Thomas Merton Collection

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#07 1965-12-10, HCS Boettcher from Merton, 'I am happy to hear about the new baby and will keep you in my prayers especially in' Item 1965 December 1
#01 1965-04-20, other Bogdana from Merton, 'Books for Sister Bogdana cordially in Christ our Lord [-] T' Item 1965 April 2
#02 1967-03-22, TALS Bogdana to Merton, 'I do not know if you remember me from my letters written two years ago, when you' Item 1967 March 22
#03 1967-04-05, HLS[x] Bogdana from Merton, 'Certainly go ahead with a translation of the "Primitive Carmelite Ideal". When it' Item 1967 April 5
#05 1962-05-04, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'My Italian book "I Mystici Russi" is now out I presented it to the Pope in person' Item 1962 May 4
#09 1962-12-28, TAL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'Thanks for your two kind letters. I was interested to hear of your visit to the' Item 1962 December 28
#15 1963-05-26, HPCS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I received yesterday a letter from Archbishop Nikodim, dated by May 15th, where he' Item 1963 May 26
#16 1963-09-06, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Since I wrote to you on May 26th so much changed. John XXIII, whom I knew since' Item 1963 September 6
#17 1963-11-10, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I salute you from Caldey Abbey, this fascinating island monastery, which I did not' Item 1963 November 1
#20 1963-12-23, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter and cheque which is for me quite princely. It' Item 1963 December 23
#22 1964-03-19, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'I send you my Easter greetings. I left Oxford on February 13th for Tolleshunt' Item 1964 March 19
#23 1964-05-25, Bolshakoff to Barry, Colman, 'Since I received your letter nearly a year ago I had no more news from you and do' Item 1964 May 25
#25 1964-10-28, TAL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'Thank you for your recent letter, as usuall [sic] full of interesting news of your' Item 1964 October 28
#26 1964-12-13, TL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'As Christmas approaches once again, I want to send you my best wishes and a token of' Item 1964 December 13
#27 1964-12-20, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter and the cheque, for which I thank very much you and the' Item 1964 December 2
#28 1965-05-08, HLS Bolshakoff 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 Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your moving letter of Sept 15th, which I received here on my arrival' Item 1965 October 2
#36 1966-10-24, TL[c] Bolshakoff from Merton, 'I am very much afraid that if I am called to be like Theophane the Recluse a letter' Item 1966 October 24
#40 1967-04-no-day, TL[x] Bolshakoff to Sobesedniks (circular letter), 'I write this letter from Florence in the end of my three-months-long stay in Italy,' Item 1967 April
#43 1968-07-11, HLS Bolshakoff to Merton, 'Many thanks for your cheque, which you sent to Mont-des-Cats Abbey, as I am' Item 1968 July 11
#03 1967-01-18, HLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Congratulations on your fantastic poem, "Fall '66", in NY REVIEW (Dec. 15 issue) -- ' Item 1967 January 18
#06 1967-09-01, TLS Bonazzi to Merton, 'We have decided to make #3 and #4 a DOUBLE ISSUE for many reasons: 1) to balance' Item 1967 September 1
#08 1967-09-17, TALS Bonazzi to Merton, 'Have chosen from CABLES what could stand as individual poems. (see carbons from' Item 1967 September 17
#09 1967-09-28, TL[c] Bonazzi from Merton, 'Many thanks for your letter and the returned ms. I am chacking [sic] immediately' Item 1967 September 28
#11 1967-10-03 (#02), TN Bonazzi from Griffin, John Howard / to Merton, 'You will probably have the prints from E&F when you receive this. I enclose a' Item 1967 October 3
#21 1968-02-29, TL[c] Bonazzi from Merton, 'Sorry for not letting you know sooner about the poems, pix etc. I don't want to' Item 1968 February 29
#01 1958-07-16, HLS Bonner to Merton, 'It is never a bother to me when people inquire about, or drop in to look at, "The' Item 1958 July 16
#06 1970-11-06, TLS[x] Borgerhoff to Center from Borgerhoff, Cornelia, 'I take pleasure in donating to the Thomas Merton Studies Center the attached' Item 1970 November 6
#05 1966-07-23, HLS Borgstin to Merton, 'A packet from Gethsemani with Pre-Benedictine Monachism, Series 2, and the poems and' Item 1966 July 23
#08 1967-10-14, TL[c] Borgstin from Merton, 'This letter will serve as a joint reply to you and to Dom Aelred who appended a kind' Item 1967 October 14
#01 1963-11-01, HLS Boscher to Merton, 'Mon Révérend Père et très cher Père, […] arrivé à Tahiti depuis le [..]' Item 1963 November 1
#01 1961-04-19, TLS Bouchez to Merton, 'Je prends la liberté de vous écrire pour vous demander la permission de publier une' Item 1961 April 19
