| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1948/12/16 | TALS[x] | to Sweeney, Francis | The manuscript of <u>SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN</u> has just come to me through your kindness | |
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| | 1949/01/18 | TL[x] | to Merton | You will not be pleased to hear from another correspondent. I know how distracting such matters | |
| regarding the donation of the manuscript of <i>The Seven Storey Mountain</i> and the question of variant parts and parts excised from original |
| | 1949/01/27 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I am glad you want to exhibit parts of the ms, not because of the fact that it is to be exhibited | |
| regarding those interested in publishing unpublished sections of <i>The Seven Storey Mountain</i> / asking is Connolly would send him some books of interest to Merton |
| | 1949/01/29 | TL[x] | to Merton | Before giving you an opportunity to respond to my bold request of January 18th. I am writing to say | |
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| | 1949/02/01 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | I am afraid it would take too much time to track down the two books you want and as far as I | |
| regarding Merton's copies of books by William Blake and Etienne Gilson - according to Merton, the Gilson book requested by Connolly "vanished from Fr. Abbot's room" but sending Gilson's <i>Mystical Theology of St. Bernard</i> with underlining |
| | 1949/02/01 (#02) | TL[x] | to Merton | This is merely a line immediately upon receiving your more than gracious letter to thank you for it | |
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| | 1949/02/01 (#03) | TL[x] | to Editor of <u>the Jester</u> | On January 26th our Assistant Librarian sent you an inquiry concerning issues of <u>The Jester</u> | |
| [to the editor of <u>The Jester</u>, a humor magazine of Columbia University] |
| | 1949/02/03 | TL[x] | to Merton | Very many thanks for the Introduction to <u>Elected Silence</u>. It will be an interesting addition | |
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| | 1949/02/04 | TL[x] | to Merton | This letter will need no answer. So that will be a great relief to you. I am writing only to thank | |
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| | 1949/02/09 | TL[x] | to Merton | This is just a brief line to let you know that the precious volume, <u>The Mystical Theology</u> | |
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| | 1949/02/15 (#01) | TL[x] | to Merton | This is just a brief note to thank you most sincerely for your great kindness in sending your copy | |
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| | 1949/02/15 (#02) | TL[x] | to Thomas, Halsey | On January 26th we addressed separate letters to the offices of the following publications | |
| [Mr. Halsey Thomas was at the time of writing the Director of Columbiana at Columbia University's Records Department] |
| | 1949/02/18 (#01) | HNS[x] | from Merton | Yes. Also I translated the "Spirit of Simplicity" and did the commentary. I sent you a copy | |
| returning book by F.-D. Joret on Dominican life |
| | 1949/02/18 (#02) | TL[x] | to Merton | This morning the English and French versions of <u>Dominican Life</u> by Joret came to us | |
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| | 1949/02/21 | HCS[x] | from Merton | By now I hope you have the other card explaining <u>both</u> mysteries. I pray for the success | |
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| | 1949/02/26 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Many thanks for the Joret book, an unexpected and pleasant gift, which arrived safely the other day. | |
| death of Fr. Odo, who was mentioned in <i>The Seven Storey Mountain</i> |
| | 1949/03/07 | TL[x] | to Merton | This letter goes to you with much apprehensiveness. Perhaps I am inexousably violating the special | |
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| | 1949/03/24 | other[x] | | A Lecture and Exhibition | |
| [photocopy of a program from "The Opening of an Exhibition of the Work of Thomas Merton" at the Boston College Library, March 24, 1949; and a "List of Items used in the Merton Exhibition, March 24 to April 10, 1949"] |
| | 1949/03/30 | TL[x] | to Merton | Because I know that you will probably not receive such communications as this until Easter, | |
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| | 1949/04/02 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I was surprised to get your generous donation, and acknowledge it now with all gratitude on behalf | |
| Dan Walsh's lecture at Boston College / on being a deacon and the hope that he will be ordained a priest soon |
| | 1949/04/27 (#01) | HCS[x] | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter. We are so glad the exhibition was a success, and in appreciation | |
| donates the volume of William Blake used by Merton to Boston College |
| | 1949/04/27 (#02) | TL[x] | to Merton | Because I know that you will probably not receive such communications as this until Easter, | |
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| | 1949/05/02 (#01) | TL[x] | to Merton | This is just a hurried note to say that under separate cover there goes to you the copies | |
| possibility of keeping for research or transferring the marginal notes in Etienne Gilson's <i>The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard</i> |
| | 1949/05/02 (#02) | other[x] | | MARGINALIA by Thomas Merton IN GILSON'S <u>THE MYSTICAL THEOLOGY OF ST. BERNARD</u> | |
| [marginalia transcribed from Merton's copy <i>The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard</i> by Étienne Gilson] |
| | 1949/05/02 (#03) | TLS[x] | to Sweeney, Francis | This is a brief and rather hurried answer to your letter just received. To put you at rest | |
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| | 1949/05/25 | TL[x] | to Merton | Because I so deeply appreciate the invitation to be present at the open-air Solemn Pontifical Mass | |
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| | 1949/10/12 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Maybe you sent back that Gilson and it got past me by one of the many side-tracks that mail | |
| Merton asks for Gilson book back for use in teaching "Spiritual Theology" |
| | 1949/10/17 | TL[x] | to Merton | It is difficult for me to express my embarrassment at the realization that I had not returned your | |
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| | 1950/01/13 | TL[x] | to Merton | We have just received the galleyproofs of <u>Seven Storey Mountain</u> and <u>The Waters of</u> | |
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| | 1950/07/04 | TLS[x] | from Lentfoehr, Thérèse | As I was about to sit down to thank you for your late letter and to express my appreciation of your | |
| photocopies of pages from the manuscript of <i>The Seven Storey Mountain</i> sent to Lentfoehr and discrepancies in numbering and completeness |
| | 1950/08/03 | TLS[x] | from Lentfoehr, Thérèse | Accept this belated "thank you" for your great kindness in having the pages photostated for me. | |
| photocopies of pages from the manuscript of <i>The Seven Storey Mountain</i> sent to Lentfoehr and discrepancies in numbering and completeness |
| | 1952/12/17 | HCS[x] | from Merton | Pray for us! f. m. Louis O.C.S.O. | |
| [Christmas card] |
| | 1955/02/08 | TL[x] | to Merton | Today I received in the mail a copy of "Monastic Orientation," Series V, for which I am deeply | |
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| | undated/08/14? | TL[x] | to Merton | This is an unpardonably late date to be acknowledging with prayerful thanks the gift of the | |
| [dated "Eve of the Assumption"- Skakel plane crash referenced in letter was October 3, 1955, so letter dated after this] thanks Merton for "<i>Jonas Tegnet</i>" (<i>Jonastegnet</i>, the Danish edition of <i>The Sign of Jonas</i>?) / delay in sending thanks due to Connolly's bout with hepatitis |
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