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

Record Series: 34: New Seeds of Contemplation

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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
3 - 2	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language.	«NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION 1) U.S.A. (English) 2) England (English) 3) France (French)»
3 - 2	2	1962	Contract with New Directions in the United States for New Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 1.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 28th day of June 1962 BETWEEN THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, Trappist»
3 - 2	3	1962	Contract with Burns & Oates, Ltd., in England for a British edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 2.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this day of 1962 BETWEEN The Right Reverend The Abbot, O.C.S.O., Abbey»
3 - 2	4	1962	Letter from T. F. Burns of Burns & Oates, Ltd., to Dom James Fox, Gethsemani Abbey. Index item 2.	«Many thanks indeed for sending back the contract for NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION, but you should keep»
3 - 2	5	undated	Addendum to 1962 contracts with Éditions du Seuil in France for French language editions of New Seeds of Contemplation, The New Man, and The Behavior of Titans. Index item 3.	«ADDENDUM aux contrats intervenus entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.)»
3 - 2	6	1962	Contract with Éditions du Seuil in France for a French language edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 3.	«Contrat intervenu le 6 février 1962, entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-kentucky (U.S.A.)»
3 - 2	7	1962	Contract with Editorial Sudamericana in Argentina for a Spanish language edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 4.	«NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION - Latin American Rights MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT dated June 27, 1962,»
3 - 2	8	1962	New clause for contract with Editorial Sudamericana in Argentina for a Spanish language edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 4.	«NEW CLAUSE: The Publisher shall be entitled to issue a cheap edition of the aforesaid work once»
3 - 2	9	1962	Letter from Robert M. MacGregor of New Directions publishing to A. López Llausás of Editorial Sudamericana of Argentina.	«Thank you for returning the two copies of the contract between you and the Abbey of Gethsemani»
3 - 2	10	1962	Letter from Fr. Ludovico, O.F.M., of Editôra Vozes Limitada, to Dom James Fox, Gethsemani Abbey. Index item 5.	«Recebemos ha dias uma reclamação da Irmã Emanuela de que V. Revma. Ainda não recebera os exemplares»
3 - 2	11	1962	Contract with Editôra Vozes in Brazil for a Portuguese language edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Includes envelope with notes by Merton in pen. Index item 5.	«CONTRATO DE EDIÇÃO A "EDITÔRA VOZES LTDA.", antiga Tipografia da Escola Gratuita São José, depois»
3 - 2	12	1962	Letter from Dom James Fox, Gethsemani Abbey, to Fr. Ludovico, O.F.M., of Editôra Vozes Limitada. Index item 5.	«Your kind letter of April 13 with the enclosed contracts addressed to our good Father Thomas Merton»
3 - 2	13	1962	Contract with Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana in Spain for a Spanish language edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Includes envelope with notes by Merton in pen. Index item 6.	«NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION - Rights in Spain MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT dated June 27, 1962, between»
3 - 2	14	1963	Contract with Verlag Räber in Switzerland for a German language edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Includes envelope with notes by Merton in pen. Index item 7.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 13th day of March, 1963 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, Trappist,»
3 - 2	15	1963	Contract with Aldo Garzanti in Italy for an Italian language edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 8.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this Eleventh (11th) March, 1963 between Abbey of Gethsemani, Trappist»
3 - 2	16	1973	Letter from Robert M. MacGregor, New Directions publishers, to Dom Timothy Kelly, Gethsemani Abbey, regarding a paperback edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 9.	«In checking our records we note that though we have a paperbound edition of New Seeds»
3 - 2	17	1973	Letter from Elizabeth Marraffino, Contracts Department of New Directions publishers, to Br. Patrick Hart, Gethsemani Abbey, regarding a paperback edition of New Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 9.	«Mr. Laughlin asked me to send you the enclosed, about which you and he have corresponded, to pass»

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