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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Cotty, Marion William, Sr., S.N.D.".
Sr. Marion William Cotty writes from St. Teresa Convent in Providence, Rhode Island.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also Cotty's Masters thesis, Christian Wisdom and Merton's Poetry.
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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1965/05/13 |
TLS to Merton |
It is hard to begin this letter. There are infinite things to say and myriad points of embarkation. |
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[includes an outline and thesis statement for Cotty's Masters Thesis "Christian Wisdom and Merton's Poetry"]
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1965/05/19 |
HPCS from Merton |
I have received your letter and find that its proposal is - I could say flattering but probably |
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1965/05/30 |
HLS to Merton |
Just a word of gratitude for your postcard of May 19th. I was away with a few of our Sodalists |
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1965/08/30 |
HLS to Merton |
You may remember me as the Sister who was doing a thesis at B. College |
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1965/09/10 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for the progress report. I am glad you have found so much material and that your project |
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1966/12/13 |
HCS to Merton |
Thinking of you on St. Lucy's Day on your happy anniversary. I feel as though I left you burned |
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1966/12/31 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Your thesis arrived just before Christmas, and, as you can see from the enclosed, the rush of mail |
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1966/12/31 (#02) |
TAL[d] from Merton |
Your thesis arrived just before Christmas, and, as you can see from the enclosed, the rush of mail |
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1966/12/31 (#03) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Your thesis arrived just before Christmas, and, as you can see from the enclosed, the rush of mail |
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1973/08/18 |
TLS[x] to Center from Cotty, Marion William |
Pardon me for not answering your letter which was forwarded to me in Berkeley, where I was working |
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1973/11/21 |
TL[x] from Center to Beach, Dorothy, Sr. |
Thank you so much for the copies of Merton's letters to Sister Marion William. We have made |
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