Thomas Merton Collection

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
055 "Bernard, Br." correspondence Record subgroup 1966
#02 undated (#01), other Bernard, 'FRIARY ON MEDWAY BANKS: Saint's Relics Brought From France To England - One of the' Item undated
058 "Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J." correspondence Record subgroup 1961-1982
#01 1948-11-05, TLS[x] Berrigan from Laughlin, James, 'We are planning to issue an anthology of Catholic poetry, edited by Thomas Merton,' Item 1948 November 5
#03 1961-11-10, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'I am very glad to hear that the Pax movement is getting started in this country and' Item 1961 November 1
#04 1961-12-07, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Thanks for your very fine letter and all the other things. I have not yet had a' Item 1961 December 7
#08 1962-03-10, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'My correspondence is a kind of Sisyphus act: rolling the boulder up the hill and' Item 1962 March 1
#11 1962-06-29, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'This is a quick one to confirm your arrangements. I will get a note into the' Item 1962 June 29
#14 1962-09-02, HLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'I have your letter and Fr. Gerard showed me the one you sent him. I am writing this' Item 1962 September 2
#20 1963-06-21, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'I am here for a day of retreat to the Maddames [sic] of the S.H. It brings back' Item 1963 June 21 (date approximate)
#21 1963-06-25 (#01), TALS Berrigan from Merton, 'This will come to you as a conscience matter letter, so that I can deal with your' Item 1963 June 25
#24 1963-11-15 (#01), TAL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'I am glad to have your letter, card, from Paris. I was not sure where you were' Item 1963 November 15
#28 1964-02-11, TALS Berrigan to Merton, 'Seems like an age since I had word of you. I am wonderinf [sic] whether any of the' Item 1964 February 11
#31 1964-03-05, TLS Berrigan to Merton, 'I am sending on some junk mail another another [sic] heading. I though[t] it might' Item 1964 March 5
#33 1964-05-18 (#01), TAL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Whitmonday. Time for abrief [sic] letter, perhaps uninspired. I am worn out (not' Item 1964 May 18
#44 1964-11-11, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'We can send one car and will send same to Albert Pick Motel nine am Wednesday 18th. ' Item 1964 November 11
#54 1966-03-18, TLS Berrigan from Merton, 'A short note to assure you that I am safely back in the arms of Jesuit Missions,' Item 1966 March 18
#65 1967-04-15 (#01), TALS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Sounds as though this is it, doesn't it? I find it hard to organize clear thoughts' Item 1967 April 15
#66 1967-04-15 (#02), TL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Sounds as though this is it, doesn't it? I find it hard to organize clear thoughts' Item 1967 April 15
#68 1967-07-13 (#01), TL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'You will probably hear of this through the FOR but since people in France have been' Item 1967 July 13
#71 1967-09-16 (#01), TL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Here is some stuff I dug out of the pile. Not much, if any, about nonviolence but' Item 1967 September 16
#72 1967-09-16 (#02), TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Here is some stuff I dug out of the pile. Not much, if any, about nonviolence but' Item 1967 September 16
#92 undated (#01), other Berrigan, 'Letters by Thomas Merton to Daniel and Philip Berrigan in the Department of Rare' Item undated
#94 undated (#03), other Berrigan, 'Contemporary Authors, Volumes 33-36, First' Item undated
059 "Berrigan, Philip" correspondence Record subgroup 1964-1968
#02 1964-10-no-day, TLS Berrigan to Merton, 'You will recall the hopes that Dan and I had that you would write the foreword of' Item 1964 October (date approximate)
#06 1965-02-no-day (#02), TALS Berrigan to Merton, 'The foreword arrived, so an immediate word of my gratitude- tremendously pleased' Item 1965 February (date approximate)
#07 1966-04-23, HLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'I was glad to get your good letter of the 4th. It reached me when I got home from' Item 1966 April 23
#11 1967-12-no-day, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'Apologies for not having kept you better informed. Since getting out of jail, there' Item 1967 December (date approximate)
