| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1961/04/10 | TLS | to Merton | It was with a deep sense of admiration that I read your excellent article "Classic Chinese Thought" | |
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| | 1961/05/03 | TLS | to Merton | It was with a deep sense of gratitude that I received your gracious letter this morning. Words are | |
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| | 1961/05/23 | HLS | to Merton | It has been a little while since I received your kind letter and later on the copy | Yes |
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| | 1961/06/08 | TLS | to Merton | It was a special blessing to receive your most gracious letter of May 23rd. Words are not adequate | |
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| | 1961/07/11 | TLS[x] | from MacGregor, Robert / to Sih, Paul | Thomas Merton has written us of your interest in publishing the Chuang Tsu translations he is | |
| expressing somewhat reluctant interest in publishing Merton's translations |
| | 1961/07/26 | TLS | to Merton | Please forgive me for not replying to your letter of July 12th earlier than today. I also received | |
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| | 1961/08/16 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | It is already a long time since your letter of July 26th and the arrival of the two books, which I | Yes |
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| | 1961/08/16 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | It is already a long time since your letter of July 26th and the arrival of the two books, which I | Yes |
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| | 1961/08/18 | TL[x] | from Dahm, Marjorie | Thank you for your wonderful letter of August 16th addressed to Doctor Sih. | |
| letter from Merton will be forwarded to Dr. Sih in Taiwan |
| | 1961/10/17 | TLS | to Merton | Please forgive me for not writing you earlier than today. I returned from Formosa a couple of weeks | |
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| | 1961/10/24 | TLS | from Merton | Very many thanks for your good letter of a week ago. I am glad to hear you have returned safely | Yes |
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| | 1961/11/15 | TL[x] | to Merton | Please forgive me for not replying to your letter of October 24, earlier than today. I was glad to | |
| refers to future trip to Gethsemani |
| | 1962/01/02 | TLS | from Merton | Please forgive me for my very long silence. I hope that the sending of the WISDOM OF THE DESERT | Yes |
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| | 1962/01/04 | TL[x] | to Merton | In one of your letters to me you indicated that you had written a review article on the <u>Tao The | |
| publishing suggestions |
| | 1962/01/28 | TLS | from Merton | After much delay I have finally got the copy of the article on the two Chinese Classics back | Yes |
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| | 1962/01/29 | TLS | to Merton | Please forgive me for not replying to your letter of January 2nd earlier than today. | |
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| | 1962/02/21 | TL[x] | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your letter and the article. Words are not enough to express my deep gratitude | |
| confirming trip to Gethsemani |
| | 1962/03/27 | TLS | to Merton | Please forgive me for not writing you earlier than now. Since my return to New York, I have busied | |
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| | 1962/05/03 (#01) | TALS | to Merton | Since I wrote you last, I have been busying myself with reviewing a number of books for various | |
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| | 1962/05/03 (#02) | other | to Merton | Dom Eusebius Wagner, O.C.S.O., Abbot of New Clairvaux, California, and 'Father Immediate' | |
| [newspaper clippings from the <u>Hong Kong Sunday Examiner</u>, 1962/02/02 - photographs Dom Eusebius Wagner, Abbot of New Clairvaux Trappist monastery in California, and his trip to the Monastery of Our Lady of Joy, Lantao Island, Hong Kong - also depicting Dom Paulinus Lee, Prior of Lantao, and monks] |
| | 1962/05/09 | TLS | from Merton | Your letter of the 3rd reached me this morning. Thank you very much for it. The Wang Yang Ming has | Yes |
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| | 1962/06/14 | TL[x] | to Merton | Please forgive me for not acknowledging your letter of May 9th sooner than now. I am enclosing a | |
| enclosing St. John's Alumni News / further publishing thoughts / Dr. Wu will visit Gethsemani |
| | 1962/06/28 | TLS | from Merton | John Wu left us the other day after a most pleasant visit. It was really good to see him face | Yes |
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| | 1962/07/10 (#01) | TLS | to Merton | I was most grateful for your letter of June 28th and was happy to know that you have received | |
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| | 1962/07/10 (#02) | other | to Merton | Asian Institute Translations, No. 3 [-] <u>The Platform Scripture of the Sixth Patriarch</u> | |
| [<u>The Platform Scripture of the Sixth Patriarch:</u> (The Basic Classic of Zen Buddhism) - translated with an introduction by Wing-tsit Chan (Dartmouth College) and Paul K. T. Sih - St. John's University Press, 1962 - 106 pages, 3 hole punched leaves] |
| | 1962/08/24 | TLS | from Merton | It is a long time since I received the remarkably interesting translation of the "Platform Sutra" | Yes |
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| | 1962/09/05 | TL[x] | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your kind letter of August 24th and am glad to know that you are interested in | |
| thoughts on publishing |
| | 1962/09/25 | TLS | to Merton | Today I received the September issue of <u>Jubilee</u> and am exceedingly delighted to read your | |
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| | 1962/10/16 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | The usual complaint of those who have too many occupations: I did not have time to get to your | Yes |
| declines to write about sterilization and abortion for the St. John's University Alumni magazine, <u>Redman</u> - does not have expertise to rise above usual arguments |
