This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Van Doren, Mark".
Mark Van Doren won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1940 for his 1939 volume of collected poems and was a literary critic and professor. He had a profound effect on Merton as a professor of English at Columbia University in New York. Van Doren was at Columbia from 1920 to 1959. Merton stayed in contact with Van Doren after leaving Columbia and after entering the monastery. Van Doren selected the pieces for Merton's Thirty Poems and helped get them published. Merton also knew Van Doren's wife, Dorothy, and sons Charles and John. Mark Van Doren visited Merton at Gethsemani a few times and met once with him in Louisville. (Source: The Road to Joy, p. 3.)
Usage permission for letters to Merton from Columbia University must be obtained from the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library. See the "A. J. Flogge" collection for the original of the letter dated August 30, 1957.
See also Cold War Letters #99 and other published letters from Merton to Van Doren in The Road to Joy, pp. 3-55; and see also one published letter in Witness to Freedom, pp. 161-162.
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.
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1. |
Series 1: 1939/03/24 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Well here is this Joyceish thing. It is a dialogue between a master and pupil. What is not clear |
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2. |
Series 1: 1939/03/30 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Surprised Mr ffin Daruian, and daylighted for your brief lettuce right in these stole of James' Joys |
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3. |
Series 1: 1939/04/04 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
I will be delighted to come to dinner Friday - (Good Friday is not really any stricter than other |
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4. |
Series 1: 1939/08/18 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter. No, I hadn't known about the mermaids with fishes' heads! |
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5. |
Series 1: 1939/10/24 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I am sending you a masque and a poem. The masque has little or nothing to do with the pastoral: |
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6. |
Series 1: 1940/04/no? |
HNS[x] from Merton |
Here is a poem I wrote. Cobre is a place in the mountains of Cuba near Santiago and the Virgin |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [note is written on a typescript of Merton's poem, "Song for Our Lady of Cobre"]
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7. |
Series 1: 1940/06/16 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
You see I am back here living in Lax's hut. I got back from Cuba a month or so ago. It was fine |
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8. |
Series 1: 1940/08/25 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
It turns out I had to give up my plans about the monastery: my mind was changed for me, not by me. |
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9. |
Series 1: 1941/01/28 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I am sending you a new poem which is different from any other porm [sic] I ever wrote in some ways, |
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10. |
Series 1: 1941/02/no? |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for the letter, I was happy you liked the poem. Some time ago I became a Franciscan Tertiary |
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11. |
Series 1: 1941/11/10 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
This is the carbon of a book I am trying to sell--that same agent is working on it. I thought you |
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12. |
Series 1: 1941/11/14 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Thank you for the letter, and I am very happy you liked the Journal, and want to send it to Sloane. |
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13. |
Series 1: 1941/11/28 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks very much for sending Sloane's opinion on the Journal. I was rather pleased that |
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14. |
Series 1: 1941/12/09 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for the letter, which I am in too much of a hurry to answer now. I am sending these not |
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15. |
Series 1: 1941/12/13 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Letter to My Friends [-] Explaining that I am entering the Trappists, in Kentucky. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [dated "St Lucy's Day 1941" - circular letter to friend in poetic form explaining his entry into the Trappists at Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky - contains a separate note for Van Doren at the end of the letter in which he transfers rights to Van Doren for his manuscript of Journal of My Escape from the Nazis]
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16. |
Series 1: 1942/04/14 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
We are allowed to write letters very seldom, but I got special permission to send you some |
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17. |
Series 1: 1942/05/15 |
HLS to Merton |
I have sent your poems and Journal to Bob, who is happier at Friendship House than I have |
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18. |
Series 1: 1943/05/12 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Let these poems serve for news of my religious life. My only activity is to remain motionless |
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19. |
Series 1: 1944/01/15 |
TLS[x] to Merton |
I have sent you by express the following manuscripts by Thomas Merton: Two bound volumes of Journals |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [filed at St. Bonaventure with a proposed anthology of poetry that Merton suggests to Van Doren (by various poets, not Merton)]
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20. |
Series 1: 1944/02/22 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Tomorrow it will be Lent and I won't be able to write my letters as I am writing this in haste now. |
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21. |
