| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| 1 | 1966/08/no | TALS[x] | from Merton | Our talk yesterday has been fruitful in this: it has suggested some helpful perspectives anyway. | |
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| 1 | 1966/08/03 | TALS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your note of the other day. It was helpful and more clear than our talk, and I will | |
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| 1 | 1966/08/no | TL[x] | from Merton | I am really very grateful for your kind and clear note of yesterday. It certainly allays many | |
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| 1 | 1967/03/11 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | This is not anything urgent, but I am just beginning to wonder. Br Martin has been doing some | |
| Spanish poet [Alberti] translation of a work about Rome / question about continuing Sunday conferences - "I feel that […] these kids do not really understand what I am talking about" |
| 1 | 1967/03/11 (#02) | TALS[x] | from Merton | This is not anything urgent, but I am just beginning to wonder. Br Martin has been doing some | |
| Spanish poet [Alberti] translation of a work about Rome / question about continuing Sunday conferences - "I feel that […] these kids do not really understand what I am talking about" |
| 1 | 1967/03/12 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for your reassuring note. It did clear things up a bit and I would not be surprised if I | |
| plans to outsource typing / Br. Martin and the Alberti poem / continuing his Gethsemani Sunday conferences / comments said about Bamberger |
| 1 | 1967/03/12 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your reassuring note. It did clear things up a bit and I would not be surprised if I | |
| plans to outsource typing / Br. Martin and the Alberti poem / continuing his Gethsemani Sunday conferences / comments said about Bamberger |
| 1 | 1967/05/04 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Through the devious workings of Providence I have now fallen into the hands of a new doctor who | Yes |
| new doctor for allergies / new diet / book on Foucault on madness - doctors as creative artists and sees himself as "masterpiece of medical camp" / requests literature on allergies |
| 1 | 1967/05/04 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Through the devious workings of Providence I have now fallen into the hands of a new doctor who | Yes |
| new doctor for allergies / new diet / book on Foucault on madness - doctors as creative artists and sees himself as "masterpiece of medical camp" / requests literature on allergies |
| 1 | undated/04/28 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for letting me see your essay on Basil. I think you are on to something important. First | |
| diathesis / P. Charles Dumont - want translation into French of Evagrius / sending an article / issues of "the mag" [Monks Pond?] well received by poets |
| 1 | undated/04/28 (#02) | TALS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for letting me see your essay on Basil. I think you are on to something important. First | |
| diathesis / P. Charles Dumont - want translation into French of Evagrius / sending an article / issues of "the mag" [Monks Pond?] well received by poets |
| 1 | undated/no/no | TLS | to Merton | Fr. Prior just gave me your note about B. Martin and the Conferences. I did not see the note he | |
| Br. Martin's reaction to Merton's work and whether a monk should be controversial / Merton's Conferences / unsettling effect Merton has on people, including Bamberger at times |
| 1 | undated/no/no (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for the tip about Reiteznstein and recluses. In what source is this found and do we have it | Yes |
| whether to accept the "levitating postulant" / criteria in choosing people |
| 1 | undated/no/no (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for the tip about Reiteznstein and recluses. In what source is this found and do we have it | Yes |
| whether to accept the "levitating postulant" / criteria in choosing people |
| 1 | 1965/07/19 | TLS | from Fortune, Carl | I have been very slow in writing you because I thought I would get a summary from the hospital which | |
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| 2 | 1963/11/11 | TLS | from Mitchell, W. C. | Per your request of 11-8-63, please note that we have been giving Father Merton Sparine, 25 mgm. to | |
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| 2 | 1965/06/10 | TLS | from Fortune, Carl | I have just received the report on the stool culture which we did on Father Merton. This shows | |
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| 2 | undated/no/no | other | | John Fitzgerald Kennedy [-] 35th President of the United States [-] Born May 29, 1917 | |
| [memorial card for the death of John F. Kennedy with a colorized photograph, and a prayer and quote from St. Ambrose on verso] |
| 2 | undated/no/no | other | | Robert Francis Kennedy [-] Senator of the United States [-] November 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968 | |
| [memorial card for the death of Robert F. Kennedy with a black and white photograph, and a prayer and quote from St. Ambrose on verso] |
| 2 | undated/no/no | other | | God bless you. VERY REV. THOMAS PLASSMANN, O.F.M. [-] RECTOR [-] CHRIST THE KING | |
