MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Andrews, Faith Elizabeth (Young)
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1964-1965, 1971-1984
Volume: 20 item(s); 34 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Merton and Faith Andrews correspond after her husband Edward's death. Faith continues her work, and some of her husbands work, on the Shakers. As William H. Shannon gathers material for his book of published Merton correspondence, he and Faith Andrews exchange letters which are included here.
Biography
Wife of, and co-author with, Edward Deming Andrews in many books about the Shakers.
Usage Guidelines and Restrictions
Related Information and Links
See also 1964/07/20 letter published in The Hidden Ground of Love, and all letters published in A Meeting of Angels: The Correspondence of Thomas Merton with Edward Deming and Faith Andrews. A brief selection of letters appears in Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers.
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
| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1964/07/20 | TL[c] | from Merton | Some time ago a rumor had reached me that Ted had suddenly been taken from you and from us. I was | Yes |
| death of Edward Deming (Ted) Andrews / preface for <i>Religion in Wood</i> / William Blake |
| | 1964/07/23 | TALS[x] | from Merton | Here is the copy of the preface that I promised you the other day. I hope you will find it | Yes |
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| | 1964/08/18 | HLS | to Merton | Your most comforting letter-- followed by the beautiful preface to our book-- arrived almost a month | Yes |
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| | 1964/10/30 | TALS[x] | from Merton | It was good to get your letter last August and to know that the Preface was suitable. I am very | Yes |
| Shakers / Ted (Edward Deming Andrews) / collection in one place at Amherst / published correspondence with Ted |
| | 1964/12/07 (#01) | TALS | to Merton | Thank you for your letter of October 30. Dover Publications, who have put out three of our books | Yes |
| Religion in Wood / Indiana University / communitarianism / New Harmony / The Angel and the Serpent |
| | 1964/12/07 (#02) | other | | Dr. Edward Deming Andrews, Ted to his classmates, was born in Pittsfield, Mass. March 6, 1894 and | |
| enclosed with 1964/12/07 letter / clipping from Fall 1964 issue of Amherst Alumni Quarterly |
| | 1965/04/20 | HLS | from Merton | I think often of you and of the book. | Yes |
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| | 1971/12/no? | HCS | to Center from Andrews, Faith | Your May 9th card is sheer delight - I hasten to send you "The Gift to be Simple" | |
| Handwritten note - Christmas card with the words and music for "Decisive Work" from "The Gift to be Simple" |
| | 1974/05/22 | TALS[c] | from Center to Andrews, Faith | I am writing in my capacity as one of the Trustees for Father Merton's Literary Trust. My job is | |
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| | 1983/01/26 | TAL | from Center to Andrews, Faith | It was good to talk with you on the telephone. As I told you then I have been appointed as the | |
| Request for missing letters of Merton from W. H. Shannon |
| | 1983/02/07 (#01) | TLS | to Center from Andrews, Faith | I'm happy to be able to help you complete your collection of Thomas Merton's letters. I have looked | |
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| | 1983/02/07 (#02) | TLS | to Center from Andrews, Faith | I'm happy to be able to help you complete your collection of Thomas Merton's letters. | |
| typed response from Faith Andrews to Shannon's request for missing Merton letters |
| | 1983/02/11 | TLS | from Center to Andrews, Faith | I was delighted to receive your letter of February 7, enclosing three of the missing letters from | |
| received 3 missing letters of Merton |
| | 1983/04/25 | TLS[x] | from Center to Andrews, Faith | I am writing you to inform you that I expect to go to Louisville on May 1 | |
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| | 1983/06/17 | HL | from Center to Andrews, Faith | I have been able to carry out my resolve to spend an overnight at Pleasant Hill | |
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| | 1983/06/25 | other | to Center from Andrews, Faith | The Bookstore is pleased to invite you to a Booksigning Party for Faith Andrews | |
| invitation to book signing for Faith Andrews |
| | 1983/07/12 | HLS | to Center from Andrews, Faith | Your letter from Pleasant Hill was a beautiful one. Now I must tell you of the exhibition at Albany | |
| exhibitions at Albany State Museum |
| | 1983/08/07 | TLS[c] | from Center to Andrews, Faith | It was a real joy to meet you and to have the opportunity of talking with you about you husband's | |
| letter from Shannon to Faith Andrews regarding their visit |
| | 1984/06/15 | HLS | to Center from Andrews, Faith | I wanted to add my hopes to that of the invitation mailed by the Old Chathan Museum | |
| regards to invitation from Old Chathans Museum |
| | undated/no/no | HNS | to Center from Andrews, Faith | The enclosed is the fund raising enclosure written by Ted for Hancock's first mailing | |
| handwritten note enclosed in a pamphlet <i>A Proposal to Save The Shaker Community at Hancock, Massachusetts</i> |
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