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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Landry, Lionel

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968, 1976

Volume: 23 item(s); 26 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Lionel Landry was Director of the Asia Society, a group found in 1956 to promote intercultural dialog between Asia and the United States. Landry writes from New York.

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Related Information and Links

See also the "Ross, Nancy Wilson" file.

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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1966/08/02 HNSfrom MertonJames Laughlin at New Directions suggested that I send along some samples of 'Asian' writings   
 1967/08/05 TLSto MertonNancy Wilson Ross and Dom Aelred Graham delighted an Asia House audience with their April 21   
 1967/08/13 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThanks very much for the tape of Nancy Wilson Ross's and Aelred Graham's discussion of Zen at Asia   
 1967/08/13 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThanks very much for the tape of Nancy Wilson Ross's and Aelred Graham's discussion of Zen at Asia   
 1967/08/17 TLSto MertonAfter unabashedly reading "Stranger" and "Marcel," I have passed them on to Nancy Wilson Ross   
 1967/09/19 (#01)TALSfrom MertonThanks so much for passing the pieces on to Nancy Wilson Ross, who has written to me about them,   
 1967/09/19 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThanks so much for passing the pieces on to Nancy Wilson Ross, who has written to me about them,   
 1967/09/22 HLSto MertonJe vous remercie très cordialement de l'envoi des recusements[sp?] qui me soute parvenus   
 1967/10/09 TALSto MertonI trust you will have received by now <u>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period</u> and that you will   
 1967/11/24 (#01)TLSfrom MertonEvery once in a while my correspondence falls into an abyss and it takes time for me to recover it   
 1967/11/24 (#02)TL[c]from MertonEvery once in a while my correspondence falls into an abyss and it takes time for me to recover it   
 1968/03/14 TLSto MertonUnder separate cover I am sending some more furniture for the Fu's and Tz'u's. It is the catalogue   
 1968/03/23 TLSfrom MertonMany thanks for the new book-- splendid as all the others. I am excited about the possibility   
 1968/03/25 TLSto MertonMany thanks for Sacred City. Sending Lenny Bruce (under separate cover) is hardly a reciprocation,   
 1968/03/29 (#01)TLSfrom MertonLenny Bruce arrived today. I looked straight at the back and found that actually what he did was   
 1968/03/29 (#02)TL[c]from MertonLenny Bruce arrived today. I looked straight at the back and found that actually what he did was   
 1968/07/09 HLSto MertonI've shared the essay on Meursault and the new Monk's Pond [sic] with many. The enjoyment both  [written on letterhead of the Hotel Ritz in Lisbon, Portugal]
 1968/07/19 HLSto MertonMy itinerary has had to be switched around and Kyoto is a caualty. If you'd like me to hunt around  [written on letterhead of "The Oriental Hotel" in Bangkok, Thailand]
 1968/07/21 TL[c]from MertonYour interesting letter from Lisbon is quite provudential [sic], as I am planning a trip to Asia  [written on letterhead of "Community Council of San Mateo County" - "Action Study on Community Health Services"]
 1968/08/28 (#01)TLSfrom MertonI cannot thank you enough for putting me in touch with Spedjatmoko. Last Saturday I had   
 1968/08/28 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI cannot thank you enough for putting me in touch with Spedjatmoko. Last Saturday I had   
 1968/12/03 HPCSfrom MertonAsia has been great so far - best in the South, S. India and especially Ceylon which is out of this  [verso: color photograph - "Statue of Sinhalese King [-] Dambulla Rock Temple [-] Photo by Louis Panassie"]
 1976/03/11 TALSto Griffin, John HowardI enclose the letters and postcards that the late Thomas Merton sent me. I hope it will be possible   
        

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