MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Pauker, John, 1920-
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1966-1967
Volume: 22 item(s); 24 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Pauker, John".
Biography
John Pauker was a poet, playwright, editor, and translator. He and his wife, Shoo-Shoo, ran an art gallery called the Fun House in Washington, D.C., where he displayed some of Merton's art in 1967. Pauker edited the quarterly Furioso from 1947-1953. He was later the American editor of The Lugano Review. He published books of poetry, a Broadway play called "Moonbirds", and translated the Hungarian novel by Lajos Zilahy, The Dukays, which was a nationwide bestseller.
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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 |
| | 1966/09/15 | TL[c] | to Merton | James Fitzsimmons writes that you described my sequence "Excellency" as "sorry, drab and very good." | |
| [we don't have - only Georgetown] asks for Merton to do introduction to "Excellency" |
| | 1966/09/27 | TL[c] | from Merton | I am very glad to hear about the limited edition of "Excellency" and I have seriously thought about | |
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| | 1966/11/10 | TLS | to Merton | I find, and I regret, that I inadvertently neglected to acknowledge your friendly letter of 27 | |
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| | 1966/11/10 | TLS[c] | to Merton | I find, and I regret, that I inadvertently neglected to acknowledge your friendly letter of 27 | |
| [we don't have - only Georgetown] acknowledges Merton's refusal to do introduction |
| | 1967/02/02 (#01) | TALS[x] | to Dickey, James | Do you know the poems of Bob Lax? See his <u>Circus of the Sun</u> and <u>New Poems</u> | |
| [originally sent to James Dickey of Leesburg, Virginia on 1967/01/31 - copy sent to Merton] |
| | 1967/02/02 (#02) | other | to Merton | REMORSEFUL POEM [-] I am what you might call a quiet drunk, [-] God said, minding My own business, | |
| [handwritten note specifies that poem was written by Pauker for Merton - copy sent to Merton] |
| | 1967/02/02 (#03) | other[x] | to Merton | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN PAUKER (1920 - ) [-] Poet, playwright, propagandist, patron of the arts | |
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| | 1967/03/02 | HLS | from Merton | It is a month since you wrote your remorseful poem which I have much enjoyed - and since then I have | |
| [we don't have - only Georgetown] Merton suggests that he might do a new batch of caligraphies for Pauker to sell to benefit peace movements / mentions exhibit that has traveled all over but is "tired now and is retiring to the stable in Louisville." |
| | 1967/03/08 | TALS[c] | to Merton | I have been thinking about you, and fantasying about the Abbey. Therefore: (1) Your March 2 letter | |
| [we don't have - only Georgetown] Pauker sending poems "Flighty Poem" and "Vigilant Poem" / asks Merton to divert the exhibit and let Pauker exhibit drawings |
| | 1967/04/08 | TL[c] | from Merton | Some time ago I asked a friend to arrange to have his drawings sent from Chicago to you | |
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| | 1967/04/10 | TALS | to Merton | How austere and beautiful is the typeface on the letterhead you use. Your drawings are here, | |
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| | 1967/04/15 | TL[c] | from Merton | Many thanks for the letter, informing me that the drawings got there without major mishap. | |
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| | 1967/05/24 (#01) | other | to Merton | Mr. and Mrs. John Pauker request the pleasure of the company of Fr. Thomas Merton for PEACE in | |
| [invitation to "Peace in Ruritania and Graustark" on 1967/06/10] |
| | 1967/05/24 (#02) | TLS[x] | to Merton | SANS PAREIL? UNIKUM? NONESUCH? [-] Headachy? Are you tired of the old familiars, the randy tacky | |
| [announcement of Merton's "Fifty-Five Calligraphic Drawings" at the Fun House gallery, along with "Cambodian Magnificences" by Chen Chun, "Paintings of Sudan" by Joan Lund, and "The Originals of the Lorton Sculptors" - signed by "Shoo-Shoo and Gunboat Pauker"] |
| | 1967/07/07 | TALS | to Merton | Your drawings glow on the walls of three floors of this Fun House. They mingle mighty well with the | |
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| | 1967/07/10 | TLS | from Merton | Many thanks for the good letter describing the exhibit. I am glad to hear about the framing | |
| [we don't have - only Georgetown / letterhead states: "the monks. Modern Moving… with Old Fashioned Care"] sending check for exhibit framing expenses - Merton want money paid for those sold to go to Rosemary Ruether for institute for poor African Americans in Washington, DC / asks Pauker to send caligraphies to Fr. John Loftus at Bellarmine after exhibit |
| | 1967/07/14 | TLS | to Merton | (1) I have talked with Rosemary Ruether. We have your instructions, and shall comply. | |
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| | 1967/07/17 | TAL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for your note and for the enclosures. Since I can't get to Grauman's Chop Suey theater | |
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| | 1967/08/02 | TLS | to Merton | We thank you for the July 17 note and checque. Just sold another of your drawings. Rosemary | |
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| | 1968/01/17 | TALS | from Ruether, Rosemary | Thomas Merton wrote me a few days ago saying that he wanted to turn the drawings over to St. | |
| [we don't have - only Georgetown / phone message is annotation by Pauker regarding call from Ruether about transfer of drawings] |
| | 1968/01/18 | TLS[c] | to Merton | We are back from Europe, unscathed? scathed? anyway, back. Bob Lax is back too. We're exchanging | |
| [we don't have - only Georgetown] regret that Ruether will receive drawings before Pauker feels he is done with them - needs Merton's written release |
| | 1968/01/22 | TLS | from Merton | Glad to get your note and know you're back. Yes, I have been hearing from Bob too, back in Olean. | |
| [we don't have - only Georgetown] explanation of transfer to Ruether instead of return to Louisville |
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