#01 1961-08-15, TALS Berry to Merton, 'Recently when talking with Dr. John Wu he spoke of your interest in the spiritual' Item 1961 August 15
#02 1967-10-26, TL[c] Berry from Merton, 'Thanks for your note about Denise Levertov and the possibility of her visit here on' Item 1967 October 26
#03 1968-01-31, TL[c] Berry from Merton, 'What keeps me from writing more is that I never know if Port Royal Kentucky is' Item 1968 January 31
#05 1968-02-11, TLS Berry to Merton, 'These have all been written since the first of the year. The little poems can be' Item 1968 February 11
#09 1968-08-06, HLS Berry to Merton, 'We're trying to get ready to leave here for the West Coast on the 20th of this' Item 1968 August 6
062 "Berval, René de, Fr." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#01 1964-10-07, TLS Berval to Merton, 'Je viens de recevoir une lettre des Éditions Albin Michel m'informant de votre' Item 1964 October 7
#04 1964-12-01, TLS Berval to Merton, 'Nous avons bien reçu votre lettre du 23 écoulé et vous en remercions. Nous vous' Item 1964 December 1
#03 1967-01-16, TALS Best to Merton, 'I've written Cowley for permission and will use the article in March, and in' Item 1967 January 16
#04 1967-07-28, HLS Best from Marks, Lillian, 'I had set aside the May issue of Fellowship in order to read Thomas Merton's' Item 1967 July 28
#07 1967-08-04, TL[c] Best from Merton, 'Thanks for your note and the letter of Lillian Marcks [sic]. I am sending a carbon' Item 1967 August 4
065 "Bettencourt, Yolanda" correspondence Record subgroup 1957-1959
#04 1959-08-13, TLS Bettencourt to Merton, 'Your books are translated into so many languages, and published by so many' Item 1959 August 13
#01 1966-09-14, TALS Beyer to Merton, 'Vor mir liegt Ihr Buch " Aufstieg zur Wahrheit". Ich empfinde gerade die' Item 1966 September 14
068 "Bieberman, Lisa" correspondence Record subgroup 1967, 1971
#06 undated, other Bieberman, 'on getting the message by Lisa Bieberman [-] "I'll show you mine if you'll show me' Item undated
#05 1964-01-07 (#03), transcript Bissey 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
#22 1967-06-12 (#02), other Bissey, 'Demande à Père Louis de Gethsemani (Th. Merton) un article comprenant de six à dix' Item 1967 June 12
#24 1967-06-23 (#02), transcript Bissey from Merton, 'Thanks for your kind letter. I am happy to have received your news. The editors of' Item 1967 June 23
072 "Bixler, Michael F." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
074 "Black, Hector" correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#02 1964-07-04, TL[c] Black from Merton, 'Please forgive the long delay in replying to your very kind letter and acknowledging' Item 1964 July 4
075 "Black, Mary Childs" correspondence Record subgroup 1962
#01 1966-10-08, TLS[x] Blumenkren to Merton, 'I hate to impose upon you, but I am sure you will understand why I do it. One of' Item 1966 October 8
#25 undated (#02), other Andrews, 'SHAKER INSPIRATIONAL DRAWINGS[:] THE COLLECTION OF DR AND MRS EDWARD' Item undated
#26 undated (#03), other Andrews, 'SHAKER STUDIES AT SMITH[:] EXHIBITION, LECTURE, SYMPOSIUM,' Item undated
#28 undated (#05), other Andrews, 'Mount Lebanon Two hundred years ago, Anne Lee, a Quaker of Manchester,' Item undated
#29 undated (#06), other Andrews, '"Your most important studies" THE PEOPLE CALLED SHAKERS, Dover,' Item undated
#30 /index.php/tmc-rg1-a-038-30 Item undated
#01 1964-07-20, TL[c] Andrews from Merton, 'Some time ago a rumor had reached me that Ted had suddenly been taken from you and' Item 1964 July 2
#04 1964-10-30, TALS[x] Andrews from Merton, 'It was good to get your letter last August and to know that the Preface was' Item 1964 October 3
#08 1971-12-no-day, HCS Andrews to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'Your May 9th card is sheer delight - I hasten to send you "The Gift to be' Item 1971 December (date approximate)
#09 1974-05-22, TALS[c] Andrews from Center to Andrews, Faith, 'I am writing in my capacity as one of the Trustees for Father Merton's Literary' Item 1974 May 22
#19 1984-06-15, HLS Andrews to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'I wanted to add my hopes to that of the invitation mailed by the Old Chathan' Item 1984 June 15
#01 1958-03-14, TLS Angela to Merton, 'The Abbot General has asked me to inform you and Father Paul of Holy Ghost Abbey' Item 1958 March 14
#01 1965-07-17, TL[c] Angelita from Merton, 'I wish I had time to write you a good long letter about the problems of religious to' Item 1965 July 17
#01 1968-03-12, TLS Anne Madeleine to Merton, 'After two futile attempts at calling you long distance, I have decided to write to' Item 1968 March 12
