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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Contracts (publishing - various countries)

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1948-1966

Volume: 69 item(s); 156 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also Listing of contracts for books by Thomas Merton at the Merton Center in Sub-Section C.6; and see also the "Curtis Brown, Ltd." file for information about Merton's literary agent with discussions about publishing rights.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 Art and Worship, Book of Feast Days, Collected Essays, Disputed Questions (US) and The New Man 1
2 The Behavior of Titans 2
3 The Black Revolution 4
4 Clement of Alexandria 1
5 Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander 6
6 Copyright Registration Forms 7
7 Disputed Questions (foreign) 6
8 Elected Silence (UK version of The Seven Storey Mountain) 1
9 Emblems of a Season of Fury 3
10 Gandhi on Non-Violence 1
11 Life and Holiness 9
12 Monastic Peace 1
13 Monastic Vocation and the Modern Mentality 1
14 The New Man 4
15 New Seeds of Contemplation 9
16 Original Child Bomb 1
17 Poems 2
18 Seeds of Destruction 3
19 Selected Poems 1
20 Soul of the Apostolate (by Dom J. B. Chautard, intro. by Merton) 1
21 Spiritual Direction and Meditation 2
22 Thoughts in Solitude (French) 1
23 The Wisdom of the Desert 2

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
11961/no/no? other[x] AGREEMENT made this ____ day of _______ , 19 __ , by and between the Abbey of Gethsemani,  [<i>Art and Worship</i>, <i>Book of Feast Days</i>, <i>Collected Essays</i>, <i>Disputed Questions</i> and <i>The New Man</i> - Farrar, Straus and Cudahy publishers]
21961/10/10 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 10 Octobre 1961 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc.,  [<i>The Behavior of Titans</i> in French - Editions du Seuil publishers]
21962/11/no? (#02)other[x] ADDENDUM aux contrats intervenus entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.)  [addendum to contract for <i>The Behavior of Titans</i> in French - Editions du Seuil publishers]
31963/11/27 other[x] CONTRAT No 1.436 [-] OBJET : THE BLACK REVOLUTION, par le Révérend Père Thomas MERTON  ["The Black Revolution" - les Editions Casterman, S.A. Editeurs from Tournai, Belgium]
31964/06/01 other[x] Contrat intervenu le ler Juin 1964 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc.,  ["The Black Revolution" - M. Aldo Garzanti editor from Milan, Italy]
31964/07/08 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 8th day of July, 1964 BETWEEN Abbey of Gethsemani,  ["The Black Revolution" - Verlag Herder from Freiburg, Germany]
31964/07/22 (#01)other[x] Contrat intervenu le 22 Juillet 1964 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc.  ["The Black Revolution" in Castilian Spanish - Ediciones Estela in Barcelona, Spain]
41964/07/22 (#02)other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 22 day of July 1964, between The Abbey of Gethsemani  [see Section C.6, Series 11, for original - "Clement of Alexandria" - published by New Directions]
51966/04/19 TNS from Krieger, Ellen E. / to Lisa RayThe attached list of acknowledgments should appear on the copyright page of the above book.  [to Lisa Ray (carbon copy to Gay Ellis) from Ellen E. Krieger regarding the acknowledgements to be included on the copyright page of <i>Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander</i> - the list of acknowledgements comprises her attached page]
51966/04/27 TNS from Krieger, Ellen E. / to Lisa RayFurther to the acknowledgements we sent you on April 19th, we have just received word from New  [to Lisa Ray (carbon copy to Gay Ellis) from Ellen E. Krieger regarding a correction to the acknowledgements to be included on the copyright page of <i>Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander</i>]
51966/06/29 telegram from Delaney, John / to John A. GoodwineURGENT WE HAVE NEWS OF MERTON'S CONJECTURES OF A GUILTY BYSTANDER  [<i>Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander</i>]
51966/07/01 (#01)TNS from Goodwine, John A. / to John DelaneyJust received this today. Galleys will follow under separate cover. I know you have been anxious  [first page is note to John Delaney of Doubleday from John A . Goodwine, Censor Librorum for the Archdiocese of New York - second page is the Nihil obstat and Imprimatur from the Archdiocese of New York for <i>Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander</i>]
51966/07/01 (#02)TL from Pavincich, Irene / to Lisa RayBelow is copy for the imprimatur and nihil obstat that is to appear on the copyright page  [<i>Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander</i> - Nihil obstat and Imprimatur]
51966/07/12 TL from Stone, Naomi Burton / to John DelaneyI have talked to Dan Levant and have loaned him some pictures which we can't permission to LIFE  [from Merton's literary agent, Naomi Burton Stone to John Delaney of Doubleday - <i>Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander</i> photos]
61948/07/06 other MertonCertificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a book published in the United States  [<i>Exile Ends in Glory : The Life of a Trappistine</i>]
61958/04/25 other Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United  ["Monastic Peace"]
61958/06/01 other Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United  ["Prometheus"]
61958/12/06 other Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United  ["Nativity Kerygma"]
61959/12/01 other Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United  ["The Christmas Sermons of Blessed Guerric of Igny"]
61966/07/25 other Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United  ["Non-Violence and the Christian Conscience"]
6undated/no/no (#02)other Application for Registration of a Claim to Copyright in a published book manufactured in the United  [blank form]
71961/01/28 other MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS Twenty-eighth day of January of 1961 BETWEEN:  [<i>Disputed Questions</i> in Spanish - Editora y Distribuidora from Barcelona, Spain]
