| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1958/09/01 | TL[x] | from Merton | Robert Macgregor of New Directions wrote and told me that he had asked you to send me a copy of DR | |
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| | 1958/09/05 | TLS[x] | to Merton | Thank you from all my heart for the letter about Doctor Zhivago, and for your kind permission | |
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| | 1958/09/11 | TL[x] | from Merton | Thank you for your letter of the 5th, sent the same day as the telegram. I was interested to read | |
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| | 1958/10/27 | TLS[x] | to Merton | today's mail brought the enclosed communication from Boris Pasternak, written to my husband | |
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| | 1958/10/31 | TL[x] | from Merton | It would be hard to tell you how grateful and how moved I was when I received your letter and its | |
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| | 1958/11/02 | TLS[x] | to Merton | Your letter to Surkov is magnificent, and I have asked myself whether the sudden offer to let him | |
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| | 1958/11/05 (#01) | HLS[x] | to Merton | Our letters seem to be fated to cross. Thank you | |
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| | 1958/11/05 (#02) | TLS[x] | to Merton | I have written you once already today, but there is something new that has come to mind. | |
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| | 1958/11/05 (#03) | telegram[x] | to Merton | Shall try with every means to get wide circulation for your remarkable letter. | |
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| | 1958/11/05 (#04) | telegram[x] | from Sortais, Gabriel / to James Fox | Pantheon books sollicite imprimatur lettre Merton Pasternak vous remets decision. Sortais | |
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| | 1958/11/20 | TLS[x] | to Merton | Yes, our letters seem to be fated to cross. I wish I had some news to give you about your letter | |
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| | 1958/12/05 | TLS[x] | from Wolff, Kurt / to Merton | With reference to a remark in a letter from you addressed to Helen Wolff and concerning the Edmund | |
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| | 1958/12/09 (#01) | TLS[x] | to Merton | above all: enclosed is the translation of a letter by a German friend of B. P.'s who saw him lately. | |
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| | 1958/12/09 (#01) | TL[x] | from ? | Forgive my long silence. The illness of my wife has thrown me rather off the track, then came | |
| [from an anonymous German friend of Boris Pasternak to Kurt Wolff - original letter dated December 2 and sent with December 9 letter to Merton] |
| | 1958/12/21 | TLS[x] | to Merton | your letter was inspired by charity - how else could you know that we are going through a time | |
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| | 1959/01/04 | TALS[x] | to Merton | Thank you for your goodness - I felt quite ashamed that I poured out my troubles to you. | |
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| | 1959/01/12 | TLS[x] | to Merton | Your most beautiful - in substance as well as in form - Karygma came, was read, re-read, and will | |
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| | 1959/01/26 | TLS[x] | to Merton | I was deeply touched that you were good enough to part with the precious letter. I have given | |
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| | 1959/01/29 | TALS[x] | to Merton | I didn't answer your question about the two Georgian poets in Pasternak's Autobiography; Yashvili | |
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| | 1959/02/02 (#01) | TLS[x] | to Merton | here, with our warmest thanks, is the letter you so generously lent us. Also a print of the section | |
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| | 1959/02/02 (#02) | HLS[x] | from Pasternak, Boris / to Merton | I take the opportunity to repeat you, that except the "Dr. Zh" which you should read, all the rest | |
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| | 1959/02/13 | TLS[x] | from Merton | if ever there was a time to pray for Boris Pasternak, it is now. News has come in that he feels he | |
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| | 1959/02/25 (#01) | TLS[x] | to Merton | Appalling new developments: Pasternak is no longer in Peredelkino. Ostensibly he "left" to escape | |
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| | 1959/02/25 (#02) | TL[x] | from ? | Appalling new developments: Pasternak is no longer in Peredelkino. Ostensibly he "left" to escape | |
| [originally dated February 10, 1959] |
| | 1959/03/20 | TLS[x] | to Merton | at long last direct news: Gerd Ruge, the German who is our main link with Pasternak, has just | |
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| | 1959/04/02 | TLS[x] | to Merton | I am anxious for you to see this copy of two letters BP sent to a Miss Roger, who is the head | |
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| | 1959/04/14 | TL[x] | from Merton | I owe you a whole variety of letters. And first of all I am grateful for all the news of Pasternak. | Yes |
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| | 1959/04/27 | TL[x] | to Merton | thank you so much for your good letter. There is something truly marvelous in the way Pasternak | |
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| | 1959/05/02 | HLS[x] | to Merton | forgive the handwriting, but the typewriter is already en route to | |
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| | 1959/05/08 | TALS[x] | from Merton | I want my good wishes and this present to arrive with you in Zurich, and to assure you that I am | Yes |
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| | 1959/06/05 (#01) | TL[x] | to Merton | I have to thank you for a most kind letter and the article on <u>Zhiavgo</u>,; the best way in which | |
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| | 1959/06/05 (#02) | TLS[x] | to Merton | I have to thank you for a most kind letter and the article on <u>Zhiavgo</u>,; the best way in which | |
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| | 1959/06/22 | TALS[x] | from Merton | It was good to receive your letter of the 5th and to learn that you and Kurt had arrived safely | Yes |
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| | 1959/09/24 | HLS[x] | to Merton | forgive the handwriting - I am sitting in an | |