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| 2 | undated/no/no | other | | Room where FR. LOUIS died is on the corner. Taken by Mother Christiana of Seiben | |
| [color photograph of the exterior of the room where Merton died] |
| 2 | undated/no/no | other | | | |
| [small square of red cloth glued to paper - some text cut off - possible relic] |
| 2 | undated/no/no | HC | | This was fr. Louis's: I found it Dec. 25, 1968 in Mign PL 153 Guigo's "Meditationes" ch. 5. | |
| [note (by Bamberger?) on the back of a postcard owned by Merton with Rabindranath Tagore's picture on the verso] |
| 2 | undated/no/no | other | | A Christmas Poem. For Jane, Kate and Ann and Lee, and Dorothy. (that is, a poem only for girls.) | |
| [poem by Bamberger] |
| 2 | 1965/03/29 | TNS | from Merton | Mr. Wicklum, who is Dom Fulgence's friend-- called me. He expects to arrive Sunday, April 4th, | |
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| 2 | 1970/01/17 | HLS | from Marie-Pascal, Sr. / to John Eudes Bamberger | En ce moment, je termine la lecture de votre article su Th. Merton Traduit par P. Remner | |
| [see also the "Marie-Pascal, Sr." file] |
| 2 | 1970/04/05 | HLS | from Marie-Pascal, Sr. / to John Eudes Bamberger | Je suis toute confuse et aussi très heureuse de ce que vous avez bien voulu me répondre. | |
| [see also the "Marie-Pascal, Sr." file] |
| 3 | 1951/no/no | other | | <u>Direction in St John of the +.</u> Faulty directions [-] 1 Moral deficiency - jealousy | |
| [handwritten notes by Merton on St. John of the Cross] |
| 3 | undated/no/no | other | | The Law in the Teaching of Saint Paul. [-] The topic of our first conference this morning is | |
| [term paper by Bamberger while a scholastic at Gethsemani - Merton was Master of Scholastic and has handwritten corrections and a grade on the paper] |
| 3 | undated/no/no | other | from Merton | RE: Monastic Formation, Junior Professed Choir Monks. [-] Suggestions. [-] 1) That the experiment | |
| [typed page - note in Merton's handwriting, "Fr Eudes [-] from fr m Louis"] |
| 3 | undated/no/no | other | | <u>Scripture</u> [-] The Psalms -Msgr Patrick Boylan (2 Vol) [-] Hesed and Hasid -Dom Rembert Sorg | |
| [typed list of books grouped by subject category - Merton's handwritten note, "Ones checked for ch. novitiate", (i.e. Merton's book selections for choir novitiate)] |
| 3 | 1966/09/22 | TAN | | requested by fr. Louis [-] 26 Bro. Lavrans assorted cards [-] 6 postulants guide [-] 1 Geth, made | |
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| 3 | 1966/09/13 | TNS | | Genowefa Bogatynska [-] ul. Rakowicka 21/4 [-] Krakow, <u>POLAND</u> [-] 1 Seasons | |
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| 3 | 1966/11/07 | TNS | | Frln. Dagmar Henne [-] Agence Hoffman [-] Seestrasse 6 [-] 8 Munchen 23 W. Germany | |
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| 3 | undated/no/no | HN | | Fr. Louis [-] two paperback books. @ 1.35 [-] $2.70 [-] B Ri | |
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| 3 | undated/no/no | TNS | | Frln. Dagmar Henne [-] Agence Hoffman [-] Seestrasse 6 [-] 8 Munchen 23 W. Germany [-] 1 Wisdom of | |
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| 3 | 1966/10/01 | HN | | Gethsemani Life of Praise [-] 3 books to Fr Louis [-] 10/1/66 | |
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| 3 | 1966/11/02 | TNS | | Jack O'Neil [-] Peace Corps [-] Box 707 [-] Monrovia Liberia [-] 1 Crucifix [-] New Seeds [-] No Man | |
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| 3 | 1966/11/01 | TNS | | Editora Vozes Ltda. [-] Caixa Postal 23 [-] Petropolis - Est Do Rio, | |
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| 3 | 1966/11/08 | TNS | | Paperbacks: Waters of Siloe - Sign of Jonas [-] To: Therese Plater Syberg [-] 31 Kraszewski | |
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| 3 | 1966/03/02 | TNS | | Ammon Hennacy [-] Box 655 [-] Salt Lake City, Utah [-] Gandhi on Non Violence [-] Please forward | |
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| 3 | 1966/07/23 | TNS | | Benedictine Convent [-] P.O. Box 25 [-] Toronto, Uganda, Africa [-] Re. of Dom Leclercq | |
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| 3 | 1966/07/21 | TNS | | For our files. [-] Lunsford P. Yandell | |
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| 3 | undated/no/no | | | Sent gifts (translator) to: [-] Rev. Fr. Bui-bang-Hien [-] Truong Mich Giany [-] Saigon, Vietnam | |
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| 4 | 1966/03/11 | HN | | If possible, please, send a copy of "Seasons of Celebration" to: Dom Abade Basilio Penido, OSB | |
| [with handwritten note by Merton in green pen - the rest in another's hand] |
| 4 | 1966/04/14 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | Thanks for your note about Harpers. I am glad everything is all right - now. May I please have | |
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| 4 | 1966/09/08 | TAN | from Merton to Br. Zachary | As soon as we have copies of Raids on Unspeakable I would like 12 of them to send out. | |
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| 4 | 1966/09/19 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have our <u>hardcover</u> <u>No Man Is Island</u> [sic] and 1 paperback <u>Disputed</u> | |
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| 4 | 1966/11/16 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have 5 copies of <u>Conjectures</u> to sign and send out? Thanks in Jesu | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | | I'll drop by Monday AM for a | |
