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

Record Series: 45: Praying the Psalms, Opening the Bible, Ishi Means Man, and Contemplation in a World of Action

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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 - 13	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language.	«PRAYING THE PSALMS 1) England (English)»
3 - 13	2	1976	Letter from Anne McCormick of Alfred A. Knopf to Teo Savory regarding Ishi Means Man.	«I have had a long talk with Bill Loverd who heads up the Knopf publicity department to see whether»
3 - 13	3	1976	Letter from Anne McCormick of Alfred A. Knopf to Br. Patrick Hart of Gethsemani Abbey regarding the contract for Opening the Bible with Liturgical Press.	«Is it you at the Abbey who could send me a copy of the contract for OPENING THE BIBLE with»
3 - 13	4	1976	Letter from Anne McCormick of Alfred A. Knopf to Naomi Burton Stone (copying Patrick Hart, James Laughlin and Robert Daggy) regarding Praying the Psalms. 2 letters attached (see next two items).	«Can you answer some of the questions in the attached? Also how you all fee about Paragraph I?»
3 - 13	5	1976	Attached to 1976/September/15 letter from Anne McCormick. Copy of a letter to Anne McCormick from Elizabeth Stevens of Curtis Brown, London, regarding Praying the Psalms.	«I had a letter from Darley Anderson this morning saying that Sheldon Press will be happy to reissue»
3 - 13	6	1976	Attached to 1976/September/15 letter from Anne McCormick. Copy of a letter from Anne McCormick to Elizabeth Stevens of Curtis Brown, London, regarding Praying the Psalms.	«This is a quickie to say that I have sent your letter of August 5 around to the Trustees to see what»
3 - 13	7	1976	Copy of a letter from Anne McCormick, Administrator of Rights and Contracts for the Merton Legacy Trust, to Henry Ludmer of Doubleday regarding Praying the Psalms.	«This is a note written to you at the request of Naomi Stone, one of the Trustees of the Thomas»
3 - 13	8	1957	Contract with Burns, Oates & Washbourne Limited in England for a British edition of Praying the Psalms. Index item 1.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 16th day of January 1957 BETWEEN The Abbey of Our Lady»

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