71961/03/08 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS ____ BETWEEN: <u>THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI</u>  [<i>Disputed Questions</i> in Spanish - South American rights - Editorial Sudamericana]
71961/03/16 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 16 Mars 1960 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc., Trappist-Kentucky  [<i>Disputed Questions</i> in French - Editions Albin Michel]
71961/04/no? other[x] ADDITIF AU CONTRAT INTERVENU LE 16 MARS 1961 ENTRE L'ABBAYE DE N.D. DE GETHSEMANI  [addendum to the contract for <i>Disputed Questions</i> in French - Editions Albin Michel]
71962/05/29 TLS[x] from Faveret, Affonso D. / to James FoxThank you for your kind letter of May 9, about the book "<u>DISPUTED QUESTIONS</u>". We would  [<i>DISPUTED QUESTIONS</i>]
7undated/no/no (#01)HN 1) U.S. - English (see 5-title F.S.G. Contract) (no contract for British Ed?) 2) France - French  [contents list of contracts from folder - states that US edition for <i>Disputed Questions</i> is in another file - filed with <i>Art and Worship</i> et al.]
81961/05/03 TLS[x] from Burns, T.F. / to James FoxThis letter, which I am sending in duplicate, confirms the proposal I made in my letter to Fr. Louis  [<i>Elected Silence</i> - for a paperback edition in England published by Burns and Oates]
91963/10/15 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 15th day of October 1963, between The Abbey  [<i>Emblems of a Season of Fury</i> - New Directions publishers]
91964/04/03 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 3 Avril 1964 entre : ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC.  [<i>Emblems of a Season of Fury</i> in French - Editions Albin Michel publishers]
91964/09/09 TL[c] from MacGregor, Robert / to Erich LinderThanks much for your September 3rd letter with the two copies of the signed agreement with Garzanti  [<i>Emblems of a Season of Fury</i> / list of poets that Merton has translated - rights information]
101965/04/05 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 5th day of April 1965, between The Abbey of Gethsemani  [<i>Gandhi on Non-Violence</i> - New Directions publishers]
111962/10/25 other[x] AGREEMENT made this 25th day of October, 1962, between HERDER AND HERDER, Incorporated of New York  [see "Fox, James" file under the series titled, "Publishers' Correspondence: Herder and Herder" / agreement, later modified, for a book published as <i>Life and Holiness</i> (here under the title, "Grace, Work, and Holiness")]
111962/12/01 other[x] AGREEMENT between THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, INCORPORATED and HERDER AND HERDER  [<i>Life and Holiness</i> - published by Herder and Herder]
111962/12/20 other[x] Addition to the Contract between the Abbey of Gethsemani, Inc., and Herder and Herder  [<i>Life and Holiness</i> - published by Herder and Herder]
111962/12/26 TLS[x] from Schworer, Frank / to James FoxThank you very much for your kind letter of December 20, with regard to our agreement for LIFE  [RE: <i>Life and Holiness</i> - from Schworer of Herder and Herder]
111962/12/28 TLS[x] from Schworer, Frank / to James FoxThank you very much for your kind letter of December 27, which crossed ours of the day before.  [RE: <i>Life and Holiness</i> - from Schworer of Herder and Herder]
111963/03/12 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 12 Mars 1963, entre HERDER and HERDER, Inc. New York,  [<i>Life and Holiness</i> in French - published by les Editions du Seuil]
111963/04/08 other[x] <u>AGREEMENT</u> THIS AGREEMENT made this eight day of April 1963 between Geoffrey  [<i>Life and Holiness</i> for publication in England - published by Geoffrey Chapman Ltd.]
111963/04/25 other[x] <u>AGREEMENT</u> made this twenty-fifth day of April 1963 between Herder and Herder,  [<i>Life and Holiness</i> for publication in Brazil in Portuguese - published by Herder Editoria Livraria]
111963/05/31 other[x] <u>AGREEMENT</u> made this thirty-first day of May 1963 between Herder and Herder,  [<i>Life and Holiness</i> for publication in the Netherlands in Dutch - published by Uitfeverij Het Spectrum]
121958/07/06 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 16 juillet 1958 entre, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani, Trappist -  [<i>Monastic Peace</i> in French - published by les Editions Albin Michel]
131965/05/25 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 25 Mai 1965 entre : ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC.  [see Section C.6, Series 13, for original - <i>Monastic Vocation and the Modern Mentality</i> in French - published by les Editions Albin Michel]
141962/03/05 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 5 mars 1962, entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.)  [<i>The New Man</i> in French - published by les Editions du Seuil]
141962/11/no? (#01)other[x] ADDENDUM aux contrats intervenue entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.)  [addendum to the contract for <i>The New Man</i> in French - published by les Editions du Seuil]
141964/08/28 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 28th day of August 1964 BETWEEN The Abbey  [<i>The New Man</i> in German - published by Rex Verlag in Switzerland]
141965/02/12 TLS[x] from Fox, James / to Ernst FrommWe received your gracious letter of February 3 in regard to the contract for THE NEW MAN by  [to Ernst Fromm, Director of Livraria AGIR Editoria - letter from 1962/02/03 attached with the agreed upon terms of condition]
151962/02/06 other[x] ADDENDUM aux contrats intervenue entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.)  [addendum to the contract for <i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> in French - published by les Editions du Seuil]
151962/04/13 other[x] CONTRATO DE EDIÇAO [-] A "EDITORA VOZES LTDA.", antiga Tipografia da Escola Gratuita São  [<i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> in Portuguese - published in Brazil by Editora Vozes Ltda.]