Series 1: 1944/04/16 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Day by day in this monastery I realize more and more how far I have fasted to show gratitude to all |
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22. |
Series 1: 1944/12/26 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Since we cannot write during Advent this is my first chance to thank you for the "30 Poems". |
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23. |
Series 1: 1945/11/07 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I was waiting til everything got settled with Laughlin before sending these back. Now they are no |
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24. |
Series 1: 1945/11/07 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
*=not published. other marks don't count [-] not published * - AFTERNOON [-] ARIADNE |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [a list of Merton's poems with marks designating whether each had been published]
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25. |
Series 1: 1945/11/07 (#03) |
other[x] from Merton |
Manuscripts of poems removed from letter dated 7 Nov. 1945: The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani |
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26. |
Series 1: 1946/06/17 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
How are you? Here's a bunch of things. I guess the paper shortage is holding up the new book |
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27. |
Series 1: 1946/07/07 |
HLS to Merton |
ho, I'm still here, and for once all my family are with me. They send their love with mine. |
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28. |
Series 1: 1946/09/19 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Maybe by now the ms of the Journal of Escape from the Nazis has got back to you. |
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29. |
Series 1: 1947/11/05 (#01) |
HLS[x] from Merton |
For a long time I have meant to write and haven't had the chance. I don't ever know if I thanked |
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30. |
Series 1: 1947/11/05 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
POEM IN THE RAIN AND THE SUN. [-] Watching the world from my peeled doorlight [-] Without my rain |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [poem by Merton]
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31. |
Series 1: 1947/11/22 |
HLS to Merton |
Thank you for a good letter and a good poem. The poem is one of your richest and best, but since |
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32. |
Series 1: 1948/03/14 |
HLS to Merton |
Your new book, of which Laughlin sent me, generously, three copies, has been read again and again, |
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33. |
Series 1: 1948/03/30 (#01) |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Easter gives me a chance to acknowledge your beautiful letter about Figures for an Apocalypse |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [published transcript of the letter from The Road to Joy includes an error - in the last sentence of the third paragrah, "constant" should be "contact" to read "particular contact with God"]
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34. |
Series 1: 1948/03/30 (#02) |
HLS[x] from Merton |
I liked very much the poem on your card. Do you know we do not have any of your books here? |
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35. |
Series 1: 1949/04/08 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
I write to you although it is Lent because my correspondence is now completely out of hand |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [contains a brief handwritten note at the end by Dom James Fox, abbot of Gethsemani at the time]
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36. |
Series 1: 1953/04/07 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
It was wonderful to get the letter and the book, which both arrived long enough before Lent for me |
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37. |
Series 1: 1953/07/21 |
TLS to Merton |
Your words about Spring Birth gave me the greatest pleasure. I was particularly happy |
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38. |
Series 1: 1953/08/11 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
In case I do not get a chance to write again before next March, I am doing so now in order to tell |
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39. |
Series 1: 1953/08/11 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
AN ELEGY FOR THE MONASTERY BARN (Gethsemani- July 30th, 1953.) [-] As though an aged person |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [poem by Merton]
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40. |
Series 1: 1953/08/11 (#03) |
other[x] from Merton |
TOWER OF BABEL [-] Oratorio [-] Part One. [-] 1 - Musical introduction - formal and solemn, followed |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [poem by Merton]
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41. |
Series 1: 1954/05/19 |
HLS to Merton |
I must clear something up. You will remember that I said when we were with you I had written you |
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42. |
Series 1: 1954/06/03 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
It was fine to get not one but two letters from you. I am fascinated by the stories. I have read |
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43. |
Series 1: 1954/06/16 |
HLS to Merton |
Well, here's a third (don't be alarmed), to thank you for reading the stories and saying they were |
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44. |
Series 1: 1954/10/16 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
At last it is raining and I not only have the time to write a letter but am more or less in a mood |
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45. |
Series 1: 1954/11/15 |
HLS to Merton |
Of course you are free to use the poem I/They Spoke. You always have such freedom, |
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46. |
Series 1: 1955/10/14 |
HLS to Merton |
Dorothy and I are on the move again - probably for the last time in our lives - and yesterday, |
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47. |
