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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Dumont, Charles, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1953-1972

Volume: 95 item(s); 117 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Charles Dumont was a monk of the Trappist Abbey of Scourmont near Chimay, Belgium. He was editor of Collectanea Cisterciensia and helped establish the English counterpart called Cistercian Studies. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 66.)

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Dumont in The School of Charity, pp. 66-67, 96, 265-266, 275, 322-323, 338-339 and 376-377; and see also the "Squire, Aelred", "Fox, James" and "Gillet, Ignace" files.

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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
 1953/04/04 TALSto MertonJ'ai reçu les fichiers sur Aelred du R.P. Sage et je vous remercie de l'amabilité avec laquelle vous   
 1953/07/23 TLSto MertonJ'accuse Jonas d'une douzaine de méridiennes sans sommeil; c'est parfait! Vous pouvez tout oublier   
 1953/09/02 TALSfrom MertonI am about two months late in answering letters, so please excuse me. I shall be sending youYes  
 1956/07/18 TLSto MertonLe Père André Fracheboud vient de m'envoyer votre article : <u>Monastic Formation according</u>   
 1956/08/19 TALSfrom MertonThanks for your kind note written at Caldey. I am pleased and grateful to have you as my translatorYes  
 1958/07/17 HLSfrom MertonThe expression <u>Maria</u> [...] is from Ambroise Autpert, an early Benedictine monk and you will   
 1963/08/07 TLSto MertonVoilà bien longtemps que je n'ai plus eu l'occasion de vous écrire. Et voici que depuis je suis   
 1963/09/10 HLSfrom MertonThanks for your letter of 7 August. I do not know whether or not to congratulate you, but in any   
 1963/10/10 HLSto MertonMerci de tout coeur pour votre lettre, votre poème (arrivé ici le matin de mon 45e anniversaire)   
 1963/11/05 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThanks for your letter and your remarks on Seneca. I was glad you were interested and will send you   
 1963/11/05 (#02)TAL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter and your remarks on Seneca. I was glad you were interested and will send you   
 1963/11/26 TALSto MertonMerci de votre bonne lettre, de vos poèmes (j'ai beaucoup aimé celui sur "Grace") et surtout   
 1963/12/24 TLSto MertonVotre article sur Dame Gertrude est sous presse; je n'ai pas envoyé les épreuves parce que nous   
 1964/02/21? HLSfrom MertonHere is the article you asked for on the Review. I hope it is satisfactory. This is perhaps   
 1964/03/28 (#01)TALSfrom MertonHere is your review of Barsotti. I am afraid it is rather a mess, and I am hoping that you will   
 1964/03/28 (#02)TAL[c]from MertonHere is your review of Barsotti. I am afraid it is rather a mess, and I am hoping that you will   
 1964/04/02 TALSto MertonMerci de tout coeur pour tout ce que vous m'envoyez. Vos réflexions sur la Revue sont excellentes   
 1964/04/08 (#01)TAL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter of the 2nd. I will gladly take responsibility for bulletins in the fields of   
 1964/04/08 (#02)TLSfrom MertonThanks for your letter of the 2nd. I will gladly take responsibility for bulletins in the fields of  [transferred from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2]
 1964/05/03 HLSto MertonPar même courrier, mais par bateau, je vous fais parvenu   
 1964/05/28? HCSfrom MertonI have received [...] and the other books written that they  [verso of note card: "Statue of St. Benedict (by Peter Watts) Abbey of Gethsemani, Ky.]
 1964/06/26 (#01)TALSfrom MertonI think that with some of this Cronique material I had better send you little bits of it as they   
 1964/06/26 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI think that with some of this Cronique material I had better send you little bits of it as they   
 1964/07/15 (#01)TLSfrom MertonAs I am at present doing some work on Celtic monasticism I am running across a lot of material that   
 1964/07/15 (#02)TAL[c]from MertonAs I am at present doing some work on Celtic monasticism I am running across a lot of material that   
 1964/11/13 TLto MertonThe manuscript of the next issue being sent to the printer, I have at last the freedom to write to   
 1964/11/19 HLSfrom MertonThanks for your good letter, full of news that is very encouraging. 1) I don't know whether I   
 1964/11/27 TLSto MertonThank you very much for your sendings received this morning. As far as I can see at first reading   
 1964/12/04 (#01)TALSfrom MertonThanks for your good letter. Do as you see fit with the two articles. Run them together   
 1964/12/04 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThanks for your good letter. Do as you see fit with the two articles. Run them together   
 1964/12/19 HLSto MertonThank you for your letter. In regard to the non-Christian spirituality, I think, that the Bulletin   
 1965/01/13 TLSto MertonThank you for your letters. Je vous ai quand même mis parmi les "conseillers de rédaction".   
