| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1946/12/03 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for the pleasure of reading your poems which I really enjoyed. I don't know how much | |
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| | 1947/05/24 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I had not seen the poem because we do not get any magazines: so thank you for sending it and above | |
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| | 1948/06/17 | TLS[x] | from Merton | By the time you get this you will be that. I shall have offered what prayers I can and received | |
| [the antecedent of Merton's "that" in the first sentence seems to be from his address of Sweeney as "Dear Father in Christ", Sweeney having been ordained on June 19, 1948] |
| | 1948/11/24 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Laughlin, James | Thank you ever so much for your kind letter of the 19th, and the excellent group of poems. | |
| religious anthology of poetry compiled by Merton |
| | 1948/11/24? (#02) | other[x] | | Comments -2- This is a book that has real poems in it. The poet has a penetrating and wise eye, | |
| Merton's comments on a book of poems, seemingly those of Fr. Francis Sweeney, S.J. / religious anthology of poetry compiled by Merton |
| | 1948/11/27 | TALS[x] | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter. I have been owing you one for a long time but have been so | |
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| | 1948/12/16 | TALS[x] | from Connolly, Terence | The manuscript of <u>SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN</u> has just come to me through your kindness | |
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| | 1949/01/19 | TLS[x] | to Laughlin, James | You may recall that in November last I sent you several poems for possible inclusion | |
| religious anthology of poetry compiled by Merton |
| | 1949/05/02 | TLS[x] | from Connolly, Terence | This is a brief and rather hurried answer to your letter just received. To put you at rest | |
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| | 1949/06/17 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your kind letter-- and I take this opportunity to acknowledge Don Kenney's at the same | |
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| | 1950/02/04 | HNS[x] | from Merton | Sorry I have been so awfully bad about writing. An simply swamped. Anytime you come down is ok, | |
| [verso: woodblock of St. Joseph] |
| | 1950/10/09 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I have been praying hard for the success of your dangerous operation if that be God's will. | |
| [verso: woodcut of a tree with an excerpt from <i>Mystère des Saints Innocents</i> by Charles Péguy] |
| | 1953/10/28 | TLS[x] | from Merton | St Jude, the patron of hopeless cases, has finally taken my letterwriting in hand. I am in general | |
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| | 1961/05/04 | HLS[x] | from Merton | It was good to hear from you after so long a time. I am glad you have run into Mark and Bob - | |
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| | 1962/10/08 | TL[x] | to Merton | This is just a letter of inquiry about a matter which I may not be able to manage. Father Hans Kung | |
| theologian Fr. Hans Küng's visit to the United States and a possible visit to Gethsemani Abbey to meet with Merton (which did not materialize) |
| | 1962/10/13 | TALS[x] | from Merton | (I hope the right abbreviation). Thanks for your wonderful news. I immediately got in touch | |
| ["right abbreviation" might refer to addressing Sweeney as "Frank" for the first time, instead of "Father in Christ"] |
| | 1962/10/17 | TL[x] | to Merton | Thank you for your kind letter of October fifteenth, regarding the possible visit of Hans Kung | |
| theologian Fr. Hans Küng's visit to the United States and a possible visit to Gethsemani Abbey to meet with Merton (which did not materialize) |
| | 1962/11/15 | TL[x] | to Merton | The copies of the introduction to Father Delp's letters and the other material you sent me have | |
| Fr. Alfred Delp / theologian Fr. Hans Küng's visit to the United States and a possible visit to Gethsemani Abbey to meet with Merton (which did not materialize) |
| | 1962/11/20 | HLS[x] | from Merton | It will be fine to have Hans Küng here for Holy Week though it might be more crowded for us, | |
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| | 1963/02/14 | TL[x] | to Merton | After much conning of schedules, it now seems that Father Küng will not be able to visit Gethsemani | |
| reporting that Hans Küng would not be able to come to Gethsemani / lecture by Mark Van Doren at Boston College on the topic of Robert Frost |
| | 1963/11/24 | TL[x] | to Merton | Thanks for your letter of Nov 20. I have just heard from Father Kung in Rome and have his approval | |
| new proposal to have Hans Küng visit Gethsemani in April of 1964 / Fr. Vincent A. Yzermans |
| | 1967/08/09 | TLS | to Merton | Some time ago an ex-novice of yours, named, I believe, Zoller, who is now in the Navy, told me that | |
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| | 1967/08/13 | TL[c] | from Merton | It was good to hear from you again, and your conference on Vatican Peace Diplomacy sounds | |
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| | 1967/08/16 (#01) | TL[x] | to Merton | Thank you very much for your kind letter. I appreciate the time you took to write me since I know | |
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| | 1967/08/16? (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Recently I heard of the following strange event. Frank Sheed, in London, was awakened at four | |
| [circular letter written by Merton, mimeographed and sent to friends - undated but other places labeled "MIDSUMMER 67"] |
| | 1968/02/08 | TLS | to Merton | This letter will bring you some news about a Conference on "The Vatican and Peace," about which | |
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| | 1968/02/10 | TL[c] | from Merton | I am glad to hear the Conference on the Vatican and Peace is shaping up well. Did I answer your | |
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| | 1969/06/20 | TL[x] | to Alexander, M. H., Mrs. | Thank you for your kind letter of April 22. I regret that I am so long in answering it; I wanted | |
| regarding Merton's death, Merton scholarship and the collection of Merton's papers at Boston College |
| | 2004/12/no | other[x] | | Restoring Sweeney: The Acquisition and Processing of the Francis W. Sweeney Manuscript Collections | |
| [article regarding the life of Francis W. Sweeney and the donation of his papers to Boston College] |
| | undated/03/24 | other[x] | | Boston College Library [-] <i>Opening of an Exhibition</i> [-] <i>Of The Work Of</i> [-] THOMAS | |
| [Daniel Walsh to speak at Boston College on Merton and on "The Impact of Catholic Thought on Modern Life and Letters" - presumably some time after Merton's death in 1968, Walsh died in 1975] |
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