151962/06/27 other[x] NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION - Rights in Spain [-] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT  [<i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> in Spanish - published by Editorial Sudamericana for distribution in Latin America]
151962/06/28 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 28th day of June 1962 BETWEEN THE ABBEY  [<i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> - published by New Directions]
151962/08/01 TL[c] from MacGregor, Robert / to A. López LlausásThank you for returning the two copies of the contract between you and the Abbey of Gethsemani  [copy of letter sent to James Fox - RE: <i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> in Spanish for distribution in Latin America]
151962/10/08 other[x] Amendment to Contract with Editorial Sudamerica S.A. for Latin American Rights to NEW SEEDS  [addendum to contract for <i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> in Spanish - published by Editorial Sudamericana for distribution in Latin America]
151962/no/no? other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this ____ day of ___ 1962 BETWEEN The Right Reverend  [<i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> - published in England by Burns and Oates]
151963/03/11 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, made this Eleventh (11th) March, 1963 between Abbey of  [<i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> in Italian - published by Aldo Garzanti Editore]
151963/03/13 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 13th day of March, 1963 BETWEEN ABBEY OF  [<i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> in German - published by Verlag Räber &amp; CIE from Switzerland]
161962/03/01 other[x] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 1st day of March, 1962, between The Abbey  ["Original Child Bomb" - published by New Directions]
171964/08/11 other CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS, Edited by Paris Leary and Robert Kelly [-] Reverend  [Merton's poems published in <i>Contemporary American Poets</i>, including "A Baroque Gravure" and "Seneca"]
171966/07/12 other <u>Contract of 12th July 1966/ Merton POEMS</u> [-] Grace's House E 28 [-] Song for Nobody E 35  [a list of Merton's poems designating whether published in <i>Emblems of a Season of Fury</i> or <i>Selected Poems</i> and their page number - Agence Hoffman publishers - German department]
181964/09/15 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 15 Septembre 1964 entre: ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI  [<i>Seeds of Destruction</i> in French - published by Editions Albin Michel]
181964/11/21 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 21 Novembre 1964 entre l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani Inc.  [<i>Seeds of Destruction</i> in Italian - published by Aldo Garzanti Editore]
181965/03/17 other[x] <u>CONTRATO</u> que entre si fazem de um lado EDITORA VOZES LTDA. - Petrópolis -  [<i>Seeds of Destruction</i> in Portuguese - published in Brazil by Editóra Vozes]
191964/02/17 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 17 Février 1964 entre : ABBAYE DE NOTRE DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC.  [<i>Selected Poems</i> in French - published by Editions Albin Michel]
201960/12/22 other[x] LICENSE AGREEMENT made this 22nd day of December, 1960, by and between The Abbey  [<i>The Soul of the Apostolate</i> by Dom J. B. Chautard, translated and with a new introduction by Merton - published by Doubleday]
211960/10/20 other[x] Contrat intervenu le 20 Octobre 1960 entre Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Gethsemani,  [<i>Spiritual Direction and Meditation</i> in French - published by Editions Albin Michel]
211961/01/17 other[x] CONTRATO DE EDIÇAO A "EDITORIA VOZES LTDA.", untiga Tipografia da Escola Gratuita  [<i>Spiritual Direction and Meditation</i> in Portuguese - published in Brazil by Editôria Vozes Limitada]
221961/03/13 other[x] Entre les soussignés : Abbey of Gethsémani, Inc., Trappist, Kentucki [sic], U.S.A. désigné dan  [<i>Thoughts in Solitude</i> in French (<i>Les Chemins de la Joie</i>) - published by la Société des Editions d'Histoire et d'Art, J. and R. Whittmann]
231961/03/15 other[x] ADDITIF [-] AU CONTRAT INTERVENU LE 15 MARS 1961 ENTRE L'ABBAYE DE N.D. DE  [<i>The Wisdom of the Desert</i> in French - published by Editions Albin Michel]
231961/05/23 other Contrat intervenu le 23 Mai 1961 entre: ABBAYE DE NOTRE-DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC.  [<i>The Wisdom of the Desert</i> in French - published by Editions Albin Michel]
        

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