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Giroux, Robert, 1914-2008

Series 8, Thomas McDonnell Correspondence with Robert Giroux Regarding A Thomas Merton Reader

Descriptive Summary

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

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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Series List

Series Number	Series Name	Total 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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
Series 8 #1. «All Series«	1959/10/23	TLS from McDonnell, Thomas P.	It was quite coincidental that I heard the other evening and yesterday that you had left HB to join	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #2. «All Series«	1959/10/28	TL[c] to McDonnell, Thomas P.	Thank you for your letter of October 23rd, regarding an omnibus volume or anthology of Thomas	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #3. «All Series«	1959/11/01	TLS from McDonnell, Thomas P.	Thank you for your letter of October 28th, regarding the proposed MERTON READER. Of course,	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #4. «All Series«	1959/11/03	TL[c] to McDonnell, Thomas P.	I appreciate your letter of November first, and I think your schema for the Merton Reader has	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #5. «All Series«	1960/02/13	TLS from McDonnell, Thomas P.	I'm sure you must understand my feelings in making this inquiry as to what the status may be	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #6. «All Series«	1960/02/15 (#02)	TL[c] to McDonnell, Thomas P.	Many thanks for your letter of February 13th. Father Louis writes me that he can not give his	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #7. «All Series«	1961/11/18	TALS from McDonnell, Thomas P.	In privilege of collaboration with Thomas Merton, I have just about completed preparation	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #8. «All Series«	1961/12/22	TL[c] to McDonnell, Thomas P.	I am most grateful for your card, and I am happy to know that you plan to be in New York in late	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #9. «All Series«	1962/01/04	TLS from McDonnell, Thomas P.	My definite dates for New York will be the 25th and the 26th of this month, falling on Thursday	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #10. «All Series«	1962/01/08	TL[c] to Merton	Thank you for your letter of January 4th. May I suggest that we meet on the afternoon of Thursday,	✓	«detailed view»
Series 8 #11. «All Series«	2006/08/08 (#07)	other	Correspondence between Thomas McDonnell and Robert Giroux.		[list of letters donated in this series] «detailed view»

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