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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Dell'Isola, Frank

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1955-1967

Volume: 13 item(s); 13 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Frank Dell'Isola compiled and updated bibliographies of Thomas Merton's writings, as well as writing books and articles on Scripture studies.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Usage permission for letters to Merton from Columbia University must be obtained from the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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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
 1955/01/02 TLS[x]to MertonEnclosed herewith is the Winter (1954-1955) number of THOUGHT, the Fordham University Quarterly,   
 1958/01/17 TL[x]from MertonThank you very much for <u>Thought</u> and for the bibliography. A great deal of the items were   
 1965/06/09 TAL[c]from MertonIt was good to hear from you after a long silence. I have often wondered what had become of you   
 1967/03/21 TAL[c]from MertonIt was good to hear from you again. I often wonder what has become of you. It is true that I have   
 undated/no/no (#01)other[x]from Merton+ to Frank - best wishes in Xt [-] f m Louis (preface by a Dutch Protestant professor)  [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton inside <i>Ter overweging</i>, the first Dutch edition of <i>Seeds of Contemplation</i>]
 undated/no/no (#02)other[x]from Merton+for Frank Dell'Isola with cordial good wishes and blessings - may the Divine Christ bring you peace  [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton inside <i>The Christmas Sermons of Bl. Guerric of Igny</i>]
 undated/no/no (#03)other[x]from Merton+to Frank [Mattson? / Merton?] with very best wishes f m Louis Merton  [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton inside <i>Thoughts in Solitude</i> - a catalogue by rare book dealer Glenn Horowitz theorized that this edition was inscribed to Frank Dell'Isola, Merton's first bibliographer, but that Merton had, as a joke, written "Frank Merton." The name begins with "M" but does not appear to be Merton]
 undated/no/no (#04)other[x]from Merton(Thoughts in Solitude, but you couldn't guess!) + to Frank from f m Louis  [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Frank Dell'Isola inside <i>Les chemins de la joie</i>, the first French edition of <i>Thoughts in Solitude</i>]
 undated/no/no (#05)other[x]from Mertonto Frank Dell'Isola with best wishes and blessings [-] f m Louis  [see Sub-Section D.9 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Frank Dell'Isola inside offprint copy <i>The Christmas Sermons of Bl. Guerric</i>, from <u>Collectanea Ordinis Cisterciensium Reformatorum</u> oct.-déc. 1955]
 undated/no/no (#06)other[x]from Merton+for Frank - an interesting experiment in art [-] f m Louis  [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Frank Dell'Isola inside <i>Poemas</i>, a Spanish language edition of selected poems, translated and edited by Ernesto Cardenal]
 undated/no/no (#07)other[x]from Merton+to Frank cordially, in Christ [-] f m Louis  [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Frank Dell'Isola inside <i>Que são estas chagas?</i> (edition of <i>What Are These Wounds?</i> in Portuguese)]
 undated/no/no (#08)other[x]from Merton+to Frank - with all good wishes and blessings in the Risen Christ [-] f m Louis  [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Frank Dell'Isola inside <i>Monastic Peace</i>]
 undated/no/no (#09)other[x]from Merton+to Frank - with best wishes in Xt [-] f m Louis  [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Frank Dell'Isola inside <i>Praying the Psalms</i>]
        

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