Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
1 | 1939/12/05 | TLS | from Faust, Mathias / to Merton | Many thanks for your kind letter of recommendation of Thomas Merton addressed to Very Rev. Fr. | |
| [from Fr. Mathias Faust, O.F.M., Provincial Custos of the Franciscan Fathers, Province of the Most Holy Name in New York City] |
1 | 1949/02/21 | TALS | to Merton | This letter is long over-due. In fact it was begun almost every day since the beginning of last | |
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1 | 1949/02/24 | TLS | from Merton | Many thanks for your beautiful letter. I am sorry this Boston College exhibition has grown to such | Yes |
| [no year listed - dated "Feast of St Mathias"] |
1 | 1949/06/03 | TLS | to Merton | Being back in New York is like waking up after a wonderful dream but unlike the usual dream, it is | |
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1 | 1949/09/03 (#01) | TL | from Merton | Many thanks for your beautiful feast-day letter and all that it contained. I am sorry that my | |
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1 | 1949/09/03 (#02) | TL | from Merton | | |
| [see "Skakel, Ann Brannack" file - partial (faded) scan from web auction - not original - see 2004/05/27 letter from the "Skakel, Ann Brannack" file] |
1 | 1951/08/29 | TLS | from Merton | Here are a couple of items that arrived in the main for you since your departure. I do not know if | Yes |
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1 | 1953/02/05 | TLS[x] | to Skakel, Ann | I just returned from a luncheon date with Bob Giroux - we celebrated the publication of | |
| [see "Skakel, Ann Brannack" file - full page scan from web auction - not original - see 2004/05/27 letter from "Skakel, Ann Brannack" file] |
1 | 1960/04/23 | TLS | from Merton | Father Abbot has told me something of your illness and I am very sorry to hear about it. | |
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1 | 1960/11/01 (#01) | HNS | from Merton | I thought you would want to see this heartbreaking letter from Jacques Maritain. | Yes |
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1 | 1960/11/01 (#02) | HNS[x] | to O'Callaghan, Tommie | Just a note to thank you for your generous letter. | Yes |
| [see "O'Callaghan, Tommie" file, letter n.d.[09], for a clearer copy of this letter from Walsh to O'Callaghan - Merton sends Walsh a letter from Jacques Maritain concerning the death of Raissa Maritain - Walsh writes and forwards the letter to O'Callaghan (forwarded probably much later than 1960)] |
1 | 1960/11/01 (#03) | HLS[x] | to O'Callaghan, Tommie | Just a note to thank you for your generous letter. I was sure you would appreciate having | |
| [letter, sent later than 1960, accompanying the a note from Merton to Walsh and a letter from Jacques Maritain to Merton - letter from Maritain not extant - Thomasine (Tommie) O'Callaghan was a friend of Merton and original member of the Merton Legacy Trust] |
1 | 1961/03/07 | TPCS[x] | from Merton | As a token of union in charity on the Feast of the Angelic Doctor I am sending you this copy | |
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1 | 1963/08/23 (#01) | other[x] | | 100 New Frontier Accommodations (Concessions) Listed [-] Editor's note: Shortly after John F. | |
| [1963/08/23 edition of <u>The Knoxville Journal</u> with a highlighted article on John F. Kennedy and "concessions made to World Communism"] |
1 | 1963/08/23 (#02) | other[x] | | KENNEDY CUBAN POLICY ATTACKED BY DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CATHOLICS* [-] Clarence Manion, | |
| [article with reprints attacking John F. Kennedy's policy on Cuba by Clarence Manion of <u>The Manion Forum</u> and William F. Buckley, Jr. of <u>The National Review</u> - dated 1962/03/21, but sent with clipping of 1963 from <u>The Knoxville Journal</u>] |
1 | 1963/08/23 (#03) | other[x] | | <u>An Editorial</u> [-] Number One Liar In the United States, John F. Kennedy | |
| [editorial by William Loeb in the <u>Manchester Union Leader</u> of New Hampshire] |
1 | 1963/11/no | TLS | from Merton | A long time ago Rev Fr approved Gabriel Marcel coming here, at least in a general way. You can go | Yes |
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1 | 1963/no/no? | other | from Edward, Fr., O.C.S.O. | GOLDEN JUBILEE of entrance into Gethsemani [-] Father M. Edward, O.C.S.O. [-] November 29 1913 1963 | |
| [2 prayer cards - card celebrating Fr. M. Edward's jubilee has his handwritten note (to Walsh?)] |
1 | 1964/07/02 | TLS | to Merton | The thanks which this note brings are long, too long in the saying. But you will accept | |
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1 | 1964/07/15 | TLS | to Merton | The cheese which you sent to me was delicious and I wanted you to know how much we enjoyed it. | |
