Thomas Merton Collection

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#3 1972-06-30, TLS to Center from Betchov, Greti, 'We received your letter of June 9th concerning our correspondence with Thomas Merton' Item 1972 June 3
#2 1967-04-15 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'I am a monk, poet, priest, and have written s [sic] few books on the contemplative' Item 1967 April 15
#3 1967-04-25, TLS to Merton, 'Thanks very much for your letter. I appreciate what you say about not being too' Item 1967 April 25
069 "Biegansho, H., Miss" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#1 1967-09-24, TLS to Fox, James, 'it may be, for all I know, discourteous to write to a member of your/Abbey [sic]' Item 1967 September 24
#5 1964-01-07 (#03), transcript from Merton, 'Here are a few words for you, first of all to wish you a happy New Year. And then' Item 1964 January 7
#7 1965-04-07 (#01), TAL[c] from Merton, 'Vous avez été bien aimable ce matin, je regrette beaucoup de vous avoir' Item 1965 April 7
#8 1965-04-07 (#02), transcript from Merton, 'You were very kind this morning and I am very sorry to have caused you some' Item 1965 April 7
#10 1965-11-08 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Voici une réponse que j'écris a votre P. Raymond qui m'a écrit, comme vous le savez' Item 1965 November 8
#11 1965-11-08 (#02), transcript from Merton, 'Here is an answer I am writing to your Fr. Raymond who wrote to me as you know. I' Item 1965 November 8
#15 1967-01-24 (#03), TNS[x] from Merton to James Fox, 'What about it? How about a nice birthday present? --You yourself often say it is' Item 1967 January 24
#19 1967-02-16 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Voici que je viens un peu en retard pour vous féliciter, mais vous savez bien' Item 1967 February 16
#23 1967-06-23 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Merci de votre aimable lettre. Je suis content d'avoir de vos nouvelles. Les' Item 1967 June 23
072 "Bixler, Michael F." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
073 "Black, Bernard, Fr., C.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1962
#1 1964-05-23, TLS to Merton, 'We were very pleased to have your order for one of our books a few months ago. ' Item 1964 May 23
075 "Black, Mary Childs" correspondence Record subgroup 1962
079 "Boekel, C.W. van, Dr., M.S.C." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#3 1964-10-no-day, TLS 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)
#7 1965-12-10, HCS from Merton, 'I am happy to hear about the new baby and will keep you in my prayers especially in' Item 1965 December 1
081 "Bogatynska, Genowefa" correspondence Record subgroup 1960-1972
#1 1972-06-01, TLS[x] to Center from Tarnawski, Stefan, 'I am the private-attorney of Mrs. Waclawa Sowinska of Kraków, ul.Kingi 7, Poland,' Item 1972 June 1
082 "Bogdana, Sr." correspondence Record subgroup 1965, 1967, 1970
#3 1967-04-05, HLS[x] from Merton, 'Certainly go ahead with a translation of the "Primitive Carmelite Ideal". When it' Item 1967 April 5
#5 1970-11-10, TL[c] from Center to Bogdana, Sr., 'Thank you for the information you sent about your correspondence with Father Thomas' Item 1970 November 1
084 "Bolshakoff, Serge (Sergius) Nikolaevich" correspondence Record subgroup 1961-1968, 1994
#7 1962-09-02, HLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter. I am glad that you liked the manuscript. Of' Item 1962 September 2
#8 1962-09-03, HNS to Merton, 'P.S. I read your letter to the Mayor of Hiroshima with attention. I think it shall' Item 1962 September 3
#11 1963-01-08, HLS to Merton, 'I am sending you by the registered post my little Mss in French -- "Staretz' Item 1963 January 8
#17 1963-11-10, HLS to Merton, 'I salute you from Caldey Abbey, this fascinating island monastery, which I did not' Item 1963 November 1
#18 1963-11-11, TL[c] from Merton, 'For a long time I have been owing you a reply to your several very interesting' Item 1963 November 11
#28 1965-05-08, HLS to Merton, 'Since I left England in January I didn't write you. My present journey was most' Item 1965 May 8
#31 1965-10-02, HLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your moving letter of Sept 15th, which I received here on my arrival' Item 1965 October 2
