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This correspondence concerns an exhibit of Merton's art work at Catherine Spalding College. The president of the college, Sr. Mary Charlotte, put Landes in charge of the arrangements. The file also contains a copy of a letter from Landes to Sr. M. Lurana, S.B.S. of Xavier University and a copy of a letter to Merton's friend and poet Robert Lax.
Aloys Landes was Director of Development for Catherine Spalding College in Louisville, Kentucky.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also the "Mary Charlotte, Sr." file.
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.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1964/10/06 |
TLS to Merton |
Sister Mary Charlotte has given me your letter of September 7 accepting her invitation to show your |
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1964/10/10 (#01) |
TAL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your good letter, which I have been expecting. I had already tentatively made |
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1964/10/10 (#02) |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for your good letter, which I have been expecting. I had already tentatively made |
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1964/10/14 |
TL[x] to Lax, Robert |
On November 15 we will open an exhibit here of a group of abstract drawings by Thomas Merton. |
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1964/10/16 |
TLS to Merton |
Thank you for your letter of October 10. Miss Dorothy at the Frame House will have the prints |
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1964/10/19 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter and for the assurance that discretion in publicity about the exhibition would |
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1964/10/26 |
TLS to Merton |
We enjoyed the time you spent here very much! It is good to have the drawings framed and the |
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1964/10/28 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Yes, I certainly enjoyed my brief visit and the opportunity to get the pictures named. I am glad |
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1964/10/28 (#02) |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Yes, I certainly enjoyed my brief visit and the opportunity to get the pictures named. I am glad |
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1965/01/19 (#01) |
TALS to Merton |
Thank you very much for the photograph. My family and I appreciate it very much. My delay |
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1965/01/19 (#02) |
TL[c] to Lurana, Sr. |
At the request of Father Merton, we are today shipping some of his drawings which we exhibited here |
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