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| 4 | 1966/01/28 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have 2 Emblems of Season [sic] to sign and send out? Many thanks in Jesu | |
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| 4 | 1966/12/16 | TALS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | This is an <u>ex novice</u>. I think it would be an act of charity to send the | |
| [original typed note from "mamtthew" (Fr. Matthew Kelty?) to Br. Zachary; note from Zachary to Merton; and handwritten and signed note from Merton to Zachary] sending books to John O'Neill in the Peace Corps and stationed in Liberia |
| 4 | 1967/06/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | Have to go to Dr tomorrow - just checked and found there was <u>no underwear</u> - could you please | |
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| 4 | 1967/06/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | I am through with the clothes for a while now- Don't know where to return them?? Serum will come | |
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| 4 | 1966/03/08 | TNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have two copies of Chuang Tzu and of Gandhi to sign and send out? [-] Many thanks, | |
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| 4 | 1967/10/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | I have to go to <u>Louisville</u> Thursday about 8 a.m. Could you please fix it up? Thanx | |
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| 4 | 1966/02/23 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have 1 copy hard cover <u>No Man is Island</u> [sic] to sign and send? Thanx in Jesu | |
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| 4 | 1966/01/13 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have 4 Chuang Tzu to send out and 4 Gandhi also? Many thanx in Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
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| 4 | 1966/01/06 | TAN | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have copies of Ascent to Truth and No Man is an Island to send out? (1 of each) | |
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| 4 | 1967/05/no | HANS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | The doctor sent me a shot as I can't get there this week (Decoration Day) [-] I'll come up for it | |
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| 4 | 1966/12/28 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have 3 Raids on Unspeakable to send out? [-] Thanx in Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
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| 4 | 1966/11/20 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | I had some ointment in the bathroom and it has vanished. One of the inmates playing tricks? | |
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| 4 | 1967/04/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | I am leaving shirt[?] here as I have to go back next week - will set things up and let you know when | |
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| 4 | 1966/07/07 | TNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have the following to sign and send out: requested by Dom Leclercq for monastery | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Fr. Linus | I will have an informal conference and discussion on church architecture today, for those who wish | |
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| 4 | 1963/11/04 | TALS | from Flood, Maurice / to Merton | Just a few words to relate to you as Master of Novices that for some time a few of the Brothers that | |
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| 4 | 1968/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | Could you get the secular clothes again for me to go to town <u>Tuesday</u> Jan 9? Bro Christopher | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | These people have produced a record of some well known actor reading some of my poems. | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton to Richard Schmidlen | In middle of afternoon I tried to call gatehouse on the radio but got no answer. Was wondering if | |
| [Br. Richard Schmidlen (see also the "Schmidlen, Richard" file)] |
| 4 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton to Richard Schmidlen | I tried calling again this morning with no result. Perhaps we are not set up the same. I am on Tone | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Richard Schmidlen | I will try to remember to leave the radio on AM and PM. - 8-10 and 2-4 or 5. Any time you want | |
| [verso: handwritten reply from Br. Richard on July 15 (year unknown)] |
| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Chrysostom | Sorry I am so bad at answering notes. First I want to thank you for the translations of Ammonas. | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | Can someone use these? Dan Walsh gave them - they gather dust in my place. [-] In the Lord | |
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| 4 | undated/11/21 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have 1 - Gandhi [-] 1 - Raids on the Unspeakable [-] to send out - and when | |
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| 4 | 1966/10/29 | HNS | from Merton to Br. Zachary | May I please have 3 Chuang Tzu to send out? [-] Thanx [-] fr m Louis | |
