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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Temple of Understanding

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968-1969

Volume: 14 item(s); 15 pg(s)

Scope and Content

These files were kept at Gethsemani and pertain to the time period after Merton's death. Gethsemani Abbey wrote to the Temple of Understanding, a non-profit organization promoting understanding between world religions headquartered in Washington, D.C., to obtain information about the speech Merton delivered to one of its meetings. Merton addressed the first of the organization's "Spiritual Summit Conferences," which was held in Calcutta, India, October 22-26, 1968. His paper was titled "Monastic Experience and the East West Dialogue."

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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
 1968/12/13 TL[c] from Burns, Flavian / to John L. HaganEnclosed please find the court order appointing me as executor of the last will and testament  [to the American Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand]
 1969/01/03 TL[c] from Gannon, Lawrence / to John L. HaganOn December 13th we sent you a request for an inventory of Father Thomas Merton (copy enclosed),   
 1969/01/04 TL[c] from Burns, Flavian / to John L. HaganWe have just received your registered letter of December 27, with enclosures. As you can see from   
 1969/01/31 (#01)TL from Hyde, Susan / to Flavian BurnsMr. Finley P. Dunne, Jr., our Executive Director, has instructed me to send you, at the suggestion   
 1969/01/31 (#02)other Monastic Experience and the East West Dialogue By Thomas Merton Monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, USA   
 1969/02/08 TL[c] from Gannon, Lawrence / to Susan HydeFather Flavian asked me to write you and thank you for sending us the account of the talk given by   
 1969/02/14 (#01)TLS from Hyde, Susan / to Flavian BurnsEnclosed is some material which we have recently published. The <u>Occasional Paper</u> grew out   
 1969/02/14 (#02)other THE VALIDITY WHICH EACH OF THE WORLD RELIGIONS ACCORDS TO OTHER RELIGIONS  ["Occasional Paper 1" 1968, 58 pages]
 1969/02/14 (#03)other The Temple of Understanding Newsletter Spring 1968  [4 pages]
 1969/02/14 (#04)other THE SPIRITUAL SUMMIT CONFERENCE Calcutta, India - Oct. 22-26, 1968 [-] A MESSAGE TO PARTICIPANTS  [6 pages]
 1969/02/14 (#04)other The Temple of Understanding Newsletter February 1969  [8 pages]
 1969/02/14? (#05)HN from Burns, Flavian / to Lawrence GannonPlease thank this good lady - esp. for her own letter - Tell her you think that Mr. J. Laughlin,  [8 pages]
 1969/02/26 TL[c] from Gannon, Lawrence / to Susan HydeAgain Fr. Flavian has asked me to thank you for the material you have sent us and especially for   
 1969/04/14 TLS from Hollister, Caroline / to Flavian BurnsI attended the Spiritual Summit Conference in Calcutta last October as photographer for the Temple   
        

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