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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hammer, Carolyn Reading

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1956-1973

Volume: 154 item(s); 193 pg(s)

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Biography

Carolyn Reading married Victor Hammer in 1955. The Hammers became good friends of Merton, who received permission to visit them in Lexington. Merton would later write to Carolyn to obtain books because of her position at the King Library at University of Kentucky. This was a bond that help University of Kentucky establish a small collection of Merton's papers.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1956/04/17 TLS[x]from MertonUnder separate cover I am returning the booklet on Japanese Buddhism, for which many thanks.Yes  
 1956/10/19 transcriptfrom MertonHere are the extracts from Cassiodorus, and I hope you find them satisfactory. I think our man hasYes [copied from published letters]
 1957/07/05 transcriptfrom MertonHow are you these days? I often think of you and Victor. My expectations of getting to LexingtonYes [copied from published letters]
 1957/07/10 transcriptfrom MertonI was very glad to get your letter and to hear that you and Victor would be over. I think the bestYes [copied from published letters]
 1957/10/15 HPCS[x]to MertonThis was a revelation, the perfect Cistercian architecture. Soon it will be restored and thenYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in archives classification Sub-Section C.3, manuscript proofs of "Art and Worship" - verso: L'abbaye du Thoronet] after restoration will be "destroyed by the tourists"
 1958/01/28 transcriptfrom MertonThe Cassiodorus was a wonderfully pleasant surprise. It is splendid, and I think the initial is oneYes [copied from published letters]
 1958/04/08? transcriptto Mertonwe shall appreciate your returning this as soon as possible; please send to us at the library.Yes [copied from published letters - no year, but placed in 1958 in the published letters]
 1958/04/10 transcriptfrom MertonMany thanks for the first proof. Everything is fine. I like Prometheus better in uncials. The typeYes [copied from published letters]
 1958/05/09 transcriptfrom MertonI greatly enjoyed the visit yesterday, and thank you both for coming. I apologize for rushing off soYes [copied from published letters]
 1958/06/06 transcriptfrom MertonFirst of all, my thanks to Victor for the picture of the crucifix which arrived and which I am veryYes [copied from published letters]
 1958/06/26 transcriptfrom MertonI have more and more to thank you for each time, and to make sure that I am not ungrateful I amYes [copied from published letters]
 1958/07/04 transcriptfrom MertonI am celebrating the fourth of July by giving an exam to the novices, and while they are all busyYes [copied from published letters]
 1958/07/18 TLS[x]from MertonI have had some luck with the bindings of Prometheus here-- I think. A binder who frequently visitsYes  
 1958/09/no? transcriptfrom MertonOn second thoughts, I think I will include a few titles of books in this letter to Victor,Yes [copied from published letters]
 1958/10/14 HPCS[x]to MertonWe had to stay longer here than we expected. I had to do a cross much bigger than the one I broughtYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file - verso: "La Cathédral - Pillier des Anges [-] L'Ange avec la Lance] Council of Europe
 1958/11/29 transcriptfrom MertonAre you back? You must be, it is nearly December. I am writing with good news. You know we spokeYes [copied from published letters]
 1958/12/09 transcriptfrom MertonMany thanks for your letter of last week. It is good to have you both back, and to know that youYes [copied from published letters]
 1959/01/10 transcriptfrom MertonThanks for your card - I will expect you and Victor next Saturday, a week from today. I will beYes [copied from published letters]
 1959/05/29 transcriptfrom MertonMany thanks for your letter and for the slips. I thought the easiest thing would be simply be simplyYes [copied from published letters]
 1959/06/12 transcriptfrom MertonHere it is already more than a week since Laughlin and I were over there. The lunch in the shadyYes [copied from published letters]
 1959/06/25 transcriptfrom MertonI signed the sheet and sent them off yesterday. Thank you for the cards and suggested titlesYes [copied from published letters]
 1959/07/30 transcriptfrom MertonHow are you, and especially how is Victor? Can we loo forward to seeing you soon? What I wantedYes [copied from published letters]
