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

Record Series: 37: Thoughts in Solitude

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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 - 5	1	undated	Index to folder of contracts listing the order of files, country of publication and language.	«THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE 1) England (English) 2) Italy (Italian) 3) BRAZIL»
3 - 5	2	1958	Contract with Burns, Oates & Washbourne in England for a British edition of Thoughts in Solitude. Index item 1.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 23rd day of April, 1958 BETWEEN The Abbey of Our Lady»
3 - 5	3	1958	Contract with Aldo Garzanti in Italy for an Italian language edition of Thoughts in Solitude. Index item 2.	«Memorandum of Agreement made this 16th day of June 1958 BETWEEN Abbey of Gethsemani, c/o Curtis»
3 - 5	4	1971	Addendum to contract with Aldo Garzanti in Italy for an Italian language paperback edition of Thoughts in Solitude. Index item 2.	«ADDENDUM TO MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made the 16th day of June, 1958, between THE ABBEY»
3 - 5	5	1958	Contract with Editorial Vozes in Brazil for a Portuguese language edition of Thoughts in Solitude. Index item 3.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 14th day of December 1958 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, c/o Curtis»
3 - 5	6	1960	Contract with Benziger Verlag in Switzerland for a German language edition of Thoughts in Solitude. Index item 4.	«Memorandum of Agreement made this 24th day of February 1960 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, c/o Curtis»
3 - 5	7	1959	Contract with Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana in Spain for a Spanish language edition of Thoughts in Solitude. Index item 5.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MADE THIS 16th day of December 1959 BETWEEN THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI,»
3 - 5	8	1966	Contract with Veritas Shoin in Japan for a Japanese language edition of Thoughts in Solitude. Index item 6.	«Memorandum of Agreement made this 13 day of Sept 1966 BETWEEN ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI, c/o Curtis Brown,»
3 - 5	9	1966	Contract with Éditions d’Histoire et d’Art in France for a French language edition of Thoughts in Solitude. Index item 7.	«Abbey of Gethsémani, Inc., Trappist, Kentucki. U.S.A. désigné dans le présent contrat sous le terme»
3 - 5	10	1956	Contract with Farrar, Straus and Cudahy in the United States for Thoughts in Solitude and The Silent Life. Index item 8.	«MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 23rd day of February 1956, BETWEEN the Abbey of Gethsemani Inc.,»

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