| | 1962/10/16 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | The usual complaint of those who have too many occupations: I did not have time to get to your | Yes |
| declines to write about sterilization and abortion for the St. John's University Alumni magazine, <u>Redman</u> - does not have expertise to rise above usual arguments |
| | 1963/01/31 | TALS | to Merton | Please forgive me for this much-belated acknowledgement of receipt of your booklet on "Clement | |
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| | 1963/04/09 | TALS | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your letter of March 28 in ending a copy of your book review of Father | |
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| | 1963/05/13 | TL[x] | to Merton | Enclosed please find a check of $24.00 for the honorarium of your article "The Chinese Classics" pub | |
| Zen book should be ready for distribution by the end of May |
| | 1963/06/03 | TLS | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your tow studies on Francois Fenelon. I am positive that I shall enjoy reading | |
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| | 1963/06/26 | TLS | from Merton | I deeply appreciated your letter of April 9th, though I did not get around to answering it. | Yes |
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| | 1963/07/15 | TL[x] | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your letter of June 26th and am grateful to know that you have written a review | |
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| | 1963/08/18 | TLS | from Merton | I have been waiting to find out exactly what was going to be done with that review I wrote of the | Yes |
| running into problems with the publisher Farrar Straus and Co. |
| | 1963/08/22 | TL[x] | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your letter of August 18 and fully understand the situation which has made it | |
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| | 1963/10/02 | HLS | from Merton | Please forgive my failure to answer your letter sooner. I have been in the hospital, and am still | Yes |
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| | 1963/10/28 | TL[x] | to Merton | Please forgive me for this much-belated reply to your letter of October 2. The delay was caused by | |
| received the <u>Pilot</u> / may visit in the Spring |
| | 1964/11/05 | TLS | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your generous thought in sending a copy of your "Mystics and Zen Masters." | |
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| | 1964/11/11 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | It was fine to hear from you again. I am glad that the Center has developed and that so much good | Yes |
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| | 1964/11/11 (#02) | HNS[x] | from Merton | Here is the revised text of <u>Mystics and Zen Masters</u>. | Yes |
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| | 1964/11/16 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you very much for your letter of November 11 and the revised text of "Mystics and Zen Masters. | |
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| | 1965/04/20 | TLS | to Merton | Allow me to inform you that your article "Mystics and Zen Masters" has been published | |
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| | 1965/04/23 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | It was a pleasure to get your letter. I have been thinking of you lately. Thanks also | Yes |
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| | 1965/04/23 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | It was a pleasure to get your letter. I have been thinking of you lately. Thanks also | Yes |
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| | 1965/04/26 | TLS | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your letter of April 23. I am most happy that you will read my manuscript even | |
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| | 1965/07/04 | TL[c] | from Merton | I was delighted to get your letter and to hear the translation of LIFE AND HOLINESS is coming along. | |
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| | 1967/05/24 | TALS | to Merton | It has been a long time since we last corresponded. I understand that you are in complete seclusion | |
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| | 1967/05/27 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | It is so good to hear from you again. I often think about you and your work at the Center there. | Yes |
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| | 1967/05/27 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | It is so good to hear from you again. I often think about you and your work at the Center there. | Yes |
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| | 1967/06/16 | TLS | to Merton | I appreciate greatly your letter of May 27 in allowing me to include your article on Classic Chinese | |
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| | 1967/07/18 | TLS | from Merton | Many thanks for the book on Mencius, in fact thanks for two copies I was glad to get the extra one, | Yes |
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| | 1967/09/29 | TLS[x] | from Merton to Fr. Devine | Thanks for your kind letter of the 18th. I will certainly keep the Asian Center in my prayers, not | |
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| | 1967/10/03 | TL[x] | to Merton | Please forgive me for not replying to your letter of July 18 earlier than now. I went to Ann Arbor, | |
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| | 1971/02/16 | TLS[x] | to Center from Sih, Paul | Thank you for your recent letter concerning original correspondence I had with Father Thomas Merton. | |
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| | 1971/02/19 | TAL[x] | from Center to Sih, Paul | Thank you for sending us the original letters which you had received from Father Thomas Merton. | |
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| | 1984/04/05 | TLS | from Morris, Barbara L. / to William Shannon | As you requested, I am enclosing xeroxed copies of the letters exchanged between the late Dr. Paul | |
| Paul Sih and Merton correspondence |
| | undated/no/no | other | | Biographical Sketch of Paul K. T. Sih, Ph.D. | |
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