| Box#-FF# | Item# | Date | Notes | First Lines |
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1 |
1950 |
Contract with Harcourt and Brace in the United States for The Life of St. Ailred (marked "Cancelled"), The Life of St. Bernard (The Last of the Fathers, titled marked out and replaced with a different book, No Man Is an Island), The Cloud and the Fire (later renamed The Ascent to Truth), and A Book on the Mass (marked "cancelled"). |
«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 14th day of January, 1950 between THOMAS MERTON (The Rev. M.Louis,» |
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2 |
1955 |
Two copies - letter from Naomi Burton [Stone] of Curtis Brown in New York to John H. McCallum, Esq., representing Harcourt Brace in New York, regarding the cancellation of outstanding contracts for Merton's books with Harcourt from contracts dated January 14, 1950 (see Item one in this series) and May 15, 1952. Signed by Burton Stone, Dom James Fox and by John McCallum. |
«Many thanks for your letter of April 1. This will confirm that you have agreed to cancel» |
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3 |
1955 |
Letter from Dom James Fox, Abbot of Gethsemani Abbey, to Naomi Burton [Stone] of Curtis Brown in New York, regarding the cancellation of outstanding contracts for Merton's books with Harcourt Brace. Contains note from Br. Alfred to Br. Norbert instructing him to file this correspondence with the referenced contracts. |
«Please pardon our delay in returning these two copies. It was rather unexpected that this would» |
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