Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Laughlin, James, 1914-1997" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1949/June/25 

Series:  1  Original Merton-Laughlin Correspondence with occasional letters from others copied to Merton.

Type:  TALS[x] - Xerox copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.

To/From:  from Merton to "Laughlin, James, 1914-1997"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "First here is a paper with a couple of prayers. One I wrote and the other is the Hail Mary"

Contents:  sending two prayers - text of the "Hail Mary" and a prayer to the Holy Spirit written by Merton / discussion revisions for a second edition of Seeds of Contemplation / "if I am going to go on writing, I have to work out a severe discipline to cut down on correspondence" / leather-bound Merton books sent to Pope

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Harvard University, Houghton Library

Date received:  2010/05/25

Date added:  

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Laughlin, James, 1914-1997:" Series 1:    1949/June/25