Evans, Illtud, Fr., O.P.

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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Evans, Illtud, Fr., O.P.".

Fr. Illtud Evans was a Dominican priest and popular retreat master from Cambridge, England. He did editorial work for Blackfriars (after 1964, New Blackfriars), a publication of the English Dominicans. Many of Evans' letters speak of his travels for the retreats he was giving, including a trip to the Holy Land. In 1966, he moved to St. Albert's College in Oakland, California. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 196.)

#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
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1.	1961/08/08	HLS to Merton	I should explain that I am a Dominican of the English Province and editor of our monthly review,		«detailed view»
2.	1961/09/02	HLS to Merton	I arrived at the Bishop's with no more than the usual share of		«detailed view»
3.	1961/10/02	HLS to Merton	Here I am, at best on my way home - at least, on my way to Boston, from which I take a slow boat		«detailed view»
4.	1961/11/26	TLS to Merton	I'm delighted, touched, flattered, grateful at your offerings and hope I can use them, some of them		«detailed view»
5.	1962/01/23	TALS to Merton	Thanks for yours, and for Christian Action in Crisis. I should like to use this and will send it		«detailed view»
6.	1962/03/19	HLS to Merton	I write this in a convent at Harrow-on-the-hill: the Harrow boys, with their elastic-supported flat		«detailed view»
7.	1963/02/23	TLS to Merton	Thanks for your letter and the poem (which I'llsend [sic] on to Fr Benet Weatherhead, now the editor		«detailed view»
8.	1964/01/13	TAL[c] from Merton	I have no idea where this letter will find you, but I hope you are at Cambridge. So first to	✓	«detailed view»
9.	1964/01/16	TALS to Merton	It was a great joy to hear from you, on - believe it or not - a brilliant, clear morning, and I,		«detailed view»
10.	1964/02/04	TALS to Merton	I think I did answer your letter? In any case I wrote a formal note to the Abbot saying I'd be		«detailed view»
11.	1964/02/20	TAL[c] from Merton	We are all happy that you will be here to preach the retreat next year. But I do worry about your		«detailed view»
12.	1964/03/20	HPCS to Merton	I've been having a rest in Provence and with a Cambridge architect and a Yale friend, have visited		[verso: black and white photo of the cloister area of the Cistercian Abbey of Sénanque] «detailed view»
13.	1964/04/15	TALS to Merton	I was glad to find your letter - and its fascinating extras awaiting me when I got back from		«detailed view»
14.	1964/06/11	TALS to Merton	I had lunch with Tom Burns in London yesterday (his brother, Dr Charles Burns, a pioneer of Child		«detailed view»
15.	1964/06/24	TAL[c] from Merton	Perhaps I will be able to send you something later on for the new Blackfriars. At the moment,		«detailed view»
16.	1964/07/02	TLS to Merton	I was very glad to hear from you and to get the poem, which I greatly like. I am sending you this		«detailed view»
17.	1964/08/03	TAL[c] from Merton	Tomorrow is the Feast of St Dominic and I promise to remember you especially at Mass. I am sorry		«detailed view»
18.	1964/08/30	TAL[c] from Merton	I am not sure if you still need lecture engagements in this area before our retreat. Some of the	✓	«detailed view»
19.	1964/09/04	TLS to Merton	thanks for yours. I've written to Bellarmine and St Meinrad's, suggesting dates after Jan. 26.		«detailed view»
20.	1964/09/22	TALS to Merton	Who said old Cunard is out-of-date? I wanted some thin paper, and found a relic. Thanks very much		[on stationary of the "Cunard Line R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth"] «detailed view»
21.	1964/09/25	TAL[c] from Merton	Gorilla with Gun is not going to appear anywhere here in the form in which you have it or in a way		«detailed view»
22.	1964/11/30	TLS to Merton	I turned on the radio a moment ago to discover the time and they were doing a programme called		«detailed view»
23.	1964/12/07	TL[c] from Merton	Well, I always wanted to write a novel, and I know it is a truism that what you want in youth you	✓	«detailed view»
24.	1965/01/30	HLS to Merton	Only a word to say how glad I was to see you and to have been at Gethsemani. I'll write at length		«detailed view»
25.	1965/02/08	TL[c] from Merton	Thanks for your letter from Pittsburgh. I am glad everything went well there. I will keep your	✓	«detailed view»
26.	1965/02/24	TLS to Merton	I've had such a muddle of things since I got back that I'm not sure if I answered you [sic] note		«detailed view»
27.	1965/04/14	TL[c] from Merton	A happy and glorious Easter. To share the joy of the feast, I am sending along a good big chunk		«detailed view»
28.	1965/06/19	HLS to Merton	I'm sorry I haven't written, but ever since I got back from Palestine I've been terribly tied up -		«detailed view»
29.	1965/09/02	TLS[x] from Merton	Did I answer your last letter? I am terribly sorry to hear that you are ill and getting over it only		[copied from Sub-Section H.7, Accession 2, Hart Working Files] «detailed view»
30.	1966/02/10	HLS to Merton	Thanks for your letter and the pictures, which make me look like an unsuccessful novelist		«detailed view»
31.	1966/03/03	HLS to Merton	I've often meant to write, but you know how it is: with la dolce vita, for in the 4 months		«detailed view»
32.	1966/04/22	TLS to Merton	I arrived from Barbados last week and am very glad to be here. It looks as though I'm going to be		«detailed view»
33.	1966/06/06	TL[c] from Merton	It is late to thank you for a letter which I see is dated April 22. I am very glad that you like it		«detailed view»
34.	1966/09/25	TLS to Merton	Do I owe you a letter? In any case there isn't much sense in trying to establish a debit/credit		«detailed view»
35.	1966/09/30	TL[c] from Merton	I got your letter this morning and am answering it not out of guilt but because I want to answer it		«detailed view»
36.	1967/08/09	TLS to Merton	Patrick Quinn, (Irish) professor of architecture at the university of California at Berkeley		«detailed view»
37.	1967/09/11	TLS to Merton	I'm just back from an exhausting series of congresses which I had to attend for THE TABLET,		«detailed view»
38.	1967/09/19	TALS[c] from Merton	Many thanks for your letter of the 11th. Glad to hear of you as always. I was invited	✓	«detailed view»
39.	1967/10/13	HLS to Merton	Of course I understand, and I wonder that you've been patient for so long with the importunate, me		«detailed view»
40.	1967/11/09	TL[c] from Merton	Sorry for the time lag in replying about "Redeeming the Time". It has not in fact appeared anywhere		«detailed view»
41.	1967/11/17	HLS to Merton	I don't know whether The Tablet sent you a copy of this week's issue.		«detailed view»
42.	undated/no/no	HPCS to Merton	Not going to Petra this time, put it's so lovely that I thought I'd send this		[verso: color photo of the Treasury at Petra in Jordan] «detailed view»

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