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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Amps, Zachary, Br., O.C.S.O. (Br. M. Bernadine)

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1961-1968

Volume: 13 item(s); 13 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Br. Zachary Amps was a monk of Gethsemani Abbey and, among his responsibilities, was to mail complementary copies of Merton's books to various people.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1961/06/21 TANSto MertonWould you have time to translate these lines for me? Thanks very much  handwritten address of Michael Cukovecki from Yugoslavia
 1964/08/22 TNSto MertonPerhaps for your records - we sent today the book 'Disputed Questions' to; Mrs. Anne Freedgood,   
 1966/08/31 TANfrom Mertonwill you please send the following without charge to this priest in Vietnam who is to translate them   
 1967/04/11 (#01)TNSfrom MertonI intended to send the above some books but probably never put in the list. If you to [sic] not  [see verso for Amps' reply - Merton sending books to Mario Falsina, a student at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy, who was living in Bergamo - see the "Falsina, Mario" file]
 1967/04/11 (#02)TNSto MertonAccording to our record (of this year} we have not sent anything to the reverse side address, thus   
 1967/05/27 HNSfrom MertonMay I please have [-] 1 - Seven Storey Mtn (Hard cover) [-] 1 Reader [-] To send out? [-] Thanx   
 1967/06/09 TNSfrom MertonAT request of Dom Leclercq will you please send without charge the following books: Praying   
 1967/07/19 TNSfrom MertonWill you please send a copy of Seeds of Destruction AIRMAIL (paperback ok) to Miss Janina Kolendo   
 1967/10/18 (#01)TNSfrom MertonThe Visitation nuns of a convent in France have asked for a copy of "The Less Traveled Road."  [see Amps' response on the same page]
 1967/10/18 (#02)TNSto MertonFr. Raymond had none, so we received one from Fr. Innocent- a used copy from the Lib.  [on same page as note by Merton, recorded here as the same date]
 1968/02/07 TNSfrom MertonCould you please send to this library, free of charge, the following: New Seeds of Contemplation   
 undated/09/13 TNSto MertonFather Dan asked me to tell you the news of Mrs. Tommy O'Callahan [sic] having a baby boy today.  [message text should read "Mrs. Tommie O'Callaghan"]
 undated/11/19 TNSto MertonBecause I 'worked out' Saturday afternoon, I was unable to take care of your request for the 'Reader  1 <i>Thomas Merton Reader</i> sent to J. Van Nierop in Belgium
        

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