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


Series 5, Merton-Bamberger Correspondence from Bamberger's Files


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
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Series 5 #1.
«All Series«		 No.076 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #2.
«All Series«		 No.077 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, «detailed view»
Series 5 #3.
«All Series«		 No.078 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #4.
«All Series«		 No.079 undated/12/06 HNS from Merton I have to get a bursitis shot. Next Tuesday Dec. 6. Could you please arrange things? «detailed view»
Series 5 #5.
«All Series«		 No.080 1965/01/23 HNS from Merton Did not get allergy shot Sunday - will try again Monday after dinner OK? [-] fr m Louis «detailed view»
Series 5 #6.
«All Series«		 No.081 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #7.
«All Series«		 No.082 undated/no/no HNS from Merton Please put this in the mail when you are through with it. [-] Thanx in Jesu [-] fr m Louis «detailed view»
Series 5 #8.
«All Series«		 No.083 1967/03/no HNS from Merton I am planning to see Dr Mitchell this Thursday A.M. Can you please arrange (I had to change [verso: drawing and the words "FIRE", "40 ARCES" [sic], and "TOP MT. HERMON"] «detailed view»
Series 5 #9.
«All Series«		 No.084a 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #10.
«All Series«		 No.084b 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #11.
«All Series«		 No.085 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. «detailed view»
Series 5 #12.
«All Series«		 No.086 1966/09/11 HNS from Merton Dr Mitchell ex-rayed the back and said the operation had been a complete success and the back «detailed view»
Series 5 #13.
«All Series«		 No.087 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"] «detailed view»
Series 5 #14.
«All Series«		 No.088 undated/no/no TNS from Merton I removed those patches today after dinner. On the right side, sumac, there was nothing at all. «detailed view»
Series 5 #15.
«All Series«		 No.089 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #16.
«All Series«		 No.090 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #17.
«All Series«		 No.091 1968/08/30 HNS from Merton Dr Mitchell recommended these - can you please provide? [-] Thanks in Jesu [-] fr m Louis «detailed view»
Series 5 #18.
«All Series«		 No.092 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #19.
«All Series«		 No.093 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 History of Politics] «detailed view»
Series 5 #20.
«All Series«		 No.094 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #21.
«All Series«		 No.095a 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #22.
«All Series«		 No.095b 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #23.
«All Series«		 No.096 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 The Eternal Present by Sigfried Giedion] «detailed view»
Series 5 #24.
«All Series«		 No.097 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #25.
«All Series«		 No.098a 1965/08/18 HNS from Merton The diarrhea is bad again (due to fuss of trying to get everything in order, disposed of etc.) «detailed view»
Series 5 #26.
«All Series«		 No.098b 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #27.
«All Series«		 No.099 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #28.
«All Series«		 No.100 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #29.
«All Series«		 No.101 1965/09/20 HNS from Merton Are they giving you the Commonweal? I asked them to. May I have an article on Bonhoeffer «detailed view»
Series 5 #30.
«All Series«		 No.102 undated/no/no TNS from Merton I had a long session with Br Alphonse yesterday. He is one novice about whom «detailed view»
Series 5 #31.
«All Series«		 No.103 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #32.
«All Series«		 No.104 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #33.
«All Series«		 No.105 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."] «detailed view»
Series 5 #34.
«All Series«		 No.106 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #35.
«All Series«		 No.107 undated/no/no HNS from Merton I need to go to Dr. in L'ville next Friday - could you please arrange as usual - leave around «detailed view»
Series 5 #36.
«All Series«		 No.108a 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #37.
«All Series«		 No.108b 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #38.
«All Series«		 No.109 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"] «detailed view»
Series 5 #39.
«All Series«		 No.110 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."] «detailed view»
Series 5 #40.
«All Series«		 No.111 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #41.
«All Series«		 No.112 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #42.
«All Series«		 No.113 undated/no/no HNS to Merton Would you have the opera Gregory Palamas of Nilus by any fortunate chance? If so could I borrow «detailed view»
Series 5 #43.
«All Series«		 No.114 1964/11/28 HLS from Merton Second thoughts on the study schedule we spoke of today. Instead of getting Fr Tarcisius in on it, «detailed view»
Series 5 #44.
«All Series«		 No.115 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #45.