#33 1965-12-08, TL[c] from Merton, 'First of all I am taking this occasion to send you a Christmas present from our' Item 1965 December 8
#34 1965-12-13, HLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter and for your cheque, which I much appreciate. It helps' Item 1965 December 13
#45 undated (#01), other to Merton, 'The list of people to send the LETTER TO' Item undated
#46 undated (#02), other, 'A Russian Forerunner of Psychosomatic Medicine [-] STARETZ SEMEN KLIMICH' Item undated
#1 1966-10-14, TALS to Merton, 'John Griffin wrote me as soon as he got back from the Abbey with you and Jacques' Item 1966 October 14
#10 1967-10-03 (#01), TLS[c] from Griffin, John Howard, 'Gregory and I are in a dudgeon over these Merton photos. After we mocked up a first' Item 1967 October 3
#16 1967-10-15, TLS to Merton, 'Acknowledging your letter which clarified CABLES TO THE [sic] ACE and all news of' Item 1967 October 15
#22 1997-03-31 (#01), TLS to Grip, Robert, 'Thanks so much for the kindly support, the generous clarification of expenses in our' Item 1997 March 31
#24 1997-04-30, TLS to Grip, Robert, 'Thanks so much for your kind letter of 21 April, as well as for the much-needed' Item 1997 April 3
086 "Bond, Fred F." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#2 1968-08-16, TL[c] from Merton, 'In the years that have passed since your group came here, I have often thought of' Item 1968 August 16
088 "Boodoosingh, A., Mrs." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#5 1967-01-30, TL[c] from Merton, 'At Jacques' request, I am returning to you the ms of Raissa's «Journal». He' Item 1967 January 3
#7 1970-11-10, TL[x] from Center to Borgerhoff, Cornelia, 'Thank you for donating the letter of Thomas Merton to our collection. It will be a' Item 1970 November 1
090 "Borgstin, Gregory, Fr., O.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1967
#1 1964-02-05, HNS to Merton, 'Tonight I have read 'The Monk in the Diaspora'. It is splendid; and it touches on' Item 1964 February 5
#6 1966-07-25, TL[c] from Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind and detailed letter of July 20 which tells me the final' Item 1966 July 25
#8 1967-10-14, TL[c] from Merton, 'This letter will serve as a joint reply to you and to Dom Aelred who appended a kind' Item 1967 October 14
091 "Borton, Cameron, Rev." correspondence Record subgroup 1968, 1972
#2 1968-05-23 (#01), TALS from Merton, 'Thanks for the confidence you show in me, in presenting your questions about John of' Item 1968 May 23
#3 1968-05-23 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for the confidence you show in me, in presenting your questions about John of' Item 1968 May 23
#5 1972-08-no-day, TALS[x] to Center from Borton, Cameron, 'I am enclosing a xeroxed copy of the one letter I received from Thomas Merton in' Item 1972 August (date approximate)
092 "Boscher, Maurice, Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1963
#1 1963-11-01, HLS to Merton, 'Mon Révérend Père et très cher Père, […] arrivé à Tahiti depuis le [..]' Item 1963 November 1
#1 1954-07-11, HLS 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
#1 1961-04-19, TLS to Merton, 'Je prends la liberté de vous écrire pour vous demander la permission de publier une' Item 1961 April 19
#5 1952-03-17, TL[c] to Merton, 'Your brief sketch of St. John of the Cross is very nice except for one aspect which' Item 1952 March 17
#6 1952-05-02 (#01), TLS from Merton, 'Could you please look over these two works of art (?) and tell me if they are too' Item 1952 May 2
#11 1953-05-22, TALS from Merton, 'Here is the completed draft of «Tower of Babel». I am sending it as a straight' Item 1953 May 22
#13 1953-10-29, TALS to Merton, 'This Intro. to Doctor Mellifluus seems to me quite the best thing of this sort you' Item 1953 October 29
#15 1959-01-07, HLS to Fox, James, 'I'm really distressed at being so in arrears with the censorship. Just after' Item 1959 January 7
#16 1959-03-03, TLS to Fox, James, 'Have just mailed a most enthusiastic endorsement of The Power and Meaning of Love' Item 1959 March 3
#17 1960-03-01, HLS to Fox, James, 'First- please tell Fr. Louis to go ahead with his preface to Disputed Questions -' Item 1960 March 1
#26 1962-01-18, HLS to Fox, James, 'Here is a returned ms of Fr. Louis - «Nuclear War» and Frather Jn Eudes article' Item 1962 January 18
