| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1962/05/11 | other | from Merton | <u>Memorandum</u>: Summary of my position regarding nuclear war and peace. 1. I am not | |
| not a new theory, not pure pacifism, not unilateral disarmament, but a "massive, all out, annihilatory war with nuclear or any other weapons... is contrary to Christian ethical standards" - includes obliteration bombing and unconditional surrender / Edward Teller - nuclear first strike immoral and bad tactic / limited war |
| | 1963/no/no? | other | from Merton | Forgive me for answering you with a form letter, but I get so many requests like yours | Yes |
| mimeographed form letter about Merton |
| | 1965/02/28 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Please excuse my attempt to answer you with a form letter. As this Lent approaches, I am | |
| form letter dated "Quinquagesima Sunday 1965" / handwritten note on letter "We are praying for you Joseph. Have Courage" (signed) Br Dunston |
| | 1965/12/25? (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | I hate to resort to mimeographed letters but it has become completely impossible for me to answer | Yes |
| [labeled "A CHRISTMAS LETTER 1965"] |
| | 1965/12/25? (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | I hate to resort to mimeographed letters, but it has now become completely impossible for | Yes |
| longer version of "A CHRISTMAS LETTER 1965 ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI KY" |
| | 1966/12/25 (#01) | TALS[x] | from Merton | Sorry, I have just had to give up any hope of answering most of my Christmas mail personally. | Yes |
| [labeled "Christmas Morning 1966" - photocopy from "Cargas, Harry" file] |
| | 1966/12/25 (#02) | TALS[x] | from Merton | Even with the aid of mimeograph it is not possible to adequately take care of everybody, acknowledge | |
| [labeled "CHRISTMAS - NEW YEAR LETTER 1966 - 1967" - see "Herscher, Irenaeus" file for hard copy] |
| | 1966/no/no? (#01) | transcript | from Merton | For many years idle rumors have claimed that I had left the monastery of Gethsemani where I made | Yes |
| [labeled "Statement to Friends 66" from published letters - see also copies in the "Forest, James" and "Douglass, James" files] |
| | 1966/no/no? (#02) | other[x] | from Merton | For many years idle rumors have claimed that I had left the monastery of Gethsemani where I made | |
| [labeled "Statement to Friends 66" - see also Sub-Section E.1, "Statement for Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF)" - this copy signed and corrected - see also copies in the "Forest, James" and "Douglass, James" files] |
| | 1966/no/no? (#03) | other[x] | from Merton | For many years idle rumors have claimed that I had left the monastery of Gethsemani where I made | |
| [labeled "Statement" - copied from Sub-Section E.1, "Statement for Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF)"] |
| | 1967/01/22 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Several wrote that they liked my mimeographed Christmas letter and urged me to go on mimeographing | Yes |
| [labeled "Septuagesima Sunday 1967" - photocopy from "Cargas, Harry" file] |
| | 1967/02/no? (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | The last mimeographed letter is running out and there are still more than four weeks to go before | Yes |
| [labeled "Lent 67"] |
| | 1967/02/no? (#02) | TALS | from Merton | The last mimeographed letter is running out and there are still more than four weeks to go before | Yes |
| [labeled "Lent 67"] |
| | 1967/02/no? (#03) | TLS[x] | from Merton | The last mimeographed letter is running out and there are still more than four weeks to go before | Yes |
| [labeled "Lent 67"] |
| | 1967/03/26 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | It has been a beautiful warm Easter here, though the most recent news from the East Coast complains | Yes |
| [labeled "Easter 67" - longer than the carbon (next record)] |
| | 1967/03/26 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | It has been a beautiful warm Easter here, though the most recent news from the East Coast complains | Yes |
| [labeled "Easter 67"] |
| | 1967/05/14 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | The main piece of news at this season is the ordination to the priesthood of my old friend | Yes |
| [labeled "PENTECOST 1967" - slightly shorter can original carbon (see next record)] |
| | 1967/05/14 (#02) | TAL[c] | from Merton | The main piece of news at this season is the ordination to the priesthood of my old friend Dan Walsh | Yes |
| [labeled "Pentecost 67"] |
| | 1967/07/no? (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Recently I heard of the following strange event. Frank Sheed, in London, was awakened | |
| [almost identical to carbon - without the label of MIDSUMMER 1967 (see next record)] |
