Dumont, Charles, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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Fr. Charles Dumont was a monk of the Trappist Abbey of Scourmont near Chimay, Belgium. He was editor of Collectanea Cisterciensia and helped establish the English counterpart called Cistercian Studies. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 66.)

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1953/04/04	TALS to Merton	J'ai reçu les fichiers sur Aelred du R.P. Sage et je vous remercie de l'amabilité avec laquelle vous		«detailed view»
2.	1953/07/23	TLS to Merton	J'accuse Jonas d'une douzaine de méridiennes sans sommeil; c'est parfait! Vous pouvez tout oublier		«detailed view»
3.	1953/09/02	TALS from Merton	I am about two months late in answering letters, so please excuse me. I shall be sending you	✓	«detailed view»
4.	1956/07/18	TLS to Merton	Le Père André Fracheboud vient de m'envoyer votre article : Monastic Formation according		«detailed view»
5.	1956/08/19	TALS from Merton	Thanks for your kind note written at Caldey. I am pleased and grateful to have you as my translator	✓	«detailed view»
6.	1958/07/17	HLS from Merton	The expression Maria [...] is from Ambroise Autpert, an early Benedictine monk and you will		«detailed view»
7.	1963/08/07	TLS to Merton	Voilà bien longtemps que je n'ai plus eu l'occasion de vous écrire. Et voici que depuis je suis		«detailed view»
8.	1963/09/10	HLS from Merton	Thanks for your letter of 7 August. I do not know whether or not to congratulate you, but in any		«detailed view»
9.	1963/10/10	HLS to Merton	Merci de tout coeur pour votre lettre, votre poème (arrivé ici le matin de mon 45e anniversaire)		«detailed view»
10.	1963/11/05 (#01)	TLS from Merton	Thanks for your letter and your remarks on Seneca. I was glad you were interested and will send you		«detailed view»
11.	1963/11/05 (#02)	TAL[c] from Merton	Thanks for your letter and your remarks on Seneca. I was glad you were interested and will send you		«detailed view»
12.	1963/11/26	TALS to Merton	Merci de votre bonne lettre, de vos poèmes (j'ai beaucoup aimé celui sur "Grace") et surtout		«detailed view»
13.	1963/12/24	TLS to Merton	Votre article sur Dame Gertrude est sous presse; je n'ai pas envoyé les épreuves parce que nous		«detailed view»
14.	1964/02/21?	HLS from Merton	Here is the article you asked for on the Review. I hope it is satisfactory. This is perhaps		«detailed view»
15.	1964/03/28 (#01)	TALS from Merton	Here is your review of Barsotti. I am afraid it is rather a mess, and I am hoping that you will		«detailed view»
16.	1964/03/28 (#02)	TAL[c] from Merton	Here is your review of Barsotti. I am afraid it is rather a mess, and I am hoping that you will		«detailed view»
17.	1964/04/02	TALS to Merton	Merci de tout coeur pour tout ce que vous m'envoyez. Vos réflexions sur la Revue sont excellentes		«detailed view»
18.	1964/04/08 (#01)	TAL[c] from Merton	Thanks for your letter of the 2nd. I will gladly take responsibility for bulletins in the fields of		«detailed view»
19.	1964/04/08 (#02)	TLS from Merton	Thanks for your letter of the 2nd. I will gladly take responsibility for bulletins in the fields of		[transferred from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] «detailed view»
20.	1964/05/03	HLS to Merton	Par même courrier, mais par bateau, je vous fais parvenu		«detailed view»
21.	1964/05/28?	HCS from Merton	I have received [...] and the other books written that they		[verso of note card: "Statue of St. Benedict (by Peter Watts) Abbey of Gethsemani, Ky.] «detailed view»
22.	1964/06/26 (#01)	TALS from Merton	I think that with some of this Cronique material I had better send you little bits of it as they		«detailed view»
23.	1964/06/26 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	I think that with some of this Cronique material I had better send you little bits of it as they		«detailed view»
24.	1964/07/15 (#01)	TLS from Merton	As I am at present doing some work on Celtic monasticism I am running across a lot of material that		«detailed view»
25.	1964/07/15 (#02)	TAL[c] from Merton	As I am at present doing some work on Celtic monasticism I am running across a lot of material that		«detailed view»
26.	1964/11/13	TL to Merton	The manuscript of the next issue being sent to the printer, I have at last the freedom to write to		«detailed view»
27.	1964/11/19	HLS from Merton	Thanks for your good letter, full of news that is very encouraging. 1) I don't know whether I		«detailed view»
28.	1964/11/27	TLS to Merton	Thank you very much for your sendings received this morning. As far as I can see at first reading		«detailed view»
29.	1964/12/04 (#01)	TALS from Merton	Thanks for your good letter. Do as you see fit with the two articles. Run them together		«detailed view»
30.	1964/12/04 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	Thanks for your good letter. Do as you see fit with the two articles. Run them together		«detailed view»
