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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Dumoulin, Heinrich, Fr., S.J., 1905-1995

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1964

Volume: 10 item(s); 15 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Heinrich Dumoulin was a Jesuit priest, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and a scholar of the history of Zen Buddhism. In the mid-seventies, he was the founder and first director of the Nanzen Institute for Religion and Culture.

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Dumoulin in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 170-174; and see also the "Johnston, William" file for another Zen scholar at Sophia University. See also Series 13 of the "Fox, James" file for a letter from Merton's abbot to the Trappist abbot general concerning Merton's proposed trip to Japan.

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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
 1964/06/16 TALSto MertonI wish to you my most sincere gratitude for the very kind review of my "History of Zen Buddhism"   
 1964/07/20 TAL[c]from MertonIt is a great pleasure to receive your letter and to be in contact with you. Needless to say,Yes  
 1964/09/16 TLSto MertonI was glad to receive your kind letter of July 20. The main reason for the long delay of my answer   
 1964/09/24 (#01)TL[c]from MertonYour letter of the 16th was a very agreeable surprise, and I must say I was delighted to get it.Yes  
 1964/09/24 (#02)TLS from Merton to James FoxPETITION In view of the fact that Fr Dumoulin SJ one of the foremost Catholic experts on Buddhism  [attached to letter to Dumoulin of the same date]
 1964/10/17 (#01)TLSto MertonThank you for your kind letter of Sept. 24. I am so glad that you are willing to come over to Japan   
 1964/10/17 (#02)TL[c]to Fox, JamesFor some time I am in correspondence with Father Thomas Merton, whose competent books   
 1964/11/29 TL[c]from MertonYou have perhaps guessed the reason for the long delay in a final answer to the proposal for a tripYes  
 undated/no/no TLS from DiSalvo, David / to William ShannonDear Rev. Shannon, This is all I could come up with about your requested letters:  response to Shannon's request for some letters from an assistant to the Curator at Florida State U (?)
 undated/no/no other HEINRICH DUMOULIN Born on May 31, 1905 in Wevelinghoven, Rhineland, Germany,  biographical information / list of some books he has written
        

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