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Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Bamberger, John Eudes, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1926-2020


Series 4, Correspondence from John Eudes Bamberger's Files with Other Monks Regarding Merton's Medical Conditions


Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1951-1984
Volume: 215 item(s); 257 pg(s)

Scope and Content

In these intramural letters, Merton and, at that time, fellow monk of Gethsemani, Bamberger, exchange thoughts about community life, the admission of new novices, and about each others writing. In some of these letters, Merton expresses problems he has w

Biography

Dom John Eudes Bamberger stepped down as abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Genesee in 2001. He came to Gethsemani in 1951 after having read The Seven Storey Mountain in the navy. He was sent to Washington, D.C., for studies in the psychiatric

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Related Information and Links

See also two letters from Merton to Bamberger published in The School of Charity, pp. 331-332 and 378. For

Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 Merton-Bamberger Correspondence from Gethsemani-Merton Files 15
2 Miscellaneous Merton Memorabilia 12
3 Correspondence from Bamberger's Files with Other Monks Regarding Gift Book Donations 17
4 Correspondence from John Eudes Bamberger's Files with Other Monks Regarding Merton's Medical Conditions 40
5 Merton-Bamberger Correspondence from Bamberger's Files 131

Container List

Series#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
 y/m/dMerton Scan ✉ 
Series 4 #1.
«All Series«		 No.036 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] «detailed view»
Series 4 #2.
«All Series«		 No.037 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #3.
«All Series«		 No.038 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. «detailed view»
Series 4 #4.
«All Series«		 No.039 1966/09/19 HNS  from Merton to Br. Zachary May I please have our hardcover No Man Is Island [sic] and 1 paperback Disputed «detailed view»
Series 4 #5.
«All Series«		 No.040 1966/11/16 HNS  from Merton to Br. Zachary May I please have 5 copies of Conjectures to sign and send out? Thanks in Jesu «detailed view»
Series 4 #6.
«All Series«		 No.041 undated/no/no HNS   I'll drop by Monday AM for a «detailed view»
Series 4 #7.
«All Series«		 No.042 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #8.
«All Series«		 No.043 1966/12/16 TALS  from Merton to Br. Zachary This is an ex novice. 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #9.
«All Series«		 No.044 1967/06/no HNS  from Merton to Br. Camillus Have to go to Dr tomorrow - just checked and found there was no underwear - could you please «detailed view»
Series 4 #10.
«All Series«		 No.045 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #11.
«All Series«		 No.046 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, «detailed view»
Series 4 #12.
«All Series«		 No.047 1967/10/no HNS  from Merton to Br. Camillus I have to go to Louisville Thursday about 8 a.m. Could you please fix it up? Thanx «detailed view»
Series 4 #13.
«All Series«		 No.048 1966/02/23 HNS  from Merton to Br. Zachary May I please have 1 copy hard cover No Man is Island [sic] to sign and send? Thanx in Jesu «detailed view»
Series 4 #14.
«All Series«		 No.049 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #15.
«All Series«		 No.050 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) «detailed view»
Series 4 #16.
«All Series«		 No.051 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #17.
«All Series«		 No.052 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #18.
«All Series«		 No.053 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? «detailed view»
Series 4 #19.
«All Series«		 No.054 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #20.
«All Series«		 No.055 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #21.
«All Series«		 No.056 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #22.
«All Series«		 No.057 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #23.
«All Series«		 No.058 1968/no/no HNS  from Merton to Br. Camillus Could you get the secular clothes again for me to go to town Tuesday Jan 9? Bro Christopher «detailed view»
Series 4 #24.
«All Series«		 No.059 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. «detailed view»
Series 4 #25.
«All Series«		 No.060 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)] «detailed view»
Series 4 #26.
«All Series«		 No.061 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #27.
«All Series«		 No.062 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)] «detailed view»
Series 4 #28.
«All Series«		 No.063 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. «detailed view»
Series 4 #29.
«All Series«		 No.064 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #30.
«All Series«		 No.065 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 «detailed view»
Series 4 #31.
«All Series«		 No.066 1966/10/29 HNS  from Merton to Br. Zachary May I please have 3 Chuang Tzu to send out? [-] Thanx [-] fr m Louis «detailed view»
Series 4 #32.
«All Series«		 No.067 1966/12/12 HNS   Gifts to Miss Naal. [-] 1 - Conjectures [-] 1 - New Man PB. [-] 1 - Gandhi [-] 1lb Trappist cheese [note by Merton] «detailed view»
Series 4 #33.
«All Series«		 No.068 1967/10/no HNS   I'll take the clothes down tomorrow AM. [-] Thanks [-] fr m Louis [note from Merton] «detailed view»
Series 4 #34.
«All Series«		 No.069 undated/no/no HNS   I also need some more Lomotil. I have a prescription if you want that but it would probably be «detailed view»
Series 4 #35.
«All Series«		 No.070 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] «detailed view»
Series 4 #36.
«All Series«		 No.071 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. «detailed view»
Series 4 #37.
«All Series«		 No.072 undated/no/no HNS  from Merton to Maurice Flood Could this be mimeographed as usual - whenever convenient. No wild rush - but sometime about «detailed view»
Series 4 #38.
«All Series«		 No.073 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: «detailed view»
Series 4 #39.
«All Series«		 No.074 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. «detailed view»
Series 4 #40.
«All Series«		 No.075 undated/no/no HNS  from Merton to Br. Camillus I ran out of witch hazel [-] May I please have a bottle today (Saturday) if possible? «detailed view»

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