This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Cudahy, Sheila".
Sheila Cudahy was an editor and partner for Farrar, Straus and Cudahy Publishers at the time of writing to Merton.
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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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1955/09/22 (#01) |
TL[x] from Merton |
Bob wrote to me just before leaving that you were ready to go ahead on Silence in Heaven |
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[addressed to "Mrs. Pellegrini"] Robert Giroux wants to title book "Silence in Heaven" but Merton notes there is a volume appearing in French by the same name / Merton favors "Living in Silence" for book later published as The Silent Life
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1955/09/22 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
This is a meditation, by a monk, on the monastic way of life-- that is to say on the life of men who |
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[blurb for The Silent Life / verso: contents for "Living in Silence" which would be published as The Silent Life]
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1955/10/07 |
TLS to Merton |
Thank you for your kind letter of September 22nd, which I have not answered prior to this because |
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regarding publication of The Silent Life
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1955/10/20 |
TLS to Merton |
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 17 and your air mail note, as well as of the |
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manuscripts for The Living Bread cleared for publication
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