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Record Group:Section A - Correspondence |
Dates of materials:1948; 1958-1966 |
Volume:68 item(s); 152 pg(s) |
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| Series Number | Series Name | Total Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art and Worship, Book of Feast Days, Collected Essays, Disputed Questions (US) and The New Man | 1 |
| 2 | The Behavior of Titans | 2 |
| 3 | The Black Revolution | 4 |
| 4 | Clement of Alexandria | 1 |
| 5 | Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander | 6 |
| 6 | Copyright Registration Forms | 7 |
| 7 | Disputed Questions (foreign) | 6 |
| 8 | Elected Silence (UK version of The Seven Storey Mountain) | 1 |
| 9 | Emblems of a Season of Fury | 3 |
| 10 | Gandhi on Non-Violence | 1 |
| 11 | Life and Holiness | 8 |
| 12 | Monastic Peace | 1 |
| 13 | Monastic Vocation and the Modern Mentality | 1 |
| 14 | The New Man | 4 |
| 15 | New Seeds of Contemplation | 9 |
| 16 | Original Child Bomb | 1 |
| 17 | Poems | 2 |
| 18 | Seeds of Destruction | 3 |
| 19 | Selected Poems | 1 |
| 20 | Soul of the Apostolate (by Dom J. B. Chautard, intro. by Merton) | 1 |
| 21 | Spiritual Direction and Meditation | 2 |
| 22 | Thoughts in Solitude (French) | 1 |
| 23 | The Wisdom of the Desert | 2 |
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The following items of correspondence are primarily arranged numerically according to the Series Number listed above. Within each series, letters are arranged in chronological order. If the Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series, arrangement is purely chronological within each correspondent's folder.
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top of page| # | Date | From / to.. | First Lines | Memos / Subjects | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1948/July/06 | other Merton | Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a book published in the United States | [Exile Ends in Glory : The Life of a Trappistine] | details |
| 2. | 1958/April/25 | other | Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United | ["Monastic Peace"] | details |
| 3. | 1958/June/01 | other | Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United | ["Prometheus"] | details |
| 4. | 1958/July/06 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 16 juillet 1958 entre, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani, Trappist - | [Monastic Peace in French - published by les Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 5. | 1958/December/06 | other | Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United | ["Nativity Kerygma"] | details |
| 6. | 1959/December/01 | other | Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United | ["The Christmas Sermons of Blessed Guerric of Igny"] | details |
| 7. | 1960/October/20 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 20 Octobre 1960 entre Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani, | [Spiritual Direction and Meditation in French - published by Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 8. | 1960/December/22 | other[x] | LICENSE AGREEMENT made this 22nd day of December, 1960, by and between The Abbey | [The Soul of the Apostolate by Dom J. B. Chautard, translated and with a new introduction by Merton - published by Doubleday] | details |
| 9. | 1961/January/17 | other[x] | CONTRATO DE EDIÇAO A "EDITORIA VOZES LTDA.", untiga Tipografia da Escola Gratuita | [Spiritual Direction and Meditation in Portuguese - published in Brazil by Editôria Vozes Limitada] | details |
| 10. | 1961/January/28 | other | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS Twenty-eighth day of January of 1961 BETWEEN: | [Disputed Questions in Spanish - Editora y Distribuidora from Barcelona, Spain] | details |
| 11. | 1961/March/08 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS ____ BETWEEN: THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI | [Disputed Questions in Spanish - South American rights - Editorial Sudamericana] | details |
| 12. | 1961/March/13 | other[x] | Entre les soussignés : Abbey of Gethsémani, Inc., Trappist, Kentucki [sic], U.S.A. désigné dan | [Thoughts in Solitude in French (Les Chemins de la Joie) - published by la Société des Editions d'Histoire et d'Art, J. and R. Whittmann] | details |
