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Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Giroux, Robert, 1914-2008


Series 6, Foreign Rights to Merton's Books: Disputed Questions, The New Man and Thoughts in Solitude


Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 194-1993
Volume: 733 item(s); 889 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Although this correspondence mainly deals with publishing concerns, there are also some personal messages, especially concerning news about other Columbia University friends. This file also contains correspondence with: Frank Abbott, Yolanda Bettencour

Biography

Robert Giroux was one of Merton's friends from his Columbia University days. While Giroux was with Harcourt, Brace publishers, he reviewed and rejected some of Merton's early novels. After seeing The Seven Storey Mountain, he decided to take a ch

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Related Information and Links

See also "Bettencourt, Yolanda", "Gillet, Ignace", "Laughlin, James", "Maritain, Jacques" and "Stone, Naomi Burton" files. Much of the correspondence between Merton and Giroux is published in

Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 Thomas Merton and Robert Giroux Correspondence 541
2 Frank Abbott Correspondence Regarding a Biography of Merton (Not published) 10
3 Naomi Burton Stone, Curtis Brown, General Correspondence with Robert Giroux 29
4 Naomi Burton Stone and Dom James Fox Correspondence with Robert Giroux Primarily Regarding The Sign of Jonas 28
5 Jacques Maritain Correspondence with Robert Giroux (Copies in French and English translation) regarding The Sign of Jonas 3
6 Foreign Rights to Merton's Books: Disputed Questions, The New Man and Thoughts in Solitude 24
7 Foreign Rights to Merton's Books after His Death 32
8 Thomas McDonnell Correspondence with Robert Giroux Regarding A Thomas Merton Reader 11
9 Correspondence Relating to Prayer as Worship and Experience 17
10 Internal Memo's to Robert Giroux and Giroux's Notes 10
11 Miscellaneous Correspondence 28

