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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Moritz, Charles".
Charles Moritz was the longest serving editor of Current Biography, serving from 1958-1992.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
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.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1968/09/06 |
TLS to Merton |
We have selected your name for inclusion in a forthcoming issue of CURRENT BIOGRAPHY, |
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| 2. |
1968/09/09? (#01) |
other from Merton |
Dear Madam: (Who are you kidding?) Name (preferred form): Thomas Merton |
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[form entitled "BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION for CURRENT BIOGRAPHY"] Merton's handwritten answers to standard form, including some humorous entries, "Allergic to city. Allergic to cocktail parties etc."]
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1968/09/09? (#02) |
TALS from Merton |
Additional information: There are no "studio portraits" but good informal photos can be had from |
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Merton add additional biographical information not covered by the standard form (item 1) including a description of his current way of life, his controversial nature, his trip to Asia and visits to Buddhist monks, and forthcoming publications
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1968/09/09? (#03) |
other from Merton |
Books by Thomas Merton - 1968 |
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[spirit duplicator ditto of Merton's list of published books, including forthcoming books, and his curriculum vitae from 1967 - book list includes handwritten annotation by Merton (explains Monks Pond is a poetry magazine)]
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2012/05/29 |
HCS to Center from Hart, Patrick |
Here is an anonymous gift for the Merton Collection - esp. the letter written the day he left |
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[Br. Patrick Hart sends with this letter, the anonymous letter of donation, the form filled out by Merton with his typed and signed addendum, CV and list of books published, and the following clippings from his writings - "Day of a Stranger," "The Drawings of Thomas Merton" with "A Note by the Artist" and "A Note (and Poem) by Mark Van Doren on Thomas Merton," "The Monk Today," and "Cables to the Ace."
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2012/05/no? |
HN from ? / to Patrick Hart |
I found this biographical information of Brother Merton from my old company, now defunct. |
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[anonymous letter of donation]
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