| 13. | 1961/March/15 | other[x] | ADDITIF [-] AU CONTRAT INTERVENU LE 15 MARS 1961 ENTRE L'ABBAYE DE N.D. DE | [The Wisdom of the Desert in French - published by Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 14. | 1961/March/16 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 16 Mars 1960 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc., Trappist-Kentucky | [Disputed Questions in French - Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 15. | 1961/April/no-day? | other[x] | ADDITIF AU CONTRAT INTERVENU LE 16 MARS 1961 ENTRE L'ABBAYE DE N.D. DE GETHSEMANI | [addendum to the contract for Disputed Questions in French - Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 16. | 1961/May/03 | TLS[x] From Burns, T.F. / To James Fox | This letter, which I am sending in duplicate, confirms the proposal I made in my letter to Fr. Louis | [Elected Silence - for a paperback edition in England published by Burns and Oates] | details |
| 17. | 1961/May/23 | other | Contrat intervenu le 23 Mai 1961 entre: ABBAYE DE NOTRE-DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC. | [The Wisdom of the Desert in French - published by Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 18. | 1961/October/10 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 10 Octobre 1961 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc., | [The Behavior of Titans in French - Editions du Seuil publishers] | details |
| 19. | 1961/no-month/no-day? | other[x] | AGREEMENT made this ____ day of _______ , 19 __ , by and between the Abbey of Gethsemani, | [Art and Worship, Book of Feast Days, Collected Essays, Disputed Questions and The New Man - Farrar, Straus and Cudahy publishers] | details |
| 20. | 1962/February/06 | other[x] | ADDENDUM aux contrats intervenue entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.) | [addendum to the contract for New Seeds of Contemplation in French - published by les Editions du Seuil] | details |
| 21. | 1962/March/01 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 1st day of March, 1962, between The Abbey | ["Original Child Bomb" - published by New Directions] | details |
| 22. | 1962/March/05 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 5 mars 1962, entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.) | [The New Man in French - published by les Editions du Seuil] | details |
| 23. | 1962/April/13 | other[x] | CONTRATO DE EDIÇAO [-] A "EDITORA VOZES LTDA.", antiga Tipografia da Escola Gratuita São | [New Seeds of Contemplation in Portuguese - published in Brazil by Editora Vozes Ltda.] | details |
| 24. | 1962/May/29 | TLS[x] From Faveret, Affonso D. / To James Fox | Thank you for your kind letter of May 9, about the book "DISPUTED QUESTIONS". We would | [DISPUTED QUESTIONS] | details |
| 25. | 1962/June/27 | other[x] | NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION - Rights in Spain [-] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT | [New Seeds of Contemplation in Spanish - published by Editorial Sudamericana for distribution in Latin America] | details |
| 26. | 1962/June/28 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 28th day of June 1962 BETWEEN THE ABBEY | [New Seeds of Contemplation - published by New Directions] | details |
| 27. | 1962/August/01 | TL[c] From MacGregor, Robert / To A. López Llausás | Thank you for returning the two copies of the contract between you and the Abbey of Gethsemani | [copy of letter sent to James Fox - RE: New Seeds of Contemplation in Spanish for distribution in Latin America] | details |
| 28. | 1962/October/08 | other[x] | Amendment to Contract with Editorial Sudamerica S.A. for Latin American Rights to NEW SEEDS | [addendum to contract for New Seeds of Contemplation in Spanish - published by Editorial Sudamericana for distribution in Latin America] | details |
| 29. | 1962/November/no-day? (#01) | other[x] | ADDENDUM aux contrats intervenue entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.) | [addendum to the contract for The New Man in French - published by les Editions du Seuil] | details |
| 30. | 1962/November/no-day? (#02) | other[x] | ADDENDUM aux contrats intervenus entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.) | [addendum to contract for The Behavior of Titans in French - Editions du Seuil publishers] | details |
| 31. | 1962/December/01 | other[x] | AGREEMENT between THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, INCORPORATED and HERDER AND HERDER | [Life and Holiness - published by Herder and Herder] | details |
| 32. | 1962/December/20 | other[x] | Addition to the Contract between the Abbey of Gethsemani, Inc., and Herder and Herder | [Life and Holiness - published by Herder and Herder] | details |