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| 4 | 1966/12/12 | HNS | | Gifts to Miss Naal. [-] 1 - Conjectures [-] 1 - New Man PB. [-] 1 - Gandhi [-] 1lb Trappist cheese | |
| [note by Merton] |
| 4 | 1967/10/no | HNS | | I'll take the clothes down tomorrow AM. [-] Thanks [-] fr m Louis | |
| [note from Merton] |
| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | | I also need some more Lomotil. I have a prescription if you want that but it would probably be | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Charles | The Br. Antoninus record was passed on to fr Linus and | |
| [contains another handwritten note in pencil from Br. Charles to Bamberger] |
| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Maurice Flood | I have a heavy cold at the moment but I could have a talk with you Tuesday or Wednesday at 11 a.m. | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Maurice Flood | Could this be mimeographed as usual - whenever convenient. No wild rush - but sometime about | |
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| 4 | 1966/07/04 | TL[c] | from Merton to Richard Schmidlen | Three points: first the books that were given gratis to Mrs Parsons were as far as I can remember: | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | Here is the serum - the Doc says I am to ask for a shot when the previous one runs out. | |
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| 4 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton to Br. Camillus | I ran out of <u>witch hazel</u> [-] May I please have a bottle today (Saturday) if possible? | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | I don't know if you saw the note on the door opposite yours, but about eleven thirty last night as | |
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| 5 | 1966/03/10 | HNS | from Merton | I just saw the eye-doctor and he wants me in his office to check on possible eye injury, | |
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| 5 | 1966/11/no | TNS | from Merton | Next Monday the 21st I have to report back to Dr Mitchell. I am glad to say that the indocin seems | |
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| 5 | undated/12/06 | HNS | from Merton | I have to get a bursitis shot. Next <u>Tuesday</u> Dec. 6. Could you please arrange things? | |
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| 5 | 1965/01/23 | HNS | from Merton | Did not get allergy shot Sunday - will try again Monday after dinner OK? [-] fr m Louis | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | I suggested that Bro Kieran see you again. He has had a flare up of rather acute anxiety and has | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Please put this in the mail when you are through with it. [-] Thanx in Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
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| 5 | 1967/03/no | HNS | from Merton | I am planning to see Dr Mitchell this <u>Thursday</u> A.M. Can you please arrange (I had to change | |
| [verso: drawing and the words "FIRE", "40 ARCES" [sic], and "TOP MT. HERMON"] |
| 5 | 1967/03/03 | HNS | to Merton | Would you have the new edition (in French) of St Basil's letters? Seems I saw it once in novitiate | |
| [see also #84b on the same page] |
| 5 | 1967/03/03 | HNS | from Merton | I left it in the novitiate - it should be there - or in the library. Sorry I don't have the book. | |
| [see also #84a on the same page] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Br Aelred is having trouble with coffee, could he have 1/2 cup of milk at supper? [-] many thanks. | |
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| 5 | 1966/09/11 | HNS | from Merton | Dr Mitchell ex-rayed the back and said the operation had been a complete success and the back | |
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| 5 | 1965/12/26 | HNS | from Merton | Do you have a minute after dinner? [-] Thanx in Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
| [Bamberger notes in pencil, "about his secretary who got sick and getting another to replace"] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | I removed those patches today after dinner. On the right side, sumac, there was nothing at all. | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | I saw Dr Scheen, who said the skin condition is not due to an allergy, but did not say exactly what | |
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| 5 | 1965/11/28 | TNS | from Merton | It turned out that I had this book after all. I thought I did not, someone was asking about it | |
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| 5 | 1968/08/30 | HNS | from Merton | Dr Mitchell recommended these - can you please provide? [-] Thanks in Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
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| 5 | 1968/08/18 | HNS | from Merton | That flight is Eastern 504y - arriving in Washington DC. National Airport 8:17 p.m. Friday Aug 23rd. | |
| [verso: note by Bamberger concerning the flight and arrangements in Washington, D.C., including meeting the ambassador of Indonesia] |
| 5 | 1962/01/28 | HNS | from Merton | Many thanks - enjoyable to read such a fantastic writer -- [-] Happy New Year [-] In Xto | |
| [verso: Bamberger notes that the fantastic writer Merton refers to is Paul Valéry and his <i>History of Politics</i>] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | HCS | from Merton | Thanks for the offer of the room - as I am now I can get along without it. Things are going better | |
