Letters to Thomas Merton from others are not a part of the Merton Legacy Trust and may be made available for reading and note taking upon the signing of Form A unless the correspondent has expressly restricted such access in writing. They must not however be copied, quoted, published, or reprinted without the written permission of the correspondent or the correspondent's heir (Form C).

Letters written by Thomas Merton to others may be made available for reading and note taking upon the signing of Form A unless the Merton Legacy Trust has restricted access to particular letters. Unpublished letters by Merton must not however be copied, quoted, published or reprinted without the written permission of the Merton Legacy Trustees (Form C).

Although most of the correspondence remains unpublished, please refer to our Copyright page for information concerning the use of published materials.