 1959/08/19 (#01)HLS[x]to Mertonthank you for your very kind letter - which was rewarding. However, let us not forget that thingsYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1959/08/19 (#02)transcriptfrom MertonJ. Laughlin wants me to write to a certain Mina Loy about her poems. As I gave you her book,Yes [copied from published letters]
 1959/09/no (#01)transcriptfrom MertonIf you and Victor come over on the 4th would you be able to bring some of these books? I would beYes [copied from published letters]
 1959/09/no (#02)transcriptfrom MertonOne or two more title, if you have them in the library, please: W. Barrett- Irrational Man. BlackneyYes [copied from published letters - no date but between letter dated September 1959 and September 24, 1959 (to Victor) in the published letters]
 1959/09/no (#02)transcriptfrom MertonOne or two more title, if you have them in the library, please: W. Barrett- Irrational Man. BlackneyYes [copied from published letters - no date but between letter dated September 1959 and September 24, 1959 (to Victor) in the published letters]
 1959/11/24 transcriptfrom MertonHere is the ms. Of an article I wrote for a nun's magazine - to enlighten the teaching sisters.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1960/01/07 TALS[x]to MertonThank you for your kind and good letter. I am - and of course Carolyn is too - very happy thatYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1960/01/no? transcriptfrom MertonI am just sending back the last two books of your that I had. Do you have these others: Haskins, C.HYes [copied from published letters - no date but placed after January 7, 1960 letter to Merton from Carolyn and Victor Hammer]
 1960/02/18 TLSto MertonV. thinks that in your last letter to him - or next to last letter - you gave some titles which youYes  
 1960/02/19 transcriptfrom MertonYes, the snow is wonderful and I think it must really be especially wonderful in your warm littleYes [copied from published letters]
 1960/03/04 transcriptto MertonThe following titles are on their way to you: Erasmus: Moriat Encomium (his Enchiridion Militis isYes [copied from published letters]
 1960/03/08 transcriptfrom MertonMany thanks for your letter and for the books which I am expecting, and will receive gratefully.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1960/03/08 transcriptfrom MertonMany thanks for your letter and for the books which I am expecting, and will receive gratefully.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1960/05/26 HLS[x]to Mertonof course the poem is fine and we like it very much. We even want your permission to print it forYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1960/12/12 HLS[x]to Mertonthe red initial is quite freshly printed and the paper still a bit dampish, so air them (the cards)Yes [typed signed note from Carolyn at the bottom of a handwritten letter of the same date from Victor - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1961/02/04 transcriptfrom MertonI just came across a card of yours on Dec 12 in which you spoke of sending the Richard Rovere bookYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/03/08 transcriptfrom MertonMany thanks for the copies of the broadside. The one you asked for has been signed and sentYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/03/27? TLSto MertonThis past week has been such a full one for me that I have had no time to gather together what weYes  
 1961/03/28 transcriptfrom MertonI am glad that the novitiate stamp on the Graves book does not matter. It went back to you the otherYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/03/29 transcriptfrom MertonYour letter arrived this morning after mine had gone out yesterday. I still have no definite wordYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/03/30 TALS[x]to MertonThank you for sending the New Directions edition of the Sayings. I was so touched by the kind wordsYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1961/04/02 transcriptfrom MertonIf Victor and you are able to get over here next Saturday - here are some books that I wouldYes [copied from published letters - dated Easter Sunday, which was April 2, 1961]