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1 | 1964/10/09 | other[x] | | Report on the Meeting of Novicemasters (OCSO) of North & South America, at Gethsemani Abbey, | |
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1 | 1964/10/28? | other[x] | | <u>INTER-FAITH STATEMENT ON THE PLACE OF MORALITY IN THE CAMPAIGN</u> | |
| [statement by a number of theologians, religious leaders and religious writers about the distortion of the term "morality" and its use as a weapon in the presidential campaigns of 1964 - Merton's name is listed] |
1 | 1964/11/08 | other[c] | | FORMAL OPENING OF THE THOMAS MERTON ROOM [-] Bellarmine College [-] November 8, 1964 | |
| [remarks by Fr. John Loftus, Dean of Bellarmine College, on the opening of Bellarmine's Thomas Merton Room] |
1 | 1965/02/26 | TLS | from Wolter, Allan | The topic <u>The Spiritual Horizons of St. Anselm in the Intellectual development of Duns Scotus</u> | |
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1 | 1965/03/19 | other | | Nun Educator Accent New Experiences [-] "Go, try!" might well be the motto engraved on Sister | |
| [issue of the student newspaper, <u>The Tower</u>, of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.] |
1 | 1965/03/26 | other | | THE SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY [-] Colloquium in Honor of the SEVENTH CENTENARY of the birth of | |
| [program for a colloquium in honor of John Duns Scotus, held at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and attended by Walsh] |
1 | 1965/04/22 | TL | from Evans, Peggy | I can say that with new emphasis this year -- I just realized my baby sister is having her 20th | |
| [from Peggy Mullin Evans of Seoul, Korea - Class Letter, Class of 1941, from the Manhattanville Alumnae Association of Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, where Walsh previously taught] |
1 | 1965/05/05 | TLS[x] | from Clement, Br., O.C.S.O. | Mr. Jack Kelly [ Brother Marcellus ] has been the Procurator at the Abbey of Gethsemani | |
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1 | 1965/05/11 | TLS | from Morse, Nina | Your Easter card for Mrs. Hoguet came in sometime ago - and it seemed that you did not know that she | |
| [Nina J. Morse, secretary for the then recently deceased Mrs. Robert Louis Hoguet of New York City] |
1 | 1965/07/20 | TLS | from Alexander, Stuart | I am in receipt of your letter regarding your very unfortunate experience on the bus and I am doubly | |
| [from Stuart E. Alexander, attorney with the Law Offices of Tilford & Dobbins in Louisville, Kentucky] |
1 | 1965/07/26 | other | | BELLARMINE COLLEGE PART-TIME FACULTY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT [-] This agreement made | |
| [employment contract for Walsh to teach two philosophy classes at Bellarmine College] |
1 | 1965/no/no | HPCS | from Fox, James | +Blessings and grateful prayers for dear Dan as we commence our Gen. Chapter for 1965. | |
| [verso: black and white photograph of the Citeaux Abbey with a clock tower and a sign quoting Bernard of Clairvaux, "O Beata Solitudo"] |
1 | 1966/01/27 | TLS | to Jim [Forest?] | Congratulations on a beautiful job - you made everything fit together so well - a fine piece | |
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1 | 1966/09/05 | HLS | from McCorkell, Edward | May I send you a thanks, and [indecipherable word..] you a note of appreciation to Father Merton | |
| [from Fr. Edmund J. McCorkell, a Basilian priest from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York] |
1 | 1966/09/29 | TLS | to Merton | Is it next Wednesday when we are to meet? The following Wednesday will be the 6th which, I believe, | |
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1 | 1966/11/28 | TLS | from Merton | Could you please have Tommy's friend, the typist, type these | |
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1 | 1967/07/26 | HCS | to Merton | This is an adventure I hardly anticipated even in my wildest imaginings. To begin, I had never been | |
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1 | 1967/10/05 (#01) | TAL[c] | from Merton | I enjoyed the visit yesterday, and I will be glad to see Virginia next Tuesday. However, in order | Yes |
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1 | 1967/10/05 (#02) | HLS | to Merton | I asked Virginia in a note to meet us at 2:30 PM. - OK. I didn't mean to cause you any concern | |
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1 | 1967/12/22 | HNS | from Merton to J [?] | Can you use these? You are welcome to them. Best wishes for New Year [-] Tom | |
| [likely among some newspaper clippings of Walsh's ordination] |