046 "Annesi, Joseph, Fr., O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1966
047 "Anthony, Susan" correspondence Record subgroup 1963
#01 1963-07-04, TL[c] Anthony from Merton, 'Thank you for your good letter, which came an awful long time ago. But I think you' Item 1963 July 4
048 "Antoine, Fr., O.C.S.O." correspondence Record subgroup 1964
#01 1966-09-29, TLS Anton to Merton, 'It occurred to me that you might be pleased to know that I had the pleasure of' Item 1966 September 29
#04 1967-01-no-day, TLS Anton to Merton, 'One more thing before I sign off. On New Year's Day I received a great' Item 1967 January (date approximate)
#01 1964-02-24, TLS Antonella to Merton, 'I received the message about the halter and did want to answer at once. Is it still' Item 1964 February 24
#01 1960-02-08, HLS Antoninus to Merton, 'Thank you for sending me the copy of your Selected Poems. I had picked it up' Item 1960 February 8
#03 1960-12-08, HLS Antoninus to Merton, 'I am glad you were interested in the Cuba piece. I was struck by the identity of' Item 1960 December 8
#07 1961-12-19, HLS Antoninus from Merton, 'As a matter of fact I know nothing about that Spiritual Life Institute. Fr.' Item 1961 December 19
#08 1963-01-31, HLS Antoninus to Merton, 'Thank you for your translations of Raïssa Maritain's pieces that your good note' Item 1963 January 31
#13 1964-10-08, TLS Antoninus to Merton, 'As I leave a week from Sunday for University of Maryland, it behooves me to firm up' Item 1964 October 8
#14 1964-11-10, TLS[x] Antoninus from Merton, 'Glad to have your card. We are expecting you. Could you please phone our' Item 1964 November 1
#21 1973-11-30, TLS[x] Antoninus from Center to Antoninus, Br., 'Mr. Victor Kramer at Georgia State University has requested permission to look at' Item 1973 November 3
052 "Antoniutti, Hildebrand, Cardinal" correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#04 undated (#02), TAL[c] Appel from Merton, 'Thanks for the Antonianum. I will work over the articles and then we can take pix. ' Item undated
#01 1968-01-30, HLS Apple to Merton, 'Please forgive this type of writing paper, I tried to write on the other kind but' Item 1968 January 3
056 "Arasteh, A. Reza" correspondence Record subgroup 1965-1984
#01 1965-11-13, TALS Arasteh to Merton, 'I appreciate your interest in my work, and under separate cover I am sending you a' Item 1965 November 13
#02 1965-12-18, TL[c] Arasteh from Merton, 'It is a great pleasure for me to have your book on Rumi, I am reading it with great' Item 1965 December 18
#06 1968-01-26 (#02), TL[c] 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
#13 1968-05-22 (#02), TLS[x] Arasteh from Merton, 'Here is the reworked piece on "Rebirth in Christianity". I have been somewhat' Item 1968 May 22
#17 1974-03-18, HLS[x] Arasteh from Tremblay, Yvonne, 'Please excuse me for not answering sooner to acknowledge reception of your precious' Item 1974 March 18
#23 1984-02-03, HLS Arasteh to Shannon, William, 'Thank you for "the book"; I enjoyed most parts of it especially the section on' Item 1984 February 3
#26 undated (#02), other Arasteh, 'I. Western scholars have generally interpreted Sufism in terms of religious values,' Item undated
#27 undated (#03), other Arasteh, 'Arasteh, A. Reza. Final integration in the adult personality, a mesure [sic] for' Item undated
#07 1961-09-09, TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'I do not have time to give you a really full answer to your good letter, though I' Item 1961 September 9
#10 1962-01-27, HLS Arca de Sardiña to Merton, 'Yesterday while I was in church, after Holy Communion I tried to talk to Our Lord. ' Item 1962 January 27
#12 1962-02-27, TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'If I answer you now it has to be a very quick answer. You cannot help suffering the' Item 1962 February 27
#25 1964-02-16 (#02), HLS[x] Arca de Sardiña to Hart, Patrick, 'Here are the letters from Merton that I promised to mail you. Father Shannon called' Item 1964 February 16
#28 1966-12-no-day, HCS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'Peace and joy in the New Year. God bless you -- fear not. ' Item 1966 December (date approximate)
#29 1992-09-no-day, other Arca de Sardiña from Sardinia Corp. / to William Shannon, 'EVORA ARCA' Item 1992 September
058 "Argentieri, Robert K." correspondence Record subgroup 1968
#01 1968-06-24, TLS Argentieri to Merton, 'Enclosed herewith is copy of Royalty Agreement prepared by me between GIA MUSIC' Item 1968 June 24