This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Gaither, John Francis (Jack)".
John Francis (Jack) Gaither was from Evansville, Indiana. He is the son of Marice (Mimi) Gaither and donated a large collection of Mimi's letters to the Thomas Merton Center in 2001.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
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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1958/06/14 |
TC from Merton |
MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS/KING [-] Center of all Hearts / Who redeem'd us by Your Precious |
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1964/01/08 |
HCS from Merton |
It was very kind of you to write and send Masses - I will be able to take some for many needs and |
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[verso: thank you card]
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1966/01/13 |
HNS from Merton |
I am deeply grateful for your kind letter of the 4th and its enclosure. I will certainly see that |
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1966/12/08 |
HLS from Merton |
I am glad the operation was "successful" in its unexpected way - and I certainly hope that |
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undated/no/no |
HCS to Merton |
If only we could all be together. It would be a perfect Xmas then. Thinking of you all constantly |
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[Christmas card from the island of Oahu in Hawaii]
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