31.	1964/12/19	HLS to Merton	Thank you for your letter. In regard to the non-Christian spirituality, I think, that the Bulletin		«detailed view»
32.	1965/01/13	TLS to Merton	Thank you for your letters. Je vous ai quand même mis parmi les "conseillers de rédaction".		«detailed view»
33.	1965/02/05	HLS to Merton	J'ai finalement décidé de publier vos compte-rendu dans		«detailed view»
34.	1965/02/11	TLS to Merton	Pour le nº 4 de cette année, nous voudrions consacrer un fascicule au monachisme non-chrétien.		«detailed view»
35.	1965/02/14 (#01)	TLS to Merton	Thanks for your good letter. I will try to do what I can for you. Certainly the magazine is a good	✓	«detailed view»
36.	1965/02/14 (#02)	TL[c] to Merton	Thanks for your good letter. I will try to do what I can for you. Certainly the magazine is a good	✓	«detailed view»
37.	1965/03/15	TLS to Merton	Le nº 1 vient de sortir de presse avec vos comptes rendus. Que dois-je faire pour vous faire		«detailed view»
38.	1965/03/23	HLS to Merton	It is a long time since I wrote. I was actually very ill at the end of December but I am recovering		«detailed view»
39.	1965/04/25	TL[c] from Merton	Thanks for your letter and also for the new Collectanea and for the offprints of my articles.	✓	«detailed view»
40.	1965/05/19	HLS from Merton	Here is an article which I think is very fine and I think is very fine and I have asked the author		«detailed view»
41.	1965/05/25	TLS to Merton	Thank you for your last two sendings. L'article sur The biblical foundations of monasticism		«detailed view»
42.	1965/05/28	HLS from Merton	Please do not use the hermit article yet. I offered it some time ago, before sending it to		«detailed view»
43.	1965/06/01	TALS to Merton	Your letter about the article on eremitism came as a surprise, since I never had the idea that it		«detailed view»
44.	1965/06/05	TLS from Merton	The people at Monastic Studies have cleared the way for you to use eremitism, as they will probably		«detailed view»
45.	1965/06/15	TLS to Merton	Un retard dans l'impression me permet de vous envoyer les épreuves de votre articles sur		«detailed view»
46.	1965/06/18 (#01)	TALS from Merton	J'ai reçu votre lettre ce matin après que je vous avais envoie les épreuves, a vous, non pas		«detailed view»
47.	1965/06/18 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	J'ai reçu votre lettre ce matin après que je vous avais envoie les épreuves, a vous, non pas		«detailed view»
48.	1965/07/14 (#01)	TLS from Merton	I am enclosing a review written by one of our brothers. I am very happy that he has decided		«detailed view»
49.	1965/07/14 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	I am enclosing a review written by one of our brothers. I am very happy that he has decided		«detailed view»
50.	1965/07/15	TLS[x] from Merton	You may certainly keep the carbon of Chuang Tzu for a while, I have no urgent need for it.		There is a question as to whether this letter is to Charles Dumont «detailed view»
51.	1965/07/19	TALS to Merton	Reading again the article on "The climate of monastic prayer", before sending it back to Westmalle,		«detailed view»
52.	1965/07/22	TLS from Fox, James	I received your gracious note of July 13 in regard to your Board of Directors Meeting for the		[see letter of the same date in "Fox, James" file to Abbot General Ignace Gillet] «detailed view»
53.	1965/07/23 (#01)	TLS from Merton	Today I am passing your letter of the 19th to the Master of Students who will see to it that someone		«detailed view»
54.	1965/07/23 (#02)	TAL[c] from Merton	Today I am passing your letter of the 19th to the Master of Students who will see to it that someone		«detailed view»
55.	1965/07/26	HALS from Merton	Here is a report you asked for -- the others have been assigned. One Father says he cannot find		«detailed view»
56.	1965/09/13	TLS from Merton	Thanks for your letter. I assure you that I am not at all surprised at the outcome of your		«detailed view»
57.	1965/09/14	TLS to Merton	Dom Samson et moi-même souhaitons publier votre article "The Council and monasticism".		«detailed view»
58.	1965/09/18	TALS from Merton	Thanks for your good letter of the 14th. About "The Council and Monasticism", having appeared		«detailed view»
59.	1965/10/04	TLS from Merton	The best man to coordinate the work of a team here is Fr Eudes who is in charge of the students		«detailed view»
60.	1965/10/18	TLS to Merton	You are welcome to review J.PIEPER, In Tune with the World. May I remind you of the review you		«detailed view»
61.	1965/10/25 (#01)	TLS from Merton	The Pieper review will be on its way to you shortly. Should I also do a piece for the Bulletin,		«detailed view»
62.	1965/10/25 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	The Pieper review will be on its way to you shortly. Should I also do a piece for the Bulletin,		«detailed view»
63.	1965/11/12	TLS to Merton	Father Paul sent me on CONJECTURES for censoring and told me to send the mss on to you when		«detailed view»
