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Giroux, Robert, 1914-2008

Series 10, Internal Memo's to Robert Giroux and Giroux's Notes

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 10 #1. «All Series«	1960/no/no?	HN from Straus, Roger	I am appalled - first at Naomi's tactics - second at the suggestion that she should edit such	✓	[unsigned but likely from Roger Straus of Farrar, Straus and Cudahy] «detailed view»
Series 10 #2. «All Series«	1961/02/03	TANS from Hal (initials H.D.V.)	Have you any material which might serve as the basis for me to use with an artist to get started	✓	[from Hal (initials H. D. V.) of Farrar, Straus and Cudahy] «detailed view»
Series 10 #3. «All Series«	1961/04/17	HN from Diamond, Paula	Thomas Merton's publishers in France are 1) Albin Michel 2) Editions du Seuil	✓	[from Paula Diamond, Subsidiary Rights Director for Farrar, Straus & Cudahy] «detailed view»
Series 10 #4. «All Series«	1961/12/20	TNS from Straus, Roger	Perry Knowlton and Phillis Brown called me yesterday to say that the Merton Reader (anthology) idea	✓	«detailed view»
Series 10 #5. «All Series«	1962/10/01	HN from R. R.	Per your instructions I withheld payment of Royalty check to "The Abbey" for Thomas Merton.	✓	[from an employee of Farrar, Straus and Cudahy with the initials R. R.] «detailed view»
Series 10 #6. «All Series«	1963/07/25 (#01)	HNS from Straus, Roger	Ken Gillett will be on vacation from Aug 2nd on [-] at Norfolk Conn		[signature note clear, but likely Roger Straus] «detailed view»
Series 10 #7. «All Series«	1963/07/25 (#02)	HLS from Straus, Roger	I checked out both letter from Ken Gillett. Both OK to send and I will send to MacMillan		«detailed view»
Series 10 #8. «All Series«	1966/03/02	HN	Merton contracts [-] x Disputed Questions [-] x The New Man [-] Seasons of Celebration [-] Seeds		[internal memo on Merton's contracts for various books] «detailed view»
Series 10 #9. «All Series«	2006/08/08 (#08)	other	Internal Memo's - Robert Giroux. [-] Internal memo Roger Straus to Giroux. [1960]		[list of letters donated in this series] «detailed view»
Series 10 #10. «All Series«	undated/no/no	HN	Letter of Guigo on the Solitary Life 3 [-] Poem of Raissa Maritain and Note 10 [-] The Catholic		[memo on length of various essays, mimeographs and other materials] «detailed view»

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