| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| 1 | 1952/01/21 | HCS | from Merton | Many thanks to you for your kindness in sending me Masses for my intentions. Be sure that I will | |
| [also enclosed is a check for $10.00 endorsed by Merton] |
| 1 | 1954/05/20 | HCS | from Merton | I said a Mass for the sick this morning, for the stipend you so kindly sent, including all your | |
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| 1 | 1954/08/28 | TCS | from Merton | How kind of you to send Masses for my intentions. It will give me a chance to offer Mass for some | |
| [verso: standard note card for Mass intentions from Gethsemani: "Thank you for the alms which you have sent for 25 Masses. It is not always possible to comply with requests that Mass be offered by some particular Father"...] |
| 1 | 1955/09/09 | TNS | from Merton | Once again I am overwhelmed by your kindness and generosity. Surely Our Lady herself has provided | |
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| 1 | 1956/01/03 | TLS | from Fox, James | During the Christmas Festivities we tried to find an opportunity to write of our gratitude | |
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| 1 | 1957/11/05 | TALS | from Merton | It just happened, for a change, that the secretary's office passed on your latest letter, with the | |
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| 1 | 1958/05/17 | TLS | from Merton | This is to acknoqledge [sic] the check for $75. The Masses have been entered and I hope that they | |
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| 1 | 1958/12/19 | TLS | from Merton | Thank you again for your wonderful gift. You are much too generous to me. But I know that your | |
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| 1 | 1959/06/09 | TLS | from Merton | I find myself indebted to you again. It seems I will never be otherwise. May the Lord Himself pay | |
| [Merton encloses photograph of himself (see top of page)] |
| 1 | 1959/11/12 | TLS | from Merton | Here we go again: I think the Lord has raised you up to make sure that I retain some vestiges of | |
| [encloses a "bigger, clearer and sillier picture" - black and white photograph by Sibylle Akers of Merton beside monastery wall] |
| 1 | 1960/02/27 | HLS | from Merton | Your letter and gift brought me joy in these last dark and snowy days. You are so kind - | |
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| 1 | 1960/06/15 | TALS | from Merton | Just before I received your letter I had finally found Sally's address which I had lost, and I wrote | |
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| 1 | 1961/03/27 | HPCS | from Merton | Very many cordial thanks for your Easter gift. You will be included in all my Masses in this most | |
| [verso: black and white photograph of the face of a carved wooden crucifix from Germany] |
| 1 | 1961/08/09 | TLS | from Merton | Your letter is here in the bunch of unanswered letters, and I am not positive that it is totally | |
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| 1 | 1961/11/08 | TLS | from Merton | I am very sorry for the delay, again. I have been terribly busy. There are a lot of things I just | |
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| 1 | 1962/03/09 | TLS | from Merton | Thank you for your good letter and for the enclosure. I will never cease to be grateful for your | |
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| 1 | 1962/11/10 | TLS | from Merton | Thanks again for the Masses. Your gifts enable me to say Mass for all kinds of intentions that are | |
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| 1 | 1963/04/08 | TLS | from Merton | My far flung net of secret service agents tells me that you are not in good health at all. | |
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| 1 | 1963/06/28 | TLS | from Merton | Thanks again for the letter and for the immense gift: for the Mass is without limit. I shall be | |
| [Merton encloses a signed, black and white, close-up photo of himself by John Howard Griffin] |
| 1 | 1963/12/26 | HCS | from Merton | Just a note to thank you and wish you all blessings. Keep courageous - we all have troubles. | |
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| 1 | 1964/01/23 | HPCS | from Merton | I am awfully sorry to hear you are having trouble but I hope and pray the operation was successful | |
| [verso: "Interior: St. John's Abbey and University Church, Collegeville, Minn."] |
| 1 | 1964/03/03 | TNS | from Merton | Thanks for your letter and for the good news that you are going home today. Thanks above all | |
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| 1 | 1964/07/12 | TNS | from Merton | I have been saying the masses regularly for your Mother. How is she? Certainly it would be a grace | |
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| 1 | 1965/02/19 | HNS | from Merton | Just a note to say I got your letter and offer Masses for Alice Mattingly as soon as I can. | |
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| 1 | 1965/07/20 | HL | to Merton | Thank you so much for your very kind note that came some time ago - I appreciated it more than I can | |
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| 1 | 1966/01/17 | HNS | from Merton | Did I ever acknowledge the Masses you sent in December? With all the rush of Christmas | |