64.	1966/02/01	HNS from Merton	Here is a Bulletin on an Italian article -- I took the risk of doing it on the chance that it was		«detailed view»
65.	1966/05/27 (#01)	TLS from Merton	Your letter of March 23 from Caldey was written on the day when I went to the hospital for a serious		«detailed view»
66.	1966/05/27 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	Your letter of March 23 from Caldey was written on the day when I went to the hospital for a serious		«detailed view»
67.	1966/06/07	TLS to Merton	Merci de votre lettre. Je suis heureux de savoir que vous allez mieux. Pour moi je suis rentré		«detailed view»
68.	1966/06/13	TL from Merton	Thanks for your letter of the 7th which I received this morning. I am sending you herewith		[bottom of letter seems to be cut off] «detailed view»
69.	1966/07/07 (#01)	TLS from Merton	You remember those notes on "Psychedelic spirituality" that I sent you as a sort of bulletin		«detailed view»
70.	1966/07/07 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	You remember those notes on "Psychedelic spirituality" that I sent you as a sort of bulletin		«detailed view»
71.	1966/11/18	TLS to Merton	Il y a un bon moment que je ne vous écrit. En fait j'ai été assez malade toute cette année.		«detailed view»
72.	1966/11/25 (#01)	TALS from Merton	I was certainly very relieved to hear from you. I worried about your health and was wondering what	✓	«detailed view»
73.	1966/11/25 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	I was certainly very relieved to hear from you. I worried about your health and was wondering what	✓	«detailed view»
74.	1967/01/03 (#01)	TALS from Merton	Here are two more "bulletins" for the non-Christian department. If you see anything you think		«detailed view»
75.	1967/01/03 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	Here are two more "bulletins" for the non-Christian department. If you see anything you think		«detailed view»
76.	1967/01/31 (#01)	TLS from Merton	You remember the Bulletin I sent in recently on an article of Fr Johnson S.J. on Zen and Mysticism.		«detailed view»
77.	1967/01/31 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	You remember the Bulletin I sent in recently on an article of Fr Johnson S.J. on Zen and Mysticism.		«detailed view»
78.	1967/04/20	HLS to Merton	Merci de votre lettre et des corrections		«detailed view»
79.	1967/07/15	TLS to Merton	Voilà bien longtemps que je ne vous aie écrit ou que je n'aie reçu un message de vous.		«detailed view»
80.	1967/07/19 (#01)	TALS from Merton	I would have wanted to write more on psychedelics but there is just no end to it.	✓	«detailed view»
81.	1967/07/19 (#02)	TAL[c] from Merton	I would have wanted to write more on psychedelics but there is just no end to it.	✓	«detailed view»
82.	1967/08/17	TLS to Merton	Votre article sur le Zen est composé, mais malheureusement on vous l'a expédié par courrier		«detailed view»
83.	1967/09/11 (#01)	TLS from Merton	I am not quite sure whether I will find you at Scourmont or still at Bruges. But anyway, I am		«detailed view»
84.	1967/09/11 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	I am not quite sure whether I will find you at Scourmont or still at Bruges. But anyway, I am		«detailed view»
85.	1967/10/30	TALS from Merton	Thanks for yours of the 19th. It was held up a bit in reaching me, but I should have answered		«detailed view»
86.	1968/01/18 (#01)	HCS to Merton	In souvenir des heures heureuses passées à Gethsemani. fr Charles Dumont. 18.1.1968		[verso: decorated card with quote from Maurice Maeterlinck] «detailed view»
87.	1968/01/18 (#02)	HLS to Merton	En [...] je n'ai pas risqué une visite à votre ermitage.		«detailed view»
88.	1968/02/12	TLS from Merton	A letter from the Sister of Maredret -- entrusted to me for you-- gives me an opportunity to write		«detailed view»
89.	1968/04/08	TALS to Merton	Me voici rentré depuis quinze jours seulement de mon grand tour des monastères américains.		«detailed view»
90.	1968/04/13 (#01)	TLS from Merton	Admire the letterhead of my magazine! A copy of the magazine is on its way to you by surface mail.	✓	«detailed view»
91.	1968/04/13 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	Admire the letterhead of my magazine! A copy of the magazine is on its way to you by surface mail.	✓	«detailed view»
92.	1968/12/05	HPCS[x] from Merton	My Asian trip has so far been really remarkable. Very fine contacts with Tibetan Buddhists - a good		[written from Singapore] «detailed view»
93.	1971/10/13	HLS to Center from Dumont, Charles	Returning from Gethsemani, I am sending there letters received from Fr Louis. I was told		«detailed view»
94.	1972/01/11	TL[c] from Center to Dumont, Charles	Thank you for the letters from Merton. They will make a valuable addition to the collection,		«detailed view»
95.	undated/12/01	TLS from Merton	I saw this excellent article and thought you might like to consider it, though it is by a nun		«detailed view»

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