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Sub-Section C.6: Contracts for books and articles by Merton, foreign and domestic

Record Series: 2: Seeds of Contemplation

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Arrangement and Processing Notes:

This sub-group is divided into series based on contracts for a specific title of a written work of Thomas Merton. A small number are of miscellaneous works grouped together. Each series is contained in one folder herein and arranged in their original order.

Container List

Box#-FF#	Item#	Date	Notes	First Lines
1 - 2	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language.	«SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION 1) U.S. (English) 2) PORTUGAL (Portuguese) 2 copies»
1 - 2	2	1948	Contract with New Directions in the United States for Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 1.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 7 day of September 1948 BETWEEN FR. M. LOUIS, O.C.S.O.»
1 - 2	3	1952	Contract with Livraria Taveres Martins in Portugal for a Portuguese edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Two signed copies. Index item 2.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 26th day of November, 1952 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, INC.,»
1 - 2	4	1949	Contract with Editorial Sudamericana in Argentina for a Spanish edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 3.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 8th day of November, 1949 BETWEEN THOMAS MERTON, c/o Curtis Brown,»
1 - 2	5	1950	Contract (labeled "Duplicata") with Editions du Seuil in France for a French edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 4.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 14th day of March, 1950 BETWEEN THOMAS MERTON c/o Curtis Brown»
1 - 2	6	1951	Contract with Arne Frost-Hansen in Denmark for a Danish edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 5.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 15th day of February, 1951 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani Inc.,»
1 - 2	7	1950	Contract with Uitgeverij Het Spectrum in the Netherlands for a Dutch edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 6[a].	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 22d day of June, 1950 BETWEEN THOMAS MERTON, c/o Curtis Brown,»
1 - 2	8	1960	Contract with Uitgeverij Het Spectrum in the Netherlands for a Dutch paperback edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 6[b].	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 7th day of July, 1960 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI,c/o Curtis Brown»
1 - 2	9	1949	Contract with Casa Editrice Aldo Garzanti in Italy for an Italian edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 7.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 1st day of September, 1949 BETWEEN THOMAS MERTON, c/o Curtis Brown»
1 - 2	10	1952	Contract with Christian Academy of Czechoslovakia in Scotland for a Czech edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 8.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 1st day of March, 1952 BETWEEN THOMAS MERTON, c/o Curtis Brown,»
1 - 2	11	1949	Contract with Raber and Cie in Switzerland for a German edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 9.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 13th day of December, 1949 BETWEEN THOMAS MERTON, c/o Curtis Brown»
1 - 2	12	1957	Contract (two signed copies) with Father Juan A. Goyoaga, Kauangchi Publications, in Taiwan for a Chinese edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 10.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 10th day of April, 1957 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani c/o Curtis»
1 - 2	13	1958	Contract with Ediciones Ariel in Spain for a Catalan edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 11.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 1st day of April, 1958 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, c/o Curtis»
1 - 2	14	1966	Contract with Veritas-Shoin in Japan for a Japanese edition of Seeds of Contemplation. Index item 12.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 10th day of March, 1966 BETWEEN THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, c/o»

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