 1961/05/02 transcriptfrom MertonI realized that the first Saturday in June would not be a good day for me to come over that way, asYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/05/23 transcriptfrom MertonUnfortunately a man is coming down from New York on publishing business at the end of this weekYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/05/26 HLS[x]to MertonThank you for your letter and the poem. We can't say more for the moment, because we are soYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - previously mis-dated 1961/October/26 (Roman numeral looks like an X but seems to be a V) - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1961/06/18 HLS[x]to MertonThis was a crowded week and I missed completely to tell you that we could not come yesterday.Yes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1961/08/10 transcriptfrom MertonWere you able to find anything in the library on Mao Tse Tung? Have you anything especially goodYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/08/19 HLS[x]to MertonI am now working on the drawing for the print of Hagia Sophia which will be on the first page.Yes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1961/09/01 transcriptfrom MertonI am sorry the 9th is not too good for you. However I have so far no obstacle on any of the otherYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/09/18 transcriptfrom MertonYour card reached me this morning.. Do you have in the library a thorough and recent history of oneYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/09/28 transcriptfrom MertonI am sending over to the library some books and magazines which have got here somehow and whichYes [copied from published letters]
 1961/10/16 transcriptfrom MertonToday I am sending off a couple of packages to the library: one of books that I am finally returningYes [copied from published letters]
 1962/01/no? transcriptfrom MertonDo you by any chance have one or other of the following - R. Niebuhr - The Irony of American HistoryYes [copied from published letters - no date, placed between January 18th and 21st, 1962 in published letters]
 1962/05/09 TALS[x]to Mertonenclosed find a proof of an unfinished metal-cut which I attempted to make for the poem becauseYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1962/07/18 transcriptfrom MertonToday I remembered finally about the text for the cover. It had been gone from my mind for days.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1962/08/11 transcriptfrom MertonYou have already sent me the book from Columbia. It is the edition of Cassiodorus's "DivineYes [copied from published letters]
 1962/08/12 transcriptfrom MertonAnother possible reference - supposed to have good materials on Cassiodorus.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1962/08/20 HPCSto MertonSaturday the 25th is still convenient, we shall come then (<u>not</u> the 23d). You will here thisYes  
 1962/09/24 HPCS[x]to MertonVictor too is 'stunned' once again - CRHYes [note from Carolyn at the bottom of a postcard of the same date from Victor - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1962/10/27 HPCS[x]to Mertonjust out of the caves we are happy to be in God's Light again. But it was necessary for me to seeYes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1962/12/11 transcriptfrom MertonNow that it snows and is cold, I think with pleasure our meeting last week and the little fireYes [copied from published letters]
 1963/04/07 transcriptfrom MertonYou probably realize the quandary I am in. I just got a letter from the President of the U.Yes [to Victor and Carolyn Hammer - copied from published letters]
 1963/06/07 transcriptfrom MertonThanks for your note, and I am especially grateful for Victor's Trappistic exploit as my secretYes [to Victor and Carolyn Hammer - copied from published letters]
 1963/07/16 transcriptfrom MertonNot having heard anything from J. I presume he is not going to come down in July, and I am goingYes [to Victor and Carolyn Hammer - copied from published letters]
 1963/11/30 TLSto Mertonwe are so sorry to have kept this for such a long time; but, three people on the ShakertownYes  
 1963/11/no? transcriptfrom MertonHere is Victor's textYes [to Victor and Carolyn Hammer - copied from published letters - year only, but placed in published letters between October 31st and November 9th, 1963]
 1963/12/04 TAL[c]from MertonJubilee has run off offprints in the past, on occasion, but they have not done so recently.Yes  
 1963/12/10 (#01)TLSto Mertonwe have written to Mr. Rice of Jubilee asking him about the offprints (and just a few minutes agoYes  
 1963/12/10 (#02)transcriptfrom MertonHere is the Shakertown piece for xeroxing. And I have added a couple of other things.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1964/06/no? transcriptfrom MertonAs I am today sending you some books on Yoga for the library I will also put in this note a wordYes [copied from published letters - dated June and placed in the published letters as 1964]
 1964/08/05 TALS[c]from MertonMany thanks for the reprints. As I mentioned in Victor's letter, I could use half a dozen here, butYes  