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| 1 | 1966/01/30 | HNS | from Merton | Thanks for the letter. I will take care of the Masses. Please tell Nan how sorry I am to | |
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| 1 | 1966/04/21 | HNS | from Merton | Thanks again - I enjoyed your letter and will say the Masses with joy: the needs and intentions | |
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| 1 | 1966/07/11 | TLS | from Merton | Thanks for your letter, for the stipends and for the relatively good news. I will as always be | |
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| 1 | 1966/10/18 | TCS | from Merton | I am sorry to hear of the spread of Mother's cancer but at least glad she is not in pain. How brave | |
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| 1 | 1967/01/31 | TNS | from Merton | Well, God came and took little Mother back to Himself at last. Her sufferings are over and now He | |
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| 1 | 1967/03/26 | TLS | from Merton to Friends | It has been a beautiful warm Easter here, though the most recent news from the East Coast complains | Yes |
| [see also "Circular Letters to 'Friends'" - labeled "Easter 1967"] |
| 1 | 1967/10/23 | TLS | from Merton | Thanks again-- it is good above all to hear from you and to have news of the family. | |
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| 1 | 1968/01/01 | TALS | from Merton to Friends | 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" - adds a short note to Gaither concerning Mass intentions] |
| 1 | 1968/04/20 | TLS | from Merton | Here's a little picture I took: it brings you inside the enclosure of the monks: an old beat up | |
| [paper has photocopied photograph of a section inside the cloister wall - "an old beat up wall and Our Lady quite and serene in the midst of everything"] |
| 1 | 1968/04/no? | TL[c] | from Merton to Friends | 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"] |
| 1 | 1968/08/05 | TANS | from Merton | It must be awful rough on Nancy to be in the hospital in hot weather like this. I hope all is | |
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| 1 | 1968/08/07 | TNS | from Merton | Yesterday I mailed my letter to you just before getting yours about Nan. I am sorry she is having | |
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| 1 | 1968/09/no? | 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"] |
| 1 | undated/no/no (#01) | HCS | from Merton | Thanks for the "little old Christmas letter" and I'm glad the heart demanded it. | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#02) | HNS | from Merton | Glad to hear the good news. Take a good rest and when you get home ask Jesus to be patient in you | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#03) | HNS | from Merton | Thanks again for letter, news and gift. I have many to pray for everywhere and there is | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#04) | HCS | from Merton | Many thanks for your beautiful gift and kind remembrances to all of you at Easter - very special | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#05) | HPCS | from Merton | Thanks for the check for Masses and for all the family news. I will be saying the Masses for all | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#06) | TCS | from Merton | I am always in your debt, and now as much as ever. Thanks for all your thoughtfulness and for your | |
| [includes a card printed at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, with a drawing of a kneeling monk and quote from Merton: "Let my eyes see nothing in this world but your glory [-] Let my hands touch nothing that is not for your service"] |
| 1 | undated/no/no (#07) | HCS | from Merton | Your letters are always so kind that they fill me with confusion. But indeed God is good.. | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#08) | TNS | from Merton | I can hardly find words to express my appreciation of your kindness and charity. Surely the Sacred | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#09) | HCS | from Merton | Your letter about dear Ann's sickness is distressing and I am seeing that seven Masses will be said | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#10) | HNS | from Merton | Thanks again for your wonderful and unfailing kindness. I will keep up the Masses for your | |
| [written on verso of a "PRAYER for PEACE" - "(This prayer, written by Father Thomas Merton, was read in the House of Representatives by Congressman Frank Kowalski (Dem., Connecticut) on April 17, 1962 - Tuesday in Holy Week)" - (see also "Laucks, Irving F." file)] |
| 1 | undated/no/no (#12) | HCS | from Merton | Again- more of your wonderful generosity. May I include in these Masses something for <u>others</u> | |
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| 1 | undated/no/no (#14) | HNS | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter and for the Masses. So many priests are having a rough time these days. | |
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| 2 | 1953/02/15 | other | | Thomas Merton's Sequel To His 1948 Autobiography [-] A Review by William Habich | |
| [newspaper clipping from the Louisville Courier-Journal] |
