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

Record Series: 36: Silent Life

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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 - 4	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language.	«THE SILENT LIFE 1) ARGENTINA (Spanish) 2) England (English) 3) SWITZERLAND»
3 - 4	2	undated	Contract with Editorial Sudamericana in Argentina for a Spanish language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 1.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS day of BETWEEN Abbey of Gethsemani c/o Curtis Brown, Ltd. 347»
3 - 4	3	1957	Contract with Burns, Oates & Washburn in England for a British edition of The Silent Life. Index item 2.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 21st day of January 1957 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani,»
3 - 4	4	1961	Addendum to contract (in letter form to Curtis Brown, signed by Dom James Fox) with Burns & Oates in England for a paperback edition of The Silent Life. Index item 2.	«We have done very reasonably with Thomas Merton's SILENT LIFE having sold 3,446 copies since first»
3 - 4	5	1957	Contract with Verlagsanstalt Benziger in Switzerland for a German language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 3.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 26th day of April 1957 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani c/o Curtis»
3 - 4	6	1958	Contract with Editora Vozes in Brazil for a Portuguese language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 4.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 14th day of May 1958 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI c/o Curtis Brown»
3 - 4	7	1958	Contract with Messrs. Desclee de Brouwer in Belgium for a Dutch language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 5.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 1st day of April 1958 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI c/o Curtis»
3 - 4	8	1958	Contract with Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana in Spain for a Spanish language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 6.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS day of Octubre de 1.959 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani»
3 - 4	9	1956	Contract with Editions du Seuil in France for a French language edition of The Silent Life. Index item 7.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 23rd day of April 1956 BETWEEN The Abbey of Gethsemani c/o Curtis»

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