| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1961/12/14 | TL[x] | from Heidbrink, John | I am enclosing the letter to Professor Lochman about which I spoke at our IFOR meeting. | |
| sending Steere's writings to Thomas Merton |
| | 1961/12/21 | TLS[x] | to Heidbrink, John | Thank you for sending me the letter for Lochman, which I will do my best to present to him when we | |
| thanking Heidbrink for arranging a visit with Thomas Merton |
| | 1962/01/04 | TL[x] | from Heidbrink, John | I have written to Thomas Merton about the possibility of your visit some time between February 5th | |
| Merton's interest in metaphysical poets and mystical writers |
| | 1962/02/no | transcript | by Steere, Douglas | John Heidbrink, who has been serving the Fellowship of Reconciliation as the secretary | |
| [from set of published letters, "Notes after First Visit and Correspondence 1962-1968," appearing in <u>The Merton Annual</u> 6 (1993), pp. 23-28, which contained the note and title, "The following single-spaced notes were typed just after Douglas V. Steere first met Thomas Merton." "Notes on Conference with Thomas Merton, February 1962."] |
| | 1962/03/27 | TLS[x] | to Heidbrink, John | I want you to know that we did have a very satisfying visit with Thomas Merton when we were | |
| Merton "moving deeply into the very center of the Christian pacifist position" but currently his Catholic articles place him as a more limited nuclear pacifist |
| | 1962/11/19 | TLS[x] | to Heidbrink, John | I am so sad to hear that you are having to go through this suffering today and you have been in my | |
| praise for <i>The Thomas Merton Reader</i> |
| | 1963/01/09 | TL[x] | from Heidbrink, John | Though I never see contributions to the FOR, let me say gratitude for your rememberance at this time | |
| importance of getting Merton into dialogue with Bede Griffiths and for Merton to stay "in contact with the world and its intercourse" |
| | 1963/03/07 | TALS | to Merton | It was so kind of you to send me the copy of <u>The Thomas Merton Reader</u> through your | Yes |
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| | 1963/04/23 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you so much for your wonderful letter of April 9th. I am looking forward so much to reading | Yes |
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| | 1963/06/13 | TLS | to Merton | It was wonderful to hear from you on the 16th of May and to have your two papers on Fenelon. | Yes |
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| | 1963/09/30 | TLS | to Merton | I am writing you from Rome where Dorothy and I are planted for the next period as Quaker Observer- | Yes |
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| | 1963/10/26 | TALS | to Merton | Thank you for your good letter and for your great kindness in sending Harpers those helpful words | Yes |
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| | 1964/04/19 | TALS | to Merton | We have stopped by at Rome on our way up from Africa and before we leave in the morning, I just | Yes |
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| | 1964/04/26 (#01) | TAL[c] | from Merton | It was very good to get your latest from Rome and to hear the news of your trip to Africa, | Yes |
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| | 1964/04/26 (#02) | TL[x] | from Merton | It was very good to get your latest from Rome and to hear the news of your trip to Africa, | Yes |
| [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Accession 2, Hart Working Files] |
| | 1965/02/20 | TAL[c] | from Merton | I am very glad to hear from you and to receive the booklet on Africa which I will read with much | Yes |
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| | 1965/09/14 | TL[c] | from Merton | It was very good of you to send me the resume of the discussions at Collegeville. I will go through | Yes |
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| | 1965/10/20 | TLS | to Merton | I so much appreciated your good letter and we have often thought of you in your solitary retirement. | Yes |
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| | 1966/01/17 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thank you very much for the charming piece on Bethlehem. I really enjoy it. What with Angelus | Yes |
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| | 1966/01/17 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thank you very much for the charming piece on Bethlehem. I really enjoy it. What with Angelus | Yes |
| [Steere adds some notes to the letter in pen] |
| | 1966/02/14 | TLS[x] | to Heidbrink, John | I enclose a check for $25.00 from Dorothy and me for a small assist to the Muriel Lester visit fund. | |
| Merton finding "hermiting much to his taste" |
| | 1966/03/04 | TL[x] | from Heidbrink, John | Thank you for the contribution for Miss Lester's trip. She has arrived and is properly settled in | |
| Merton's new vocation as a hermit / Dan Berrigan in Mexico / Catholic Peace Fellowship and the Fellowship of Reconciliation |
| | 1968/03/25 | TALS | to Merton | I have long wanted to write you to share with you a number of things and to make a proposal about | Yes |
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| | 1968/03/29 | TL[c] | from Merton | You mention sending five letters last year and not getting a reply. I remember getting two | Yes |
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| | 1968/04/22 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for your good letter. It raises one or two problems that I want to be absolutely sure | Yes |
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| | 1968/04/25 | TL[c] | from Merton | This is an immediate reply, in order to clear up any confusions about possibilities for the Meeting. | Yes |
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| | 1972/09/22 | TLS | to Center from Steere, Douglas | Thank you for your letter asking for material by or on Thomas Merton. I cannot at the moment go | |
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| | 1972/09/29 | TL[c] | from Center to Steere, Douglas | Thank you for your response to our recent request for Thomas Merton correspondence. The record | |
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| | 1973/01/19 | TL[c] | from Center to Steere, Douglas | Thank you for the xeroxed copy of the letter from Thomas Merton to you, dated January 19, 1966. | |
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| | 1973/02/02 | TLS | to Center from Steere, Douglas | I sent you the longish memo that I set down after our visit with Thomas Merton back in 1962. | |
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| | 1984/12/31 | TCS | to Friend | This sketch of summer time at the Snowmass Cistercian House may be well known to you. | |
| opinions about Michael Mott's book <i>The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton</i> and Patrick Hart's <i>Thomas Merton, Monk</i> |
| | undated/no/no | TLS | to Merton | This is just a swift note to send with this copy of Edgar Brookes pamphlet that is just off | Yes |
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