Series 1: 1955/12/30 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Your wonderful letter from Beaune was a happy surprise. Thank you for thinking of me at the Grande |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [earlier copy missing second page - second page (full letter) now copied from collection at Columbia University]
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48. |
Series 1: 1956/01/12 |
HLS to Merton |
This is your poem if you want it. I wrote it the next day after Bob's in the middle of December, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [contains Mark Van Doren's poem "Once in Kentucky (To Thomas Merton)"]
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49. |
Series 1: 1956/02/11 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
We want to live in the minds of other people and we are surprised when we find ourselves there, |
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50. |
Series 1: 1956/03/18 |
HLS to Merton |
Thank you for finding what you did in my poem about you, and thank you for these two poems of yours, |
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51. |
Series 1: 1956/07/03 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Here are the poems I threatened to send, but at the moment I have not found Birdcage Walk. |
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52. |
Series 1: 1956/07/30 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I was deeply moved by your last letter. Certainly there is little one can do about being |
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53. |
Series 1: 1957/04/09 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
As I prepare to tell you that I have dedicated my last book of poems to you and Dorothy, I reflect |
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54. |
Series 1: 1957/05/01 |
HLS to Merton |
On this perfect May Day, high and blue, with cool air hiding in corners to surprise the warm air |
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55. |
Series 1: 1957/08/21 |
HLS to Merton |
Believe it or not, I have written an autobiograph, to be published next year by Harcourt Brace, |
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56. |
Series 1: 1957/08/30 |
TLS from Merton |
Your letter was wonderful. The idea of the autobiography is a fine one, and I am sure it will be |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [letter loaned to Merton Center in 2001 and became part of permanent collection in 2016]
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57. |
Series 1: 1957/09/12 |
TALS to Merton |
A confession. I was careless about my dates, or rather about my times. We can reach Gethsemani |
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58. |
Series 1: 1957/09/17 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
By all means come in the afternoon of the 28th. I will be expecting you about two. That will give |
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59. |
Series 1: 1958/11/20 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Well, they are hammering again, and I am sitting down to another letter. This time it is Father |
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60. |
Series 1: 1958/12/18 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Quixote is here, where he belongs, among so many others like himself, and most welcome. |
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61. |
Series 1: 1959/06/06 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
I have not yet really written you the "Dear Mark" letter I should have written for the "feast" |
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62. |
Series 1: 1959/07/24 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
This is to you both since I have special thanks to each of you. First to Dot for this book, which I |
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63. |
Series 1: 1959/10/17 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Do not be surprised at the letterhead- I am just in here for a minor operation. But while here |
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64. |
Series 1: 1959/10/31 |
TL[c] from Merton |
My last letter to you from the hospital was a little inadequate, especially as I was peeved about |
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65. |
Series 1: 1959/11/02? |
HCS from Merton |
To Mark and Dorothy with all love from Tom. [The following printed:] Lovingly prayerful best wishes |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [card and envelope loaned to Merton Center in 2001 and became part of permanent collection in 2016 - the catalog of rare book dealer Glenn Horowitz place the Christmas card with the envelope of 1959/11/02, which must have come in the same group of paper, but the envelope could be for letter of 1959/10/31]
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66. |
Series 1: 1959/11/12 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Charlie sent me his "confession" signed, "with love from Babylon" which immediately reassured me. |
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67. |
Series 1: 1960/02/22 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
For once I am going to write this by hand for it is quieter, though you probably won't be able to |
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68. |
Series 1: 1960/08/09 |
HPCS to Merton |
If there were anything left to say about the solitary life, you said it in this beautiful book. |
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69. |
Series 1: 1960/09/17 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Thank you for your card about the little book on Solitude. I knew you would like it and understand |
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70. |
Series 1: 1960/12/02 |
HLS to Merton |
Before I forget your postscript (you probably have), Paula Van Doren is my niece - my brother Paul's |
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71. |
Series 1: 1961/02/16 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
It is a very long time since I have written. The pretext is this mimeographed thing, a deadpan |
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72. |
Series 1: 1961/02/16 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB [-] (Points for meditation: to be scratched on the walls of a cave) |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [poem by Merton with a note to Van Doren: "+ for Mark - a dour meditation. Tom."]