 1965/02/05 HLSto MertonJ'ai finalement décidé de publier vos compte-rendu dans   
 1965/02/11 TLSto MertonPour le nº 4 de cette année, nous voudrions consacrer un fascicule au monachisme non-chrétien.   
 1965/02/14 (#01)TLSto MertonThanks for your good letter. I will try to do what I can for you. Certainly the magazine is a goodYes  
 1965/02/14 (#02)TL[c]to MertonThanks for your good letter. I will try to do what I can for you. Certainly the magazine is a goodYes  
 1965/03/15 TLSto MertonLe nº 1 vient de sortir de presse avec vos comptes rendus. Que dois-je faire pour vous faire   
 1965/03/23 HLSto MertonIt is a long time since I wrote. I was actually very ill at the end of December but I am recovering   
 1965/04/25 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter and also for the new Collectanea and for the offprints of my articles.Yes  
 1965/05/19 HLSfrom MertonHere is an article which I think is very fine and I think is very fine and I have asked the author   
 1965/05/25 TLSto MertonThank you for your last two sendings. L'article sur <u>The biblical foundations of monasticism</u>   
 1965/05/28 HLSfrom MertonPlease do <u>not</u> use the hermit article yet. I offered it some time ago, before sending it to   
 1965/06/01 TALSto MertonYour letter about the article on eremitism came as a surprise, since I never had the idea that it   
 1965/06/05 TLSfrom MertonThe people at Monastic Studies have cleared the way for you to use eremitism, as they will probably   
 1965/06/15 TLSto MertonUn retard dans l'impression me permet de vous envoyer les épreuves de votre articles sur   
 1965/06/18 (#01)TALSfrom MertonJ'ai reçu votre lettre ce matin après que je vous avais envoie les épreuves, a vous, non pas   
 1965/06/18 (#02)TL[c]from MertonJ'ai reçu votre lettre ce matin après que je vous avais envoie les épreuves, a vous, non pas   
 1965/07/14 (#01)TLSfrom MertonI am enclosing a review written by one of our brothers. I am very happy that he has decided   
 1965/07/14 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI am enclosing a review written by one of our brothers. I am very happy that he has decided   
 1965/07/15 TLS[x]from MertonYou may certainly keep the carbon of Chuang Tzu for a while, I have no urgent need for it.  There is a question as to whether this letter is to Charles Dumont
 1965/07/19 TALSto MertonReading again the article on "The climate of monastic prayer", before sending it back to Westmalle,   
 1965/07/22 TLSfrom Fox, JamesI received your gracious note of July 13 in regard to your Board of Directors Meeting for the  [see letter of the same date in "Fox, James" file to Abbot General Ignace Gillet]
 1965/07/23 (#01)TLSfrom MertonToday I am passing your letter of the 19th to the Master of Students who will see to it that someone   
 1965/07/23 (#02)TAL[c]from MertonToday I am passing your letter of the 19th to the Master of Students who will see to it that someone   
 1965/07/26 HALSfrom MertonHere is a report you asked for -- the others have been assigned. One Father says he cannot find   
 1965/09/13 TLSfrom MertonThanks for your letter. I assure you that I am not at all surprised at the outcome of your   
 1965/09/14 TLSto MertonDom Samson et moi-même souhaitons publier votre article "The Council and monasticism".   