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| | 1959/10/no? | HLS[x] | to Merton | In haste: today the first letter from B.P. since Oct. 20 - | |
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| | 1959/11/16 | TALS[x] | from Merton | It is a long time since I was pleasantly surprised by your letter from Washington Square-- amid | Yes |
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| | 1959/11/27 | TLS[x] | to Merton | I don't know whether you have heard from B.P. directly already that he received, finally, | |
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| | 1960/01/04 | TLS[x] | from Merton | This morning I received back from Locarno a letter I had sent to the wrong address-- the one | Yes |
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| | 1960/01/20 (#01) | TALS | to Merton | It was such a joy to hear from you again, and to know why there had been this long, apparent silence | |
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| | 1960/01/20 (#02) | other | to Merton | "Her chapters on the Carmel are really remarkable... perhaps some of the best writing and most | |
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| | 1960/02/16 | HLS | to Merton | The reprint from <u>Thought</u> has come, and one copy has been dispatched, with prayers for its | |
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| | 1960/02/19 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Many thanks for the picture of Kurt. It is indeed a face ennobled by the hardships of life, | Yes |
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| | 1960/05/31 | HLS[x] | to Merton | our great friend is dead. The news came an hour ago. My thoughts go to you, who will now remember | |
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| | 1960/05/no? (#01) | HLS[x] | to Merton | I thought you might care to see this - an obituary done for BBC by Manya Harari, the Pasternak | |
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| | 1960/05/no? (#02) | other[x] | | TALK ON THE CHRISTIAN ASPECT OF BORIS PASTERNAK {for Mr. Gregory Macdonald of the B.B.C.) | |
| [only first couple of paragraphs copied] |
| | 1960/06/09 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thank you for the thoughtful letter in which you wrote to me of Pasternak and of the end of his | Yes |
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| | 1960/06/15 (#01) | TLS[x] | to Merton | Forgive me for answering your letter of the 9th so rapidly - and don't dream of feeling obliged | |
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| | 1960/06/15 (#02) | other[x] | | L'AMOUR-ENERGIE [-] De l'amour nous ne considérons d'habitude (et avec quel raffinement d'analyse | |
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| | 1960/07/23 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Today I have finally been able to squeeze some of the wonderful unpublished material about Pasternak | Yes |
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| | 1960/09/05 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Here is a copy of a letter I have sent to a friend in Paris who knows a lot about schools there. | Yes |
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| | 1960/09/05 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | My Dear Friend: Perhaps you may be the one best qualified to help me in my efforts to find a school | Yes |
| [Merton sends Wolff a copy of a letter sent to a friend in Paris on behalf of a young man in need of a good school in Europe - Merton hopes that Wolff may be able to find something in Switzerland] |
| | 1960/09/14 | TALS | to Merton | Two letters of your to thank for, and the angel from San Marco. (I see that it has been printed | |
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| | 1961/09/26 | TL[x] | to Merton | I have not written in a very long time, but not because "the line was dead." My son gave me, for my | |
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| | 1961/10/28 | HLS[x] | from Merton | It was so good to hear from you again. I am especially glad you are with Harcourt-Brace. | Yes |
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| | 1962/11/03 | TL[x] | to Merton | by one of the socalled coincidences, the same mail brought, from Harcourt, A THOMAS MERTON READER | |
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| | 1963/02/06 (#01) | TL[x] | to Merton | Today, I have a great favor to ask of you: will you please think about an idea of ours with a kind | |
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| | 1963/02/06 (#02) | TL[x] | to Merton | it was most kind of your [sic] to remember us with two gifts, and I would have written you earlier | |
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| | 1963/02/16 | HLS[x] | from Merton | By all means send the Fenelon. I like him very much and would like to <u>try</u> an introduction. | Yes |
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| | 1963/02/19 | HPCS | to Merton | Thank you for your [indecipherable words..] Fénelon and to us, dear Father Merton. The manuscript | |
| [verso: print of Rembrandt's "St. Paul in Prison"] |
| | 1963/02/26 | TL[x] | to Merton | Many thanks for the two cards from Henry Miller, which I am returning herewith; I've made | |
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| | 1963/05/13 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Finally I have finished your Fenelon Preface, and I have taken my time. Also I have enjoyed it, | Yes |
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| | 1963/05/13 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton to Julian Muller | Here is the preface, but this is not the best copy. It is only sketchily proofread and in the copy | |
| [see also the "Muller, Julian" file] |
| | 1963/05/25 | TL[x] | to Merton | your letter of May 13 reached me, via Locarno, in a rather roundabout way in New York (where | |
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| | 1964/01/06 | HLS | to Merton | I received <u>Ramparts</u> from you around Xmas time and thank you for it. It is extraordinary | |
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| | 1964/03/03 (#01) | TAL[c] | from Merton | Your letter reached me back in January and since then I have heard you are with us again. | Yes |
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| | 1964/03/03 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Your letter reached me back in January and since then I have heard you are with us again. | Yes |