Container List

Series#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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Series 6 #1.
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1960/02/02 TALS  from Éditions d'Histoire et d'Art / to Merton J'ai vu, il y a quelques jours, le Père Juglar, Bénédictine de l'Abbaye de la Source à qui j'avais [from Éditions d'Histoire et d'Art in Paris, to Merton, regarding The Last of the Fathers] «detailed view»
Series 6 #2.
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1960/11/29 TLS from Smith, Lawrence I have received your letter of November 11th about DISPUTED QUESTIONS BY THOMAS MERTON [from Lawrence Smith, an authors' and publishers' representative from Buenos Aires, Argentina] «detailed view»
Series 6 #3.
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1960/12/02 TALS  from Harben, Robert / to Paula Diamond I wrote to you on 4th November, with reference to your letter of 18th August about the book entitled [from Robert Harben, literary agent from London, to Paula Diamond of Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, regarding Merton's Disputed Questions - Diamond notes in pen to Giroux: "Any decision on this yet or shall I keep stalling this man?"] «detailed view»
Series 6 #4.
«All Series«
1961/01/30 TLS from Editorial Juventud Thank you for your letter of the 24th January concerning the Spanish rights in the three books [from Editorial Juventud in Barcelona, Spain] «detailed view»
Series 6 #5.
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1961/02/18 TLS  from Räber-Verlag, N. / to Laurence Pollinger We would examine if we could publish a German translation of the book DISPUTED QUESTIONS [from N. Räber-Verlag of Räber and Cie AG of Switzerland, to Laurence Pollinger or London] «detailed view»
Series 6 #6.
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1961/02/20 TLS  from Laurence Polinger Ltd. / to Paula Diamond You will see from the attached letter that Raber & Cie. of Lucerne are interested in the German [see also letter of 1961/02/18 in this series - from Laurence Pollinger Limited of London, to Paula Diamond of Farrar, Straus & Giroux] «detailed view»
Series 6 #7.
«All Series«
1961/02/21 (#01) TLS from Merton Here is the NEW MAN all released, corrected and everything. It is all set to go whenever you want [in Samway] «detailed view»
Series 6 #8.
«All Series«
1961/02/21 (#02) TLS  from Kerkhoff, H. v. / to Laurence Pollinger Ltd. in order to examine the suitability of a Dutch publication of Thomas Merton: DISPUTED QUESTIONS [from H. v. Kerkhoff of Drukkerij en Uitgeverij Foreholte in the Netherlands, to Laurence Pollinger Limited in London] «detailed view»
Series 6 #9.
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1961/02/22 (#01) TLS  from Éditions de la Bonne Presse / to Laurence Pollinger Ltd. Nous vous serions reconnaissants de nous accorder une option sur l'ouvrage suivant, si les droits [from Éditions de la Bonne Presse of Paris, to Laurence Pollinger Limited of London, regarding Merton's Disputed Questions] «detailed view»
Series 6 #10.
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1961/02/22 (#02) other  from François, Jan / to Laurence Pollinger Ltd. Nous aimerions prendre connaissance, en vue d'une éventuelle publication en langue néerlandaise, [from Jan François from Desclée de Brouwer in Brussels, Belgium, to Laurence Pollinger Limited of London] «detailed view»
Series 6 #11.
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1961/02/24 TALS  from Laurence Pollinger Ltd. / to Paula Diamond I send herewith a letter from Uitgeveru Foreholte from which you will see they ask for a reading [from Yvonne M. of Laurence Pollinger Limited in London, to Paula Diamond of Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, regarding Merton's Disputed Questions - contains handwritten note from Diamond to Giroux] «detailed view»
Series 6 #12.
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1961/02/27 (#01) TLS  from Laurence Pollinger Ltd. / to Paula Diamond Desclee de Brouwer of Bruges are enquiring whether the Dutch translation rights in DISPUTED [from Yvonne M. of Laurence Pollinger Limited in London, to Paula Diamond of Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, regarding Merton's Disputed Questions] «detailed view»
Series 6 #13.
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1961/02/27 (#02) TLS from Schwoerer, Franz We might be interested in publishing a Portuguese language edition of Thomas Merton, Disputed [from Franz Schwoerer of Herder Editora Livraria regarding a Portuguese edition of Merton's Disputed Questions] «detailed view»
Series 6 #14.
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1961/03/01 TL[x] from Lacruz, Mario We are very much interested in the books DISPUTED QUESTIONS by Thomas Merton [from Mario Lacruz of Plaza & Janes of Barcelona, Spain] «detailed view»
Series 6 #15.
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1961/03/06 TL[c]  from Diamond, Paula / to Mario Lacruz Many thanks for your letter of March 1st and your interest in DISPUTED QUESTIONS by Thomas Merton [from Paula Diamond, Subsidiary Rights Director for Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, to Mario Lacruz of Plaza & Janes from Barcelona, Spain] «detailed view»
Series 6 #16.
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1961/03/11 HLS from Tadié, Marie Father Louis asked me to send the contracts concerning "Disputed Questions" to Gethsemani, to be [from Marie Tadié, Merton's literary agent from Paris] «detailed view»
Series 6 #17.
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1961/03/16 other  from Esménard, Robert / to James Fox Contrat intervenu le 16 Mars 1960 [sic] entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc., Trappist- [French rights agreement for Disputed Questions signed by Robert Esménard of Éditions Albin Michel of Paris, and by Dom James Fox, Abbot of Gethsemani Abbey] «detailed view»
Series 6 #18.
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1961/05/03 (#01) TLS from Pasquier, N. Madame Marie Tadié, représentante et traductrice du Rd. Père Thomas Merton, nous a fait savoir [from N. Pasquier of Éditions Albin Michel regarding Merton's Disputed Questions] «detailed view»
Series 6 #19.
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1961/05/26 telegram from Éditions Albin Michel PRIÈRE REPONDRE NOTRE LETTRE TROIS MAI THOMAS MERTON REMERCIEMENTS [from Éditions Albin Michel of Paris] «detailed view»
Series 6 #20.
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1961/05/27 TLS from Schwoerer, Franz On February 27, 1961, we requested information about Portuguese language translation rights [from Franz Schwoerer of Herder Editora Livraria in São Paulo, Brazil, regarding Portuguese translation rights to Disputed Questions] «detailed view»
Series 6 #21.
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1961/06/28 TLS from Pollinger, Gerald J. THE NEW MAN by Thomas Merton [-] Many thanks for the proofs which have come safely to hand. [from Gerald J. Pollinger, on the directorial board of Laurence Pollinger Limited of London] «detailed view»
Series 6 #22.
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1961/07/10 TLS from Pasquier, N. Nous apprenons que vous publierez en Janvier 1962 une nouvelle oeuvre de Thomas Merton: [from N. Paquier of Éditions Albin Michel of Paris regarding Merton's The New Man] «detailed view»
Series 6 #23.
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undated/no/no other   PROJET DE TRAITE [-] Entre les soussignés : Le Révérend Père Thomas MERTON, demeurant [Contract for French Thoughts in Solitude. Signed by Merton] «detailed view»
Series 6 #24.
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undated/no/no TAPCS  from de Kleeborn, H. / to Miss Olson Your letter of February second came as a surprise, because already on December 9, I gave up [from H. de Kleeborn of Verlag Herold in Vienna, to Miss Olsen of Farrar, Straus & Cudahy - includes a handwritten note to Giroux] «detailed view»

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