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

Record Series: 36: Silent Life

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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#DateNotesFirst Lines
3 - 4 1 undated Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language. «THE SILENT LIFE 1) ARGENTINA (Spanish) 2) England (English) 3) SWITZERLAND»
3 - 4 2 undated Contract with Editorial Sudamericana in Argentina for a Spanish language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 1. «MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS day of BETWEEN Abbey of Gethsemani c/o Curtis Brown, Ltd. 347»
3 - 4 3 1957 Contract with Burns, Oates & Washburn in England for a British edition of The Silent Life. Index item 2. «MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 21st day of January 1957 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani,»
3 - 4 4 1961 Addendum to contract (in letter form to Curtis Brown, signed by Dom James Fox) with Burns & Oates in England for a paperback edition of The Silent Life. Index item 2. «We have done very reasonably with Thomas Merton's SILENT LIFE having sold 3,446 copies since first»
3 - 4 5 1957 Contract with Verlagsanstalt Benziger in Switzerland for a German language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 3. «MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 26th day of April 1957 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani c/o Curtis»
3 - 4 6 1958 Contract with Editora Vozes in Brazil for a Portuguese language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 4. «MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 14th day of May 1958 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI c/o Curtis Brown»
3 - 4 7 1958 Contract with Messrs. Desclee de Brouwer in Belgium for a Dutch language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 5. «MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 1st day of April 1958 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI c/o Curtis»
3 - 4 8 1958 Contract with Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana in Spain for a Spanish language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 6. «MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS day of Octubre de 1.959 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani»
3 - 4 9 1956 Contract with Editions du Seuil in France for a French language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 7. «MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 23rd day of April 1956 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani c/o Curtis»

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