| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1963/04/17 | TLS | from Merton | Oops! You really put me in a spot. There are all sorts of good reasons why I would like | |
| comments on making remarks for honorary degree for Dan [Walsh?] |
| | 1964/08/15 | TLS | from Merton | Fr. Illtud Evans O.P. of Blackfriars, is supposed to preach our community retreat | |
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| | 1964/08/24 | TLS | to Merton | Any reason for having a line from you is a good reason. | |
| Ursuline, Fr. Friedrich, Dr. Jude Doherty, Fr. Berrigan |
| | 1964/09/01 (#01) | TLS | to Merton | A sudden early morning thought reminds me that I have noted somewhere that Seeds of Destruction | |
| Seeds of Destruction manuscript for Merton collection |
| | 1964/09/01 (#02) | TL[c] | to Merton | A sudden early morning thought reminds me that I have noted somewhere that Seeds of Destruction | |
| Seeds of Destruction manuscript for Merton collection |
| | 1964/09/03 | TLS | from Merton | Thanks for your good letter about the ms of SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION. | |
| sending Mss. of what Seeds of Destruction was before the censors |
| | 1964/09/09 | TL[c] | to Merton | Today for some reason is an unexplicably [sic] good day. I do not explain such days. | |
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| | 1964/10/03 | TLS | from Merton | Dan is full of good news about the Committee and its progress. I am certainly grateful | |
| Merton's photos and drawings / Merton room / Antoninus |
| | 1964/10/26 | TLS | from Merton | Here are some extra copies of the talk to the Abbots. I have sent Jim eleven more abstract drawings | |
| Spalding College / Town and Gown Week |
| | 1964/11/02 (#01) | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for the copies of the talk to the abbots and for your gracious note. | |
| Formal opening of Merton Room / Msgr. Moore / Dr. Abell / Cornelius Hubbuch |
| | 1964/11/02 (#02) | TL[c] | to Merton | Thank you for the copies of the talk to the abbots and for your gracious note. | |
| Formal opening of Merton Room / Msgr. Moore / Dr. Abell / Cornelius Hubbuch |
| | 1964/11/06 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | Your letter reached me only this morning. I am very grateful for it, and the plans for Town | |
| Town and Gown Week / Merton room / Msgr. Moore / Mr. Landes |
| | 1964/11/06 (#02) | TLS[c] | from Merton | Your letter reached me only this morning. I am very grateful for it, and the plans for Town | |
| Town and Gown Week / Merton room / Msgr. Moore / Mr. Landes |
| | 1964/12/03 | HLS | from Merton | More stuff for "the room". I sneaked in the other day and have "my key" now. | |
| Merton Room / key / feelings about the room |
| | 1964/12/05 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | A friend in France discovered these pictures of my Father and two letters written in his last | |
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| | 1964/12/05 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | A friend in France discovered these pictures of my Father and two letters written in his last | |
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| | 1965/08/17 | TL[c] | to Merton | Upon returning to my desk today I found the splendid manuscripts with your appended card. | |
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| | 1965/10/13 (#01) | TALS | to Merton | I trust that this meets with your approval. | |
| [on same page Brennan Connolly letter / note by Connolly] Miss Landreth / Irish monastic lore / Phillip McNiff / Boston Public Library |
| | 1965/10/13 (#02) | TALS | from Connolly, Brendan | I hope that you will not place all the blame for the delay of a reply to your letter of September 28 | |
| carbon copy to Fr. Robert F. Drinan / also contains handwritten note to Merton / Seven Storey Mountain Mss. / for Merton Room dedication |
| | 1965/12/16 | TL[c] | to Merton | Thank you for the copy of Motive. The publication is new to me, but a quick run-through | |
| Methodist / James Laughlin |
| | 1965/12/20? | HCS | from Merton | Here are a couple of items for the Room. The snapshot dates from 1935 when I had hair on my head. | |
| Christmas card "Flucht Nach Agypten" / Berrigan |
| | 1965/12/28 | TL[c] | to Merton | Thank you for the note and the enclosures. I especially enjoyed the snapshot. | |
