| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1967/01/20 | TALS | to Merton | I read with great appreciation your article, "Albert Camus and the Church", which appeared in the | |
| Merton's Camus article in <u>The Catholic Worker</u> / commentary on a book by Camus for a series / used for literature discussion group in many churches / <u>The Plague</u> or <u>The Stranger</u> |
| | 1967/01/26 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter of the 20th. I think I would really enjoy doing a commentary on Camus's | |
| Merton to write commentary on Camus' <i>The Plague</i> / probably will not start until late summer / publishing clearance / which translation or edition to use |
| | 1967/01/26 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter of the 20th. I think I would really enjoy doing a commentary on | |
| Merton to write commentary on Camus' <i>The Plague</i> / probably will not start until late summer / publishing clearance / which translation or edition to use |
| | 1967/02/03 | TLS | to Merton | I am so very happy that you are willing to do a commentary on Camus' <u>The Plague</u> for the | |
| series for Seabury Press / enclosing Frederick Dillistone's piece on Patrick White's <i>Riders in the Chariot</i> / Modern Library edition of Camus' <i>The Plague</i> / Merton's enclosure of a mimeographed letter about the actions of Fr. Charles Davis and about Merton's life as a hermit |
| | 1967/07/13 | TLS | from Merton | It usually takes time to get things typed up and ready here, so I have been delayed in sending the | |
| <i>Plague</i> commentary delayed / sending early copy for Belford's reaction / Merton asking for the first four commentaries - trying to get young monks interested in literature and has given a course on Faulkner |
| | 1967/08/23 | TALS | to Merton | Please excuse my unconscionable delay in writing you about your superb commentary on the | |
| although longer than others, publishers have found a way to publish in entirety / article on Second Vatican Council in the summer 1967 <u>Katallagete</u> / Bernard Häring gave similar lectures at NYU / Arthur Buckley from Seabury Press |
| | 1968/02/14 | TALS | from Merton | From the way one of the girls at Seabury was talking of reviews it sounded as though the Plague | |
| planning long article on Camus' <i>The Stranger</i> / "done with Camus for a while" / "girls in the publicity department [Seabury Press] seem to have had a good time with my hobbies" (see "Allman, Susan" file for a related article published in the <u>New York Post</u> about Merton's list of hobbies) |
| | 1968/03/27 | TLS | from Merton | It took a little time for the copies of the <u>Plague</u> pamphlet to arrive, but about a week after | |
| generous opinion on Merton's work and appreciation for not shortening the Camus piece / "brickbats from the local Catholics mostly because of Vietnam war" and a person burning his books / Vietnam / Pres. Johnson / peace candidate - Eugene McCarthy / race issue / eschatological outlook / <u>Monks Pond</u> |
| | 1968/04/09 | TLS[x] | from Koshland, William / to John Goodbody | I am so very grateful to have received Thomas Merton's INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY on THE PLAGUE by | |
| Koshland is writing from the Office of the President at Alfred A. Knoff publishers to John Goodbody of Seabury Press expressing praise for Merton's commentary on <i>The Plague</i> |
| | 1972/08/22 | TLS[x] | to Center from Belford, Lee Archer | Enclosed you will find the letters Thomas Merton wrote me. Most of them are concerned with his | |
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| | 1972/08/29 | TL[c] | from Center to Belford, Lee Archer | Thank you so much for sending us the letters which you received from Thomas Merton. We are doing | |
| 1968/03/27 letter's commentary on Vietnam and the "eschatological fulfillment of the hopes of mankind" in the writings of Merton |
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