 1965/09/18 TALSfrom MertonThanks for your good letter of the 14th. About "The Council and Monasticism", having appeared   
 1965/10/04 TLSfrom MertonThe best man to coordinate the work of a team here is Fr Eudes who is in charge of the students   
 1965/10/18 TLSto MertonYou are welcome to review J.PIEPER, In Tune with the World. May I remind you of the review you   
 1965/10/25 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThe Pieper review will be on its way to you shortly. Should I also do a piece for the Bulletin,   
 1965/10/25 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThe Pieper review will be on its way to you shortly. Should I also do a piece for the Bulletin,   
 1965/11/12 TLSto MertonFather Paul sent me on CONJECTURES for censoring and told me to send the mss on to you when   
 1966/02/01 HNSfrom MertonHere is a Bulletin on an Italian article -- I took the risk of doing it on the chance that it was   
 1966/05/27 (#01)TLSfrom MertonYour letter of March 23 from Caldey was written on the day when I went to the hospital for a serious   
 1966/05/27 (#02)TL[c]from MertonYour letter of March 23 from Caldey was written on the day when I went to the hospital for a serious   
 1966/06/07 TLSto MertonMerci de votre lettre. Je suis heureux de savoir que vous allez mieux. Pour moi je suis rentré   
 1966/06/13 TLfrom MertonThanks for your letter of the 7th which I received this morning. I am sending you herewith  [bottom of letter seems to be cut off]
 1966/07/07 (#01)TLSfrom MertonYou remember those notes on "Psychedelic spirituality" that I sent you as a sort of bulletin   
 1966/07/07 (#02)TL[c]from MertonYou remember those notes on "Psychedelic spirituality" that I sent you as a sort of bulletin   
 1966/11/18 TLSto MertonIl y a un bon moment que je ne vous écrit. En fait j'ai été assez malade toute cette année.   
 1966/11/25 (#01)TALSfrom MertonI was certainly very relieved to hear from you. I worried about your health and was wondering whatYes  
 1966/11/25 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI was certainly very relieved to hear from you. I worried about your health and was wondering whatYes  
 1967/01/03 (#01)TALSfrom MertonHere are two more "bulletins" for the non-Christian department. If you see anything you think   
 1967/01/03 (#02)TL[c]from MertonHere are two more "bulletins" for the non-Christian department. If you see anything you think   
 1967/01/31 (#01)TLSfrom MertonYou remember the Bulletin I sent in recently on an article of Fr Johnson S.J. on Zen and Mysticism.   
 1967/01/31 (#02)TL[c]from MertonYou remember the Bulletin I sent in recently on an article of Fr Johnson S.J. on Zen and Mysticism.   
 1967/04/20 HLSto MertonMerci de votre lettre et des corrections   
 1967/07/15 TLSto MertonVoilà bien longtemps que je ne vous aie écrit ou que je n'aie reçu un message de vous.   
 1967/07/19 (#01)TALSfrom MertonI would have wanted to write more on psychedelics but there is just no end to it.Yes  
 1967/07/19 (#02)TAL[c]from MertonI would have wanted to write more on psychedelics but there is just no end to it.Yes  
 1967/08/17 TLSto MertonVotre article sur le Zen est composé, mais malheureusement on vous l'a expédié par courrier   
 1967/09/11 (#01)TLSfrom MertonI am not quite sure whether I will find you at Scourmont or still at Bruges. But anyway, I am   
 1967/09/11 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI am not quite sure whether I will find you at Scourmont or still at Bruges. But anyway, I am   
 1967/10/30 TALSfrom MertonThanks for yours of the 19th. It was held up a bit in reaching me, but I should have answered   
 1968/01/18 (#01)HCSto MertonIn souvenir des heures heureuses passées à Gethsemani. fr Charles Dumont. 18.1.1968  [verso: decorated card with quote from Maurice Maeterlinck]
 1968/01/18 (#02)HLSto MertonEn [...] je n'ai pas risqué une visite à votre ermitage.   
 1968/02/12 TLSfrom MertonA letter from the Sister of Maredret -- entrusted to me for you-- gives me an opportunity to write   
 1968/04/08 TALSto MertonMe voici rentré depuis quinze jours seulement de mon grand tour des monastères américains.   
 1968/04/13 (#01)TLSfrom MertonAdmire the letterhead of my magazine! A copy of the magazine is on its way to you by surface mail.Yes  
 1968/04/13 (#02)TL[c]from MertonAdmire the letterhead of my magazine! A copy of the magazine is on its way to you by surface mail.Yes  
 1968/12/05 HPCS[x]from MertonMy Asian trip has so far been really remarkable. Very fine contacts with Tibetan Buddhists - a good  [written from Singapore]
 1971/10/13 HLSto Center from Dumont, CharlesReturning from Gethsemani, I am sending there letters received from Fr Louis. I was told   
 1972/01/11 TL[c]from Center to Dumont, CharlesThank you for the letters from Merton. They will make a valuable addition to the collection,   
 undated/12/01 TLSfrom MertonI saw this excellent article and thought you might like to consider it, though it is by a nun   
        

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