| "Peace and Protest" / pacifism / Vietnam / Pope Paul / Pope Pius XII / Jim and Sally |
| | 1966/02/07 | TAL | to Birkel, Paul | Please note the newest addition to the Merton Collection. It comes to us by direction of Fr. Louis | |
| Eileen Curns |
| | 1966/04/08 | HCS | from Merton | It was good to see you the other day[.] I will be out tomorrow | |
| 3 manuscripts that should be kept confidential during Merton's lifetime |
| | 1966/04/11 (#01) | TL[c] | to Merton | I was sorry I had only a few minutes with you. On the other hand, I am very wary of imposing myself | |
| hospital / private papers |
| | 1966/04/11 (#02) | TNS | to Birkel, Paul | Please note contents of the message of Fr. Louis. I have given him assurance we shall be scrupulous | |
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| | 1966/07/08 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | I don't know which of these items have reached "the Room" and which have not. | |
| "Franciscan eremitism" / Merton's back |
| | 1966/07/08 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | I don't know which of these items have reached "the Room" and which have not. | |
| "Franciscan eremitism" / Merton's back |
| | 1966/07/11 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for the letter and the enclosures for our deposit and safekeeping. The collection grows. | |
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| | 1967/03/26 | TLS[x] | from Merton | It has been a beautiful warm Easter here, though the most recent news from the East Coast complains | |
| Easter Sunday (to Friends) / Jim Forest / Adrienne Mariani / Zen / Vietnam / Camus / "Theoria to Theory" / Easter message |
| | 1967/03/31 | TLS | from Merton | The enclosed letter from a Prof. at Duke is self explanatory with my reply-- if they find the Huxley | |
| Aldous Huxley / John Slate / drawings / Derby Day |
| | 1967/04/03 (#01) | TLS | to Merton | April opens with a letter from you on my desk. A good omen for a usually lovely month. | |
| Mr. Slate / Derby Day / drawings / Huxley |
| | 1967/04/03 (#02) | TL[c] | to Merton | April opens with a letter from you on my desk. A good omen for a usually lovely month. | |
| Mr. Slate / Derby Day / drawings / Huxley |
| | 1967/04/03 (#03) | TL | to Center from Loftus, John | Fr. Louis has asked me to trace down a letter to him from Aldous Huxley. Is this possible? | |
| Aldous Huxley / Dr. Grover Smith / Duke University |
| | 1967/04/13 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | First of all, the information in this note supersedes a message I sent via Dan to Tommie. | |
| Naomi Burton / Tommie O'Callaghan |
| | 1967/04/13 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | First of all, the information in this note supersedes a message I sent via Dan to Tommie. | |
| Naomi Burton / Tommie O'Callaghan |
| | 1967/04/17 (#01) | TLS | to Merton | Thursday it is. No more than five. The rendezvous will be on or about 11:00 a.m. | |
| Dan Walsh |
| | 1967/04/17 (#02) | TL[c] | to Merton | Thursday it is. No more than five. The rendezvous will be on or about 11:00 a.m. | |
| Dan Walsh |
| | 1968/02/08 | TNS | from Delius, Betty | I thought you would be interested in knowing that Father Louis plans to bring Mr. Laughlin in | |
| problems with the Merton Room (enclosures- rules of use, forms) |
| | 1968/07/29 | TLS | to Merton | I have just finished reading you Midsummer Letter 1968. The reasons you give in your first | |
| Kennedy's death / Richard Block / Bellarmine-Ursuline merger |
| | 1968/08/03 | TL[c] | from Merton | It is good to hear from you. I tried to call you the other day when I was in town, but this letter | |
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| | 1968/12/03 | HPCS | from Merton | To my mind there is no place on earth lovelier than Ceylon. | |
| expresses desire "to forget all 'meetings'" / moving on to Thailand the next day |
| | undated/no/no (#01) | HNS | from Merton | A few more for the "Collection" - | |
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| | undated/no/no (#02) | other[x] | from Merton | for Father John with cordial good wishes [-] f m Louis | |
| [signed mimeograph of "Is the World a Problem?" inscribed "for Father John", likely for John Loftus] |
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