| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1962/02/13 | TLS | to Merton | Your articles that have recently appeared in <u>The Catholic Worker</u> and in <u>Commonweal</u> on | |
| articles on nuclear war and fallout shelters / asking for Merton to write on Christian responsibility to atmospheric nuclear testing / offer of advance payment against royalties for such a book |
| | 1962/02/27 | TALS | to Merton | Thank you so much for sending me your article, as well as the off-print from <u>Pax</u>. I had not | |
| possibility of publishing a collection of Merton's prior essays / difficulty through agreement with Farrar Straus in doing a book for Macmillan / peace demonstrations in New York and other cities and the contribution of Merton's writing to the cause |
| | 1962/03/22 | TL[c] | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter of February 27th. I have of course been thinking seriously about your | |
| creating list of peace articles for book / arrangements with Farrar Straus and Cudahy / <u>Blackfriars</u> article "Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra Concerning Giants" / peace book may not get imprimatur / "first strike attitude" in some Catholics - Communism will take the Church without more H-bombs |
| | 1962/03/27 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you so much for your letter which raised my hopes very high that you will be doing the book on | |
| possibility of publishing without an imprimatur / terms of agreement for book |
| | 1962/06/06 | TL[c] | from Merton | Well, I finally have an answer for you on the Peace Book. The book is finished all right, but I am | |
| Merton not able to publish book because of controversial nature / circulating copies of sections to friends as letters (what would become known as the Cold War Letters) |
| | 1962/08/08 | TL[c] | from Merton | Recently I have gone over a manuscript that has been waiting for revision, and I have completed the | |
| <i>Principles of Prayer</i> - "draws… on patristic sources and Church documents" - more formal than <i>Seeds of Contemplation</i> / timetable for publishing with Macmillan |
| | 1962/09/14 | TLS | to Merton | I am so delighted to have your new manuscript, and I have read it very carefully and think it is a | |
| terms of agreement for <i>Principles of Prayer</i> / division of chapters and timing in sending to the printer / Merton's hospital stay / Fr. Berrigan |
| | 1962/09/25 | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for the good letter of the 14th. I see your point about making the additions before the book | |
| chapter on "Liturgy and Social Concern" / visit from unexpected visitors like Jean Leclercq / foreign rights problems - Merton asking to handle foreign rights, except in Paris (Marie Tadié as translator and agent there) / Dagmar Henne - German agent |
| | 1963/01/23 | TALS | to Merton | You must think that I have been out of the country, as it has taken me so long to get to your letter | |
| timetable for publication / proofs to Fr. Diekmann and two Cardinals / Farrar Straus / Ed Rice / Thomas McDonnell / possibility of publishing a different collection of essays / imprimi potest and imprimatur |
| | 1963/05/20 | TLS | to Merton | I was most distressed to receive your letter of May 16th, and I can only say that I am very sorry | |
| Merton in bad situation with Farrar Straus because of Macmillan contract / Naomi Burton [Stone] to serve as agent |
| | 1963/08/12 | TLS | to Merton | Our manufacturing department has now returned to me the manuscript | |
| [original in Section C.2, the Setting Copy of the unpublished manuscript, "Prayer as Worship and Experience" / photocopy in correspondence file] regret over dispute concerning book and that it would not be published |
| | 1964/10/07 | TLS | to Merton | Father Philip Berrigan asked me to get the address of Chris McNair for you, and it is: 61 Sixth | |
| Merton's article in the <u>New York Review</u> |
| | 1965/02/02 | TLS | to Merton | I am so happy to have your introduction to Father Philip Berrigan's book, and I can't thank you | |
| introduction to Philip Berrigan's book / copyright issues |
| | 1965/12/03 | TL[c] | from Merton | I am sorry to see how long it is since I got your letter and Dan's proofs. Did not think the weeks | |
| description of poems to be published by Dan [Berrigan?] - priest dealing with questions in a world of "Dachau and Hiroshima, Selma and Saigon" / whereabouts of Dan [Berrigan?] |
| | 1965/12/08 | TLS[x] | to Merton | Thank you ever so much for your very fine remarks on Father Berrigan's poems. I am afraid it is | |
| [filed by Dom James Fox in a box of Macmillan Company files at Gethsemani] Merton's remarks on Fr. Daniel Berrigan's poems / contact information for "Dan", Msgr. Ivan D. Illich in Cuernavaca / Jack English |
| | 1967/09/13 | TLS | to Merton | I am sending you a copy of a book that we are publishing in October by John L'Heureux, S. J. which I | |
| John L'Heureux's book <i>Picnic in Babylon</i> - 3 years at Woodstock / Merton's letter in <u>National Catholic Reporter</u> in answer to Martin Marty / Merton, Dorothy Day, and Dan Berrigan - "white hope of the Christian radicals" / non-violence and civil rights / send-off for Ed Rice / demise of <u>Jubilee</u> |
| | 1967/10/03 | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks so much for your cheering letter of last month, and for John L'Heureux's book. Thanks too | |
| Ed Rice and "troubles in Asia" / John L'Heureux's book <i>Picnic in Babylon</i> and words about his diary being prudent / Merton's statement, "My diaries aren't prudent." / book by Fr. Ciszek / Michele Murrays criticism of Merton and Ciszek |
| | 1968/05/24 | TLS | to Merton | I am sending you herewith a copy of the Catholic Worker Reader, <u>A Penny a Copy</u> as you are | |
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| | 1968/05/31 | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks so much for <u>Penny a Copy</u>. Tom and Jim did a fine job of editing and I think it is a | |
| Church in the twentieth century and the Catholic Worker / sentencing of Dan and Phil [Berrigan] for burning of draft records |
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