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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Goulet, Denis A.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968

Volume: 16 item(s); 19 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Goulet, Denis A.".

Biography

Denis Goulet was the Visiting Associate Professor in Government and Education at Indiana University in Bloomington at the time of correspondence with Merton. Since 1979, he has served as O'Neill Professor in Education for Justice in the Department of Economics at Notre Dame University and is Faculty Fellow for both the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

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Related Information and Links

See also the "Ferry, Wilbur Hugh" and "Jackson, H. Merrill" files.

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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

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/02/27 TLSto MertonOn February 15th I received a letter from your colleague, Fr. M. Gregory, informing me of your   
 1967/03/09 TLSto MertonThank you for the note dated March 2. The date you picked, April 25, suits me perfectly.   
 1967/05/29 TALSto MertonThanks for your letter. Both Richard Chi and I are disppointed [sic] that we cannot see you in June   
 1967/09/15 HLSto MertonHere is the text of an address I gave recently at Notre Dame; I thought you might like to have it.   
 1967/10/26 HLSto MertonI am writing from Paris where I have been doing research on values for the last 3 weeks.   
 1967/10/27 telegramto MertonMERRILL JACKSON URGENTLY REQUEST QUOTE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE MERTON   
 1967/12/20 HLSto MertonMerrill Jackson visited us yesterday and mentioned you would like to see me again.   
 1968/01/09 TL[c]from MertonPlease forgive the delay in answering. I have a stretegic [sic] problem to solve, and had to wait   
 1968/02/06 HLSto MertonHere are the documents I promised to send you for transmission to W. H. Ferry at Santa Barbara.   
 1968/02/21 (#01)TLS[x]from MertonEnclosed is a copy of the letter I am sending W. H. Ferry at the Center, Box 4068, Santa Barbara,   
 1968/02/21 (#02)TL[x] from Merton to W. H. FerryEnclosed is a file of documents about a young man that I believe you will be interested in knowing  [Merton's carbon copy is in the "Ferry, Wilbur Hugh" file - copy enclosed with 1968/02/21 letter]
 1968/05/07 TLSto MertonThis letter covers many points, so I had best plunge right in. 1) Richard Chi and I would both   
 1968/05/24 TL[c]from MertonI have been away in another monastery for a few weeks and your letter was awaiting my return.   
 1968/06/21 TL[c]from MertonAttached is a letter I sent to the Cambridge address sometime before you got there. It was returned   
 1999/11/08 HLSto Cunningham, LarryI guess this is the only written note I have from Thomas Merton. Other communications with him  [Denis Goulet, now at Notre Dame University, send copies of the two 1968/02/21 letters to Lawrence Cunningham, also of Notre Dame]
 undated/no/no HCSto Center from Cunningham, LarryI send this stuff on to you - it may or may not be of value for the archives. Denis is on the  [sends materials sent by Denis Goulet to the Merton Center]
        

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