| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1958/03/14 | TL[x] | from Merton | I wonder if you can do me a favor. The novices here have their breviaries full of very sad holy | Yes |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1958/06/08 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Another SOS. I am putting out a little book on Sacred Art. We are doing the job here, at least | Yes |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] sacred art book, Merton's proposed book <i>Art and Worship</i> (was not published) - asking for samples of sacred art from various styles and era and some "'really bad' sacred art" |
| | 1958/06/18 | TL[x] | to Merton | I am sending off a package of art material which I think perhaps you might be able to use. | |
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| | 1958/07/21 | TLS[x] | from Merton | This has been my first chance to thank you for your wonderful help in getting such a fine selection | Yes |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1958/08/14 | TLS[x] | from Merton to Mr. Giniger | I am really abashed by the splendor of your gift, "my copy" of THE CATHOLIC BIBLE IN THE ST PETER'S | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2 - filled with the Kilian McDonnell letters because Merton had mentioned McDonnell's name to Bible project affiliated with Giniger - likely Mr. Giniger refers to Kenneth Seeman Giniger, head of the Layman's National Bible Committee, publisher of "The Catholic Bible in the St. Peter's Edition"] |
| | 1958/10/13 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your kind letter-- you have my sympathy in your new editorial job. I would like to help | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1958/11/24 | TALS[x] | from Merton | Here are the proofs of ART AND WORSHIP which I promised you some time ago. | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1958/12/04 | TL[x] | to Merton | Thank you very kindly for your proofs of ART AND WORSHIP. I haven't had time to read over the galley | |
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| | 1958/12/11 | HLS[x] | from Merton | There is no hurry the book <u>Art and Worship</u> is not to be published before <u>next</u> | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1958/12/23 | HCS[x] | from Merton | +The censors are making trouble about the <u>Art and Worship</u> material. I am not sure what it is | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1959/01/26 | TLS[x] | from Merton | At long last the permission to use these articles has come through. All our routine censorship is | Yes |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1959/03/07 | TL[x] | to Merton | Greetings from sunny Bahamas. This is just a short note to tell you that I am asking the Secretary | |
| sending "Thanksgiving After Holy Communion" by Father Pascal published in <u>Sponsa Regis</u> |
| | 1959/07/31 | TALS | to Merton | The articles you wrote for SPONSA REGIS on spiritual direction have been extremely well received. | |
| [writing from St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota] |
| | 1959/08/06 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I am happy that you want to make a pamphlet out of the Direction artciles. I am making some | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1959/08/22 | TLS[x] | from Merton | After a little delay I am sending you the new version of the <u>Spiritual Direction</u> material. | Yes |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1959/08/26 | TL[x] | to Merton | This is to acknowledge and thank you for the new version of the <u>Spiritual Direction</u> material, | |
| [from the secretary to Fr. Kilian McDonnell] |
| | 1959/09/15 | TLS | to Merton | I just returned from about a month's leave of absence and was happy to find your manuscript | |
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| | 1959/10/03 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Here is the little piece on meditation that I referred to in my letter from the hospital. | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1959/10/03 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Here we are with the note for nuns on sacred art. It turned into a little article on its own. | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1959/10/14 | TL[x] | to Merton | I want to thank you very kindly for your article on art and the spritiaul life. I have no regrets | |
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| | 1959/11/05 | TL[x] | to Merton | I am delighted to get the manuscript "What is Meditation?" and I am also very grateful to you | |
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| | 1959/11/28 | TLS | to Merton | Enclosed are the galleys for the book. As far as I know there is no great rush. And you can add | |
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| | 1959/12/04 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Here are the proofs. I have made some additions actually on the galleys, at the bottom where | |
| sending proofs for <i>Spiritual Direction and Meditation</i> to be published by Liturgical Press / sending a collection of Christmas sermons from the 12th century |
| | 1959/12/08 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I ran across a very nice quotation from Dom Augustine Baker and I think it is too good to passover. | |
| addition to "Spiritual Direction" (quote from Augustine Baker) for <i>Spiritual Direction and Meditation</i> - clearance for "Meditation" by censor has not arrived |