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73. |
Series 1: 1961/03/19 |
TLS to Merton |
Look here, young man, you're going to talk yourself out of Gethsemani. I don't really mean this, |
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74. |
Series 1: 1961/05/13 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
All I can say is that as June 6th approaches I am happy that no one but you will be going there |
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75. |
Series 1: 1961/05/13 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
THE MOSLEMS' ANGEL OF DEATH [-] (Algeria 1961) [-] Like a jeweled peacock he stirs all over |
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76. |
Series 1: 1961/06/14 (#01) |
HLS to Merton |
Dorothy and I went down last week as guest of Columbia while you were given the medal. |
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77. |
Series 1: 1961/06/14 (#02) |
other[x] to Merton |
Author Thomas Merton (the Reverend M. Louis, O.C.S.O.) an alumnus and former instructor in English |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [news release from Columbia University about Merton receiving the University Medal of Excellence - dated 1961/06/01 and sent with 1961/06/14 letter by Van Doren]
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78. |
Series 1: 1961/06/14 (#03) |
other[x] from Kirk, Grayson / to Merton |
Gifted master of language, in poem and prose, light-hearted as you are grave, you have reached out |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [statement from Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia University, on the occasion of Merton receiving the University Medal of Excellence - dated 1961/06/06 and sent with 1961/06/14 letter by Van Doren]
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79. |
Series 1: 1961/06/14 (#04) |
HNS[x] from Russell [no surname] |
Bob Harron wrote the Merton citation. It was good to have a glimpse of you. [-] Yours [-] Russell |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [dated 1961/06/06 and sent with 1961/06/14 letter by Van Doren]
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80. |
Series 1: 1961/06/14 (#05) |
HNS[x] from Ayres, Jean |
President Kirk himself, I am told, wrote the Commencement citation for Thomas Merton, in addition |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [from Jean Ayres, Assistant to Mr. Herpers at Columbia University, on the occasion of Merton receiving the University Medal of Excellence - dated 1961/06/08 and sent with 1961/06/14 letter by Van Doren]
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81. |
Series 1: 1961/06/14 (#06) |
TLS[x] from Harron, Robert |
Nothing could have pleased me more than the letter I received from you about the Merton citation. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [from Bob Harron, Assistant to the President at Columbia University, on the occasion of Merton receiving the University Medal of Excellence - dated 1961/06/12 and sent with 1961/06/14 letter by Van Doren]
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82. |
Series 1: 1961/06/21 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Here is the June solstice and I thank you for the medal in its box with its message of light |
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83. |
Series 1: 1961/09/09 (#01) |
HLS to Merton |
Yes, I'm to be in Louisville (Bellarmine College) December 1 and 2. And since I am due in |
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84. |
Series 1: 1961/09/09 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Harron, Robert |
I have returned from an absence in the Middle West and, in going through recent files, came upon |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [from Bob Harron, Assistant to the President at Columbia University - dated 1961/07/31]
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85. |
Series 1: 1961/09/09 (#03) |
TL[c] from Merton to Grayson Kirk |
Yesterday evening I received from the Father Abbot of our monastery the University Medal for |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [from Merton to Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia University - dated 1961/06/16 - poor copy, see "Kirk, Grayson" file for clearer version]
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86. |
Series 1: 1961/09/20 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
It was good to get your letter and I am very happy that you can come. Sunday is not the best |
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87. |
Series 1: 1961/09/20 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
A LETTER TO PABLO ANTONIO CUADRA CONCERNING GIANTS [-] At a moment when all the discordant |
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88. |
Series 1: 1961/11/13 |
HLS to Merton |
I have learned that I have lectures (reading) to give both Friday and Saturday right in Louisville, |
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89. |
Series 1: 1961/11/22 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thank you for the latest letter: I was deeply touched that the Thurbers wanted a copy of the poem |
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90. |
Series 1: 1961/12/07 |
HLS to Merton |
For all your lovely deeds and words, much thanks. I shall never forget that day, at the retreat, |
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91. |
Series 1: 1962/01/15 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I hear indirectly that this awful business about Charlie is starting up again. I hope that it is |
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92. |
Series 1: 1962/01/18 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
J. was here and left yesterday. I asked him if there was anything new about Charlie |
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93. |
Series 1: 1962/01/26 |
HLS to Merton |
Your first letter came by chance after the second but no matter: the whole thing is over |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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94. |
Series 1: 1962/02/04 |
HLS to Merton |
Your last two pieces, on Christian Action and Father |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [includes typescript of Van Doren's poem "Prophet"]
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95. |
Series 1: 1962/03/29 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
If I have not written sooner about the Prophet poem it is probably because I am too busy with |
