Eloise Spaeth was a patroness of the arts from New York. She was major force in convincing the Smithsonian Institution to open its Archives of American Art and was a promoter of Guild Hall in East Hampton. (Source: "SPAETH, ELOISE O'MARA". New York Times [online]. 6 Sep. 1998. Accessed 22 May 2006. Bellarmine University Library. ‹http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E1DC133CF935A3575AC0A96E958260›.)
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1960/07/18 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Bob Giroux has been promising me for a very long time that you would help me to fill in the gaps |
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[second page is a drawing by Merton]
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| 2. |
1960/07/18 (#02) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Bob Giroux has been promising me for a very long time that you would help me to fill in the gaps |
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| 3. |
1960/10/25 |
TL[x] from Wright, John J. |
These thoughtful reflections of Father Thomas Merton and the exquisite reproductions which accompany |
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[John J. Wright was the Bishop of Pittsburgh at the time and writes in praise of Art and Worship]
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| 4. |
1960/11/07 |
TL[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for your kind letter and for the photographs. I am especially taken with some of them-- |
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| 5. |
1960/11/11 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I enclose a copy of Bishop Wright's Prefatory Note to ART AND WORSHIP. I've sent him the copy |
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| 6. |
1960/11/23 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Your books has arrived and I am not just being polite when I say I am delighted to have it. |
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| 7. |
1961/05/09 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for your good letter and for the catalogue of the Tate exhibit. I found the layout |
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| 8. |
1961/06/19 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Your spring must have been pretty hectic and I think mine was no less so, though I admit I am not |
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| 9. |
1961/07/25 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for your good letter of a while back. I agree with you that we have to keep going |
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| 10. |
1961/12/01 (#01) |
TALS to Merton |
I should hang a mea culpa sign around my neck, fast on bread and water and stand in the corner |
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| 11. |
1961/12/01 (#02) |
TLS[x] to Merton |
I should hang a mea culpa sign around my neck, fast on bread and water and stand in the corner |
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| 12. |
1962/01/21 |
TAL[c] to Merton |
Have just turned off The Catholic Hour "Fire Watch". It is a beautiful and moving piece of work |
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| 13. |
undated/08/21 (#01) |
TL[x] to Longley, Fr. |
You may well wonder why I have the temerity to burden you with my problems but I was told by Mr. |
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| 14. |
undated/08/21 (#02) |
TL[x] to Fallani, Giovanni |
My husband and I were most impressed with the beautiful brochure explaining your activities which |
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[to Msgr. Giovanni Fallani, Director, Pontifical Institute of Christian Art, Piazza della Cancelleria in Rome, Italy]
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| 15. |
undated/10/13 |
TAL[x] to Fraretti, Costantino |
I am sorry to be so late in sending you the money for the four photos that you said you would have |
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[Fr. Costantino Fraretti (sp?) from Rome, Italy]
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| 16. |
undated/no/no |
other[x] |
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[3 barely legible notes copied onto one page with names and addresses]
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| 17. |
undated/no/no |
other[x] to Merton |
#1 Page 3 [-] The term ikon should be used as a noun. To substitute it for image is un-necessarily |
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| 18. |
undated/no/no |
other[x] to Merton |
Notes [-] In his first sentence of the book Merton cited examples as he went along - |
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[handwritten notes by Spaeth on Merton's manuscript on Art and Worship]
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| 19. |
undated/no/no |
other[c] to Merton |
A few comments on Art and Worship by Eloise Spaeth. I like the fact that the difference |
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[typed and annotated notes by Spaeth on Merton's manuscript for Art and Worship]
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| 20. |
undated/no/no |
TL[c] from Getlein, Frank |
I have read Merton's manuscript three times now and it is my best advice that you have nothing to do |
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[this copy not signed (see next record) - likely art critic Frank Getlein]
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| 21. |
undated/no/no |
TLS[x] from Getlein, Frank |
I have read Merton's manuscript three times now and it is my best advice that you have nothing to do |
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[signed "Frank" - likely art critic Frank Getlein]
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| 22. |
undated/no/no |
TLS to Merton |
Nice to have the old school remember one isn't it? Congratulations. I think that it is time we got |
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| 23. |
undated/no/no |
other[x] to Merton |
Notes on Merton Material. [-] Bad Merton: no vitality, even the usual stunning phraseology |
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| 24. |
undated/no/no |
HLS[x] from Merton |
One way in which we might save some time tomorrow would be to have some kind of breakfast |
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| 25. |
undated/no/no |
HN[x] |
Robert Giroux of Farrar Straus & Giroux asked me to colaborate [sic] on a book with the trappist |
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[note by Spaeth on being asked to collaborate on Art and Worship with Merton and the outcome]
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