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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Lawson, Penelope, Sr., C.S.M.V., 1890-1977

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965-1967, 1972, 1984

Volume: 22 item(s); 34 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Lawson, Penelope, Sr., C.S.M.V.".

Biography

Sr. Penelope Lawson was from the Anglican Community of St. Mary the Virgin in Wantage, England. She spent most of her time there as librarian at St. Mary's Convent and authored a number of books. She is also well-known for translations of early and medieval Christian writers. It was through translation of writings of Isaac of Stella that she was first in contact with Merton. (Source: The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 477-478.)

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Sr. Penelope in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 477-481.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/08/25 HLSto MertonThank you very much for your letter of August 14th, which I was most pleased to get. My efforts   
 1965/10/17 TL[c]from MertonWell, I have brought Migne up to the hermitage and am looking over the original text.Yes  
 1965/10/23 HLSto MertonThank you so much for your long letter of Oct. 17th. At the moment... and oh dear, how often this   
 1965/11/02 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for your letter of the 23rd of October. I must tell you that when I get enthusiasticYes  
 1965/12/07 HLSto MertonThanks very much for your. I have done Sermo XVIII and also a bit of XIV as particularly good about   
 1966/01/25 HLSto MertonI have just restarted work on Isaac after having flu. In Sermo XXIII 1765C there is a nice bit-   
 1966/02/10 HLSto MertonThank you very much for your letter, for the mimeo copy of Sermo XVIII. I have sent the bit from S.   
 1966/05/30 HLSto MertonDarton, Longman & Todd can't undertake Isaac; they are putting their last penny, more or less,   
 1966/06/18 HLSto MertonIt was nice to get your letter but I am very sorry to hear you have been ill. Faith Press are   
 1966/06/21 HLSto MertonI sent off the typescript of Isaac to you on Saturday by air parcel, registered, as I found this was   
 1966/07/04 TL[c]from MertonI have safely received the manuscript of your translationsof [sic] Isaac and have finished readingYes  
 1966/07/27 TL[c]from MertonSome time ago I finished the introduction to Isaac and I have been patiently (more or less) waitingYes  
 1966/08/24 HLSto MertonThankyou [sic] so much for your letter and for the Introduction to Isaac which I think is excellent.   
 1966/09/12 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for your letter of August 24th, and I hope things are progressing with the English   
 1966/10/01 HLSto MertonThankyou [sic] so much for your letter - I am most interested that you have sent Isaac to Herder.   
 1967/02/07 TL[c]from MertonPlease forgive me for waiting so long to reply to your inquiry. I had to get in touch with Herder,Yes  
 1967/05/23 TL[c]from MertonThe editor of Herder and Herder has just returned to me your ms of Isaac with the most profuseYes  
 1967/07/21 HLSto MertonI am so sorry not to have written before. Way back in May.. or was it April?.. I at last succeeded   
 1972/10/20 HLS[x]to Center from Lawson, PenelopeIf that is not the right way to address you, please forgive me! Your letter of August 7 reached me   
 1984/01/12 TLS from Margaret, Honor / to William ShannonI have received a letter from Canon A. M. Allchin of Canterbury, who tells me that you are making an  answers to several questions / enclosed a copy of a book cover including a brief biography and a picture
 1984/01/22 TLS[x] from Shannon, William / to Sr. JoanI received the letter of Reverend Mother General regarding Sr. Penelope. I am most grateful for the  seeking further information about Sr. Penelope, possible off-prints of Isaac of Stella booklets, and about the community at St. Mary's Convent, Wantage, Oxfordshire England
 1984/06/02 TLS from Joan, Sr. / to William ShannonThank you for your letter. I will try to answer your questions about Sister Penelope (Ruth Penelope  recollections of Sister Penelope / enclosed, a small CSMV WANTAGE pamphlet
        

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