| [verso: printed card with the text, "I am sorry [-] I missed [-] Your Birthday] |
| 5 | 1966/05/28 | HNS | from Merton | I have an appointment with Dr Mitchell Saturday - could you please make the necessary arrangements? | |
| [see also #95a on the same page] |
| 5 | 1966/05/28 | HN | | Doing better - moved from Infirmary to hermitage. Buddhist monk, prof. at Cambridge, came from Viet | |
| [see also #95a on the same page] |
| 5 | undated/12/16 | HNS | from Merton | Many thanks for letting me use this book. It is tremendous! [-] In Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
| [Bamberger notes on that Merton is writing about <i>The Eternal Present</i> by Sigfried Giedion] |
| 5 | 1966/05/21 | HNS | from Merton | I will try out sleeping in hermitage for a few nights - to see if dampness effects the bursitis. | |
| [Bamberger adds notes about Merton's condition on verso of card] |
| 5 | 1965/08/18 | HNS | from Merton | The diarrhea is bad again (due to fuss of trying to get everything in order, disposed of etc.) | |
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| 5 | 1965/08/18 | HN | | Yesterday we had a council meeting and, at my suggestion, voted on F. Louis' becoming a hermit. | |
| [note by Bamberger on verso of #98a] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | [name stricken] who just entered, has a lot of anxiety and insecurity and I doubt if he will make it | |
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| 5 | 1967/06/08 | HNS | from Merton | I thought you would be interested in these reports. [-] In Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
| [Bamberger notes that Merton was referring to a report of the Committee of Responsibility on Vietnam] |
| 5 | 1965/09/20 | HNS | from Merton | Are they giving you the Commonweal? I asked them to. May I have an article on Bonhoeffer | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | I had a long session with Br Alphonse yesterday. He is one novice about whom | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | Dom Leclercq asked me to pass on a newspaper sto[ry] on psychoanalysis, but it turns out that this | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Are you free for two minutes after dinner today? [-] In Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
| [verso: Bamberger makes some knows about some of Merton's health problems and some quotes from Merton on his desire for solitude and attempt of the eremitical life] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Interested? I have signed this - it will appear in one of those ads that groups take out in papers | |
| [Bamberger notes: "Protest against illegal and immoral war in Vietnam. I signed too."] |
| 5 | 1965/11/21 | HNS | from Merton | I will start in Chapter today if you wish. Please get the information to those who need it, could | |
| [Bamberger note that Merton's novitiate talks were drawing more than novices and overcrowding the former room] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | I need to go to Dr. in L'ville next <u>Friday</u> - could you please arrange as usual - leave around | |
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| 5 | 1966/11/20 | TNS | to Merton | Bernard says OK for 8:30 am Monday, but he said he has to be back here by 4 pm. I do not think | |
| [see also #108b on the same note card] |
| 5 | 1966/11/20 | HNS | from Merton | The only hitch would be if Dr M. wanted me to see the neuro-surgeon who can't be reached until about | |
| [see also #108a on the same note card] |
| 5 | 1967/01/02 | HNS | from Merton | Thought you would like to glance at this - thou [sic] you can throw it away. [-] In Jesu | |
| [verso: "an article on psychology"] |
| 5 | 1966/03/21 | HNS | from Merton | Here is the letter I have of that Rilke material. You are welcome to it - please do not hurry | |
| [Bamberger notes, "on 23rd he goes to St Joe's, L'ville, for surgery on cervical disc."] |
| 5 | 1963/12/25 | TNS | from Merton | Thanks for your note. I can agree with your desire to work for new liturgical forms but I am so | |
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| 5 | undated/09/19 | HLS | from Merton | Things are going quite well. It has been painful and rough at times but there is a very definite | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | to Merton | Would you have the opera Gregory Palamas of Nilus by any fortunate chance? If so could I borrow | |
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| 5 | 1964/11/28 | HLS | from Merton | Second thoughts on the study schedule we spoke of today. Instead of getting Fr Tarcisius in on it, | |
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| 5 | 1966/03/04 | HNS | from Merton | I thought you might want to see the clipping. Dr Mitchell has a new office and his number is | |
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| 5 | 1964/09/18 | HLS | from Merton | I am not quite sure I understand Dr Simon. He said something about <u>fungus</u> infection, | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | As this skin thing seems to be getting worse and the poison ivy seems to be in my system, I think | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | You might enjoy this - no need to return it. [-] In Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
