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Sub-Section C.6: Contracts for books and articles by Merton, foreign and domestic

Record Series: 25: Seeds of Destruction (Redeeming the Time)

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Arrangement and Processing Notes:

This sub-group is divided into series based on contracts for a specific title of a written work of Thomas Merton. A small number are of miscellaneous works grouped together. Each series is contained in one folder herein and arranged in their original order.

Container List

Box#-FF#	Item#	Date	Notes	First Lines
2 - 16	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language.	«SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION (REDEEMING THE TIMES) 1) FRANCE French 2) Brasil Portuguese»
2 - 16	2	1964	Contract with Editions Albin Michel in France for a French language edition of Seeds of Destruction. Index item 1.	«Contrat intervenu le 15 Septembre 1964 entre: ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC.»
2 - 16	3	1965	Letter from Fr. Ludovico Gomes de Castro, O.F.M., Director of Editôra Vozes Limitada in Petropolis, Brazil, to Dom James Fox, Abbot of Gethsemani.	«We wish to acquire the translation rights, for Brazil, of the book: SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION, by Thomas»
2 - 16	3	1965	Contract with Editora Vozes in Brazil for a Portuguese language edition of Seeds of Destruction. Index item 2.	«CONTRATO que entre si fazem de um lado EDITORA VOZES LTDA. - Petrópolis - Estado do Rio de Janeiro»
2 - 16	5	1964	Contract with M. Aldo Garzanti Editore in Italy for an Italian language edition of Seeds of Destruction. Index item 3.	«Contrat intervenu le 21 Novembre 1964 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist»
2 - 16	6	1964	Contract with Editions Pomaire in Spain for a Spanish language edition of Seeds of Destruction. Index item 4.	«Contrat intervenu le 8 Février 1966 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist»
2 - 16	7	no-year	[See Series 26, "The New Man" for original letter] Copy of letter from Robert Giroux or Farrar, Straus and Giroux, to Br. Patrick Hart, Gethsemani Abbey. In reference to paperback rights and royalties for: The New Man, Disputed Questions, Mystics and Zen Masters, Seasons of Celebration, and Seeds of Destruction.	«Thank you for your letter of June 11th. I'm glad to know that the Griffin manuscript has been turned in. No, we have not contracted for Monica»

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