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Merton's Correspondence with:

Fr. Philip Stark

Stark, Philip, Fr., S.J.  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967-1969
Volume: 22 item(s); 35 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Philip Stark was a Jesuit priest from St. Louis, Missouri.

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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1. 1967/04/22 TLS to Merton Please forgive the familiarity as well as this brash intrusion on your solitude, but your name is so «detailed view»
2. 1967/05/06 TL[c] from Merton I have been wanting to thank you for your letter and for the America review. But I hate «detailed view»
3. 1967/05/16 TALS to Merton Your letter & Easter encyclical set off a whole explosion of insights & avenues of thought, «detailed view»
4. 1967/06/27 TLS to Merton Many thanks for your last newsletter. It started my summer off in the best possible way. «detailed view»
5. 1967/11/09 TALS to Merton It just occurred to me--Is there a manuscript I could type for you? You mentioned in one of your «detailed view»
6. 1967/11/20 TLS to Merton Call no one good but God alone! By all means send the ms. of the yours-Lax correspondence, «detailed view»
7. 1967/11/29 TL[c] from Merton Here is the whole thing but you only need to type about half of it. Part Two can be typed, and as «detailed view»
8. 1967/12/02 TL to Merton Yours ever so nicely committed rec'd in great splendor, tribulation in unimaginary enclosed space [addressed "dear J. Pierpont Ribblesdale" and signed "Oscuri auguri, Benvoglio" - the letter is in the style of the Merton-Lax correspondence that Merton sends Stark to type] «detailed view»
9. 1968/01/29 TALS to Merton The goods are on their way, the originals herewith registered and the rest insured (typed copy with «detailed view»
10. 1968/01/31 TL[c] from Merton Illustrious service! May you have many rewards in caelestibus. May you dance the polka «detailed view»
11. 1968/03/16 TLS to Merton Now it's my turn (a month late) to thank you for those juicy books; you're helping me a lot «detailed view»
12. 1968/03/20 TL[c] from Merton Thanks for your letter and for the offer to run off an "Easter Encyclical". Yes, as a matter «detailed view»
13. 1968/04/01 TLS to Merton The Easter letters will be speeding your way shortly: there was a delay owing to lapse «detailed view»
14. 1968/04/22 TLS to Merton Many thanks for letting me have your essay on The Stranger. I made a couple of xerox copies «detailed view»
15. 1968/04/25 TL[c] from Merton Surprises!! Thanks first for the stencils. I think I can get the novices to run them off. «detailed view»
16. 1968/11/20 TLS to Merton It was wonderful to hear from you, I enjoyed hearing about your little gita to New York. Reminds me «detailed view»
17. 1968/12/10 (#01) telegram from Hart, Patrick Regret to inform you of the death of Fr. Thomas Merton in Bangkok. [-] Signed, Bro. P. Hart [handwritten text of telegram sent by Br. Patrick Hart of Gethsemani] «detailed view»
18. 1968/12/10 (#02) telegram from Hart, Patrick WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU OF THE DEATH OF FATHER THOMAS MERTON IN BANGKOK [typed duplicate of telephoned telegram sent by Br. Patrick Hart of Gethsemani] «detailed view»
19. 1969/01/14 TALS[x]  from Lawler, Justus / to Patrick Hart About two weeks before Father Louis' tragic death he sent me a card about the project I had [Justus George Lawler was an editor at Herder and Herder and editor of the journal, Continuum] Continuum memorial issue for Merton «detailed view»
20. 1969/02/24 TLS from Lawler, Justus Just a brief note to thank you for your willingness to contribute to our Continuum issue. [Justus George Lawler was an editor at Herder and Herder and editor of the journal, Continuum] Continuum memorial issue for Merton «detailed view»
21. 1969/04/28 TL[c] to Lawler, Justus Here's my bit in tribute to Tom Merton. Scarcely very momentous, admittedly, and if you have no use [Justus George Lawler was an editor at Herder and Herder and editor of the journal, Continuum] «detailed view»
22. undated/no/no other by Stark, Philip It was on a July sixth that I first met Thomas Merton. Since I had been thinking about Faulkner, [copied from "Fox, James", Series 29, Item #009 - a reminiscence by Stark of meeting Merton called "A Summer at Gethsemani"] «detailed view»

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