| 33. | 1962/December/26 | TLS[x] From Schworer, Frank / To James Fox | Thank you very much for your kind letter of December 20, with regard to our agreement for LIFE | [RE: Life and Holiness - from Schworer of Herder and Herder] | details |
| 34. | 1962/December/28 | TLS[x] From Schworer, Frank / To James Fox | Thank you very much for your kind letter of December 27, which crossed ours of the day before. | [RE: Life and Holiness - from Schworer of Herder and Herder] | details |
| 35. | 1962/no-month/no-day? | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this ____ day of ___ 1962 BETWEEN The Right Reverend | [New Seeds of Contemplation - published in England by Burns and Oates] | details |
| 36. | 1963/March/11 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, made this Eleventh (11th) March, 1963 between Abbey of | [New Seeds of Contemplation in Italian - published by Aldo Garzanti Editore] | details |
| 37. | 1963/March/12 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 12 Mars 1963, entre HERDER and HERDER, Inc. New York, | [Life and Holiness in French - published by les Editions du Seuil] | details |
| 38. | 1963/March/13 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 13th day of March, 1963 BETWEEN ABBEY OF | [New Seeds of Contemplation in German - published by Verlag Räber & CIE from Switzerland] | details |
| 39. | 1963/April/08 | other[x] | AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT made this eight day of April 1963 between Geoffrey | [Life and Holiness for publication in England - published by Geoffrey Chapman Ltd.] | details |
| 40. | 1963/April/25 | other[x] | AGREEMENT made this twenty-fifth day of April 1963 between Herder and Herder, | [Life and Holiness for publication in Brazil in Portuguese - published by Herder Editoria Livraria] | details |
| 41. | 1963/May/31 | other[x] | AGREEMENT made this thirty-first day of May 1963 between Herder and Herder, | [Life and Holiness for publication in the Netherlands in Dutch - published by Uitfeverij Het Spectrum] | details |
| 42. | 1963/October/15 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 15th day of October 1963, between The Abbey | [Emblems of a Season of Fury - New Directions publishers] | details |
| 43. | 1963/November/27 | other[x] | CONTRAT No 1.436 [-] OBJET : THE BLACK REVOLUTION, par le Révérend Père Thomas MERTON | ["The Black Revolution" - les Editions Casterman, S.A. Editeurs from Tournai, Belgium] | details |
| 44. | 1964/February/17 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 17 Février 1964 entre : ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC. | [Selected Poems in French - published by Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 45. | 1964/April/03 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 3 Avril 1964 entre : ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC. | [Emblems of a Season of Fury in French - Editions Albin Michel publishers] | details |
| 46. | 1964/June/01 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le ler Juin 1964 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc., | ["The Black Revolution" - M. Aldo Garzanti editor from Milan, Italy] | details |
| 47. | 1964/July/08 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 8th day of July, 1964 BETWEEN Abbey of Gethsemani, | ["The Black Revolution" - Verlag Herder from Freiburg, Germany] | details |
| 48. | 1964/July/22 (#01) | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 22 Juillet 1964 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc. | ["The Black Revolution" in Castilian Spanish - Ediciones Estela in Barcelona, Spain] | details |
| 49. | 1964/July/22 (#02) | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 22 day of July 1964, between The Abbey of Gethsemani | [see Section C.6, Series 11, for original - "Clement of Alexandria" - published by New Directions] | details |
| 50. | 1964/August/11 | other | CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS, Edited by Paris Leary and Robert Kelly [-] Reverend | [Merton's poems published in Contemporary American Poets, including "A Baroque Gravure" and "Seneca"] | details |
| 51. | 1964/August/28 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 28th day of August 1964 BETWEEN The Abbey | [The New Man in German - published by Rex Verlag in Switzerland] | details |
| 52. | 1964/September/09 | TL[c] From MacGregor, Robert / To Erich Linder | Thanks much for your September 3rd letter with the two copies of the signed agreement with Garzanti | [Emblems of a Season of Fury / list of poets that Merton has translated - rights information] | details |
