Merton's Correspondence with:

John Pick

Pick, John, 1911-1981

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1965
Volume:	19 item(s); 19 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Pick, John".

John Pick was a professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was chairman of the University Committee on the Fine Arts and arranged to have a display of Merton's calligraphic drawings, entitled "Forty-Three Signatures", displayed at Marquette.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1965/02/01	TALS to Merton	I write in great excitement. This morning I received a letter from our good mutual friend, Sister		«detailed view»
2.	1965/02/06	TL[c] from Merton	I have your good letter of the third. Quite possibly I can let you have the "signatures" either		«detailed view»
3.	1965/02/09	TLS to Merton	I was delighted with your prompt reply and with the cordiaity [sic] of your response.		«detailed view»
4.	1965/02/12	TAL[c] from Merton	I am asking the people at Xavier University in New Orleans to ship the drawings to you as soon		«detailed view»
5.	1965/02/16	TLS to Merton	The kind words about the Hopkins book coming from you meant a great deal to me; these days I'm		«detailed view»
6.	1965/02/18	TAL[c] from Merton	The Signatures ought to be on the way to you by now. I suppose Sr Lurana, of Xavier University,		«detailed view»
7.	1965/02/20	TLS to Merton	This will be merely a hurried little business memorandum requiring no reply. Yesterday the nun		«detailed view»
8.	1965/02/22 (#01)	TLS to Merton	Your letter of the 18th arrived today, and I feel confident that the Forty-Three Signatures will be		«detailed view»
9.	1965/02/22 (#02)	TL[c] to Hoare, Gabriel Mary	As you probably know we will be having Thomas Merton's FORTY-THREE SIGNATURES for exhibition		[from Pick to Sr. Gabriel Mary Hoare of Webster College in St. Louis, Missouri - see "Hoare, Gabriel Mary" file] «detailed view»
10.	1965/02/22 (#03)	TL[c] to Lurana, Mary	I was most grateful for all your trouble in telephoning me by long distance recently, and this will		[from Pick to Sr. Lurana of Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana - see also the "Lurana, Mary" file] «detailed view»
11.	1965/02/24	TL[c] to Lurana, Mary	I was most grateful for all your trouble in telephoning me by long distance recently, and this will		[from Pick to Sr. Lurana of Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana - see also the "Lurana, Mary" file] «detailed view»
12.	1965/02/26	TLS to Lurana, Mary	Today I checked over carefully the inventory of Thomas Merton's drawings (an exciting adventure		[from Pick to Sr. Lurana of Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana - see also the "Lurana, Mary" file] «detailed view»
13.	1965/03/01	TALS to Merton	I'm sending you a few copies of the catalogue which just came from the mimeographers.		«detailed view»
14.	1965/03/03	TAL[c] from Merton	It is a relief to learn that the exhibit arrived safely, but above all I am grateful for your most		«detailed view»
15.	1965/03/11	HLS to Merton	Here's a little batch of clippings (including the New Orleans one and a few duplicates); I'm also		«detailed view»
16.	1965/03/16	HLS to Merton	Enclosed are just the clippings. At all events people will have heard of the scholarship		«detailed view»
17.	1965/03/26	TLS to Merton	This is am [sic] embarrassing letter to write; I had so much hoped it would be different. The sad		«detailed view»
18.	1965/03/30	TAL[c] from Merton	Thanks for your "embarrassing letter" which, though I regret you had trouble writing it, caused no		«detailed view»
19.	1965/07/06	HLS to Merton	I am thrilled and delighted - today the picture arrived from Sister Mary Gabriel of Webster Grove.		«detailed view»

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