#01 1959-09-06, HPCS Bourget to Merton, 'Tamié is all you said it was. Now understand first-hand why our Fathers chose spots' Item 1959 September 6
#08 1952-08-09, TLS Bourne to Merton, 'As we have been directed, I address to you this critique of Father Louis' latest' Item 1952 August 9
#10 1953-04-30, TLS Bourne from Merton, 'I am rushing to you, tardily, an un-proofread article on St Bernard which has been' Item 1953 April 3
#14 1955, other[c] Bourne from Merton, 'Silence in Heaven--- a note to the Father Censors. [-] This text was written for the' Item 1955 (date approximate)
#15 1959-01-07, HLS Bourne 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 Bourne to Fox, James, 'Have just mailed a most enthusiastic endorsement of 'The Power and Meaning of Love'' Item 1959 March 3
#21 1961-04-17, TLS[x] Bourne from Fox, James, 'We are sending you one of Father Louis', so-called 'little articles'. It is called' Item 1961 April 17
#23 1961-12-16, TLS[c] Bourne from Fox, James, 'We received word from our Most Rev. Abbot General in regard to the article on PEACE' Item 1961 December 16
#24 1962-01-03, HLS Bourne to Fox, James, 'All under control, I trust. Did the best I could by "Peace," and now pray it will' Item 1962 January 3 (date approximate)
#28 1962-01-22 (#02), TLS[c] Bourne from Fox, James, 'We received your gracious note of January 18 with the two manuscripts. Here we go' Item 1962 January 22
#31 1962-02-18, HLS Bourne to Fox, James, 'Had word from Fr. Clement that Nuclear War has been cleared for publication.' Item 1962 February 18
#45 1964-07-27, TALS Bourne from Merton, 'Here is the text of a preface to a book on Shaker furniture. It will certainly' Item 1964 July 27
#49 1964-08-24, HLS Bourne 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 Bourne from Merton, 'The Drawings of Thomas Merton [-] A NOTE BY THE ARTIST [-] Since judgments are' Item 1965 January 18
#55 1965-01-22, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Your Berrigan preface strikes me as quite conservative - for 1965 - and I see no' Item 1965 January 22
#56 1965-01-25, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Mille pardons! I just picked up your brochure on the drawings and realized for the' Item 1965 January 25
#58 1965-02-12, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Forgive this delay re your rubbings, but we have not been idle. The Museum is' Item 1965 February 12
#61 1965-11-22 (#01), TLS Bourne from Merton, 'Next Spring New Directions is bringing out a paperback selection of various prose' Item 1965 November 22
#63 1966-05-15, HLS Bourne to Merton, 'Here is your article. Fr Chas is the other censor so I'm sure its quite all right' Item 1966 May 15
#79 undated (#05), HNS Bourne from Merton, 'I presume a prayer for peace will not be stigmatized at unmonastic - anyway' Item undated
#10 1967-06-07, TL[c] Bourne from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter of May 22nd. I am still certainly hoping to see you and Dr' Item 1967 June 7
#12 1967-09-28, TLS Bourne to Merton, 'Many thanks for your outline which has just arrived. It looks interesting and full' Item 1967 September 28
#01 1963-11-13, HPCS Bousquet to Merton, 'Comme chaque année, je vous envoie mon meilleur souvenir à l'occasion de' Item 1963 November 13
#01 1966-11-08, HLS Bowman 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
#03 1967-11-09, TLS Boyd to Merton, 'I thought you would like to see the attached tear sheet from Publisher's Weekly. ' Item 1967 November 9
#01 undated, TL Bracali to Merton, 'Vi ho scritto già altre volte e sempre i Trappisti non mi hanno fatto mancare il' Item undated
#01 1965-08-23, HLS Bracken to Merton, 'Father Francis, who is at present risking his life among what St. Bernard so' Item 1965 August 23
#04 1966-11-23, other Brandt, 'A hermit-monk was ordained as a priest at Canadian Martyrs Church here in the first' Item 1966 November 23
#05 1968-03-21, TLS Braveman to Merton, 'In your letter of November 6 you mentioned the possibility of being able to meet' Item 1968 March 21
#04 1968-07-no-day, HLS Breitenbeck to Merton, 'This is hurried because I am home only a few hours. I was sorry to hear you can't' Item 1968 July (date approximate)
#01 1968-03-11, TLS Brennan to Merton, 'This letter is a "begging letter"--one which I hope you will listen to with an open' Item 1968 March 11
#01 1952-07-08, HLS Brenson to Merton, 'I am writing you on behalf of a group of poets and artists who are at present' Item 1952 July 8
#01 1968-05-20, TLS Brett to Merton, 'I am writing you for two reasons. I hope I don't waste your valuable time. A' Item 1968 May 2
#04 1964-08-no-day, TLS[x] Bridget from Merton, 'I forget if I wrote about the dates for Mrs Harton. In fact I don't remember' Item 1964 August (date approximate)
#09 1965-06-19 (#01), TL[c] Bridget from Merton, 'Congratulations on the birthday and thanks for your letter. I hope this reply' Item 1965 June 19
#14 1973-02-12, TL[x] Bridget from Center to Bridget, Sr., 'Thank you very much for your letter of January 24, 1973, and the attached' Item 1973 February 12