| [verso: note by Bamberger, "Article on Van Gogh by Meerloo"] |
| 5 | 1966/08/14 | TNS | from Merton | I have to see Dr Mitchell again this Friday. If we could leave about 9 that would be fine. | |
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| 5 | 1964/12/no | HNS | from Merton | I could see you and Fr Prior about [indecipherable word..] either Thursday at 10.45 a.m. or Saturday | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Fr Eudes [-] many thanks! [-] fr m Louis | |
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| 5 | 1965/01/no | TNS | from Merton | It seems to me that it would be better if Bro Matthias never worked in the calf barn, as h[e] has | |
| [Bamberger notes, "I disagreed."] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | HN | from Merton | might as well put this in to library when through [-] inadvertently signed in blood. [-] fr m L. | |
| [small spot of Merton's blood on note paper] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | TAN | from Merton | I have no objection to you and juniors using the sheep barn cell, as there are few novices now | |
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| 5 | 1966/06/11 | HNS | from Merton | Dr Mitchell told me to come back next Saturday the 11th if the bursitis was still troubling me | |
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| 5 | 1965/12/09 | HNS | from Merton | The diarrhea cleared up ok. I have a slight cold, but no problem. The other stomach problem seems | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Does anyone in your department have copy of "Eight Freedom Songs"? I have none at all and we threw | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | I remember Bernard Hall - at best I could give it only a cursory glance that would not do it justice | |
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| 5 | 1965/09/19 | TL | from Merton | As you see Jim is very definite about it and I trust his judgment which I think is fairly objective | |
| [verso: Bamberger notes that Merton is referring to visits to see Louisville psychiatrist, Dr. James Wygal] |
| 5 | 1967/03/no | TNS | from Merton | As to the Alberti piece: please believe that I had no idea you would take it that way. | |
| [only a segment of a message (top and bottom cut off) - verso: Bamberger notes that this was a message from Merton to one of his secretaries] |
| 5 | 1967/10/28 | HNS | from Merton | If you have not done so I strongly recommend you take a look at the American Heritage for Oct. 1966 | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HN | from Merton | +How the traction works. [-] You hook it on to head of the bed. But here the head of the bed is | |
| [Merton's description and diagram of being in traction in the hospital] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | other | | Fr. Louis' bookmark in <u>Schaeffer</u> | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HN | from Merton | I spoke with Br Finbarr. In my opinion this boy has a good monastic vocation but he obviously | |
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| 5 | 1967/05/24 | TNS | from Merton | The x rays showed slight trouble in the lower back but nothing special: the leg pain seems to be | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HN | from Merton | address from Dom Columban [-] M. Michel Pigeon [-] 46 Boulevard de la Concorde [-] Poitiers (Vienne) | |
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| 5 | 1966/11/07 | TLS | from Merton | Report on visit to Dr Mitchell yesterday: ex rays show trouble with disks in two places. I am back | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Zalman Schachter will be here tomorrow Tuesday - nothing special is planned. Two other Rabbis | |
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| 5 | 1966/04/10 | HNS | from Merton | Of course there will be no conference today or next Sunday. After that will be if I get anything | |
| [verso: Bamberger comments on Merton's condition upon returning from back surgery] |
| 5 | 1965/12/02 | TL | from Merton | I grossly maligned the yogurt: it is the new buttermilk that is causing cramps and diarrhea. | |
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| 5 | 1964/09/15 | TNS | from Merton | About this skin condition, in resumé. 1) Poison ivy on the hands for over two months, at first it | |
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| 5 | 1964/01/02 | TNS | from Merton | About your class schedule, looks fine to me. All I need to know really is when you are having | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | An afterthought on my note of the other day. This is by way of exception, I won't be bothering you | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | Just for the record: this has been building up since Christmas and quite a few factors are involved | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Thanks for your note on Bro [name scratch out by Bamberger]. The points you cited were the main | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Our B. Robert (postulant) has a chill with diarrhea etc again and has been resting. I told him | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | I did not get your note until noon today. Sometime I will say a few words to clear up this | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HN | to Merton | will you give a conference at 4:00 p.m. on some Oriental texts on the Presentation for any who wish | |