| 2 | 1953/02/23 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | We are deeply grateful for your continued interest and support of the work here at the Abbey of Our | |
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| 2 | 1953/12/21 | TNS | from Gethsemani Abbey | We are most grateful for your kind and generous offering for Five Holy Masses, for intentions | |
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| 2 | 1954/04/23 | TC | from Gethsemani Abbey | Your generous donation for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has been gratefully received. | |
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| 2 | 1954/05/18 | TC | from Gethsemani Abbey | Your generous donation for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has been gratefully received. | |
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| 2 | 1954/05/19 | TCS | from Fox, James | Father Louis received your letter and thanks you for the Masses and appreciation. He will say one | |
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| 2 | 1956/04/10 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | What joy should not fill our hearts as we come to the glory of Easter thru the evil of a Good Friday | |
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| 2 | 1956/04/27 | TALS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | I hope you will forgive the delay in writing you but my good mother was down last week for her | |
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| 2 | 1956/06/05 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | I have been praying for you during this Octave of Corpus Christi as I kneel before the Blessed | |
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| 2 | 1956/08/23 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | Before I go to Choir to sing Vespers I want to drop this note to tell you that we received | |
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| 2 | 1956/12/26 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | May the manger of your heart be guarded by the faithful Joseph - be warmed by the tender Mary - | |
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| 2 | 1957/01/02 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | Your good letter arrived and was given our devoted and immediate attention. It was today that I | |
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| 2 | 1957/03/06 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | I have just come to work this afternoon and the first letter I see on our desk is yours and we are | |
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| 2 | 1957/04/26 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | May the Risen Jesus bless you for your unbounded kindness and thoughtfulness in remembering | |
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| 2 | 1957/05/31 | TLS | from Francis de Sales, Fr., O.C.S.O. | The first bell for Vespers is ringing and that means the end of another day's work for a Trappist | |
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| 2 | 1957/07/04 | HCS | from Gerard, Fr., O.C.S.O. | Your will ever be an object of the King's love, for Jesus never forgets! | |
| [Fr. Gerard of Genesee Abbey in Piffard, New York] |
| 2 | 1968/09/16 | TLS | from Hart, Patrick | Your kind letter addressed to our Father Louis Merton was gratefully received, and turned over to me | |
| [from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O., secretary to Merton] |
| 2 | 1968/11/08 | TLS | from Hart, Patrick | Thanks so much for your kind note with the enclosed greeting and check for Father Louis. Today I am | |
| [from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O., secretary to Merton] |
| 2 | 1968/12/11 (#01) | telegram | from Gethsemani Abbey | WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU OF THE DEATH OF FATHER THOMAS MERTON IN BANGKOK | |
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| 2 | 1968/12/11 (#02) | TL | from Trappists in Bangkok / to Flavian Burns | The news of the sudden and unexpected death of your beloved son, Father Louis, has already been | |
| [from six Trappist delegates at the conference in Bangkok to Dom Flavian Burns, Abbot of Gethsemani, in response to Merton's death - 2 copies] |
| 2 | 1968/12/19 | TLS | from Lawrence, Br., O.C.S.O. | Father Flavian wishes me to thank you for your most generous donation. He has also offered the Holy | |
| [typed note at the bottom of a general message from Gethsemani to friends concerning Merton's funeral on 1968/12/17] |
| 2 | 1969/06/03 | TLS | from Bernard, Fr., O.C.S.O. | Peace and joy to you in the Holy Spirit! Father Flavian handed me your kind letter of May 29, | |
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| 2 | 1971/03/16 | HLS | from Burns, Flavian | Thank you for your kind note of March 13 and your generous offering for Holy Mass. I will begin | |
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| 2 | undated/no/no (#11) | TL | from Frater M. Z., O.C.S.O. | Father Louis was quite surprised to hear that he is supposed to be Prior here. The truth is that he | |
| [from the secretary to Dom James Fox - Merton "asks that you pray for him, that he will become a saint"] |
| 2 | undated/no/no (#13) | TLS | from Kostka, Fr., O.C.S.O. | We received your kind letter of January 21, and the enclosed stipend for Holy Masses. | |
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