1 | 1968/01/28 | other | | St. Joseph's Retreat House Annual RETREAT CAPTAINS AND WIVES BANQUET [-] SHERATON MOTOR | |
| [program for a banquet featuring Walsh - includes a photograph of Merton and Walsh processing from the Mass of Walsh's ordination] |
1 | 1968/10/no? | HPCS[x] | from Merton | India is terrific. I've been very busy so far but now the conference is over and I hope to have | |
| [verso: color photographic image of "Elephant ride, Amber Palace, Jaipur" / printed on same paper with scan a of Merton in suit and clerics and a woman religious in habit / there is no date on the postcard, but is likely to be late October after Merton had finished his conference in Calcutta but before his trip to Dharmsala] |
1 | 1968/12/03 | HPCS[x] | from Merton | Ceylon has been the best thing so far - it is utterly beautiful - and unspoiled. Bro Pat told me of | |
| [verso: color landscape of Ceylon / printed on same paper with scans [of later date] of Merton's grave marker and of two men digging his grave] |
1 | 1969/11/04 | telegram | from Kennedy, Ethel (Skakel) | Thomas Merton was a great spiritual force in so many of our lives. I know how much he meant to | |
| [see "Kennedy, Ethel (Skakel) file"] condolences for Merton's death and regrets about not being able to attend opening of the Thomas Merton Studies Center |
1 | undated/04/21 | HLS | from Francis, Fr. | I found Fr. Stuhlmueller's paper quite interesting and thought-provoking. It is evident that he is | |
| [from a "Father Francis" writing to Walsh on Gethsemani Abbey stationery - possibly Fr. Francis Derivaux, O.C.S.O. (later left Trappists and was Fr. Don Derivaux) |
1 | undated/no/no (#01) | TNS | from Merton | I am sorry to have kept Fr Feliciano's letter so long. I am sending him a Spanish translation of my | |
| [see "O'Callaghan, Tommie" file, letter n.d.[07], for a copy of this letter and a note from Fr. Balwin and Merton] |
1 | undated/no/no (#02) | HNS | from Merton | I am sorry I could not tell you before now but Rev. Father would not give permission for us to go | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#03) | TNS | to Merton | for Fr. M. Louis, from dan walsh [-] after-thoughts of Friday evening | |
| [likely attached to something else, either not identified or not extant] |
1 | undated/no/no (#04) | HPCS | to Merton | Many and profound thanks for the "New Seeds" and the beautiful inscription. I showed it to Mother | |
| [verso: color postcard from Maria Laach in Germany] |
1 | undated/no/no (#05) | other | | EASTER [-] THE LITURGY OF THE WORD OF GOD [-] ENTRANCE RITE [-] The Entrance Rite, | |
| [Easter Mass leaflet - Copyright 1965] |
1 | undated/no/no (#06) | other | to Joseph, Br. | JOHN HOWARD GRIFFIN AND FATHER DOMINIQUE PIRE ANNOUNCE THAT "WORLD FRIENDSHIP," | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#07) | other | | THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA [-] WASHINGTON, D.C. [-] ATTACHED CHECK COVERS | |
| [check stub for honorarium fee (paid to Walsh?) by Catholic University of America] |
1 | undated/no/no (#08) | HNS | from Merton | Sorry - I have a visitor to see tonight. Are you free tomorrow Wednesday, even if a little late? | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#09) | HNS | from Merton | Once again I won't be able to make it tonight, I have another severe attack of diarrhea with fever. | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#10) | HNS | from Merton | Are you back? I will be over Wednesday evening in case! [-] Yrs in Xt [-] Tom | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#11) | HNS | from Merton | I will be there Tuesday at 6.10 <u>if I can</u> - All is unpredictable, but I think I can make it | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#12) | HNS | from Merton | I probably won't be able to make it tonight. See you Monday unless I hear otherwise [-] In Jesu | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#13) | TLS | to Merton | Will be glad to bring the material to Sr. Mary Luke - expect she has already left, however, | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#14) | HNS[x] | from Merton | I was here Tuesday evening - but could not remember if we made some other arrangements last week. | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#15) | HNS | from Merton | Are you here today? I will drop by this evening. Otherwise hope to see you tomorrow (Wednesday) | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#16) | HNS | from Merton | Welcome home. This is all for the Bellarmine Collection - I don't know what would be the easiest | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#17) | HNS | from Merton | If I don't catch you tonight (Monday) I will try again tomorrow <u>after dinner</u> about 1.15 - OK? | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#18) | HCS | from Morrisey, Bob | Hope this finds you in good health and enjoying your work in Kentucky. How the years fly by. | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#19) | HCS | from Merton | Dan - I hope to be there Xmas Eve [-] Joy in the Lord [-] Tom | |