 1964/08/17 TLSto Mertonof all your requests, only Waters, The Anglo-Norman Voyage of St. Brendan by Benedeit is available;Yes  
 1964/10/14 TAL[c]from MertonI have not heard from you or Victor for some time, and am writing to find out how Victor is gettingYes  
 1964/12/05? transcriptfrom MertonDo you have this in the library and if so could I please borrow it. R.F. Goheen - The ImageryYes [copied from published letters - dated December 5th and placed in the published letters as 1965]
 1964/12/28 TL[c]from MertonMy friends at Stanbrook Abbey say they are sending an exhibit of their printing to this countryYes  
 1965/01/20 TLSto MertonI also write to you regarding the short foreword which I hope you can find time to doYes  
 1965/01/22 transcriptfrom MertonJust a brief note to ask if you have any of these and if I might borrow them - E. Wood - ZenYes [copied from published letters]
 1965/02/01 HPCSto MertonWe received your notes 'on' Victor. Thank you so sincerely. V. is writing, but I wanted to sayYes [verso: photograph of a bas-relief in bronze of the Biblical flight of Joseph and Mary into Egypt - from Pisa, Italy]
 1965/03/06 TALSto MertonV. is back in the hospital with another heart attack as of Tues. morning; however, this one not soYes  
 1965/03/10 TL[c]from MertonI am sorry that phrase is not clear. Commas around "oneself" might help. One might change it toYes  
 1965/05/13 transcriptfrom MertonSee we are very American Uncial on our stationery. I was sorry to hear Victor was laid up againYes [copied from published letters]
 1965/05/30? transcriptfrom MertonThis Friday, June 4, I have to come to Lexington for some Ex. Rays and tests. If I am lucky I oughtYes [copied from published letters - dated May 30th and placed in the published letters in 1965]
 1965/09/26 HLS[x]to MertonIt seems to me strange that even you have missed the meaning of the passage in the Vulgate;Yes [from Carolyn and Victor Hammer - see original in "Hammer, Victor" file]
 1965/12/29 TL[c]from MertonToday I am returning Peters, <u>Rilke, Masks and the Man</u>. As I mentioned in my card I wouldYes  
 1965/no/no? transcriptfrom MertonAs I forgot to tell you the names of the two books on Rilke, I am sending this along right away.Yes [copied from published letters - dated Saturday and placed in late 1965 in the published letters]
 1966/03/no? transcriptfrom MertonI hope to get out of the hospital tomorrow (Saturday) - The operation was quite successfulYes [to Victor and Carolyn Hammer - copied from published letters - no date but placed in published letters between March 1st and April 21st, 1966]
 1966/05/06? transcriptfrom MertonI am sorry I could not come over with J and Nicanor Parra. Too much riding in a car is perhaps stillYes [to Victor and Carolyn Hammer - copied from published letters - no year on letter but dated 1966 in published letters]
 1966/05/20 transcriptfrom MertonIf you have in the library Walker Percy's new novel <i>The Last Gentleman</i> - look at pages 26-28,Yes [copied from published letters]
 1966/06/21 TLSto Mertonthe titles you wanted are being sent only in part - we have of Jean Grenier's work only: L'EspritYes  
 1966/07/30 TL[c]from MertonI will check down at the monastery to see if there was ever a message about you and Victor comingYes  
 1966/08/05 transcriptfrom MertonThanks so much for your card. August 13th would be perfect for me, the 20th less so. Hence unlessYes [copied from published letters]
 1966/08/22 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for the Pavese books. I am well into one of them and he is a marvelous writer.Yes  
 1966/08/23 (#01)TPCSto MertonIf the Harrington and Conze titles are available, we will send them; also, please keep the BriffaultYes  
 1966/08/23? (#02)transcriptfrom MertonIn my letter yesterday I forgot to ask about book of, or criticism of René Char. I have his FureurYes [copied from published letters - dated August 23rd and placed in 1966 in the published letters]
 1966/10/08 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for your note of the 3rd telling me of the exhibit of Stanbrook books there atYes  
 1966/10/31 transcriptfrom MertonNovember is upon us. I wonder if Victor and you will be able to get over on the 12th, 19th or 26th.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1966/11/17 transcriptfrom MertonI have jotted down some references to things I need: doubtless some of them are in the library.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1966/12/08 transcriptfrom MertonI was very sorry to hear Victor had to go to the hospital again. But I am glad he is recovering.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1967/01/03 TL[c]from MertonI find I have kept that Hernandez book of poems beyond the end of the year. As I don't suppose tooYes  