| | 1959/12/21 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I have just heard with pleasure that Harcourt Brace is considering the publication | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1959/12/29 | TALS | to Merton | Just after receiving your letter sent up here to take the place of one of our fathers who is in the | |
| [written while on temporary assignment at Mount Saint Benedict Convent in Crookston, Minnesota] |
| | 1960/01/05 | TL[x] | to Merton | Under separate cover I am sending you the page proofs. I inserted the section that you sent me | |
| asking to decide on title for what will be <i>Spiritual Direction and Meditation</i> |
| | 1960/01/13 | TLS[x] | from Merton | The latest <u>Sponsa Regis</u> has arrived and I have just read it from cover to cover. | Yes |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/01/20 | TLS | to Merton | I am delighted at your reaction to the January issue. I worked rather hard on it and I am really | |
| [writing from St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota] |
| | 1960/01/29 | TLS[x] | from Merton | The censor has finally come through. As I rather anticipated, there were a lot of picayune | Yes |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/02/04 | TLS[x] | from Merton | These page proofs reached me in a roundabout way through Curtis Brown. I am returning them to you | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/03/07 | TLS | to Merton | I don't know how WHAT IS MEDITATION will be received as a book, but from the comments received | |
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| | 1960/03/14 | TLS[x] | from Merton | It was a surprise for me to get the "Meaning of Love" back from Curtis Brown, all the more since I | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/03/30 | TLS | to Merton | I am afraid that the galleys misled you. They sent me the manuscript of the POWER AND MEANING | |
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| | 1960/05/31 | TLS[x] | from Merton | We are now typing out the ms of "Liturgy and Spiritual Personalism" and I hope to get it off to you, | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/06/08 | TLS | to Merton | Yesterday I talked to Father William who came home for retreat about putting out your book, | |
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| | 1960/08/03 | TLS[x] | from Merton | How are you? I hope the summer course you gave was not too arduous and that the Sisters were not | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/08/17 | TLS[x] | from Merton | About those dates. There is nothing special scheduled in the middle of September but Frank and Bob | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/09/01 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I have gone and misplaced your temporary address so I hope this reaches you all right. According | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/09/19 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Too bad you could not make it. However, it was just as well, as the other ones got sick for some | Yes |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1960/10/18 | HLS | to Merton | It never occurred to me that the Canadian would celebrate their Thanksgiving on a day other than | |
| [writing from Ottawa, Canada] |
| | 1960/11/27 | HLS | to Merton | Is there anything doing during the weeks after Christmas. If so this would be the best time for me. | |
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| | 1960/12/10 | HCS[x] | from Merton | Forgive me for delaying to answer your letter of Nov 27. Father Abbot was away on a long trip | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1961/02/11 | HLS | to Merton | I wrote to the head of the Liturgical Press about "Spiritual Direction and Meditation" | |
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| | 1961/03/06 | TLS[x] | from Merton | It is an awullong time, relatively, since your letter of February 11th. I wish I had been able | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | 1961/12/no? | TLS | to Merton | I could not get to sleep last night so I picked up the latest issue of Sponsa which had just came in | |
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| | 1962/02/01 | HLS | to Merton | Probably you have not yet received the books on Metzger and the Una Sancta which I sent | |
| [writing from Trier, Germany] |
| | 1962/03/no | transcript | from Merton | I certainly envy you going to study under Kung at Tubingen. I am finishing his book now and it is | Yes |
| [Cold War Letters #59 - transcript from bound set] |
| | 1963/10/03 | HLS | to Merton | I had thought that I would be finished with my work by now and be back at St. John's, but it will be | |
| [written from Paderborn, Germany] |
| | 1963/12/20 | TAL[c] | from Merton | It is always good to hear from you, though I get guilt feelings for letting so much time go by | |
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| | undated/no/no | HNS[x] | from Merton | Here are the extra pages that I promised to send. They fit in to Galley 2, after line 11. | |
| [copied 2016 from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
| | undated/no/no | other | from Merton | LITURGY AND SACRED ART [-] <u>Liturgy</u>: Definition: Liturgy may be defined as the worship | |
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