The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

Correspondence Type Descriptions


For religious order title abbreviations and other common abbreviations found in the Correspondence,
see the Abbreviations page.


 

email  —  Printout of a message sent via e-mail, which may be a message related to earlier Merton documents.


 
 

HACS  —  Holograph (handwritten) signed greeting card with annotations. The original message on card was handwritten and either the message author or another has made further annotations.


 
 

HALS  —  Holograph (handwritten) signed letter with annotations. The orignal message on letter was handwritten and either the message author or another has made further annotations.


 
 

HALS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed letter with annotations.


 
 

HANS  —  Holograph (handwritten) signed note (intramural message or very brief mailed message) with annotations.


 
 

HC  —  Holograph (handwritten) greeting card (not signed).


 
 

HCS  —  Holograph (handwritten) signed greeting card.


 
 

HCS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed greeting card.


 
 

HL  —  Holograph (handwritten) letter (not signed).


 
 

HL[d]  —  Draft copy of a holograph (handwritten) letter (not signed).


 
 

HL[x]  —  Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) letter (not signed).


 
 

HLS  —  Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.


 
 

HLS[c]  —  Carbon copy of holograph (handwritten) signed letter.


 
 

HLS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed letter.


 
 

HLS[x][d]  —  Xerox copy of a draft of a holograph (handwritten) signed note.


 
 

HN  —  Holograph (handwritten) note (not signed). Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

HN[x]  —  Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) note (not signed). Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

HNS  —  Holograph (handwritten) signed note. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

HNS[d]  —  Draft copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed note. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

HNS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed note. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

HPC  —  Holograph (handwritten) postcard (not signed).


 
 

HPCS  —  Holograph (handwritten) signed postcard.


 
 

HPCS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed postcard.


 
 

LS  —  Signed letter (handwritten or typed unknown or not noted).


 
 

other  —  Includes a non-correspondence item enclosed with correspondence or such an item filed with correspondence.


 
 

other[c]  —  Carbon copy of a miscellaneous item.


 
 

other[d]  —  Draft copy of a miscellaneous item.


 
 

other[x]  —  Xerox copy of a miscellaneous item.


 
 

TACS  —  Typed signed greeting card with holograph annotations.


 
 

TACS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed signed greeting card with holograph annotations.


 
 

TAL  —  Typed letter (not siged) with holograph (handwritten) annotations.


 
 

TAL[c]  —  Carbon copy of a typed letter (not siged) with holograph annotations.


 
 

TAL[d]  —  Draft copy of a typed letter (not siged) with holograph annotations.


 
 

TAL[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed letter (not siged) with holograph annotations.


 
 

TALS  —  Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.


 
 

TALS[c]  —  Carbon copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.


 
 

TALS[d]  —  Draft copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.


 
 

TALS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.


 
 

TAN  —  Typed note (not signed) with holograph (handwritten) annotations. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TAN[c]  —  Carbon copy of a typed note (not signed) with holograph annotations. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TAN[d]  —  Draft copy of a typed note (not signed) with holograph annotations. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TAN[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed note (not signed) with holograph annotations. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TANS  —  Typed signed note with holograph (handwritten) annotations. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TANS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed signed note with holograph annotations. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TAPCS  —  Typed signed postcard with holograph (handwritten) annotations.


 
 

TC  —  Typed greeting card (not signed).


 
 

TC[x]  —  Xerox of a typed greeting card (not signed).


 
 

TCS  —  Typed signed greeting card.


 
 

TCS[x]  —  Xerox of typed signed greeting card.


 
 

telegram  —  Message generated from communication transmitted through telegraphy.


 
 

telegram[x]  —  Xerox of message generated from communication transmitted through telegraphy.


 
 

TL  —  Typed letter (not signed).


 
 

TL[c]  —  Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).


 
 

TL[d]  —  Draft copy of a typed letter (not signed).


 
 

TL[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed letter (not signed).


 
 

TLS  —  Typed signed letter.


 
 

TLS[c]  —  Carbon copy of a typed signed letter.


 
 

TLS[d]  —  Draft copy of a typed signed letter.


 
 

TLS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.


 
 

TN  —  Typed note (not signed). Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TN[c]  —  Carbon copy of a typed note (not signed). Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TN[d]  —  Draft copy of a typed note (not signed). Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TN[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed note (not signed). Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.


 
 

TNS  —  Typed signed note.


 
 

TNS[c]  —  Carbon copy of a typed signed note.


 
 

TNS[d]  —  Draft copy of a typed signed note.


 
 

TNS[x]  —  Xerox copy of a typed signed note.


 
 

TPCS  —  Typed signed postcard.


 
 

TPCS[x]  —  Xerox of a typed signed postcard.


 
 

transcript  —  Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after orignal and often by another person. Often typed version of a holograph orignal.


 

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