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

Record Series: 32: Bread in the Wilderness

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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
3 - 23	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language.	«BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS 1) U. S. (English) 2) Argentina (Spanish) 3) England (English)»
3 - 23	2	1951	Contract with New Directions in the United States for Bread in the Wilderness. Index item 1.	«AGREEMENT made this 3rd day of December 1951 between The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, whose»
3 - 23	3	1954	Contract with Editorial Sudamericana in Argentina for a Spanish language edition of Bread in the Wilderness. Index item 2.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 7th day of September 1954 BETWEEN Abbey of Gethsemani, c/o Curtis»
3 - 23	4	1954	Contract with Hollis & Carter in England for a British edition of Bread in the Wilderness. Index item 3.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 27th day of January 1954 BETWEEN The Abbey of Our Lady»
3 - 23	5	1954	Contract with Editions de l'Orante in France for a French language edition of Bread in the Wilderness. Index item 4.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 22nd day of April 1954 BETWEEN Abbey of Gethsemani, c/o Curtis»
3 - 23	6	1954	Contract with Verlagsanstalt Benziger in Switzerland for a German language edition of Bread in the Wilderness. Index item 5.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 26th day of March 1954 BETWEEN Abbey of Gethsemani, c/o Curtis»
3 - 23	7	1956	Contract with Aldo Garzanti in Italy for an Italian language edition of Bread in the Wilderness. Index item 6.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 23rd day of April 1956 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani, c/o Curtis»
3 - 23	8	1956	Contract with Westmalle Abbey in Belgium for a Dutch language edition of Bread in the Wilderness. Index item 7.	«This letter when signed by you shall constitute an agreement between us concerning the Flemish»

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