| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1961/08/23 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you very much for your beautiful prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and for your extra | |
| thanks for prayer and personal note to Bobby [Kennedy] |
| | 1961/09/04 | TL[c] | from Merton | It was a very pleasant surprise to get your kind little note and I am indeed grateful for it. I | Yes |
| Merton's views on resumption of nuclear weapons testing and hopes that she can pass this on to President Kennedy / Dan Walsh / enclosing a "gruesome poem about extermination camps" with a message about nuclear war |
| | 1961/10/30 | TLS | to Merton | I was so delighted to hear from you and to learn of your complete endorsement of the President's | |
| President Kennedy's views on nuclear disarmament / Russian resumption of nuclear testing |
| | 1961/12/no? | transcript | from Merton | I liked very much the president's speech at Seattle which encouraged me a bit as I had just written | Yes |
| [Cold War Letters #10] interview for <u>Izvestia</u> / communication with China and Russia / war the enemy, not Russia / work with USSR to prevent nuclear war / moral decline / morals in the face of a "fast buck" / this nation's dream world - don't know ourselves or enemies / lack of Church anti-nuclear involvement |
| | 1963/03/14 | TL[c] | from Merton | Harper Bros, the Publishers, are going to send you at my request the autobiography of an interesting | Yes |
| autobiography of Fr. Bruno James - priest working in the slums of Naples and has homemade university / book on peace banned by superiors / Cuban missile crisis and JFK's handling / Bobby Kennedy and Civil Rights / South's attitude on race is great fodder for Communist criticism of U.S. |
| | 1963/11/23 | TL[c] | from Merton | I have just come from offering mass for the repose of the Presidents soul, and I want you to know | Yes |
| assassination of President Kennedy / prayers for Bobby, Ethel, Jackie and the whole family / thoughts on the tragedy of the event |
| | 1963/12/no? | HCS | to Merton | It was good of you to write. We are grateful for your wonderfully kind thoughts and affection and | |
| "Thank You" card for Merton's 1963/11/23 letter |
| | 1965/01/18 | TLS | to Merton | The new year started off right for us by opening a small package from Dan Walsh which turned out to | |
| <i>Seeds of Destruction</i> / Merton told Dan Walsh not to give them the book / "front and center of Bobby's library on that subject" / Merton's offer to send an abstract drawing instead of the book |
| | 1965/02/26 | TL[c] | from Merton | Dan Walsh has no spirit of obedience whatever, especially when it comes to giving away books signed | Yes |
| Merton's discussing his "works of 'art'" and where they will be exhibited / asks Ethel if she can arrange a showing for these subversive works in Washington / she can pick one and have "the non-distinction of owning 'a Merton'" / Gomez Sicre - Pan American Union / proceeds to Negro scholarship in Louisville |
| | 1968/06/22 | TL[c] | from Merton | After sending my telegram I also planned to write you at least a brief letter. But I know you must | Yes |
| Robert F. Kennedy's death / enclosing touching letter from Brazil / shock of "Bobby's tragic immolation" / Bobby Kennedy's hope for the country and hope for peace / remaining prospects sour for presidency / Dom James at the funeral and brought messages from Ethel and Rose Kennedy |
| | 1969/11/04 | telegram | to Walsh, Daniel | Thomas Merton was a great spiritual force in so many of our lives. I know how much he meant to | |
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| condolences for Merton's death and regrets about not being able to attend opening of the Thomas Merton Studies Center |
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