 1967/01/11 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your card and for the three books. Fine, they are very helpful. I will not keep themYes  
 1967/02/13 TL[c]from MertonI address this to you as the ribbon is getting faint and Victor might not be able to read it easily.Yes  
 1967/04/25? transcriptfrom MertonI already sealed my letter to Victor or I would have included this note. Do they have at the libraryYes [copied from published letters - dated April 25th and placed in the published letters in 1967]
 1967/05/28 TL[c]from MertonBob Shepherd had the kindness to write to me and let me know that you not only have VictorYes  
 1967/07/05 (#01)HNSto MertonPlease note clipping sent by Lexi and the last paragraph at foot of page (this letter came the dayYes [in published letters as July 15, 1967 (1967/07/15)]
 1967/07/05 (#02)HALS from Lexi Joanelius / to Victor HammerMein liebe Victor, ich [two indecipherable words] schon lange einen Brief  [after Victor's death, Carolyn passed a letter to Merton with a handwritten note and news clipping about the Shroud of Turin - unknown sender]
 1967/07/10 transcriptfrom MertonThis is just to let you know that word from Bob Shepherd reach me about Victor. I offered MassYes [copied from published letters]
 1967/07/11 (#01)TAL[c]from MertonAfter my note of yesterday had been mailed I received this morning the message from LexingtonYes  
 1967/07/11 (#02)other VICTOR HAMMER PORTRAITIST, DIES [-] Viennese Artist Had Taught at Transylvania College  [newspaper clipping - obituary for Victor Hammer]
 1967/07/11 (#03)other Requiem for Victor Hammer [-] July 11, 1967 [-] At four o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, July  [photocopy of the eulogy and burial service for Victor Hammer]
 1967/07/11 (#04)other <u>Notes to Carolyn</u> 1 Could and should these persons be named, perhaps on the back of the  [photocopy of notes for Carolyn Hammer concerning the eulogy and burial service for Victor Hammer]
 1967/07/27 TAL[c]from MertonVictor's beautiful book-- surely his most beautiful in every way-- arrived this morning and I haveYes  
 1967/07/28? HLSto Mertona peace came to me when I rang the Abby [sic] the night of Victor's death and that kind voiceYes [no date but placed in the published letters as 1967]
 1967/07/31? transcriptfrom MertonI was very glad to get your letter today - Certainly I would like to see you. August 12 would beYes [copied from published letters - dated July 31st and placed in 1967 in published letters]
 1967/08/01? transcriptfrom MertonAs I mentioned in my note about you coming Aug 12- I am sending a list of things I would be gratefulYes [copied from published letters - dated August 1st and placed in 1967 in published letters]
 1967/08/02? HLSto MertonBob Shepherd can bring me on August 12th at 11:30 (Eastern S.T. - we did not go on day-light savingYes  
 1967/08/17 HLSto MertonI cannot find a photograph other than this Kolbsheim one above the altar there and the two beforeYes  
 1967/08/22 (#01)TL[c]from MertonYour note and the photos arrived today. I have to write to the Pope about some other businessYes [see published version for a postscript not included on the carbon]
 1967/08/22 (#02)transcriptfrom MertonYour note and the photos arrived today. I have to write to the Pope about some other businessYes [copied from published letters - contains a postscript not included on the carbon]
 1967/08/24 transcriptfrom MertonBob wrote about coming Labor Day weekend sometime. I am tied up then. I will write to him about it.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1967/08/31 transcriptfrom MertonI just heard from Jay that he most likely will not come by here in September after all. So - unlessYes [copied from published letters]
 1967/09/04? HLSto Merton[Sir] Herbert Read has written and suggested that it might be possible for him to help in some wayYes  
 1967/09/05? transcriptfrom MertonBy all means come Saturday 9th if that is convenient. I hope this will get out immediately and reachYes [copied from published letters - dated Tuesday the 5th and placed as September of 1967 in the published letters]
 1967/09/11 transcriptfrom MertonOne thing I forgot to say the other day about Fiedler: perhaps still one of the best possibilitiesYes [copied from published letters]
