| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1962/04/20 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | I'll be sending you shortly Joseph Delteil's book on Saint Francis, believing that you will enjoy it | Yes |
| [Robert] Bob MacGregor / book on Hiroshima [<i>Original Child Bomb</i>] / book on Desert Fathers [<i>The Wisdom of the Desert</i>] / Fr. Brocard Sewell |
| | 1962/04/20 (#02) | transcript | to Merton | I'll be sending you shortly Joseph Delteil's book on Saint Francis, believing that you will enjoy it | Yes |
| [Robert] Bob MacGregor / book on Hiroshima [<i>Original Child Bomb</i>] / book on Desert Fathers [<i>The Wisdom of the Desert</i>] / Fr. Brocard Sewell |
| | 1962/07/09 (#01) | TALS[x] | from Merton | It was good to hear from you. I have often thought of writing to you, and usually that is the first | Yes |
| [Cold War Letter #92 - annotations by Merton and Miller - faint copy and difficult to read] <i>Big Sur</i>, <i>Colossus of Maroussi</i> / Giono / Delteil / Fr. Herve Chaigne / James Laughlin / <i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> |
| | 1962/07/09 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | It was good to hear from you. I have often thought of writing to you, and usually that is the first | Yes |
| [Cold War Letters #92 - same as other letter from 1962/07/09, but taken from the collected Cold War Letters and without annotation] |
| | 1962/07/31 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | Very good to receive your fulsome letter of the 9th -- just got it here. Now about Giono -- I think | Yes |
| Giono, "Jean le Bleu" and "Que ma joie demeure" / Delteil / <i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> / compares Merton to Emerson and Thoreau / Fr. Sewell |
| | 1962/07/31 (#02) | transcript | to Merton | Very good to receive your fulsome letter of the 9th -- just got it here. Now about Giono -- I think | Yes |
| Giono, "Jean le Bleu" and "Que ma joie demeure" / Delteil / <i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i> / compares Merton to Emerson and Thoreau / Fr. Sewell |
| | 1962/08/07 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | First of all I agree that it will be hard to translate Delteil, or to find a good translator. I am | Yes |
| translation of Delteil's life of St. Francis / Cesar Vallejo / Alfonso Cortes / Aleijadinho / <i>Wisdom of the Heart</i>, <i>Colossus [ of Maroussi]<i>, <i>Time of the Assassins</i> / English Carmelites |
| | 1962/08/07 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | First of all I agree that it will be hard to translate Delteil, or to find a good translator. I am | Yes |
| [Cold War Letters #92 - same as other letter from1962/08/07, but taken from the collected Cold War Letters] |
| | 1962/08/11 | HLS[x] | from Merton | Reading your magnificent essay on Raimu -- whom I have not seen however for twenty years & more | Yes |
| crimes of American movie heroes / key to the twentieth century |
| | 1963/01/08 (#01) | HPCS | to Merton | I'm reading the Thomas Merton Reader slowly each night. How wonderful. What a lucid, exciting | Yes |
| verso description from card: "Henry Miller [-] Val's Birthday Gift [-] <i>Watercolor and Ink,</i> 11 1/2 " x 17 1/4 " [-] Collection of Valentin Miller" |
| | 1963/01/08 (#02) | transcript | to Merton | I'm reading the Thomas Merton Reader slowly each night. How wonderful. What a lucid, exciting | Yes |
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| | 1963/01/12 (#01) | HPCS | to Merton | Another little word to say how deeply moved I was when reading of your early life --- the life in | Yes |
| Prades, France / Merton's father / Casals |
| | 1963/01/12 (#02) | transcript | to Merton | Another little word to say how deeply moved I was when reading of your early life --- the life in | Yes |
| Prades, France / Merton's father / Casals |
| | 1963/03/no? | HLS[x] | from Merton | I was very happy with your two postcards about the [<i>Thomas Merton</i>] <i>Reader</i> & I hope | Yes |
| poems of Robert Lax / Merton sending one of his poems / Harcourt Brace / Delteil |
| | 1963/05/12 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for all your cards. I have been thinking of you a lot since I have been reading A. Perles's | Yes |
| post-war age / rumors of Merton living as hermit in Mexico and thoughts on travel vs. life at monastery / interest in <i>Tropics</i> novels / censorship / modern Greek poets |
| | 1964/06/22 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I cannot let your hummingbird get away without a resounding shout of approval. Perhaps J. Laughlin | Yes |
| [Merton attached photo of Miguel Grinberg and himself / it is not included with our copy of letter] <i>Stand Still Like the Hummingbird</i> / Europe, Zen, Thoreau / Christian spirit / Suzuki / Patchen / J.C. Powys |
| | 1964/07/04 | TLS | to Merton | Can't get over this photo you sent me--it's haunting. The two of you are as familiar to me as if I | Yes |
| compares Merton's face to a combination of his own and Jean Genet's; "the look of an ex-convict", "one who has been through the fires" / John Powys |
| | 1964/08/16 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | I am glad you liked the photos. By now you must have seen Grinberg himself in person. He is a | Yes |
| Merton's resemblance to Picasso / book of selections from Gandhi / Camus' <i>The Plague</i> |
| | 1964/08/16 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | I am glad you liked the photos. By now you must have seen Grinberg himself in person. He is a | Yes |
| Merton's resemblance to Picasso / book of selections from Gandhi / Camus' <i>The Plague</i> |
| | undated/no/no | other | | For the first time, here is the correspondence between two great American authors - Thomas Merton | |
| Louisville Today article containing letters from Merton to and from Henry Miller |
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