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

Record Series: 35: Wisdom of the Desert

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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 - 3	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language.	«THE DESERT FATHERS (Wisdom of the Desert) 1) U.S. (English) 2) England (English)»
3 - 3	2	1959	Contract with New Directions publishing in the United States for The Wisdom of the Desert. Index item 1.	«AGREEMENT made this 22nd day of June 1959 between The Abbey of Gethsemani c/o Curtis Brown, Ltd.»
3 - 3	3	1961	Contract Hollis & Carter in England for a British edition of The Wisdom of the Desert. Index item 2.	«Memorandum of Agreement made this 20th day of January 1961 BETWEEN THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY»
3 - 3	4	1973	Contract between New Directions publishing in the United States and Sheldon Press in England for a British edition of The Wisdom of the Desert. Index item 3.	«Memorandum of Agreement made this 2nd day of May 1973 NEW DIRECTIONS PUBLISHING CORPORATION c/o»
3 - 3	5	1961	Translation rights for Éditions Albin Michel in France for a French language edition of The Wisdom of the Desert. Index item 4.	«ADDITIF AU CONTRAT INTERVENU LE 16 MARS 1961 ENTRE L'ABBAYE DE N.D. DE GETHSEMANI, INC., Trappist»
3 - 3	6	1961	Contract with Éditions Albin Michel in France for a French edition of The Wisdom of the Desert. Index item 4.	«Contrat intervenu le 23 Mai 1961 entre: ABBAYE DE NOTRE-DAME DE GETHSEMANI INC. Trappist-Kentucky»

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