MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Panichas, George Andrew, 1930-
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1966-1967, 1971
Volume: 27 item(s); 29 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Panichas, George Andrew".
Biography
George A. Panichas was an associate professor in the English Department of the University of Maryland in College Park at the time of writing to Merton. In addition, he was the an essayist, biographer and author of a number of books on politics, history and religion.
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Series List
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Container List
| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1966/12/15 (#01) | TLS | to Merton | Hawthorn Books of New York will soon be publishing a collection of essays that I am editing under | |
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| | 1966/12/15 (#02) | other | to Merton | <u>MANSIONS OF THE SPIRIT: ESSAYS IN LITERATURE AND RELIGION</u> [-] Edited by George A. Panichas | |
| [Table of Contents for <u>Mansions of the Spirit</u>] |
| | 1966/12/23 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for your letter of the 15th which reached me after considerable delay. Your projected | |
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| | 1966/12/23 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your letter of the 15th which reached me after considerable delay. Your projected | |
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| | 1967/01/03 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you very much for your good letter of December 23rd which I have just received. | |
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| | 1967/01/07 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for your letter of the 3rd which reached me this morning. Assuming that I get the xerox copy | |
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| | 1967/01/07 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your letter of the 3rd which reached me this morning. Assuming that I get the xerox copy | |
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| | 1967/01/12 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for your good letter of 7 January. Your "introductory" essay for <u>Mansions</u> | |
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| | 1967/01/17 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Your note of the 12th reached me today. I am afraid the xerox ms of <u>Mansions</u> has not yet got | |
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| | 1967/01/19 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for your good note of 17 January. Again, I called Hawthorn Books concerning the xerox | |
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| | 1967/02/09 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Here is your essay. It turned out longer than I anticipated, as I got to be quite absorbed in it. | |
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| | 1967/02/09 (#02) | TALS[x] | from Merton | Here is your essay. It turned out longer than I anticipated, as I got to be quite absorbed in it. | |
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| | 1967/02/16 | TLS | to Merton | I have received your introductory essay to <u>Mansions of the Spirit</u>, and I am writing not only | |
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| | 1967/02/18 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for your kind letter which I received this morning. I am delighted that you find the essay | |
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| | 1967/02/18 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your kind letter which I received this morning. I am delighted that you find the essay | |
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| | 1967/02/28 | TLS[x] | to Merton | Thank you for your good letter of 18 February. Your introductory essay, "Baptism in the Forest," | |
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| | 1967/04/03 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | I have owed you a letter for a long time: but since my last writing I have been in the hospital | |
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| | 1967/04/03 (#02) | TL | from Merton | PS. 2 [-] As a post script: I had finished my letter and even sealed it when I got busy on some | |
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| | 1967/08/30 | TLS[x] | from Merton | It was good to hear from you and to learn that Virginia Kirkus is on our side. She has hit me over | |
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| | 1967/11/07 | TLS | to Merton | <u>Mansions of the Spirit</u> has just come out. When you receive your copy, I am sure you will | |
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| | 1967/11/24 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | The book arrived and it is most handsome. I think it will be regarded as an important and lasting | |
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| | 1967/11/24 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | The book arrived and it is most handsome. I think it will be regarded as an important and lasting | |
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| | 1967/12/01 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for your good letter of 24 November. I am glad to learn that you have reached | |
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| | 1971/02/08 | TLS[x] | to Center from Panichas, George | Enclosed you will find xerox copies of all the correspondence that I had with Thomas Merton. | |
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| | 1971/02/19 | TAL[x] | from Center to Panichas, George | Thank you for the carefully documented and dated letters of Thomas Merton. Those, together | |
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| | undated/no/no | other[x] | | INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO [-] Panichas, George Andrew, M.A., PH.D.; American university professor | |
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| | undated/no/no | other[x] | from Merton | MANSIONS OF THE SPIRIT [-] The Virginia Kirkus Service [-] July 1, 1967 [-] Panichas, George | |
| [Kirkus review of <i>Mansions of the Spirit</i> and a signed note from Panichas, possibly accompanying the sending of the book] |
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