This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Lawson, Penelope, Sr., C.S.M.V.".
Sr. Penelope Lawson was from the Anglican Community of St. Mary the Virgin in Wantage, England. She spent most of her time there as librarian at St. Mary's Convent and authored a number of books. She is also well-known for translations of early and medieval Christian writers. It was through translation of writings of Isaac of Stella that she was first in contact with Merton. (Source: The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 477-478.)
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.
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1965/08/25 |
HLS to Merton |
Thank you very much for your letter of August 14th, which I was most pleased to get. My efforts |
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1965/10/17 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Well, I have brought Migne up to the hermitage and am looking over the original text. |
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1965/10/23 |
HLS to Merton |
Thank you so much for your long letter of Oct. 17th. At the moment... and oh dear, how often this |
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1965/11/02 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Many thanks for your letter of the 23rd of October. I must tell you that when I get enthusiastic |
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1965/12/07 |
HLS to Merton |
Thanks very much for your. I have done Sermo XVIII and also a bit of XIV as particularly good about |
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1966/01/25 |
HLS to Merton |
I have just restarted work on Isaac after having flu. In Sermo XXIII 1765C there is a nice bit- |
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1966/02/10 |
HLS to Merton |
Thank you very much for your letter, for the mimeo copy of Sermo XVIII. I have sent the bit from S. |
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1966/05/30 |
HLS to Merton |
Darton, Longman & Todd can't undertake Isaac; they are putting their last penny, more or less, |
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1966/06/18 |
HLS to Merton |
It was nice to get your letter but I am very sorry to hear you have been ill. Faith Press are |
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1966/06/21 |
HLS to Merton |
I sent off the typescript of Isaac to you on Saturday by air parcel, registered, as I found this was |
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1966/07/04 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I have safely received the manuscript of your translationsof [sic] Isaac and have finished reading |
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1966/07/27 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Some time ago I finished the introduction to Isaac and I have been patiently (more or less) waiting |
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1966/08/24 |
HLS to Merton |
Thankyou [sic] so much for your letter and for the Introduction to Isaac which I think is excellent. |
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1966/09/12 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Many thanks for your letter of August 24th, and I hope things are progressing with the English |
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1966/10/01 |
HLS to Merton |
Thankyou [sic] so much for your letter - I am most interested that you have sent Isaac to Herder. |
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1967/02/07 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Please forgive me for waiting so long to reply to your inquiry. I had to get in touch with Herder, |
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1967/05/23 |
TL[c] from Merton |
The editor of Herder and Herder has just returned to me your ms of Isaac with the most profuse |
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1967/07/21 |
HLS to Merton |
I am so sorry not to have written before. Way back in May.. or was it April?.. I at last succeeded |
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1972/10/20 |
HLS[x] to Center from Lawson, Penelope |
If that is not the right way to address you, please forgive me! Your letter of August 7 reached me |
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1984/01/12 |
TLS from Margaret, Honor / to William Shannon |
I have received a letter from Canon A. M. Allchin of Canterbury, who tells me that you are making an |
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answers to several questions / enclosed a copy of a book cover including a brief biography and a picture
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1984/01/22 |
TLS[x] from Shannon, William / to Sr. Joan |
I received the letter of Reverend Mother General regarding Sr. Penelope. I am most grateful for the |
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seeking further information about Sr. Penelope, possible off-prints of Isaac of Stella booklets, and about the community at St. Mary's Convent, Wantage, Oxfordshire England
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1984/06/02 |
TLS from Joan, Sr. / to William Shannon |
Thank you for your letter. I will try to answer your questions about Sister Penelope (Ruth Penelope |
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recollections of Sister Penelope / enclosed, a small CSMV WANTAGE pamphlet
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