| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1934/11/05 | other[x] | | Extrait du Registre des Actes de Naissance [-] pour l'Année 1915 [-] Commune de Prades, Canton et | |
| [copy of Merton's birth certificate from France] |
| | 1937/10/28 | other[x] | | U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [-] Immigration and Naturalization Service [-] No. 2 542072 | |
| [states Merton was lawfully admitted for permanent residency in the United States on 1934/12/11 / mentions the ship he arrived on, "SS Ansonia" (elsewhere "Ausonia")] |
| | 1938/no/no? | other[x] | | STATEMENT OF FACTS TO BE USED IN MAKING MY DECLARATION OF INTENTION [-] My name is Mr. | |
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| | 1940/03/30 | other[x] | | APPLICATION FOR REENTRY PERMIT [-] To the Honorable Commissioner of Immigration and | |
| [application for Merton, not a citizen of the United States and residing there as alien, to re-enter the United States from his vacation to Cuba and Mexico] |
| | 1940/04/01 | other[x] | | Permit to Reenter the United States [-] PURSUANT to provision of section 10 of the Immigration Act | |
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| | 1942/03/12 | TL[x] | from Kahl, Arthur J. / to Merton | Enclosed herewith are forms Nat. 101 and AR-16 for your information. It is requested that you | |
| [Arthur J. Kahl was Assistant District Director of the Buffalo District of the Immigration and Naturalization Service] |
| | 1942/03/21 | other[x] | | ADDRESS REPORT CARD -- ALIEN REGISTRATION [-] (This card may be used for both types of reports | |
| [copies of two "change of address" forms: one from Douglaston, New York, to Olean, New York from 1941/06/24 - another from Olean, New York to Gethsemani of 1942/03/21] |
| | 1948/01/05 (#01) | other[x] | | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [-] DECLARATION OF INTENTION [-] (Invalid for all purposes seven | |
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| | 1948/01/05 (#02) | other[x] | | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [-] PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION [-] [Under General Provisions | |
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| | 1948/11/08 | TLS[x] | from Merton | In enclose my application for certificate of arrival etc, together with the required photographs. | |
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| | 1948/11/30 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Throckmorton, L. W. / to Officer in Charge | Records of this office disclose that complete file relating to the above named person was forwarded | |
| [from L. W. Throckmorton to the Officer in Charge in Cincinnati, Ohio] |
| | 1948/11/30 (#02) | HLS[x] | from Merton to U.S. Naturalization Service | Since I have changed my residence to Trappist, Kentucky, in the Louisville district, it will be | |
| [letter originally dated 1942/02/17 and copied with 1948/11/30 letter - to the United States Naturalization Service office in Erie, Pennsylvania] |
| | 1948/12/08 | other[x] | | REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF ARRIVAL AND PRELIMINARY FORM FOR DECLARATION | |
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| | 1948/12/16 | other[x] | | Application for a Certificate of Arrival and Preliminary Form for a Declaration of Intention | |
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| | 1951/01/27 | other[x] | | Application for a Certificate of Arrival and Preliminary Form for Petition for Naturalization | |
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| | 1951/04/11 | other[x] | | <u>Attention: Identification Division</u> [-] Please furnish a copy of any criminal record shown | |
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| | 1951/05/03 | other[x] | | I am not and have never been an anarchist; nor a believer in the unlawful damage, injury | |
| [oath from the U.S. Immigration Service, signed by Merton, that he has never been an anarchist or a Communist] |
| | 1951/05/17 | other[x] | | ALIEN REGISTRATION FORM [-] 1. (a) My name is Thomas James Merton [-] (b) I entered the United | |
| [Merton's Alien Registration Form from ca. 1939 - copies and stamped from 1951] |
| | 1951/06/25 | TL[x] | from Boutton, H. J. / to Sue Connaughton | In accordance with provisions of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Sec. 377.3, | |
| [from H. J. Boutton, Officer in Charge in Cincinnati, Ohio, of the Immigration Service, to Sue Connaughton, Deputy Clerk of the U.S. District Court in Louisville, Kentucky] |
| | 1951/06/26 | other[x] | | CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION Petition No. 5033 [-] Personal description of holder | |
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| | 1958/01/27 | TLS | from Cundiff, Bernice / to Merton | Am sorry of the delay in answering your letter with reference to correction of your Certificate | |
| [from Bernice Cundiff of the United States District Court in Louisville, Kentucky] |
| | 1958/02/07 | TLS | from Cundiff, Bernice / to Merton | You will please find your certificate of Naturalization number 6747854, enclosed. This certificate | |
| [from Bernice Cundiff of the United States District Court in Louisville, Kentucky] |
| | 1961/02/10 | other[x] | | Le trente un janvier mil neuf cent quinze à neuf heures est né à PRADES Tom MERTON sexe masculin | |
| [birth record for Merton sent in 1961] |
| | 1968/08/01 | TNS | from Lawrence, Br. / to Van Rijn | Could you please send us back the number of Thomas Merton's Passport, in case we need it | |
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| | 1985/01/30 | TL[x] | from Grip, Robert / to Robert Amerine | Under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, I am requesting access to, and copies of any | |
| [from Robert G. Grip of WALA TV of Mobile, Alabama to the FOIA/PA Reviewing Officer for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, D.C.] |
| | undated/no/no | TLS[x] | from Amerine, Robert / to Robert Grip | As you requested, we have enclosed the records relevant to Mr. Merton's naturalization for you | |
| [from Robert P. Amerine, FOIA/PA Reviewing Officer for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, D.C. to Robert G. Grip of WALA TV of Mobile, Alabama] |
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