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96. |
Series 1: 1962/04/03 |
HPCS from Merton |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [no words, just a wavy line - there is no signature or return address, but it is addressed to Van Doren and postmarked from New York]
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97. |
Series 1: 1962/04/04 |
HLS to Merton |
I languished a whole day without the poems you promised. Here they are now, though, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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98. |
Series 1: 1962/05/30 |
HLS to Merton |
Trips and other silly things delayed my reading of your Letters. I'm sorry for myself, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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99. |
Series 1: 1962/08/09 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Here, a poem. That is all. I have no other pretext for writing, but glad to have this one. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [Cold War Letters #99]
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100. |
Series 1: 1962/08/09 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
GRACE'S HOUSE [-] On the summit: it stands on a fair summit [-] Prepared by winds: and solid smoke |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [typescript of poem by Merton]
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101. |
Series 1: 1962/08/09 (#03) |
transcript from Merton |
Here, a poem. That is all. I have no other pretext for writing, but glad to have this one. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [Cold War Letters #99 - copy from bound set]
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102. |
Series 1: 1963/07/28 |
HLS to Merton |
Long time no write, no see, but plenty often think about. And now comes The Early Legend, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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103. |
Series 1: 1963/08/18 (#01) |
TAL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for the letter and above all for the book. THE book in every way: yours, ours, the year's, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [verso: draft of letter's first couple of lines]
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104. |
Series 1: 1963/08/18 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for the letter and above all for the book. THE book in every way: yours, ours, the year's, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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105. |
Series 1: 1963/09/07 |
HLS to Merton |
Paeans to you for your wonderful words about my giant book. I had feared it was too big, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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106. |
Series 1: 1964/01/07 |
TLS to Merton |
Emblems of a Season of Fury has been giving off daily, nightly, by my chair in the living |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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107. |
Series 1: 1964/02/11 (#01) |
TAL[c] from Merton |
I have not been able to keep track of who owes who letter (as if there were scoresheets in these |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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108. |
Series 1: 1964/02/11 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I have not been able to keep track of who owes who letter (as if there were scoresheets in these |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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109. |
Series 1: 1964/02/11 (#03) |
other[x] from Merton |
MESSAGE TO POETS [-] Brothers, I speak to you from a distance as one who should be there. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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110. |
Series 1: 1964/03/17 |
TLS to Merton |
Your last letter (not owed: letters aren't owed, any more than breaths are, or smiles) followed me |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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111. |
Series 1: 1964/07/23 |
HLS to Merton |
I break the silence of your summer (if silence) to say that Ted Andrews, our Shaker furniture friend |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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112. |
Series 1: 1964/08/04 (#01) |
TAL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for the word in the silence. I am sorry only of the occasion for it. I had as a matter |
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113. |
Series 1: 1964/08/04 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for the word in the silence. I am sorry only of the occasion for it. I had as a matter |
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114. |
Series 1: 1964/12/19 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Yes, you bet we got winter. Your card woke me out of hibernation. Not really. But I have not been |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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115. |
Series 1: 1964/12/19 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Yes, you bet we got winter. Your card woke me out of hibernation. Not really. But I have not been |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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116. |
Series 1: 1965/01/03 |
TLS to Merton |
I shouldn't answer your last letter so soon, but tomorrow we go away for six weeks and I don't want |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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117. |
Series 1: 1965/09/29 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
How are you? I hope in good health now, though last I heard you were in a hospital. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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118. |
Series 1: 1965/10/08 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
I'm fine, thank you. Hospital? I've never been in one - yet. True, in January I had a traumatic |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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119. |
Series 1: 1966/02/16 |
TLS to Merton |
I have hesitated to intrude upon your retreat, which even the New York Times knows about, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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120. |
Series 1: 1966/02/24 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