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| | 1964/03/10 | TALS | to Merton | It seems to me a striking co-incidence that you should have written me on March 3, Kurt's birthday. | |
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| | 1964/03/12 | TLS | to Merton | After I wrote you day before yesterday, it suddenly entered my mind that there is one more book this | |
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| | 1964/03/19 | TL | to Merton | This is one of the late poems of B.P., written shortly before he died. Even in this rather | |
| Boris Pasternak poem in translation included / "It is not seemly to be famous" from 1956 |
| | 1964/04/17 | TL[c] | from Merton | Probably I have not yet answered your letter with the note of Kurt about the anthology of mystical | Yes |
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| | 1964/06/26 | TLS | to Merton | I am a terrible delinquent! I should have written to you much earlier to thank you for your letter | |
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| | 1964/09/11 | TNS | | Sent to Thomas Merton [-] 3 copies of FENELON (1 was sent by JPM) [-] 1 copy of Green's <u>Diary</u> | |
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| | 1965/07/05 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Some time ago I received the new Odojewski novel, and I was waiting to read it before thanking you, | Yes |
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| | 1965/07/05 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Some time ago I received the new Odojewski novel, and I was waiting to read it before thanking you, | Yes |
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| | 1965/07/09 | TL[x] | to Merton | I was pleased to hear from you again, and we have taken note of your requests for forthcoming books. | |
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| | 1965/09/23 | HLS[x] | from Merton | I suppose I can find them out | |
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| | 1965/09/30 | TL[x] | to Merton | Your letter of September 23rd addressed to Mrs. Helen Wolff was received in her absence. She is on | |
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| | 1965/10/11 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks very much indeed for taking the trouble to follow up my question. Perhaps the piece | |
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| | 1966/08/28 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks very much for sending me Konrad Lorenz's book <u>On Aggression</u>. I am enjoying it | Yes |
| Heraclitus - "war is the father of all things" - does war equal conflict? / Merton's article on Heraclitus |
| | 1966/08/28 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks very much for sending me Konrad Lorenz's book <u>On Aggression</u>. I am enjoying it | Yes |
| Heraclitus - "war is the father of all things" - does war equal conflict? / Merton's article on Heraclitus |
| | 1966/09/02 | TL[x] | to Merton | I have forwarded your letter of August 28th to Mrs. Helen Wolff who is in Europe and will return | |
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| | 1967/06/20 | HLS | to Merton | I blush to think for how long I had your Cold War Letters without responding to them. | |
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| | 1967/08/11 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | It was a surprise to get your letter back in June. I often think of you and wonder how you are. | Yes |
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| | 1967/08/11 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | It was a surprise to get your letter back in June. I often think of you and wonder how you are. | Yes |
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| | 1967/10/30 | TLS | to Merton | I just came back from a trip to Europe and found your warm letter of August 11, and also your | |
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| | 1967/11/02 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter and I am happy that you should think of me as someone appropriate | Yes |
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| | 1967/11/02 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter and I am happy that you should think of me as someone appropriate | Yes |
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| | 1967/11/14 | TLS | to Merton | How extraordinarily kind of you to answer so generously about an essay accompanying the LETTERS | |
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| | 1968/01/08 | TANS[x] | from Merton | I have finished the piece on the Pasternak Letters and have enjoyed writing it. | Yes |
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| | 1968/01/19 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Here is my piece on the Pasternak letters. It is longer than we at first planned but I assume that | Yes |
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| | 1968/01/19 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Here is my piece on the Pasternak letters. It is longer than we at first planned but I assume that | Yes |
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| | 1968/01/23 | HALS | to Merton | How wonderful that you responded so generously to the Pasternak Letters. You have done us a great | |
| [Merton's handwritten note on letter: "ok"] |
| | 1968/01/26 | HLS[x] | from Merton | I was glad to get your letter and to know the Pasternak piece was ok. It is certainly all right | Yes |
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| | 1986/04/25 | HLS | from Stadelmaÿer, Peter | Enclosed you find a xerox copy of the file »Kurt and Helen Wolff -- Thomas Merton -- Correspondence« | |
| [from Peter Stadelmaÿer to William H. Shannon] |
| | 1986/04/29 | TLS[x] | from Shannon, William | I am most grateful to you for your generosity in being willing to send copies to me of your | |
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| | undated/no/no | other[x] | | <u>ATLAS AND THE FAT MAN</u> Once when I was journeying and came near the far end of the world | |
| [photocopy of Merton's essay, "Atlas and the Fat Man"] |
| | undated/no/no | HLS | to Merton | for a long time we are pondering over some publishing ideas which could, in our opinion, only be | |
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| | undated/no/no | HNS[x] | from Merton | Thanks so much for the <u>Secret of the Golden Flower</u>. It is one of my favorite books and I am | |
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