MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Dwyer, William O.
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1965
Volume: 26 item(s); 29 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Dwyer, William O.".
Biography
Bill Dwyer was an attorney and one of the original members considered for the Merton Legacy Trust.
Usage Guidelines and Restrictions
Related Information and Links
See also letters in the "Laughlin, James" file, including the 1967/01/20[2] letter resigning from duties as attorney for the literary trust; and see also the "Stone, Naomi Burton" file.
Other Finding Aids
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
Series List
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Container List
| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1965/02/16 | TLS[x] | from Horrigan, Alfred / to James Laughlin | I am planning to be in New York City from February 24 to March 3. If your schedule permits, I would | |
| [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, president of Bellarmine College] |
| | 1965/02/18 (#01) | TL[x] | from Laughlin, James / to Alfred Horrigan | It was good to hear from you again, and I do look forward to another pleasant visit with you, | |
| [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, president of Bellarmine College] |
| | 1965/02/18 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Laughlin, James / to Naomi Burton Stone | It was great to talk with your on the 'phone the other day and I look forward to taking you to lunch | |
| [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Naomi Burton Stone, Merton's literary agent] |
| | 1965/02/23 | TLS[x] | from Horrigan, Alfred / to James Laughlin | Thank you so very much for your letter of February 18. In view of the interesting circumstances | |
| [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, president of Bellarmine College] |
| | 1965/02/25 (#01) | TL[x] | from Merton to Alfred Horrigan | James Laughlin sent me a copy of his recent letter to you about the literary executorship. | |
| [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between Merton and Msgr. Alfred Horrigan, president of Bellarmine College] |
| | 1965/02/25 (#02) | TL[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Laughlin | Very good to here from you and I agree completely with you and your attitude towards Monsignor | |
| [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Naomi Burton Stone, Merton's literary agent] |
| | 1965/03/08 | TLS[x] | from Laughlin, James / to Naomi Burton Stone | Thank you so much for your fine long letter of February 25th about Tom's affairs. Your ideas | |
| [one of seven letters copied and sent to Dwyer concerning the establishment of a literary trust for Merton - letter between James Laughlin, editor of New Directions, and Naomi Burton Stone, Merton's literary agent] |
| | 1965/03/11 | TAL[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton | Did your father speak to you about your possibly agreeing to serve with J. Laughlin of New | |
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| | 1965/03/26 | TL[x] | to Stone, Naomi Burton | I am returning herewith the Thomas Merton correspondence which you left with me last week. | |
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| | 1965/03/30 | TALS[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton | Many thanks for your letter of March 26th and I will get in touch with J. Laughlin and we'll try to | |
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| | 1965/03/31 | TL[x] | to Stone, Naomi Burton | Thank you for your letter of March 30th. If the senior Dwyer learns that I am accidentally mailing | |
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| | 1965/04/22 | TL[c] | to Laughlin, James | Yesterday I received the Merton books which you were kind enough to send to me and I am delighted | |
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| | 1965/04/26 | TL[x] | to Laughlin, James | I acknowledge receipt of and thank you for EMBLEMS OF A SEASON OF FURY and ORIGINAL CHILD | |
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| | 1965/05/21 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton | I don't believe that I sent you a copy of the letter I received from Thomas Merton that he wrote | |
| [encloses letter of 1965/05/03 from Merton to Stone and a mailing list of people to whom his mimeographs are sent - copies are quite faded] |
| | 1965/05/21 (#02) | TL[x] | from Merton to Stone, Naomi Burton | This is a quick answer to your of April 28th, and I am making a copy for J. whom I expect here this | |
| [enclosed with letter of 1965/05/21 from Stone] |
| | 1965/05/21 (#03) | other | from Merton to Stone, Naomi Burton | <u>Mailing List</u>: MIMEOGRAPHS [-] Bro. Antoninus 217 Laurel | |
| [enclosed with letter of 1965/05/21 from Stone - mailing list of people to whom his mimeographs are sent - copies are quite faded] |
| | 1965/06/01 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton | Here's another efficient thing from Thomas Merton; namely, a list of all the mimeographed things | |
| [encloses list of Merton's mimeographs] |
| | 1965/06/01 (#02) | other | from Merton to Naomi Burton Stone | <u>Partial Check-list of Stencils: Father Louis - May 1965</u> [-] 1.Cistercian Theology-St Bernard | |
| [photocopy of a list of Merton's mimeographs with his annotations] |
| | 1965/06/14 | TALS[x] | from Gramatky, Linda | I'm enclosing herewith two binders from Sister Therese which are catalogues of Father Louis's work. | |
| [Linda Gramatky was secretary to Naomi Burton Stone] |
| | 1965/06/22 | TALS[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton | I thought you'd like to know that our boy, Merton, has now got both of the Abbot's secretaries | |
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| | 1965/07/21 | TLS[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton | I'm enclosing a whole bunch of contracts that the little monks have been busily thermofaxing for you | |
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| | 1965/07/22 | TL[x] | to Stone, Naomi Burton | I am receiving great stacks of materials from you and promise to do my best to digest them. | |
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| | 1965/11/04? | HNS | from Laughlin, James | Bellarmine - Father John Loftus. Merton dumped stuff with him. Policy - who have access for study | |
| [telephone memo taken by Dwyer's secretary - also photocopied in a business card from Laughlin with a note about whether Merton's <i>Way of Chuang Tzu</i> had been sent to Dwyer] |
| | 1965/11/09 (#01) | TALS[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton | Because we just signed a contract with the Abbey of Gethsemani for a book by Thomas Merton, | |
| [encloses list Merton compiled of his books to that time] |
| | 1965/11/09 (#02) | TALS[x] | from Stone, Naomi Burton | Because we just signed a contract with the Abbey of Gethsemani for a book by Thomas Merton, | |
| [encloses list Merton compiled of his books to that time - photocopy includes Merton's annotations with asterisks next to books he wanted to omit from future published lists of his works including <i>Exile Ends in Glory</i>, <i>What Are These Wounds</i>, <i>The Last of the Fathers</i> and <i>The Behavior of Titans</i>] |
| | 1965/12/06 | TLS[x] | from Laughlin, James / to Alfred Horrigan | Please forgive my delay in getting back to you after your kind telephone call. This seems to have | |
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