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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hailparn, Alfred B., 1915-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1936-1989

Volume: 11 item(s); 21 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Hailparn, Alfred B.".

Biography

Alfred B. Hailparn was a friend of Merton's while at Columbia University. Hailparn's father was a liquor distributor in Yonkers, to which Merton makes reference in the second letter. In 1936, Merton was the editor-in-chief of the Columbia yearbook, Columbian, and Hailparn was managing editor. They were working on the yearbook for May of 1937. (Source: Witness to Freedom, p. 156.)

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Originals of the letters are owned by the James S. Copley Library in La Jolla, California.

Related Information and Links

See published letters from Merton to Hailparn in Witness to Freedom, pp. 156-157.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1936/06/18 HLS[x]from MertonMany thanks for the letter. I had been trying to think up some way of getting in touch but didn'tYes  
 1936/06/20 HLS[x]from MertonFred Mackenthun & Bob Veitch came down to see me on the job today, & we had a little talkYes  
 1936/07/06 TLSfrom MertonAs you see, Silvers has come through with some stationery. I asked him to mail some to you and Al  [two-page letter and blank envelope, all in stationery of "The Columbian of 1937"]
 1936/08/09 HLSfrom MertonMany thanks for the swell letter. I know exactly how it is. As a matter of fact we were a little   
 1936/09/19 HLSfrom MertonWe had a meeting Friday, to get started on the selling of subscriptions. The stationery arrived  [on stationery of "Tom F. Merton.. Douglaston" / a class schedule written in pen on verso of envelope]
 1989/06/13 TL[c]from Center to Harris, DorisIt was a disappointment to learn last week, by telephone, that the Thomas Merton items in your   
 1989/06/20 (#01)TLSto Center from Reilly, RichardDoris Harris has forwarded your letter to me as it is this institution that purchased the Thomas   
 1989/06/20 (#02)other TWO LETTERS TO ALFRED B. HAILARN CONCERNING THE 1937 <u>COLUMBIAN</u> by Thomas  [transcripts of the two handwritten copies of letters from 1936]
 1989/07/19 TL[c]from Center to Reilly, RichardI wish to thank you for your letter of June 20, 1989, and for graciously sending the copies   
 undated/no/no other 59 MERTON, THOMAS (1915-1968). American author. Two Autograph Letters Signed, 4 pages, sm.  [description of two of Merton's letters for sale in the Doris Harris Distinguished Autographs Catalog No. 39 - photocopies of pertinent page and contact information]
 undated/no/no other Doris Harris Distinguished Autographs Catalog No. 39  [full catalog containing two of Merton's letters for sale]
        

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