| [see also #148b on the other side of the same note] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | HN | from Merton | I will give a conference today after all on some Oriental texts on the Presentation if anybody wants | |
| [see also #148a on the other side of the same note] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | Tentatively I thought the best time for Rabbi Werblowski to give conference to novices and juniors | |
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| 5 | 1966/05/12 | TNS | from Merton | In preparing my talks on the Church and the modern world and looking ahead to some of the things | |
| [to Bamberger, Fr. Baldwin and the Prior of Gethsemani] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | One of those antihistamines broke up in my pocket. As I don't know how to ask Bro Camillus or what | |
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| 5 | 1964/06/10 | TNS | from Merton | It seems to me that the fact that milk is no longer given three times a week at supper constitutes | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | This has all the earmarks of an Opus Chrysogonicum as I can tell from a brief examination | |
| [verso: Bamberger notes that this message was "apropos of some notes I found in Acta Sanctorum"] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Rev. Father and I and Bro Colman are all very doubtful of whether Bro | |
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| 5 | 1966/no/no | HNS | from Merton | I will need another bursitis shot next <u>Monday Sept 26th</u> [-] Could you please make | |
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| 5 | 1965/07/29 | HNS | from Merton | Maybe someone should do a report on the <u>Monastic Renewal</u> article herewith - but first they'd | |
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| 5 | undated/06/29 | HNS | from Merton | This is a very awful translation of some texts of Isaac of Nineveh by the Dutchman, | |
| [verso: notes by Bamberger about Merton's move to the hermitage] |
| 5 | 1966/02/06 | other | | Books - Philantia | |
| [bookmark used by Merton - note by Bamberger: "found in 'Opera Omnia S. Cyrili Jerusalem'"] |
| 5 | 1960/09/06 | HNS | from Merton | I remember that Friday was a day on which a truck normally used to go to town and asked B. Clement | |
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| 5 | 1966/09/18 | HNS | from Merton | Don't worry about that Bio. Strath. If there is no special health-food outfit around, you won't be | |
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| 5 | 1966/01/02 | HNS | from Merton | Will your team please take care of this and will you deal with him directly? [-] Thanx in Jesu | |
| [on envelope of letter from the abbey of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont - likely either from Dom André Louf or Fr. Etienne Pâris of Mont des Cats, France (see their correspondence files)] |
| 5 | 1963/11/15 | HNS | from Merton | As man is late again tomorrow (Sat.) and I would otherwise miss practically a full week | |
| [verso: long note by Bamberger describing the lecture in Chapter of Fr. Charles English, O.C.S.O. of Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, Georgia, a monastic censor of Merton's works who also appreciated Merton's writings - English was a friend of Dorothy Day and known as Fr. Jack English at the Catholic Worker in New York] |
| 5 | 1966/08/11 | HN | from Merton | My request to B. Irenaeus for new sox has not led to anything. But I will need them if I am to go | |
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| 5 | undated/08/27 | TNS | from Merton | I trust in your tolerance on this holy day. This stuff, of which I have used one bottle, is | |
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| 5 | 1966/09/05 | TNS | to Merton | could we change your date to Saturday, do you think? Bernard has several people to take | |
| [see also #165b on the other side of the same note] |
| 5 | 1966/09/05 | HNS | from Merton | Maybe if Bro Clement has a ride Friday (I could just as easily go at 7 or whenever convenient | |
| [see also #165a on the other side of the same note] |
| 5 | 1966/07/26 | TAN | from Merton | I have to write a piece on Dom Vital for Achel's magazine: will you please let me have any relevant | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | As far as I can see there is no way for the bro novices to get to your 10 20 Mass on Thursdays | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | This shoulder and back thing gets more and more troublesome. It is especially bad at night when it | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | I am sorry this got buried under a pile of stuff and forgotten and I didn't get to read it until | |
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| 5 | 1966/06/21 | HNS | from Merton | I have to see Dr Mitchell 10 am next Saturday - 25th [-] Could you please make arrangements | |
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| 5 | 1966/07/27 | HNS | from Merton | I need to be at the Medical Arts Building about 10.30 Friday. So if we leave here at 9 it will be | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | Bro Ailred is now using a book of poems of Tiutchev in Russian and French which you may eventually | |
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| 5 | 1965/07/06 | TNS | from Merton | I certainly think this ought to be published. It is an excellent job and very useful. On the other | |
