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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Kraemer-Bach, Marcelle

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 12 item(s); 25 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Note: records marked as "Gethsemani Tadié Files" are in the "Tadié, Marie" file in the correspondence in the regular sequence of chronology. This file contains one original letter signed by Marcelle Kraemer-Bach and Pierre Kraemer-Raine.

Biography

Marcelle Kraemer-Bach and Pierre Kraemer-Raine were from the French law firm representing the Abbey of Gethsemani while Marie Tadié, a translator and agent for some of Merton's works in romance languages, was threatening a law suit concerning her role as publishing agent. Tadié decided not to file the law suit.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/01/02 TALS[x]from Fox, JamesWe have been referred to you by two good friends, both of you, and of the monks of Gethsemani   
 1967/11/20 (#01)TAL[d]from Fox, JamesWe have been referred to you by two good friends, both of you, and of the monks of Gethsemani  Draft 1a - different annotations on each copy
 1967/11/20 (#02)TAL[d]from Fox, JamesWe have been referred to you by two good friends, both of you, and of the monks of Gethsemani  Draft 1b - different annotations on each copy
 1967/11/20 (#03)TAL[d]from Fox, JamesWe have been referred to you by two good friends, both of you, and of the monks of Gethsemani  Draft 1c - different annotations on each copy
 1967/12/11 (#01)TL[d]from Fox, JamesWe have been referred to you by two good friends, both of you, and of the monks of Gethsemani  Draft 2a
 1967/12/11 (#02)TAL[d]from Fox, JamesWe have been referred to you by two good friends, both of you, and of the monks of Gethsemani  Draft 2b - note from Merton "All OK with me!"
 1968/01/05 TLSto Fox, JamesWe have duly received your letter of January 2, and we thank you for it. We shall be greatly   
 1968/01/29 TALSto Fox, JamesI am sorry to say there is a mistake in our last letter : a "zero" was missed. … excuse us, please!   
 1968/02/15 TALSto MertonNous avons bien reçu votre lettre. Nous comprenons parfaitement la situation et nous nous rendons   
 1969/04/01 TL[c]from Fox, JamesFr. Flavian Burns has asked me to reply to your kind letter of March 4 in regard to Mme. Marie Tadie   
 1969/05/20 TLS[x]to Fox, JamesI beg to inform you that I had an other talk with Madame TADIE, perhaps the last one!  announces that Tadié will abstain from going to court [2 copies, one light and one dark photocopy - see original in Series 10 of the "Fox, James" file]
 1969/06/23 HLS[x]to Fox, JamesThank you so much for your very kind letter and the check. Of course, the fees you sent us are  [see original in Series 10 of the "Fox, James" file]
        

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