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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Olmstead, Beatrice D.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1953-1986, bulk 1953-1967

Volume: 18 item(s); 20 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Beatrice Olmstead wrote to Merton after reading The Seven Storey Mountain, and she and her family became for Merton like an adopted family.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also letters from Merton to Olmstead and her family in The Road to Joy, pp. 272-279.

Other Finding Aids

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
 1953/01/12 TLS[x]from MertonIf I don't write now, it will be an inexcusable delay in thanking you for the Mass and for the otherYes  
 1953/02/16 TLS[x]from MertonI have just a moment to spare in which to thank you for the Mass stipend. What could be a moreYes  
 1955/02/05 TLS[x]from MertonIt has taken me a long time to get around to thanking you again. I was happy to hear about theYes [no original date - hand dated on photocopy by Olmstead - appears middle section of letter is removed]
 1959/06/09 TLS[x]from Merton(What typing- please forgive me.) How can I thank all you wonderful people for your lettersYes  
 1960/02/06 TLS[x]from MertonThis is to thank all of you for the letters, presents, prayers and good wishes for Christmas and myYes  
 1961/06/17 TLS[x]from MertonFor several days I have intended to drop you this note and I hope I am not too late with it.Yes  
 1962/06/04 TLS[x]from MertonThank you for your good letter. I have been thinking of you all, and of course I know you pray forYes  
 1963/06/15 TLS[x]from MertonYou must think I have got moss growing all over me by this time. I am so sorry not to have answeredYes [listed as to "Lenore 'Norrie' Olmstead" in <i>The Road to Joy</i> - letter lists addressee as Beatrice]
 1964/01/04 TAL[c]from MertonThis is a brief note to thank all of you for your Christmas letters and presents. I was especiallyYes  
 1964/07/04 TAL[c]from MertonHow long can it be since I last wrote you and the family? I have a feeling I owe you all at leastYes  
 1965/06/09 TLS[x]from MertonI am ashamed to have gone so long without saying thanks for the letters and masses, yours   
 1966/01/01 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks to you and Norrie and Terence for your letters and for the Masses. And Happy New Year.Yes [listed as "1967/01/01" in <i>The Road to Joy</i> - 1966 on the letter]
 1966/06/15 TL[c]from MertonThanks very much for your remembrance on my ordination anniversary and for the note written withoutYes  
 1967/07/19 TALSto MertonPlease forgive me for the delay in writing to thank you most sincerely for your wonderful articles   
 1967/10/06 TLSto MertonI am now on my second time around reading "Zen" (Mystics and Zen Masters). I can't express how much   
 1967/11/16 TAL[c]from MertonIt is already a long time since you sent the coffee and everything. It came right at the best time,Yes  
 1986/08/04 TLSto Center from Olmstead, BeatriceI just returned from Boston where I welcomed a new grandson when I found your letter and I thank you   
 1986/08/08 TL[x]from Center to Olmstead, BeatriceThank you for your prompt response to my letter of inquiry. I appreciate your answering.   
        

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