| | 1967/07/no? (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | Recently I heard of the following strange event. Frank Sheed, in London, was awakened at four | Yes |
| [labeled "MIDSUMMER 67"] |
| | 1967/07/no? (#03) | TLS | from Merton | Recently I heard of the following strange event. Frank Sheed, in London, was awakened at four | Yes |
| [mimeographed copy with mimeographed signature] |
| | 1967/12/no? | TLS[x] | from Merton | This year has gone by fast, and not without sorrows. Besides the death of Victor Hammer last summer | Yes |
| [labeled "ADVENT-CHRISTMAS LETTER 1967"] |
| | 1968/01/01 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | Christmas mail was an avalanche this year: it always is, but more so in 1967. News from friends | Yes |
| [labeled "NEW YEAR'S LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/01/01 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Christmas mail was an avalanche this year: it always is, but much more so in 1967. News | Yes |
| [labeled -" NEW YEARS LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/02/no? (#01) | TALS | from Merton | The approach of Lent once again makes me realize that the only way to handle the pile of letters | Yes |
| [labeled "PRE-LENT LETTER 1968" - Merton's annotation after the last line, "May you grow in love. May you have joy!" (repeated in another's handwriting)] |
| | 1968/02/no? (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | The approach of Lent once again makes me realize that the only way to handle the pile of letters | Yes |
| [labeled "PRE-LENT LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/02/no? (#03) | TALS | from Merton | The approach of Lent once again makes me realize that the only way to handle the pile of letters | |
| [labeled "PRE-LENT LETTER 1968" - Merton notes in pen a note speaking against cruelty to animals (animal experimentation), "I think you are right in being against vivisection. We must <u>respect life</u>. Best TM."] |
| | 1968/04/no? (#01) | TLS | from Merton | As I write this there is snow on the ground from a blizzard we had the other day, but the sun is | Yes |
| [labeled "EASTER LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/04/no? (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | As I write this there is snow on the ground from a blizzard we had the other day, but the sun is | Yes |
| [partial copy - labeled "EASTER LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/04/no? (#03) | TL | from Merton | As I write this there is snow on the ground from a blizzard we had the other day, but the sun is | Yes |
| [labeled "EASTER LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/04/no? (#04) | TL[c] | from Merton | As I write this there is snow on the ground from a blizzard we had the other day, but the sun is | Yes |
| [labeled "EASTER LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/05/no? (#01) | TL[x] | from Merton | My Easter letter was written a couple of weeks before Easter, and it is of course not much use my | Yes |
| [labeled "PASCHAL TIME 1968"] |
| | 1968/05/no? (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | My Easter letter was written a couple of weeks before Easter, and it is of course not much use my | Yes |
| [labeled "PASCHAL TIME 1968"] |
| | 1968/07/no? (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | For various reasons I was quite busy during May and June, and so for July and part of August I am | Yes |
| [labeled "MIDSUMMER LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/07/no? (#02) | TL[x] | from Merton | For various reasons I was quite busy during May and June, and so for July and part of August I am | Yes |
| [working copy (?) for form letter labeled "MIDSUMMER LETTER 1968"] |
| | 1968/09/no? (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | As you know, I have been cutting down more and more on letters and now my contacts will be almost | Yes |
| [labeled "FALL 1968"] |
| | 1968/09/no? (#02) | TALS | from Merton | As you know, I have been cutting down more and more on letters and now my contacts will be almost | Yes |
| [labeled "FALL 1968" - Merton's handwritten annotation, "Please do not give this to printers before Sept 12th!!" (the day after his flight out of Kentucky for his travels to the American West and Asia)] |
| | 1968/11/09 | TL[x] | from Merton | This newsletter is not a reply to mail because I have not been getting mail on this Asian trip... | Yes |
| [labeled "Asian Letter 1" - written from New Delhi, India - photocopy from "Cargas, Harry" file - see also text of letter send to Br. Patrick Hart for distribution in the Hart correspondence file] |
| | 1981/01/no? | other | | Dear Friend, from letter because so many requests. | |
| [working notes of William Shannon] |
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