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Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Giroux, Robert, 1914-2008


Series 7, Foreign Rights to Merton's Books after His Death


Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 194-1993
Volume: 733 item(s); 889 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Although this correspondence mainly deals with publishing concerns, there are also some personal messages, especially concerning news about other Columbia University friends. This file also contains correspondence with: Frank Abbott, Yolanda Bettencour

Biography

Robert Giroux was one of Merton's friends from his Columbia University days. While Giroux was with Harcourt, Brace publishers, he reviewed and rejected some of Merton's early novels. After seeing The Seven Storey Mountain, he decided to take a ch

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Related Information and Links

See also "Bettencourt, Yolanda", "Gillet, Ignace", "Laughlin, James", "Maritain, Jacques" and "Stone, Naomi Burton" files. Much of the correspondence between Merton and Giroux is published in

Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 Thomas Merton and Robert Giroux Correspondence 541
2 Frank Abbott Correspondence Regarding a Biography of Merton (Not published) 10
3 Naomi Burton Stone, Curtis Brown, General Correspondence with Robert Giroux 29
4 Naomi Burton Stone and Dom James Fox Correspondence with Robert Giroux Primarily Regarding The Sign of Jonas 28
5 Jacques Maritain Correspondence with Robert Giroux (Copies in French and English translation) regarding The Sign of Jonas 3
6 Foreign Rights to Merton's Books: Disputed Questions, The New Man and Thoughts in Solitude 24
7 Foreign Rights to Merton's Books after His Death 32
8 Thomas McDonnell Correspondence with Robert Giroux Regarding A Thomas Merton Reader 11
9 Correspondence Relating to Prayer as Worship and Experience 17
10 Internal Memo's to Robert Giroux and Giroux's Notes 10
11 Miscellaneous Correspondence 28

