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

Record Series: 44: Miscellaneous royalty agreements with New Directions

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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 - 12	1	1964	Letter from Robert MacGregor of New Directions to Perry Knowlton of Curtis Brown detailing the date of annual pay for the following titles: Bread in the Wilderness; The Behavior of Titans; Figures for an Apocalypse; Seeds of Contemplation; Selected Poems of Thomas Merton; The Strange Islands; Tears of the Blind Lions; The Tower of Babel; and The Wisdom of the Desert.	«It was good talking to you, and I very much appreciate the fact that you can easily change your»
3 - 12	2	1965	Letter from Robert MacGregor of New Directions to Dom James Fox of Gethsemani Abbey changing the date of annual pay for the following titles: Bread in the Wilderness; The Behavior of Titans; Figures for an Apocalypse; Seeds of Contemplation; Selected Poems of Thomas Merton; The Strange Islands; Tears of the Blind Lions; The Tower of Babel; and The Wisdom of the Desert.	«With your signature below in the indicated place, granting of course that you and Father Merton»
3 - 12	3	1965	Letter from Robert MacGregor of New Directions to Dom James Fox of Gethsemani Abbey adding royalty payment stipulations for the following titles: Gandhi on Non-Violence and The Way of Chuang Tzu.	«We were very grateful indeed for your forwarding to us on 27th August the signed agreement whereby»
3 - 12	4	1965	Letter from Robert MacGregor of New Directions to Dom James Fox of Gethsemani Abbey changing the frequency of royalty payment from twice to once per year for: Clement of Alexandria, Emblems of a Season of Fury, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Original Child Bomb.	«With your signature below in the indicated place, granting of course that you and Father Merton»

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