 1967/09/18 transcriptto MertonI think your idea to wait until James Laughlin comes to discuss the Niles songs is a good decision.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1967/09/22? transcriptfrom MertonI am most grateful to the library for the xeroxes of articles. The Oceania one has come quick firstYes [copied from published letters - dated September 22nd and placed in 1967 in the published letters]
 1967/10/09 TL[c]from MertonAs a pretext for printing: I thought you might look at these early poems of mine. I just recentlyYes  
 1967/10/23? transcriptfrom MertonSorry. I cannot manage Thursday, but I <i>can</i> get over to Lexington Saturday 28 and hope it isYes [copied from published letters - dated Monday the 23rd and placed in October 1967 in the published letters]
 1967/11/02 TALSto Mertonthe three titles requested: Du Bori, THE 1870 GHOST DANCE, Burridge, MAMBU, Barrera Vasquez,Yes  
 1967/11/23 TL[c]from MertonFirst of all, many thanks for the memorial book for Victor. It is as beautiful as anything you haveYes  
 1967/11/24? HLSto MertonThurs., if you possibly can, do call me from 9-12 at the Library- 258-9000, Ext. 2734; at homeYes [no date but likely November 24th or 25th of 1967] John Jacob Niles - "The Niles-Merton Song Cycles"
 1967/12/27 transcriptfrom MertonMore people are coming from Georgia and I won't be able to get together with you all on Saturday.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1968/01/02 transcriptfrom MertonI'm very sorry. I have to change the signals again. At the end of this week a monk from Belgium isYes [copied from published letters]
 1968/01/21 TL[c]from MertonI have been laid out with flu, had a bad case of it, and have been pretty much out of touch forYes  
 1968/01/23 TALSto Mertonit was indeed good to have word from you at long last, for your friends here worry - so very sorryYes  
 1968/01/25 transcriptfrom MertonThanks for your note. It turns out J. will not be here this week, but plans to try to get downYes [copied from published letters]
 1968/01/30 transcriptfrom MertonI think I had better get this longish list off to you in the hope that you may find one or twoYes [copied from published letters]
 1968/03/02? transcriptfrom MertonHere at least is the first splash of the Pond. It is quite an education trying to edit a magazine,Yes [copied from published letters - dated March 2nd and placed in the published letters in 1968]
 1968/03/19 TLSto MertonThe articles for the library were received and will be turned over to the proper places after BobYes  
 1968/03/22 transcriptfrom MertonThanks for sending the J. Greene material. Glad to have it. And of course I do want to have a talkYes [copied from published letters]
 1968/05/20? HPCSto MertonI am just back (to Lond.) from Callow-End and two long grilled talks with Dame Hidelith - a really  [verso: black and white aerial photograph of Stanbrook Abbey]
 1968/06/30 transcriptfrom MertonMany thanks for your card from Stanbrook. I hope you enjoyed the whole trip, notwithstanding turmoilYes [copied from published letters]
 1968/07/31 transcriptfrom MertonI was glad to get your note. I was thinking about the possibility of getting together in August.Yes [copied from published letters]
 1968/08/05 transcriptfrom MertonFine - I'll expect you the 10th about 11.30 - and maybe the 31st but I am not too sure about thatYes [copied from published letters]
 1968/09/06 transcriptfrom MertonI have been lucky with gifts: yours, the kit for keeping ones toothbrush, shaving things and so on,Yes [copied from published letters]
 1968/11/no transcriptfrom MertonHere is a nice picnic space - though there are at present no picnics. Delhi is fine, and tonightYes [copied from published letters]
 1973/12/04 TL[x]from Center to Hammer, CarolynMr. Victor Kramer at Georgia State University has requested permission to look at Victor's   
 1973/12/10 TL[x]from Center to Hammer, CarolynIt was nice talking to you last evening and I have found the mystery of why no letter   
 1973/12/12 TLSto Center from Hammer, CarolynThe xerox copies of the letters (Merton/Hammer) have come together with your letters of Dec.4 and 10   
 1995/01/26 HLSto Betz, Margaret B.Your recent letter regarding the Hammer drawing of the crucifix (last seen by me in Fr.   
 undated/no/no HNS from O'Callaghan, Tommie / to Charlaine and BettyI have spoken with C. Hammer - she had not rec. Bell. letter - with our rec. she will let those be  [Charlaine Hays and Betty Delius from the Merton Center and Bellarmine Library]
 undated/no/no HLSto MertonOn Wednesday, the 25th, a good friend (and poet) from Dublin, Liam Miller, will be visiting us in   
 undated/no/no other THE PEBBLES [-] I [-] The dictum: it is a pity that the New is not good and the Good is not new,   
        

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