| [verso of card, the text: "HE CARED ENOUGH TO SEND THE VERY BEST"] |
1 | undated/no/no (#20) | HCS | from Merton | Don't worry about that article of Dom Aelred Graham (I haven't seen it yet). God bless you always. | |
| [card with a quote from Merton "When My Mother, pretty as a church, Takes Me upon her lap, I laugh with love." - verso: "Original drawing by a Trappist monk." (Mary and Child Jesus drawing) - card could be from 1953 when Aelred Graham published a negative review of some of Merton's writings] |
1 | undated/no/no (#21) | other | | MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING with a concentration in RELIGION [-] MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE | |
| [pamphlet from Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart in Purchase, New York] |
1 | undated/no/no (#22) | TALS | from Merton | In my wildest dreams I never featured being here but Providence has Its way of doing things | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#23) | HNS | from Merton | The magazine - eventually for Bellarmine. [-] Tom | |
| [not certain what the reference is, but it is possibly for the next record, <u>Humanidades</u>] |
1 | undated/no/no (#24) | other | | humanidades [-] REVISTA CRISTIANA DE HUMANISMO ACTUAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICA | |
| [advertisement for <u>Humanidades</u>, published by the Pontifical Comillas University of Madrid, Spain, of which Merton was a collaborator (see last record)] |
1 | undated/no/no (#25) | HNS | to Birkel, Paul | Fr. L. left these with me-they are, of course, to go to you as our understanding goes - "given to me | |
| [Paul Birkel was from the library at Bellarmine College] |
1 | undated/no/no (#26) | HLS | to Birkel, Paul | I feel sure that I have not a copy of my talk at Boston College on the occasion of the presentation | |
| [Paul Birkel was from the library at Bellarmine College] |
1 | undated/no/no (#27) | HLS | from Ry[?] | Delighted to see your looking so well, and in such grand spirits! You did a truly Christ-like job | |
| [written on Gethsemani Abbey stationery] |
1 | undated/no/no (#28) | other[x] | | <u>Study Thomas Merton under the following aspects</u>: I. Merton the Man [-] Life & character | |
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1 | undated/no/no (#29) | HCS | from Martin, Br., O.C.S.O. | In the spirit of your anniversary today and of our conversation I wanted to send you a few words | |
| [from Fr. Martin of Gethsemani Abbey to Walsh] |
1 | undated/no/no (#30) | other | | 1. Distinction bet. nature and 'state' all the more important to see what the Chartres people were | |
| [short group of typed, unreferenced notes (by Walsh?) - sections number 1-9 on 5 pieces of half-sized paper] |
1 | undated/no/no (#31) | other | | 6 [-] of the rôle substance plays on Locke, on the one hand, and St. Thomas and Duns Scotus, | |
| [pages 6-24 of handwritten, unreferenced notes (by Walsh?)] |
1 | undated/no/no (#32) | HNS | from Merton | I'll be busy Wednesday so I'll try to see you this <u>Tuesday</u> after dinner - ok? In the Lord Tom | |
| [transferred from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] |
1 | undated/no/no (#33) | other[x] | from Merton | + for Fr J R [last name starts with "B"] cordial good wishes [-] get well quick! [-] in Xt, fm Louis | |
| [sent "at request of Dan Walsh" but priest's last name is difficult to read - signature and inscription inside Merton's book <i>New Seeds of Contemplation</i>] |
1 | undated/no/no (#34) | HNS[x] | from Merton | + Christmas blessings 1963 [-] f m Louis | |
| [book first signed and given by Merton to Dan Walsh, and Walsh later gave the book to Russell Hargus for Christmas 1963 - signature inside Merton's book <i>The Christmas Sermons of Bl. Guerric of Igny</i>] |
2 | 1964/10/21 | other | from Birkel, Paul | We have received from you the following gifts for the Thomas Merton Collection. October 7, 1963 | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Paul E. Birkel] |