«All Series«		 No.116 1964/09/18 HLS from Merton I am not quite sure I understand Dr Simon. He said something about fungus infection, «detailed view»
Series 5 #46.
«All Series«		 No.117 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #47.
«All Series«		 No.118 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"] «detailed view»
Series 5 #48.
«All Series«		 No.119 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. «detailed view»
Series 5 #49.
«All Series«		 No.120 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #50.
«All Series«		 No.121 undated/no/no HNS from Merton Fr Eudes [-] many thanks! [-] fr m Louis «detailed view»
Series 5 #51.
«All Series«		 No.122 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."] «detailed view»
Series 5 #52.
«All Series«		 No.123 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #53.
«All Series«		 No.124 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #54.
«All Series«		 No.125 1966/06/11 HNS from Merton Dr Mitchell told me to come back next Saturday the 11th if the bursitis was still troubling me «detailed view»
Series 5 #55.
«All Series«		 No.126 1965/12/09 HNS from Merton The diarrhea cleared up ok. I have a slight cold, but no problem. The other stomach problem seems «detailed view»
Series 5 #56.
«All Series«		 No.127 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #57.
«All Series«		 No.128 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #58.
«All Series«		 No.129 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #59.
«All Series«		 No.130 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #60.
«All Series«		 No.131 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #61.
«All Series«		 No.132 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #62.
«All Series«		 No.133 undated/no/no other   Fr. Louis' bookmark in Schaeffer «detailed view»
Series 5 #63.
«All Series«		 No.134 undated/no/no HN from Merton I spoke with Br Finbarr. In my opinion this boy has a good monastic vocation but he obviously «detailed view»
Series 5 #64.
«All Series«		 No.135 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #65.
«All Series«		 No.136 undated/no/no HN from Merton address from Dom Columban [-] M. Michel Pigeon [-] 46 Boulevard de la Concorde [-] Poitiers (Vienne) «detailed view»
Series 5 #66.
«All Series«		 No.137 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #67.
«All Series«		 No.138 undated/no/no HNS from Merton Zalman Schachter will be here tomorrow Tuesday - nothing special is planned. Two other Rabbis «detailed view»
Series 5 #68.
«All Series«		 No.139 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #69.
«All Series«		 No.140 1965/12/02 TL from Merton I grossly maligned the yogurt: it is the new buttermilk that is causing cramps and diarrhea. «detailed view»
Series 5 #70.
«All Series«		 No.141 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #71.
«All Series«		 No.142 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #72.
«All Series«		 No.143 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #73.
«All Series«		 No.144 undated/no/no TNS from Merton Just for the record: this has been building up since Christmas and quite a few factors are involved «detailed view»
Series 5 #74.
«All Series«		 No.145 undated/no/no HNS from Merton Thanks for your note on Bro [name scratch out by Bamberger]. The points you cited were the main «detailed view»
Series 5 #75.
«All Series«		 No.146 undated/no/no HNS from Merton Our B. Robert (postulant) has a chill with diarrhea etc again and has been resting. I told him «detailed view»
Series 5 #76.
«All Series«		 No.147 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #77.
«All Series«		 No.148a 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #78.
«All Series«		 No.148b 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #79.
«All Series«		 No.149 undated/no/no TNS from Merton Tentatively I thought the best time for Rabbi Werblowski to give conference to novices and juniors «detailed view»
Series 5 #80.
«All Series«		 No.150 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #81.
«All Series«		 No.151 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #82.
«All Series«		 No.152 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #83.
«All Series«		 No.153 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"] «detailed view»
Series 5 #84.
«All Series«		 No.154 undated/no/no HNS from Merton Rev. Father and I and Bro Colman are all very doubtful of whether Bro «detailed view»
Series 5 #85.
«All Series«		 No.155 1966/no/no HNS from Merton I will need another bursitis shot next Monday Sept 26th [-] Could you please make «detailed view»
Series 5 #86.
«All Series«		 No.156 1965/07/29 HNS from Merton Maybe someone should do a report on the Monastic Renewal article herewith - but first they'd «detailed view»
Series 5 #87.
«All Series«		 No.157 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #88.
«All Series«		 No.158 1966/02/06 other   Books - Philantia [bookmark used by Merton - note by Bamberger: "found in 'Opera Omnia S. Cyrili Jerusalem'"] «detailed view»
Series 5 #89.
