MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Perkins, Anne
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1960-1964, 1971
Volume: 24 item(s); 28 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Biography
Anne Perkins worked for Harper & Brothers publishers while writing to Merton. She introduced Merton, via mail, to another author published by Harper, Abraham Heschel. She writes from New York.
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Related Information and Links
See also the "Browne, Jane", "James, Bruno Scott" and "Heschel, Abraham" files.
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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
Series List
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Container List
| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1960/01/04 | TLS | from Merton | I am utterly appalled. I can't imagine what I might have said that would get anybody fired. | |
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| | 1960/07/06 | TL[c] | from Merton | Having lost the card you sent with the Caponigri book I am trusting my imperfect memory in giving | |
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| | 1960/07/11 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you so much for your letter which I have passed on to Eugene Exman and Melvin Arnold, chief | |
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| | 1960/09/02 | TLS | from Merton | I was very happy to get the Teilhard de Chardin proofs, and I have written a 3000 word article | |
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| | 1960/09/06 | TLS | to Merton | Thanks very much for your letter about Teilhard and Bruno James. Bob Lax showed me your | |
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| | 1960/09/12 | TNS | to Merton | I just talked to Abraham Heschel on the telephone and tactlessly asked whether you had written him | |
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| | 1960/09/17 | TALS | from Merton | The books were delivered this morning only, and that is why I have not made any sign | |
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| | 1960/09/23 (#01) | TAL[c] | from from Exman, Eugene / to Merton | Anne Perkins has shared your letter of September 17 with me and I am delighted, as she is, | |
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| | 1960/09/23 (#02) | TNS | to Merton | I really apologize for all the correspondence of late, but after CENTURIES by Thomas Traherne, | |
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| | 1960/10/10 | TLS | from Merton | The Pilgrim is now on his way back to you. He gets around still. I greatly enjoyed rereading it. | |
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| | 1960/10/31 | TLS[x] | from Merton | The copy of the little Bruno James book has arrived, and so too has the Kelly <u>Testament</u>. | |
| thoughts on Abraham Heschel / Merton's article on Teilhard de Chardin / possible project on the Philokalia / advice from Bruno Scott James |
| | 1960/11/30 | TALS | to Merton | Under separate cover I have just mailed the English edition of a book Harper will publish in March. | |
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| | 1960/12/14 | TALS | from Merton | Tito Coliander's book is really remarkable: a fine, clear, virile spirituality, deeply rooted | |
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| | 1960/12/27 | TLS | to Merton | I was delighted to get your letter today, which must have come up by mule back, as it was dated Dec. | |
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| | 1961/02/06 | HPCS | from Merton | I don't know how Ed will get back in this snow. The roads are terrible. However he left yesterday. | |
| [verso: "SUBIACO - SACRO SPECO" - "Superior Church - Two episodes of S. Benedict's life (Umbrian school 15th. cent.)"] |
| | 1961/04/no? | HPCS | to Merton | Happy Easter and a Blessed one. Anne Perkins | |
| [verso: "The Last Supper. Latin-French Prayerbook for the french Royal House, XVth century."] |
| | 1962/02/27 | TLS | from Merton | There are so many things to thank you for that I don't know where to begin. And I know you will | |
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| | 1962/04/12? | other[x] | from Merton | Prayer for Peace [-] Almighty and merciful God, Father of all men, Creator and Ruler of the Universe | |
| [a prayer later published in <i>Thomas Merton Essential Writings</i> and elsewhere - note at end of the last page: "This prayer, written by T. Merton, was read in the House of Representatives by Congressman Frank Kowalski (D. Connecticut) on April 12, 1962. (Wednesday in Holy Week.)" / despite the date here, Wednesday, April 18, is the Wednesday of Holy Week, 1962, and likely true date it was read] |
| | 1964/05/09 | TLS | to Merton | Just found a Christmas card you sent a couple of years ago with interesting notes about Meister | |
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| | 1971/03/10 | TLS[x] | to Center from Perkins, Anne | Sorry I am late in response to your request of letters from Thomas Merton. When I worked at Harper | |
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| | 1971/03/18 | TL[x] | from Center to Perkins, Anne | Thank you for your letter of March 10, and the attached Merton letters. It is interesting to read | |
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| | 1971/03/22 | TL[c] | from Center to Perkins, Anne | Mrs. Charlaine Hays who works in the Merton Room called to my attention the fact that I had | |
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| | undated/no/no | HPCS | from Merton | The Clement prayer is lovely but one has a lot of trouble with these little 4 page illustrated books | |
| [verso: "Because of the head, members are gladdened by the hope of ascending to the heights"] |
| | undated/no/no | HCS | from Merton | The Eckhart book arrived and is very handsome and complete. I like it better than the one | |
| [text in side card from the First Easter Sermon of St. Bernard of Clairvaux - "He Who did not come down from the Cross came forth from the Tomb"] |
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