Container List

Series#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
 y/m/dMerton Scan ✉ 
Series 7 #1.
«All Series«		 1969/01/21 TLS from Llovet, Gloria López We are interested in MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS by Thomas Merton for an eventual Spanish version. [from Gloria López Llovet of Editorial Sudamericana in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Farrar, Straus & Giroux publishers] «detailed view»
Series 7 #2.
«All Series«		 1969/01/30 TL[x]  from MacGregor, Robert / to Gloria López Llovet Your letter of December 18 to Farrar, Straus & Giroux concerned with "Mystics and Zen Masters" [from Robert MacGregor of New Directions Publishing to Gloria López Llovet of Editorial Sudamericana in Buenos Aires, Argentina] «detailed view»
Series 7 #3.
«All Series«		 1969/02/06 TLS  from Collin, Frances / to Gloria López Llovet Re: MYSTIC [sic] AND ZEN MASTERS by Thomas Merton [-] Thank you for your interest in the SPANISH [from Frances Collin of the Subsidiary Rights office of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, to Gloria López Llovet of Editorial Sudamericana in Buenos Aires, Argentina] «detailed view»
Series 7 #4.
«All Series«		 1969/02/11? HLS[c]  from Silva, Emmanuel de Souza e / to James Laughlin You can well imagine my feelings as I write to you now. The monks at Kentucky have been very kind. [from Sr. Emmanuel de Souza e Silva, a Brazilian, Benedictine nun of Mosteiro da Virgem in Petropolis, Brazil, to James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions] «detailed view»
Series 7 #5.
«All Series«		 1969/02/12 (#01) TL[x]  from Laughlin, James / to Rupert Enderle I have before me your letter of February 1, addressed to the Abbot of Gethsemani, which has been [from James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions, to Rupert Enderle of Enderle's Bookstore in Tokyo, Japan] «detailed view»
Series 7 #6.
«All Series«		 1969/02/12 (#02) TLS[x]  from Enderle, Rupert / to James Fox As the publisher of Rev. Thomas Merton's book "Holiness and life"/and of "Mystic and Zen Masters" [from Rupert Enderle of Enderle's Bookstore in Tokyo, Japan, to Dom James Fox, Abbot of Gethsemani Abbey] «detailed view»
Series 7 #7.
«All Series«		 1969/02/12 (#03) HN   Brother Patrick [indecipherable words, name?...] will do [indecipherable word] Journal [Farrar, Straus & Giroux letterhead on note] «detailed view»
Series 7 #8.
«All Series«		 1969/02/21 (#01) other   MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, made this Twenty-First (21st) February, 1969 between Farrar, Straus [agreement concerning the Italian language version of Mystics and Zen Masters signed by Roger W. Straus, Jr., President of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and by Aldo Garzanti of Milan, Italy] «detailed view»
Series 7 #9.
«All Series«		 1969/02/21 (#02) HLS[x]  from Silva, Emmanuel de Souza e / to James Laughlin I do hope you have not been traveling because this would mean that the note I sent you some ten [from Sr. Emmanuel de Souza e Silva, a Brazilian, Benedictine nun of Mosteiro da Virgem in Petropolis, Brazil, to James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions] «detailed view»
Series 7 #10.
«All Series«		 1969/03/03 TL[c]  from Laughlin, James / to Erich Linder Bob MacGregor has asked me to write you about the contract with Garzanti for Thomas Merton's [first page letter from James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions, to Erich Linder of Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale in Milan, Italy - second page a note from Laughlin to Giroux about forwarded letter] «detailed view»
Series 7 #11.
«All Series«		 1969/03/06 (#01) TL[c]  from Linder, Erich / to James Laughlin many thanks for your letter of the 3rd March. I am perfectly happy to act for Farrar Straus [from Erich Linder of Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale in Milan, Italy, to James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions] «detailed view»
Series 7 #12.
«All Series«		 1969/03/06 (#02) TLS  from Linder, Erich / to Roger Straus the enclosed is self-explanatory and I hope that Lila will be sending the agreements to me shortly. [from Erich Linder of Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale in Milan, Italy, to James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions] «detailed view»
Series 7 #13.
«All Series«		 1969/03/08 TALS  from Enderle, Rupert / to James Laughlin Thank you very much for your kind answer dated February 12 concerning my request for the Japanese [from Rupert Enderle of Enderle's Bookstore in Tokyo, Japan, to James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions] «detailed view»
Series 7 #14.
«All Series«		 1969/03/10 (#01) TAN   I know you have had discussions with Jay on this. Have you instructed LK, or will you? «detailed view»
Series 7 #15.
«All Series«		 1969/03/10 (#02) TLS[x]  from Linder, Erich / to James Laughlin many thanks for your letter of the 3rd March. I am perfectly happy to act for Farrar Straus [dated 1969/03/06 (see previous letter) - this copy was attached to notes from 1969/03/10] «detailed view»
Series 7 #16.
«All Series«		 1969/03/13 TALS from Llovet, Gloria López To day we had a letter from New Directions telling us that there is a change in the status [from Gloria López Llovet of Editorial Sudamericana in Buenos Aires, Argentina] «detailed view»
Series 7 #17.
«All Series«		 1969/03/15 TALS  from Enderle, Rupert / to Lila Karpf On August 23, 1967, I had already written to you concerning the plan by the Japanese professor, «detailed view»
Series 7 #18.
«All Series«		 1969/03/21 (#01) TNS to LK Inquiry from Brazil for MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS. Let me have this card (other side) from Brother «detailed view»
Series 7 #19.
«All Series«		 1969/03/21 (#02) TLS  from Vozes (publishing) / to Patrick Hart Nous désirions connaître et peut-être publier l'ouvrage: "MYSTICS & ZEN MASTERS" (Merton) [originally dated 1969/03/13 and later forwarded to Giroux - from the director of the publishing company, Vozes, in Petropolis, Brazil, to Br. Patrick Hart of Gethsemani Abbey] «detailed view»
Series 7 #20.
«All Series«		 1969/03/21 (#03) HNS from Hart, Patrick We are enclosing a recent letter from Vozes re: Mystics and Zen Masters. Gratefully yours [originally dated 1969/03/19, the date Vozes letter forwarded to Giroux - from Br. Patrick Hart of Gethsemani Abbey] «detailed view»
Series 7 #21.
«All Series«		 1969/03/no other   Burns and Oates March 1969 [page seemingly from catalog of Burns and Oates publishers from March of 1969 with a number of title by Merton and The Living Bread and The New Man circled] «detailed view»
Series 7 #22.
«All Series«		 1969/04/25 TLS from Vozes (publishing) We are interested in obtaining the Portuguese rights of translation of the book MYSTICS AND MASTERS «detailed view»
Series 7 #23.
«All Series«		 1969/07/16 TNS from JR RE: THE NEW MAN [-] FYI - We are entering into an agreement with the Japanese publisher, Veritas [intra-office memo at Farrar, Straus and Giroux to Giroux from someone with the initials J.R.] «detailed view»
Series 7 #24.
«All Series«		 1969/07/29 TLS from Laughlin, James I hope this matter can be untangled and receive your blessing. Did you ever see those earlier [from James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions] «detailed view»
Series 7 #25.
«All Series«		 1969/07/30 TL[c]  from Laughlin, James / to Hildelith Cumming Further to my letter of July 16 about your plans for doing the hand printed, limited edition of Fr. [from James Laughlin, a Co-Trustee of the Merton Legacy Trust and publisher from New Directions, to Dame Hildelith Cumming, Benedictine nun of Stanbrook Abbey in Worcester, England] «detailed view»
Series 7 #26.
«All Series«		 1970/01/14 TLS[x]  from Linder, Erich / to Peter Hinzmann Messrs. Garzanti have turned over to us a photostat of your letter to them of the 17th December, [from Erich Linder of Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale in Milan, Italy, to Peter Hinzmann of Farrar, Straus & Giroux] «detailed view»
Series 7 #27.
«All Series«		 2006/08/08 (#05) other   Miscellaneous Correspondence [-] Anne Brooks Murray. List of articles for possible Merton [list of letters donated in this series (and 3 letters placed in Series 10: Miscellaneous)] «detailed view»
Series 7 #28.
«All Series«		 2006/08/08 (#06) other   Correspondence relating to foreign translation rights of Merton's work. [list of letters donated in this series] «detailed view»
Series 7 #29.
«All Series«		 undated/no/no other   Classic Chinese Thought [-] I The Great Traditions of China [Memo on sections of Merton's essay from Mystics and Zen Masters "Classic Chinese Thought"] «detailed view»
Series 7 #30.
«All Series«		 undated/no/no other   CONTENTS [-] Preface (to come) [-] 1. MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS [-] 2. CLASSIC [proposed Table of Contents for Mystics and Zen Masters with editorial changes] «detailed view»
Series 7 #31.
«All Series«		 undated/no/no other   Inquiries for Mystics [-] Portuguese Rts - Vozes Ltda - want option and terms [-] (forwarded [notes on foreign rights for Mystics and Zen Masters] «detailed view»
Series 7 #32.
«All Series«		 undated/no/no other   Lucky Stop 1525 [handwritten notes on Farrar, Straus and Giroux note paper] «detailed view»

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