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| 5 | 1965/06/05 | TNS | from Merton | Dr Fortune had me thoroughly examined and I am satisfied that it came out well. Nothing serious | |
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| 5 | 1965/11/20 | TNS | from Merton | Thanks for your note. I'll take whatever you provide. How about yogurt? I am told that is good | |
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| 5 | 1965/11/no | TNS | from Merton | Could you please return this article when finished? [-] The buttermilk did not bother me | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | Concerning the change in time of the Brothers' lauds: as you have it set up it would not interfere | |
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| 5 | 1965/08/01 | HLS | from Merton | In case you don't know, the Medicare bill has been passed and [name note legible] and those eligible | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | other | | <u>Isaac of Ninive</u> [sic] | |
| [handwritten scrap of paper] |
| 5 | undated/no/no | TNS | from Merton | I hope you did not think I was being even more unsociable than usual this morning. Your confidence | |
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| 5 | 1966/12/27? | HN | from Merton | I have to see the Doctor again Friday (Dec. 30th) [-] Will you please make the necessary | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Saturday Fr Felix is giving the novice conference, so Juniors will not come this time - In Our Lord | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Jim Wygal gave me this to read and said to pass it on to you. It seems ok. [-] In Our Lord | |
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| 5 | 1965/06/04 | HNS | from Merton | I got out of the clinic at 12:30 and the Doctor was not yet finished. So far everything | |
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| 5 | 1967/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Dr Mitchell wants to operate on that bursa. He has arranged for me to be admitted to St Joe's | |
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| 5 | 1967/03/30 | TNS | from Merton | P. Patrick wants these bulletins for Collectanea. Can you red this copy? I am taking the ones | |
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| 5 | 1964/12/no | HNS | from Merton | Do you think Bro Ca[ the rest of name is illegible] could find a small moment to translate this? | |
| [verso: Bamberger notes that Merton refers to a Polish letter he needed to be translated] |
| 5 | 1966/09/05 | HNS | from Merton | I have to go to see Dr Mitchell next Friday Sept 9. If I leave at 9 it will be ok. Many thanx | |
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| 5 | undated/no/no | HNS | from Merton | Dr Scheen said the skin condition is progressing - ordered another ointment to help out. | |
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| 5 | 1967/04/no | TNS | from Merton | I'd appreciate if these prescriptions could be filled as soon as convenient. I did not have time | |
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| 5 | 1966/10/22 | TNS | from Merton | The tests were ok and there is nothing new. Same sensitive colon. Once again recommendation | |
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| 5 | 1966/11/no | TNS | from Merton | I will need to get to town next Monday the 7th to see Dr Mitchell, as usual in the morning. Can you | |
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| 5 | 1964/01/15 | HNS | from Merton | No I don't have the [indecipherable word..] <u>copies</u> I have recently used the material | |
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| 5 | 1966/11/23 | TNS | from Merton | As regards your question; -- I have no trouble with six bottles -- but I wonder about the price. | |
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| 5 | 1965/08/10 | TAN | to Merton | you may wish to see this sometime in the next year... | |
| [see also #195b on the same note - Bamberger notes that the earlier message was on the occasion of returning Gregory Zilboorg's <i>History of Medical Psychology</i> and the later note (from 1965) was when Merton was moving to the woods (his hermitage)] |
| 5 | 1965/08/10 | HNS | from Merton | I found this interesting message dating from the past. | |
| [see also #195a on the same note] |
| 5 | 1965/09/no | HNS | from Merton | Could I catch you for a minute in infirmary after dinner? [-] Thanks in Jesu [-] fr m Louis | |
| [verso: Bamberger notes that Merton "got bug spray in his eye - no damage"] |
| 5 | 1967/01/03 | TL[x] | from Peisel, Francis, et al. | Thank you for referring Father Thomas Merton to us. Father has tinnitus aurium due to degeneration | |
| [from doctors Francis J. Peisel, Roland W. Richmond, and Raymond E. Jones] |
| 5 | 1984/12/02 | TLS[x] | to Hart, Patrick | I enclose a copy of the review of Mott's book on Fr. Louis. It is typed (computerized, I should say! | |
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| 5 | 1984/12/02 | other[x] | | When Thomas Merton died some sixteen years ago the New York Times referred to him as being the best | |
| [draft of review for <u>Cistercian Studies Quarterly</u> by Dom John Eudes Bamberger of <i>Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton</i> by Michael Mott] |
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