«All Series«		 No.159 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #90.
«All Series«		 No.160 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #91.
«All Series«		 No.161 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)] «detailed view»
Series 5 #92.
«All Series«		 No.162 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #93.
«All Series«		 No.163 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #94.
«All Series«		 No.164 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #95.
«All Series«		 No.165a 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #96.
«All Series«		 No.165b 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #97.
«All Series«		 No.166 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #98.
«All Series«		 No.167 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #99.
«All Series«		 No.168 undated/no/no TNS from Merton This shoulder and back thing gets more and more troublesome. It is especially bad at night when it «detailed view»
Series 5 #100.
«All Series«		 No.169 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #101.
«All Series«		 No.170 1966/06/21 HNS from Merton I have to see Dr Mitchell 10 am next Saturday - 25th [-] Could you please make arrangements «detailed view»
Series 5 #102.
«All Series«		 No.171 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #103.
«All Series«		 No.172 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #104.
«All Series«		 No.173 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #105.
«All Series«		 No.174 1965/06/05 TNS from Merton Dr Fortune had me thoroughly examined and I am satisfied that it came out well. Nothing serious «detailed view»
Series 5 #106.
«All Series«		 No.175 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #107.
«All Series«		 No.176 1965/11/no TNS from Merton Could you please return this article when finished? [-] The buttermilk did not bother me «detailed view»
Series 5 #108.
«All Series«		 No.177 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #109.
«All Series«		 No.178 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #110.
«All Series«		 No.179 undated/no/no other   Isaac of Ninive [sic] [handwritten scrap of paper] «detailed view»
Series 5 #111.
«All Series«		 No.180 undated/no/no TNS from Merton I hope you did not think I was being even more unsociable than usual this morning. Your confidence «detailed view»
Series 5 #112.
«All Series«		 No.181 1966/12/27? HN from Merton I have to see the Doctor again Friday (Dec. 30th) [-] Will you please make the necessary «detailed view»
Series 5 #113.
«All Series«		 No.182 undated/no/no HNS from Merton Saturday Fr Felix is giving the novice conference, so Juniors will not come this time - In Our Lord «detailed view»
Series 5 #114.
«All Series«		 No.183 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #115.
«All Series«		 No.184 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #116.
«All Series«		 No.185 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #117.
«All Series«		 No.186 1967/03/30 TNS from Merton P. Patrick wants these bulletins for Collectanea. Can you red this copy? I am taking the ones «detailed view»
Series 5 #118.
«All Series«		 No.187 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #119.
«All Series«		 No.188 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #120.
«All Series«		 No.189 undated/no/no HNS from Merton Dr Scheen said the skin condition is progressing - ordered another ointment to help out. «detailed view»
Series 5 #121.
«All Series«		 No.190 1967/04/no TNS from Merton I'd appreciate if these prescriptions could be filled as soon as convenient. I did not have time «detailed view»
Series 5 #122.
«All Series«		 No.191 1966/10/22 TNS from Merton The tests were ok and there is nothing new. Same sensitive colon. Once again recommendation «detailed view»
Series 5 #123.
«All Series«		 No.192 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 «detailed view»
Series 5 #124.
«All Series«		 No.193 1964/01/15 HNS from Merton No I don't have the [indecipherable word..] copies I have recently used the material «detailed view»
Series 5 #125.
«All Series«		 No.194 1966/11/23 TNS from Merton As regards your question; -- I have no trouble with six bottles -- but I wonder about the price. «detailed view»
Series 5 #126.
«All Series«		 No.195a 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 History of Medical Psychology and the later note (from 1965) was when Merton was moving to the woods (his hermitage)] «detailed view»
Series 5 #127.
«All Series«		 No.195b 1965/08/10 HNS from Merton I found this interesting message dating from the past. [see also #195a on the same note] «detailed view»
Series 5 #128.
«All Series«		 No.196 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"] «detailed view»
Series 5 #129.
«All Series«		 No.197 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] «detailed view»
Series 5 #130.
«All Series«		 No.198 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! «detailed view»
Series 5 #131.
«All Series«		 No.199 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 Cistercian Studies Quarterly by Dom John Eudes Bamberger of Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton by Michael Mott] «detailed view»

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