Merton's Correspondence with:

Roscoe M. Pierson; Roscoe Pierson

Pierson, Roscoe M.

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1960-1964
Volume:	17 item(s); 19 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Pierson, Roscoe M.".

Biography

Roscoe M. Pierson was librarian of the Bosworth Memorial Library at the College of the Bible (later known as Lexington Theological Seminary, Disciples of Christ) in Lexington, Kentucky.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1960/05/24	TL[x] to Merton	A hurried note to tell you how much I appreciated the time which you gave us Sunday night and Monday		sending library booklists and list of current duplicate books «detailed view»
2.	1960/06/10	TLS[x] from Merton	Thank you for your note and for the booklists which are certainly impressive. You select widely		«detailed view»
3.	1960/06/17	TALS[x] from Merton	The books have arrived safely and I am very grateful. They will be well taken care of and will		«detailed view»
4.	1960/06/27	HLS[x] from Merton	In signing the pictures I wrote on the front of one or two but it did not seem to me to be so good		«detailed view»
5.	1960/06/28	TLS[x] from Merton	Under separate cover I am mailing you a book of which we have several copies here. It is HARVEST		«detailed view»
6.	1960/08/27	TLS[x] from Merton	Many thanks for your card and for the list of periodicals. I might some day want to find something		«detailed view»
7.	1960/08/29	TLS[x] from Merton	Under separate cover I am sending you a few mimeographed books of material which I have got together		[second page: photocopy of handwritten note by Merton with articles by Jean Hering] «detailed view»
8.	1960/09/16	TLS[x] from Merton	Many thanks indeed for the CHURCH INCARNATE. It is a very fine book and one which will be		«detailed view»
9.	1960/09/22	TALS[x] from Merton	Forgive me for the confusion about the two Bennets. I did not know there was any difference.		«detailed view»
10.	1960/10/04	HLS[x] from Merton	I am in the middle of preparing a few conferences on Tobit - that wonderful and fascinating story.		«detailed view»
11.	1960/12/23	TLS[x] from Merton	First I want to thank you for the very interesting book of Dr Campbell Garnett on CONTEMPORARY		«detailed view»
12.	1961/01/14	TLS[x] from Merton	Thanks for your very good letter of Dec. 28th and for the copies of the tables of contents		«detailed view»
13.	1961/04/18	TLS[x] from Merton	On page 65 of Robert McAffee Brown's American Dialogue reference is made to a book which		«detailed view»
14.	1962/11/23	TLS[x] from Merton	It was indeed a pleasure to hear from you again, and I am delighted that you should think me worthy		«detailed view»
15.	1963/05/04	TLS[x] from Merton	This is to ask you a little favor. As you may or may not know, the University of Kentucky,		«detailed view»
16.	1964/02/13	TLS to Merton	Thank you for sending me the mimeographed articles which you prepared for use with your classes		«detailed view»
17.	1964/03/11	TLS[x] from Merton	Today I am putting in the mail the books which you kindly lent me. They have been very profitable.		«detailed view»

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