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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Oliver, Patricia (Welsh)

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968

Volume: 34 item(s); 36 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Patricia W. Oliver (Patricia Welsh) was reference librarian at Bellarmine College and cataloged and maintained the Thomas Merton collection in the Library. Merton and Ms. Oliver developed a friendship over meetings in the library and correspondence relating to the collection.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/01/02 (#01)TLSfrom MertonHi, Happy New Year. I am sending off another tape today. One side is poetry and the other is   
 1967/01/02 (#02)TL[c]from MertonHi, Happy New Year. I am sending off another tape today. One side is poetry and the other is   
 1967/01/19 TLSfrom MertonI had been hoping to get in to the library in the early part of the month but the weather prevented   
 1967/06/28 TL[c]to MertonI have been hesitant to write you for so long, having an inside line on the deluge of mail you   
 1967/09/28 TLSfrom MertonI do not find my envelope of pictures so I must have left it with you yesterday by mistake.   
 1967/10/09 TALSfrom MertonMany thanks for the photos. I'll go through them and all the others I have since got, and will send   
 1967/10/11 TLSto MertonThank you for the signed copy of that very good interview in <u>Motive</u>, October, 1967.   
 1967/10/15 (#01)TLSfrom MertonJust a quick reply to your letter about the tapes. The main thing I want to clarify is:   
 1967/10/15 (#02)TL[c]from MertonJust a quick reply to your letter about the tapes. The main thing I want to clarify is:   
 1967/10/17 TAL from Wettig, Joan / to Patricia OliverFor our purposes it would be better if Father Merton would record <u>for 2 track monaural</u>  [Joan Wettig performed indexing and abstracting of many of Merton's audio lectures]
 1967/10/19 TLSto MertonThank you for the list of your taped conferences. We have made a Xerox copy, and are returning   
 1967/10/21 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThanks very much for returning the list: one more page came to me yesterday, so I am sending   
 1967/10/21 (#02)other 165 L 1-Christian Hope and Relatedness 9/18/66 [-] 2-Rundown on Xtian-Marxist relations;  [1 page from Wettig tape abstracts]
 1967/11/03 TLSfrom MertonSince I last saw you I have a Louisville lawyer, and I believe you must have met him as he says   
 1967/11/09 TL[c]to MertonForgive me for this delay in answering your letter dated November 3; the tragedy is that I did not   
 1967/11/15 TLSfrom MertonYes, the communication problem remains quite acute. We have progressed far enough so that we can   
 1967/11/17 TLS[x]to MertonI received your November 15 letter, and I am happy the trust agreement is signed, and things   
 1967/11/25 TALSfrom MertonThanks very much indeed for the ms from the tape. Having lost your letter I don't have the name   
 1967/12/09 TLSfrom MertonToday I am sending a tape, just for putting away in the collection. It is one that was typed by   
 1967/12/12 HLSfrom MertonFind: I'll expect to meet you at Ford's office and go to lunch immediately from there. For the PM-   
 1967/12/18 HPCSfrom MertonSorry I missed you - thought I would see you on the way out. Got back and had a fine supper  [verso: color photograph of "Two <b>SAN BLAS</b> Indian Chiefs with their families" from Panama]
 1967/12/21 TL[x]from MertonMY CAMPAIGN PLATFORM [-] for non-Abbot and permanent keeper of present doghouse.Yes [see Section E.1 of the classification under "My campaign platform for non-Abbot and permanent keeper of present doghouse" for a carbon and annotated mimeograph of this statement]
 1968/02/05 TLSfrom MertonJ. Laughlin is coming Thursday and I hope to stop by with him at the library on Friday morning some   
 1968/03/no? TALSfrom MertonHow do you like the new magazine? This copy is for you. There is another for the Library   
 1968/04/06 HLSfrom MertonExcuse the paper! I want to reply at once - Lax and Rice can't come in April, so it has been put   
 1968/04/no? HNSfrom MertonSorry I missed you the other day - hope you had a good vacation. It's been beautiful. Will write   
 1968/06/13 TLSfrom MertonI wonder if you could dig up some information for me. The Sewanee Review wants me to review two   
 1968/06/14 TL[c]to MertonHere is what I can find published in English, by the author Roland Barthes: WRITING DEGREE ZERO.   
 1968/06/15 TLSfrom MertonMuch thanks for the info and the flower power-- now in place of honor on the door.   
 1968/08/03 (#01)TLSfrom MertonWhen John Ford finished drawing up these forms I blithely said I'd get them mimeographed out here.   
 1968/08/03 (#02)TLS[x] from Ford, John J. / to MertonWhen John Ford finished drawing up these forms I blithely said I'd get them mimeographed out here.  [forwarded by Merton to Oliver - see "Ford, John J." file for original]
 1968/09/05 TCSfrom MertonSorry I was busy down town all day last time I came in. My next time in town is planned next   
 1968/10/no? HPCSfrom MertonThis is an idyllic spot that I haven't seen yet. (Hope to later). Up to now it have been city stuff  [verso: color photograph of "Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, India"]
 undated/no/no other[c]from MertonMemo: concerning my will and testament [-] 1 - After discussion of the matter with Rt. Rev. Dom   
        

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