaps I should first reintroduce myself: I am the student and friend of Mrs.' Item 1968 April 2
#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
#01 1966-05-16, TLS Accioly to Merton, 'Animado por D.Abade Basílio Penido, que me disse que poderia escrever mesmo em' Item 1966 May 16
#02 1966-06-13, TAL[c] Accioly from Merton, 'I have your letter of May 16th and regret my delay in answering your questions. I' Item 1966 June 13
#02 1964-12-08, TL[c] Aelred from Merton, 'I thank you in anticipation for the book and magazine you have sent. They will, I' Item 1964 December 8
#05 1967-09-23, HLS Agadjanian to Merton, '1) I have finished reading "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander", and it is certainly' Item 1967 September 23
#01 undated, HALS Agnes to Merton, '1. When can a Carmelite Monastery be declared "non-viable"? Because of a genuine' Item undated
#10 1952-09-04, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'Under separate cover I am returning the ms. All typographical errors are checked' Item 1952 September 4
#15 1953-01-29, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter of clarification; for, yes, I was concerned. Your' Item 1953 January 29
#17 1953-02-20, transcript Ahern to Fox, James, 'I am writing directly to you, for I feared a letter to Father M. Louis might not' Item 1953 February 2
#22 1954-05-12, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'Thank you ever so much -- first, for the fine letter of February 27, which I should' Item 1954 May 12
#23 1954-08-09, TLS Ahern to Merton, 'I returned just this morning from the summer schools in Detroit (to our own Fathers)' Item 1954 August 9
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#03 1964-08-18, HLS Andrews to Merton, 'Your most comforting letter-- followed by the beautiful preface to our book--' Item 1964 August 18
#06 1964-12-07 (#02), other Andrews, 'Dr. Edward Deming Andrews, Ted to his classmates, was born in Pittsfield, Mass.' Item 1964 December 7
#07 1965-04-20, HLS Andrews from Merton, 'I think often of you and of the' Item 1965 April 2
#11 1983-02-07 (#01), TLS Andrews to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'I'm happy to be able to help you complete your collection of Thomas Merton's' Item 1983 February 7
#13 1983-02-11, TLS Andrews from Center to Andrews, Faith, 'I was delighted to receive your letter of February 7, enclosing three of the missing' Item 1983 February 11
#14 1983-04-25, TLS[x] Andrews from Center to Andrews, Faith, 'I am writing you to inform you that I expect to go to Louisville on May' Item 1983 April 25
#16 1983-06-25, other Andrews to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'The Bookstore is pleased to invite you to a Booksigning Party for Faith' Item 1983 June 25
#17 1983-07-12, HLS Andrews to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'Your letter from Pleasant Hill was a beautiful one. Now I must tell you of the' Item 1983 July 12
#18 1983-08-07, TLS[c] Andrews from Center to Andrews, Faith, 'It was a real joy to meet you and to have the opportunity of talking with you about' Item 1983 August 7
#02 1968-03-15, TL[c] Anne Madeleine from Merton, 'Unfortunately I cannot come to your workshop. I realize that something of the sort' Item 1968 March 15
#01 1966-02-15, TALS Annesi to Merton, 'About two years ago I had a long talk (in fact, several long talks extending over 4' Item 1966 February 15
#02 1966-02-21, TL[c] Annesi from Merton, 'I am afraid that Dom James, now absent, has been making every effort to see that I' Item 1966 February 21
#01 1964-11-06, TAL[c] Antoine from Merton, 'I am afraid that I cannot five you a great deal of information on the Carthusians' Item 1964 November 6
#02 1960-12-01, TALS[x] Antoninus from Merton, 'It was very thoughtful of you to send me the piece about Cuba by Leroi Jones. It is' Item 1960 December 1
#06 1961-09-01, HPCS Antoninus from Merton, 'Thanks for your very good and kind letter. I am glad I gave you the books and that' Item 1961 September 1
#15 1965-01-09 (#01), TLS[c] Antoninus from Merton, 'Many thanks for the "Tongs" which got here a couple of days ago. I have not had a' Item 1965 January 9
#17 1967-01-27, HLS Antoninus to Merton, 'Time has come for me to publish another book of poems with Doubleday and I would' Item 1967 January 27
#23 undated (#01), HLS[x] Antoninus from Merton, 'This is to thank you belatedly for the […] a fine book of penetrating insights and' Item undated
#01 1968-04-18, TL[c] Antoniutti to Merton, 'I am grateful to your Paternity for the report you submitted on the three meetings' Item 1968 April 18
#03 undated (#01), TL[c] Appel from Merton, 'Sorry, I owe answers to three or four notes. I will try to cover what I remember: ' Item undated
#02 1968-02-11, TL[c] Apple from Merton, 'I wish I had been able to answer you sooner. I know you have' Item 1968 February 11
#02 1966-03-05 (#01), TL[c] Appleton from Merton, 'You may certainly read the galleys of MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS when the publisher has' Item 1966 March 5
#03 1966-03-05 (#02), TALS[x] Appleton from Merton, 'You may certainly read the galleys of MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS when the publisher has' Item 1966 March 5
#04 1967-12-30, TL[c] Arasteh from Merton, 'Thanks for your very charming card: certainly the most beautiful and most' Item 1967 December 3
#07 1968-02-07, TLS Arasteh to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter and your kind appreciation of my book. I also enjoyed' Item 1968 February 7
#12 1968-05-22 (#01), TL[c] Arasteh from Merton, 'Here is the reworked piece on "Rebirth in Christianity". I have been somewhat' Item 1968 May 22
#25 undated (#01), other Arasteh, 'Arasteh, A(bdol) Reza 1927- / Personal: Born September 27, 1927, in Shiraz,' Item undated
#08 1961-11-27, TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'Have courage and faith. The advent liturgy will soon be reminding us that the Lord' Item 1961 November 27
#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
#01 1963-11-13, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Recibo su carta con much [sic] interés, y trato de contsatarle [sic] al menos unas' Item 1963 November 13
#01 undated, TALS Arnold to Merton, 'Several people have asked about you in the letters that I received. Mrs. Hardebeck' Item undated
#01 1964-07-09, TLS Arnold to Merton, 'We want to thank you very much for your letter of July 4 in response to the books' Item 1964 July 9
#01 1968-09-07, TANS Arthon to Merton, 'tell father louis that ron seitz called and said that he would be here on Tuesday at' Item 1968 September 7
#01 1967-03-27 (#01), TLS Asch to Merton, 'We have acquired the publishing rights to The Roots of Faith Religion Series' Item 1967 March 27
#04 1968-08-26, HLS Atkins to Merton, 'I have never thanked you for the two issues of Monks Pond. I haven't had' Item 1968 August 26
#01 1967-05-22, TLS Aud to Merton, 'My name is David Aud. My father (Jim) speaks highly of you, having been an English' Item 1967 May 22