#28 1962-01-22 (#02), TLS[c] from Fox, James, 'We received your gracious note of January 18 with the two manuscripts. Here we go' Item 1962 January 22
#29 1962-01-23, TLS[c] from Fox, James, 'We certainly are keeping the Air Mail or Postal Clerks busy these days. I just' Item 1962 January 23
#30 1962-01-25, HLS to Fox, James, 'Somehow, somewhere, I've mislaid the copy of Fr. Louis article on nuclear warfare.' Item 1962 January 25
#31 1962-02-18, HLS to Fox, James, 'Had word from Fr. Clement that «Nuclear War» has been cleared for publication.' Item 1962 February 18
#32 1962-02-21, TALS[c] from Fox, James, 'I received your gracious note of Septuagesima Sunday. Don't worry about the other' Item 1962 February 21
#39 1964-02-01, HLS to Merton, 'Will take care of your Notes on Art etc at once. For the records' Item 1964 February 1
#43 1964-06-03, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Many thanks to you and Fr Charles for your good work: the approval from Rome' Item 1964 June 3
#44 1964-07-18, TAL[c] from Merton, 'Many thanks for returning the articles. I suppose there is a new system under way. ' Item 1964 July 18
#48 1964-08-11, TAL[c] to Merton, 'Thanks for your last letter and your green light on Honest to God for the' Item 1964 August 11
#49 1964-08-24, HLS to Merton, 'By all means go ahead with Few Questions: Fewer Answers. I read it without the' Item 1964 August 24
#53 1965-01-18 (#04), other from Merton, 'The Drawings of Thomas Merton [-] A NOTE BY THE ARTIST [-] Since judgments are' Item 1965 January 18
#54 #Error Item 1965 January 18
#58 1965-02-12, HLS to Merton, 'Forgive this delay re your rubbings, but we have not been idle. The Museum is' Item 1965 February 12
#59 1965-04-15, HLS to Merton, 'Mille pardons. Really I'm all confused. Just came across most of this on my desk' Item 1965 April 15
#64 1966-11-30, HLS to Merton, 'Always a pleasure to have a word from you. How I wish I had a valid eremitical' Item 1966 November 3
#66 1967-06-23, TL[c] from Merton, 'Here is the ms of a book of poems-- or rather a mosaic of poetry and poetic prose,' Item 1967 June 23
#69 1967-06-30 (#02), TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind letter. I do hope we can reach some kind of real openness on' Item 1967 June 3
#73 1973-12-04, HLS to Center from Bourne, Paul, 'As a Trappist monk of ancient vintage with no place to store things I never saved' Item 1973 December 4
#74 1973-12-05, TAL[c] from Center to Bourne, Paul, 'I have just finished a fascinating experience of going through the Thomas Merton' Item 1973 December 5
#79 undated (#05), HNS from Merton, 'I presume a «prayer» for peace will not be stigmatized at unmonastic - anyway' Item undated
#81 #Error Item undated
#83 undated (#09), other[x] from Merton, 'Do you think they require censoring?? In Jesu f m Louis [-] By no means!' Item undated
#9 1967-05-22, TLS to Merton, 'Last week at a small conference of our Bible consultants I was able to grab the' Item 1967 May 22
#13 1968-02-26, TLS to Merton, 'Enclosed for your interest is a copy of Dr. James Sander's Introduction to the Old' Item 1968 February 26
#1 1963-11-13, HPCS to Merton, 'Comme chaque année, je vous envoie mon meilleur souvenir à l'occasion de' Item 1963 November 13
105 "Boutoute, Louis, Abbot" correspondence Record subgroup 1951
#1 1968-07-30, TLS to Merton, 'We write to canvass your availability to contribute a paper to a conference being' Item 1968 July 3
#1 1966-11-08, HLS from Bowman, R. M., Mrs. / to Editors of «Harpers», 'As a Unitarian and a Humanist I wish to thank Father Thomas Merton for his sensitive' Item 1966 November 8
110 "Boyd, Tony" correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#2 1967-10-19, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for «Freelance»: a pleasant surprise and a good alive magazine. I have' Item 1967 October 19
#6 1968-04-28, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you so much for all you did with Sue and Sandy. Whether Sue will ever come' Item 1968 April 28
#2 1967-12-11, TL[c] from Merton, 'Denise Levertov was here yesterday and in our good visit together I was reminded of' Item 1967 December 11
#3 1968-07-05, TL[c] from Merton, 'I appreciate your kind note, and I want to say that I wish I were free to be of more' Item 1968 July 5