I did not know of the Journal Lax has been keeping. By all means send it along. If it is so good, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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121. |
Series 1: 1966/02/24 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I did not know of the Journal Lax has been keeping. By all means send it along. If it is so good, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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122. |
Series 1: 1966/03/06 |
TLS to Merton |
Thank you for telling us how you live - I know you live - and for the Tales of Nasrudin, |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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123. |
Series 1: 1966/03/17 |
HPCS[x] from Merton |
Lax's book is certainly the book of the year. I am really liking it and will send I think |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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124. |
Series 1: 1966/07/25 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
It is so long since I wrote to you and so much water has gone under the bridge that the bridge |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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125. |
Series 1: 1966/07/25 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
It is so long since I wrote to you and so much water has gone under the bridge that the bridge |
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126. |
Series 1: 1966/08/21 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I forget if I ever sent you these scurrilous lines in praise of Bob Lax's movie career. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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127. |
Series 1: 1966/08/21 (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
WESTERN FELLOW STUDENTS SALUTE WITH CALYPSO ANTHEMS THE MOVIE CAREER OF |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [typescript of a poem by Merton - "Western Fellow Students Salute with Calypso Anthems the Movie Career of Robert Lax"]
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128. |
Series 1: 1968/02/26 |
HPCS to Merton |
Heavy footed, for heavy weather. Ponderous gods down here. We are on a two- |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [verso: color postcard of a stone statue of the Aztec god Tlaloc - sent from Mexico]
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129. |
Series 1: 1968/03/12 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Many thanks for the card of old big boots down in Mexico. I thought seriously of Tlaloc last night |
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130. |
Series 1: 1968/03/12 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for the card of old big boots down in Mexico. I thought seriously of Tlaloc last night |
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131. |
Series 1: 1968/03/15 |
TLS to Merton |
I shouldn't answer you so quickly, but the fact is that I was about to write you to say that I had |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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132. |
Series 1: 1968/04/12 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
They can call this Friday Good: bright sun, blue hills, many birds, and the local mockingbird who |
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133. |
Series 1: 1968/04/12 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
They can call this Friday Good: bright sun, blue hills, many birds, and the local mockingbird who |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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134. |
Series 1: 1968/04/16 |
TLS to Merton |
Use the poem of course if you really like it, and entitulate it as you seefitulate. I know they're |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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135. |
Series 1: 1968/06/22 |
HLS to Merton |
Monks Pond No. 2 is even better - maybe my favorite is |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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136. |
Series 1: 1968/07/23 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
MPOND iii is now in the press, which is to say it is being typed on stencils by a Jesuit scholastic |
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137. |
Series 1: 1968/07/23 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
MPOND iii is now in the press, which is to say it is being typed on stencils by a Jesuit scholastic |
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138. |
Series 1: 1968/11/29 |
HCS to Merton |
I never expected to hear from you in those parts, and when you said the monastery would forward mail |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [Christmas card to Merton (never received) - verso: Van Doren's poem, "Winter Calligraphy"]
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139. |
Series 1: 1968/11/no? |
HPCS[x] from Merton |
I have been confronting this huge presence for about 10 days. Out of 1 month or more in India, most |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [verso of postcard - Mount Kanchenjunga in Darjeeling, India]
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140. |
Series 1: 1968/12/10 (#01) |
telegram from Burns, Flavian |
WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU OF THE DEATH OF FATHER THOMAS MERTON IN BANGKOK |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [from Dom Flavian Burns, Abbot of Gethsemani]
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141. |
Series 1: 1968/12/10 (#02) |
HLS[x] to Burns, Flavian |
Terrible as it is, thank you for sending me tonight the news of Thomas Merton's death. He was one |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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142. |
Series 1: 1972/08/19 |
HLS to Center from Van Doren, Mark |
I have your letter of August 7, 1972, concerning my correspondence with Thomas Merton. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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143. |
Series 1: 1973/11/30 |
TL[x] from Center to Estate of Mark Van Doren |
Mr. Victor Kramer at Georgia State University has requested permission to look at Dr. Mark Van |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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144. |
Series 1: 1973/12/03 |
HLS to Center from Van Doren, Dorothy |
I am glad to give permission for examination of my late husband's letter to Thomas Merton. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren...
