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Sub-Section C.6: Contracts for books and articles by Merton, foreign and domestic

Record Series: 26: New Man

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Arrangement and Processing Notes:

This sub-group is divided into series based on contracts for a specific title of a written work of Thomas Merton. A small number are of miscellaneous works grouped together. Each series is contained in one folder herein and arranged in their original order.

Container List

Box#-FF#	Item#	Date	Notes	First Lines
2 - 17	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language. Note that Item 1 (U.S., English rights) is not in file as noted.	«THE NEW MAN 1) U S English (see 5 Title Contract - Farrar Straus)»
2 - 17	2	1964	Contract with Editions du Seuil in France for a French language edition of The New Man. Index item 2.	«Contrat intervenu le 5 mars 1962, entre l'Abbaye de Gethsemani Inc. Trappist-Kentucky (U.S.A.)»
2 - 17	3	1964	Contract with Rex Verlag in Switzerland for a German language edition of The New Man. Index item 3.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 28th day of August 1964 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani Trappist,»
2 - 17	4	1965	Contract with Livraria Agir Editôra in Brazil for a Portuguese language edition of The New Man. Index item 4.	«By the present we ask for your agreement regarding the conditions for the translation rights»
2 - 17	5	1965	Letter from Ernst Fromm, Director of Livraria AGIR, to Dom James Fox, Gethsemani Abbey.	«Joined to the present you will find our proposed contract for the translation of "The New Man"»
2 - 17	6	1965	Letter from Dom James Fox, Gethsemani Abbey to Ernst Fromm, Director of Livraria AGIR.	«We received your gracious letter of February 3 in regard to the contract for THE NEW MAN by Thomas»
2 - 17	7	1968	Letter from Ernst Fromm, Director of Livraria AGIR, to Dom James Fox, Gethsemani Abbey. Contains a note by Merton at the bottom, "5 1/2 % is ok."	«The last payment due you for the first edition of the New Man, by Thomas Merton is on its way to you»
2 - 17	8	1968	Letter from Dom Flavian Burns, Gethsemani Abbey to Ernst Fromm, Director of Livraria AGIR.	«We have received your letter of January 26 in regard to subsequent payment on the basis of a royalty»
2 - 17	9	1968	Letter from Ernst Fromm, Director of Livraria AGIR, to Dom Flavian Burns, Gethsemani Abbey.	«Thank you very much for your kind letter of February 8. May we ask you to repeat the new conditions»
2 - 17	10	1968	Letter from Dom Flavian Burns, Gethsemani Abbey to Ernst Fromm, Director of Livraria AGIR.	«I have received your letter of March 12, thank you for writing. In regard to subsequent editions»
2 - 17	11	no-year	Letter from Robert Giroux or Farrar, Straus and Giroux, to Br. Patrick Hart, Gethsemani Abbey. In reference to paperback rights and royalties for: The New Man, Disputed Questions, Mystics and Zen Masters, Seasons of Celebration, and Seeds of Destruction.	«Thank you for your letter of June 11th. I'm glad to know that the Griffin manuscript has been turned in. No, we have not contracted for Monica»

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