| 53. | 1964/September/15 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 15 Septembre 1964 entre: ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI | [Seeds of Destruction in French - published by Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 54. | 1964/November/21 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 21 Novembre 1964 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc. | [Seeds of Destruction in Italian - published by Aldo Garzanti Editore] | details |
| 55. | 1965/February/12 | TLS[x] From Fox, James / To Ernst Fromm | We received your gracious letter of February 3 in regard to the contract for THE NEW MAN by | [to Ernst Fromm, Director of Livraria AGIR Editoria - letter from 1962/02/03 attached with the agreed upon terms of condition] | details |
| 56. | 1965/March/17 | other[x] | CONTRATO que entre si fazem de um lado EDITORA VOZES LTDA. - Petrópolis - | [Seeds of Destruction in Portuguese - published in Brazil by Editóra Vozes] | details |
| 57. | 1965/April/05 | other[x] | MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 5th day of April 1965, between The Abbey of Gethsemani | [Gandhi on Non-Violence - New Directions publishers] | details |
| 58. | 1965/May/25 | other[x] | Contrat intervenu le 25 Mai 1965 entre : ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC. | [see Section C.6, Series 13, for original - Monastic Vocation and the Modern Mentality in French - published by les Editions Albin Michel] | details |
| 59. | 1966/April/19 | TNS From../To.. Krieger, Ellen E. / Lisa Ray | The attached list of acknowledgments should appear on the copyright page of the above book. | [to Lisa Ray (carbon copy to Gay Ellis) from Ellen E. Krieger regarding the acknowledgements to be included on the copyright page of Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander - the list of acknowledgements comprises her attached page] | details |
| 60. | 1966/April/27 | TNS From../To.. Krieger, Ellen E. / Lisa Ray | Further to the acknowledgements we sent you on April 19th, we have just received word from New | [to Lisa Ray (carbon copy to Gay Ellis) from Ellen E. Krieger regarding a correction to the acknowledgements to be included on the copyright page of Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander] | details |
| 61. | 1966/June/29 | telegram From../To.. Delaney, John / John A. Goodwine | URGENT WE HAVE NEWS OF MERTON'S CONJECTURES OF A GUILTY BYSTANDER | [Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander] | details |
| 62. | 1966/July/01 (#01) | TNS From../To.. Goodwine, John A. / John Delaney | Just received this today. Galleys will follow under separate cover. I know you have been anxious | [first page is note to John Delaney of Doubleday from John A . Goodwine, Censor Librorum for the Archdiocese of New York - second page is the Nihil obstat and Imprimatur from the Archdiocese of New York for Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander] | details |
| 63. | 1966/July/01 (#02) | TL From../To.. Pavincich, Irene / Lisa Ray | Below is copy for the imprimatur and nihil obstat that is to appear on the copyright page | [Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander - Nihil obstat and Imprimatur] | details |
| 64. | 1966/July/12 | other | Contract of 12th July 1966/ Merton POEMS [-] Grace's House E 28 [-] Song for Nobody E 35 | [a list of Merton's poems designating whether published in Emblems of a Season of Fury or Selected Poems and their page number - Agence Hoffman publishers - German department] | details |
| 65. | 1966/July/12 | TL From../To.. Stone, Naomi Burton / John Delaney | I have talked to Dan Levant and have loaned him some pictures which we can't permission to LIFE | [from Merton's literary agent, Naomi Burton Stone to John Delaney of Doubleday - Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander photos] | details |
| 66. | 1966/July/25 | other | Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United | ["Non-Violence and the Christian Conscience"] | details |
| 67. | undated/no-month/no-day (#01) | HN | 1) U.S. - English (see 5-title F.S.G. Contract) (no contract for British Ed?) 2) France - French | [contents list of contracts from folder - states that US edition for Disputed Questions is in another file - filed with Art and Worship et al.] | details |
| 68. | undated/no-month/no-day (#02) | other | Application for Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United | [blank form] | details |
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