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145. |
Series 1: undated/no/no (#01) |
other[x] from Merton |
Maybe the reason why I have written so little is that I have written so much to everybody under the |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [see Sub-Section D.9 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Mark Van Doren from inside mimeograph of "The Cold War Letters" (rare brief version)]
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146. |
Series 1: undated/no/no (#02) |
other[x] from Merton |
+to Mark and Dorothy Van Doren with all blessings and affection in Christ [-] Tom [-] f M. Louis |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [see Sub-Section D.9 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Mark Van Doren from inside mimeograph of "Notes on Sacred Art"]
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147. |
Series 1: undated/no/no (#03) |
other[x] from Merton |
+for Mark and Dorothy - with all Christmas blessings - 1960 [-] Tom. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [see Sub-Section D.9 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Mark and Dorothy Van Doren from inside offprint of "The Catholic and Creativity"]
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148. |
Series 1: undated/no/no (#04) |
other[x] from Merton |
+Mark - sorry for my delay in sending this - I can't remember if I already sent you a copy. Tom. |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [see Sub-Section D.9 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Mark Van Doren from inside mimeograph of "Notes on Genesis"]
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149. |
Series 1: undated/no/no (#05) |
other[x] from Merton |
+for Mark and Dot with whom I have no disputes for whom I have nothing but the deepest friendship |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Mark and Dorothy Van Doren from inside of Disputed Questions]
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150. |
Series 1: undated/no/no (#06) |
other[x] from Merton |
+to Mark and Dot a rather late announcement but valid for any day. Tom |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Mark and Dorothy Van Doren from inside of Disputed Questions]
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151. |
Series 1: undated/no/no (#07) |
other[x] from Merton |
for Mark - handle with care - happy new year [-] Tom |
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Series 1: Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren... [see Sub-Section B.6 for original - copy of inscription by Merton to Mark Van Doren from inside of Seeds of Destruction]
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152. |
Series 2: 1941/12/16 |
TLS[x] from Stone, Naomi Burton |
Mr. Merton has told me that he has given all rights in his JOURNAL OF MY ESCAPE to you and this is |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Naomi Burton Stone, Merton's friend and literary agent from New York City, to Mark Van Doren]
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153. |
Series 2: 1944/01/06 |
TLS[x] from Plassmann, Thomas |
Many thanks for your kind favor of December 26. I feel that we can accept the revelations that Tom |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Fr. Thomas Plassmann, Franciscan priest and President of St. Bonaventure College in New York, to Mark Van Doren]
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154. |
Series 2: 1944/01/20 |
TLS[x] from Herscher, Irenaeus |
At the request of Father Thomas Plassmann, President of St. Bonaventure College, may I kindly |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Fr. Irenaeus Herscher, Franciscan priest and librarian of Friedsam Memorial Library at St. Bonaventure College in New York, to Mark Van Doren]
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155. |
Series 2: 1944/02/07 |
HLS[x] from Laughlin, James |
I'd be delighted to give Merton's ms. serious consideration. Would you be kind enough to send me |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren - he writes from Alta, Utah]
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156. |
Series 2: 1944/03/06 |
HLS[x] from Laughlin, James |
I like the Merton poems quite a lot and would like to include him in the "Poets" series for 1944. |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren - he writes from Alta, Utah]
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157. |
Series 2: 1944/03/28 (#01) |
TL[x] from Laughlin, James |
Here is a brief contract which I hope you will find OK. If you will sign and send me one copy, |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren - he writes from Holladay, Utah]
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158. |
Series 2: 1944/03/28 (#02) |
other[x] from Laughlin, James |
MEMORANDUM OF AN AGREEMENT entered into this 28th day of March, 1944, by & between |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [signed by Van Doren and James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut]
