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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Huff, James Ellen, Sr., S.C.N.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963-1964, 1967

Volume: 7 item(s); 8 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Huff, James Ellen, Sr., S.C.N.".

Biography

Sr. James Ellen Huff was the College Librarian for Catherine Spalding College in Louisville (now known as Spalding University) at the time of writing.

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All materials labeled "Spalding University Archives" are photocopies from this collection and cannot be reproduced without permission from its staff.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1963/12/05 TLS[x]to MertonMy far too belated thank you for autographing with your best wishes and prayers for me and Catherine  thanks for autographed copy of <i>The New Man</i> / sending the statement "Concerning the Collection in Bellarmine College Library" - manuscripts sent to University of Kentucky - asks whether donations to those collections preclude any additional gifts or an "accent piece" for the newly planned Catherine Spalding Library
 1963/12/no? TN[x] from Walsh, Daniel / to JoeWould you be good enough to give this autographed copy of the <u>New Man</u> to Sister James Ellen  [a note from Dan Walsh to "Joe" - no last name] signed copy of <i>The New Man</i> - gift from Merton and Daniel Walsh
 1964/01/01 (#01)TAL[c]from MertonAs you know, a Trappist monk has rather a hard job keeping up with correspondence, so I do not  offers Spalding mimeographs Merton circulates to the novitiate / asks if by "accent piece" she means something in his poor handwriting - offers autographed copy of some of his poems in a Mexican edition with abstract illustrations by Armando Morales, which are "no less abstract and no more than my handwriting"
 1964/01/01 (#02)TLS[x]from MertonAs you know, a Trappist monk has rather a hard job keeping up with correspondence, so I do not  offers Spalding mimeographs Merton circulates to the novitiate / asks if by "accent piece" she means something in his poor handwriting - offers autographed copy of some of his poems in a Mexican edition with abstract illustrations by Armando Morales, which are "no less abstract and no more than my handwriting"
 1964/01/14 TLSto MertonThank you very much indeed for the ample evidence of your "fraternal good will toward the Sisters of  thanks for Merton's autographed <i>Poemas</i> / asking for a copy of Merton's <i>Introduction to the English Mystics</i> - interest in starting a collection of English Mysticism at Spalding
 1967/10/24 TLSto MertonThank you for your hearty response to our D-day invitation and the proof-positive of your desire  thanks for Merton's gift of "galley sheets, the picture of you and Jacques [Maritain?], and the 'accent piece', Roots, an exquisite bit of photography" / sends "Vatican II Pamphlet by a St. Joseph Infirmary student nurse" / sends Merton pamphlet of new library
 1967/10/no? TNS[x]from MertonThough I can't be physically present to celebrate enthusiastically (as is my desire) I can at least  sends regrets that he cannot attend the new library dedication and open house at Catherine Spalding College / sending "mimeographs, off-prints, tearsheets and even 'accent pieces'" to "create confusion in the library"
        

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