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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Dwyer, William O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965

Volume: 26 item(s); 29 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Bill Dwyer was an attorney and one of the original members considered for the Merton Legacy Trust.

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Related Information and Links

See also letters in the "Laughlin, James" file, including the 1967/01/20[2] letter resigning from duties as attorney for the literary trust; and see also the "Stone, Naomi Burton" file.

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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

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/02/16 TLS[x] from Horrigan, Alfred / to James LaughlinI am planning to be in New York City from February 24 to March 3. If your schedule permits, I would  [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, president of Bellarmine College]
 1965/02/18 (#01)TL[x] from Laughlin, James / to Alfred HorriganIt was good to hear from you again, and I do look forward to another pleasant visit with you,  [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, president of Bellarmine College]
 1965/02/18 (#02)TLS[x] from Laughlin, James / to Naomi Burton StoneIt was great to talk with your on the 'phone the other day and I look forward to taking you to lunch  [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Naomi Burton Stone, Merton's literary agent]
 1965/02/23 TLS[x] from Horrigan, Alfred / to James LaughlinThank you so very much for your letter of February 18. In view of the interesting circumstances  [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, president of Bellarmine College]
 1965/02/25 (#01)TL[x] from Merton to Alfred HorriganJames Laughlin sent me a copy of his recent letter to you about the literary executorship.  [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between Merton and Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, president of Bellarmine College]
 1965/02/25 (#02)TL[x] from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James LaughlinVery good to here from you and I agree completely with you and your attitude towards Monsignor  [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Naomi Burton Stone, Merton's literary agent]
 1965/03/08 TLS[x] from Laughlin, James / to Naomi Burton StoneThank you so much for your fine long letter of February 25th about Tom's affairs. Your ideas  [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Naomi Burton Stone, Merton's literary agent]
 1965/03/11 TAL[x]from Stone, Naomi BurtonDid your father speak to you about your possibly agreeing to serve with J. Laughlin of New   
 1965/03/26 TL[x]to Stone, Naomi BurtonI am returning herewith the Thomas Merton correspondence which you left with me last week.   
 1965/03/30 TALS[x]from Stone, Naomi BurtonMany thanks for your letter of March 26th and I will get in touch with J. Laughlin and we'll try to   
 1965/03/31 TL[x]to Stone, Naomi BurtonThank you for your letter of March 30th. If the senior Dwyer learns that I am accidentally mailing   
 1965/04/22 TL[c]to Laughlin, JamesYesterday I received the Merton books which you were kind enough to send to me and I am delighted   
 1965/04/26 TL[x]to Laughlin, JamesI acknowledge receipt of and thank you for EMBLEMS OF A SEASON OF FURY and ORIGINAL CHILD   
 1965/05/21 (#01)TLS[x]from Stone, Naomi BurtonI don't believe that I sent you a copy of the letter I received from Thomas Merton that he wrote  [encloses letter of 1965/05/03 from Merton to Stone and a mailing list of people to whom his mimeographs are sent - copies are quite faded]
 1965/05/21 (#02)TL[x] from Merton to Stone, Naomi BurtonThis is a quick answer to your of April 28th, and I am making a copy for J. whom I expect here this  [enclosed with letter of 1965/05/21 from Stone]
 1965/05/21 (#03)other from Merton to Stone, Naomi Burton<u>Mailing List</u>: MIMEOGRAPHS [-] Bro. Antoninus 217 Laurel  [enclosed with letter of 1965/05/21 from Stone - mailing list of people to whom his mimeographs are sent - copies are quite faded]
 1965/06/01 (#01)TLS[x]from Stone, Naomi BurtonHere's another efficient thing from Thomas Merton; namely, a list of all the mimeographed things  [encloses list of Merton's mimeographs]
 1965/06/01 (#02)other from Merton to Naomi Burton Stone<u>Partial Check-list of Stencils: Father Louis - May 1965</u> [-] 1.Cistercian Theology-St Bernard  [photocopy of a list of Merton's mimeographs with his annotations]
 1965/06/14 TALS[x]from Gramatky, LindaI'm enclosing herewith two binders from Sister Therese which are catalogues of Father Louis's work.  [Linda Gramatky was secretary to Naomi Burton Stone]
 1965/06/22 TALS[x]from Stone, Naomi BurtonI thought you'd like to know that our boy, Merton, has now got both of the Abbot's secretaries   
 1965/07/21 TLS[x]from Stone, Naomi BurtonI'm enclosing a whole bunch of contracts that the little monks have been busily thermofaxing for you   
 1965/07/22 TL[x]to Stone, Naomi BurtonI am receiving great stacks of materials from you and promise to do my best to digest them.   
 1965/11/04? HNSfrom Laughlin, JamesBellarmine - Father John Loftus. Merton dumped stuff with him. Policy - who have access for study  [telephone memo taken by Dwyer's secretary - also photocopied in a business card from Laughlin with a note about whether Merton's <i>Way of Chuang Tzu</i> had been sent to Dwyer]
 1965/11/09 (#01)TALS[x]from Stone, Naomi BurtonBecause we just signed a contract with the Abbey of Gethsemani for a book by Thomas Merton,  [encloses list Merton compiled of his books to that time]
 1965/11/09 (#02)TALS[x]from Stone, Naomi BurtonBecause we just signed a contract with the Abbey of Gethsemani for a book by Thomas Merton,  [encloses list Merton compiled of his books to that time - photocopy includes Merton's annotations with asterisks next to books he wanted to omit from future published lists of his works including <i>Exile Ends in Glory</i>, <i>What Are These Wounds</i>, <i>The Last of the Fathers</i> and <i>The Behavior of Titans</i>]
 1965/12/06 TLS[x] from Laughlin, James / to Alfred HorriganPlease forgive my delay in getting back to you after your kind telephone call. This seems to have   
        

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