2 | 1967/07/17 (#01) | other | from Welsh, Pat | In December of 1964 Father John Loftus gave us the following items for the Thomas Merton Collection: | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/17 (#02) | other | from Welsh, Pat | On April 9, 1965 we received from you the following gifts for the Thomas Merton Collection: | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/18 (#01) | other | from Welsh, Pat | On January 8, 1965 you brought us for the Thomas Merton Collection the following: 1. The black | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/18 (#02) | other | from Welsh, Pat | On February 8, 1965 you brought a number of items to us for the Thomas Merton Collection. | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/18 (#03) | other | from Welsh, Pat | In March of 1965 you brought us a number of items for the Merton Collection. They are listed | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/18 (#04) | other | from Welsh, Pat | From time to time Father Horrigan sends us down things that he has received for the Thomas Merton | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/19 (#01) | other | from Welsh, Pat | We have a number of items that Father John Loftus has sent down to us for the Thomas Merton | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/19 (#02) | other | from Welsh, Pat | We want to thank you for the items we received through you for the Merton Collection in November | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/19 (#03) | other | from Welsh, Pat | In March of 1966 you delivered to the Thomas Merton Room from Father Louis the following material: | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/19 (#04) | other | from Welsh, Pat | In October of 1966 Dr. Ford brought us in some materials for the Thomas Merton Collection. | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/20 (#01) | other | from Welsh, Pat | On March 11, 1966 Dr. Jude Daugherty brought to us for the Thomas Merton Collection the following: | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/20 (#02) | other | from Welsh, Pat | On July 22, 1966 we received through Father John Loftus the following gifts for the Thomas Merton | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | 1967/07/20 (#03) | other | from Welsh, Pat | We received from you on January 18, 1967 the following items for the Thomas Merton Collection: | |
| [numbered list of items donated by Walsh to the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine College from librarian Pat Welsh] |
2 | undated/no/no | TLS | from Schuhmann, Martha | I have finally gotten these acknowledgment letters written and here they are. There will be plenty | |
| [from Martha Schuhmann of Bellarmine College] |
3 | 1950/04/22 | other[x] | | Character Steps Right Out of Book in Talk by Walsh [-] Big Audience Hears About Trappist Who Wrote | |
| [newspaper clipping from <u>The Springfield Union</u> in Springfield, Massachusetts - reporting on lecture given by Walsh on 1950/04/21 concerning <i>The Seven Storey Mountain</i>] |
3 | 1965/01/11 | other[x] | | JFK, Pope John Called Saints Of 20th Century [-] Professor Here Knew President [-] By BILL WOOLSEY | |
| [newspaper clipping from <u>The Louisville Times</u> in Louisville, Kentucky - Walsh claims that Pope John XXIII and President John F. Kennedy were saints of the 20th Century] |
3 | 1967/04/26 (#01) | other[x] | | Merton's prof to be ordained a priest at 60 [-] Special to the National Catholic Reporter | |
| [newspaper clipping from <u>The National Catholic Reporter</u> regarding Walsh's ordination to the priesthood] |
3 | 1967/04/26 (#02) | other[x] | | NC NEWS SERVICE (Domestic) THOMAS MERTON'S TEACHER TO BE ORDAINED [-] LOUISVILLE (NC)-- | |
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3 | 1967/05/05 | other[x] | | MERTON'S MENTOR TO BE ORDAINED [-] Scanton-Born Philosophy Professor a Priest at 60 | |
| [newspaper clipping from <u>The Catholic Standard and Times</u> of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia regarding Walsh's ordination to the priesthood] |
3 | 1967/05/18 | other[x] | | Philosopher Walsh Ordained At St. Thomas [-] A SPECIAL ORDINATION ceremony took place at St. | |
| [newspaper clipping from <u>The Record</u> of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, regarding Walsh's ordination to the priesthood - includes one photograph of Merton drinking from the chalice during the Mass] |
3 | 1967/05/25 | other[x] | | Dr. Dan Walsh Is Ordained in Louisville [-] ROWENA RAFFERTY [-] It was in Louisville, Kentucky -- | |
| [newspaper clipping from <u>The Catholic News</u> regarding Walsh's ordination to the priesthood] |
3 | 1967/10/no | other[x] | | Father Walsh Reviewing Merton Book Next Tuesday [-] "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander" will be the | |
| [no source or exact date for clipping - appears to be a newspaper from Bardstown or Louisville, Kentucky - includes a photograph of Merton and Walsh processing out of the church at the end of Mass] |
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