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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McNiff, Mary S.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1966-1968

Volume: 18 item(s); 24 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Mary S. McNiff was Assistant to the Librarian of St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1960/04/19 TLSto MertonThere are remote and proximate motives for writing this letter. (And I cannot remember whether   
 1965/04/28 TALSto MertonDo you realize, mon ami, that you have entrusted me with the makings of a fortune? Yes, I think you   
 1965/05/03 TL[c]from MertonOf course I have no power to approve the commercial reproduction of the picture, and as a matter   
 1965/05/05 TALSto MertonLet's cut the cackle. Tom McDonnell was right. We are, in a way, a crazy blend of know-how,   
 1965/05/08 TL[c]from MertonThere's no cackle to cut, really. Everything is ok. I happened to see Victor H. the other day   
 1965/06/02 TL[c]from MertonThe reproduction of the VH painting is certainly first class. Thank you so much for it.   
 1966/04/05 TLSto MertonEnclosed are two items which might interest you. The last term paper of Jonathan Daniels   
 1966/10/20 TLSto MertonIt was just like getting a letter - opening THE CRITIC and finding the Victor Hammer portrait gazing   
 1967/05/04 (#01)TALSto MertonIt is very quiet today. The immediate chores are done and I have been reading (reveling in)  [letter completed and sent 1967/05/09]
 1967/05/04 (#02)TANfrom FranThanks so much for Merton sheet, again the man does a good deal to keeping this frail (?) body alive  [a note to McNiff from Fran (no last name) and forwarded to Merton]
 1967/06/14 TL[c]from MertonYesterday the Yuban arrived, and the notebooks too. Perfect. Those notebooks are the best,   
 1967/07/10 TLSto MertonHow very kind of you to send the inscribed copy of Cassiodorus! Thank you. The book has not come   
 1967/08/30 (#01)TLSto MertonI must report the series of international encounters the McNiffs have been enjoying.   
 1967/08/30 (#02)HN[x]from ?Present this Japanese fan with my writing picture and Japanese poem (Woka). to Mrs. McNiff   
 1967/08/30 (#03)TANSto MertonOur good friend, Tom Coffey of Dimension Books, would dearly love to publish something of yours   
 1968/02/08 TLSto MertonIt's too much. Two communications within a day. But Phil brought home the Kroeber copy.   
 1968/04/05 (#01)TLSto MertonIt's ironic, really. I have waited for weeks to write in reply to your pre-Lenten letter, hoping   
 1968/04/05 (#02)other[x]to MertonAn exhibit of productions from Stanbrook Abbey Press will open at The Library, Saint John's Seminary   
        

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