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159. |
Series 2: 1944/06/27 |
TLS[x] from Laughlin, James |
I hope you are well and thriving. I am sending you a set of pages of the new book of poems by Jean |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren]
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160. |
Series 2: 1944/07/07 |
TLS[x] from Laughlin, James |
There is every indication that the little Merton book will be sold out before the end of the year. |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren]
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161. |
Series 2: 1946/07/31 |
TLS[x] from Laughlin, James |
That is good news that Merton is interested in another book. From my business point of view, since |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren]
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162. |
Series 2: 1946/09/12 |
TLS[x] from Rago, Henry |
Thomas Merton has asked me to send you his manuscript, JOURNAL OF MY ESCAPE FROM THE NAZIS |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Henry Rago, Associate Editor of Pellegrini & Cudahy publishers in Chicago, Illinois, to Mark Van Doren]
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163. |
Series 2: 1948/07/21 |
TLS[x] from Giroux, Robert |
Thomas Merton's THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN was earmarked for you long ago, and an advance |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Robert Giroux, an editor at Harcourt, Brace publishers and friend of Merton, to Mark Van Doren]
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164. |
Series 2: 1948/10/04 |
HLS[x] from Shuster, George / to Irita Van Doren |
Here is a piece about Thomas Merton's book - and I hope not too unctuous a one. Certainly it ought |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from George N. Schuster, President of Hunter College in New York City, to Irita Van Doren, who was an editor at The Nation and the New York Herald Tribune, and was married to Mark Van Doren's brother, Carl] recommends The Seven Storey Mountain - references to Mark Van Doren
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165. |
Series 2: 1948/11/29 |
HLS[x] from Albert, Brenda |
Over this week end I had the rare privilege of reading your former pupil, Thomas Merton's book, |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Brenda Albert of the Mechanical Engineering Department of John Hopkins University to Mark Van Doren]
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166. |
Series 2: 1949/01/05 |
TLS[x] from Giroux, Robert |
I think the enclosed novel, by Elizabeth Charlotte Webster, will interest you. It's a posthumous |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Robert Giroux, an editor at Harcourt, Brace publisher and friend of Merton, to Mark Van Doren]
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167. |
Series 2: 1950/10/15 |
HLS[x] from Paganuzzi, Adolph / to Merton |
(after having read 'The Seven Storey Mountain' [-] "Die nobis Thoma, quid vidiate in via?" |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Adolph Paganuzzi of New York City to Merton]
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168. |
Series 2: 1950/11/07 |
HLS[x] from Paganuzzi, Adolph |
It is with hesitation that I begin this letter because I am afraid that I shall never be able |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Adolph Paganuzzi of New York City to Mark Van Doren]
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169. |
Series 2: 1955/05/10 |
HLS[x] from Keenan, Thomas, Mrs. |
I was just taking a few minutes to read Bite the Bullet by Dorothy |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Mrs. Thomas F. Keenan of Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Mark Van Doren]
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170. |
Series 2: 1958/04/25 |
HLS[x] from Hornby, John |
On behalf of our Columbia Undergraduate Newman Club may I again express our appreciation |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from John Hornby, Social Chairman of the Newman Club at Columbia University, to Mark Van Doren]
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171. |
Series 2: 1958/05/16 |
HLS[x] from Rea, James Edward |
I find myself at a loss for words to describe the experience of having you talk of your friend, |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Edward Rea, Counselor to Catholic Students at Columbia University, to Mark Van Doren]
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172. |
Series 2: 1959/08/04 |
TLS[x] from Laughlin, James |
Many thanks for your card of the 31st, about the manuscript of Tom's "Selected Poems." I think this |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren]
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173. |
Series 2: 1959/08/10 |
TLS[x] from MacGregor, Robert |
I have your postcard to J. Laughlin, and was going to write you anyway. J. is on his way to Europe |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Robert M. MacGregor, Vice President of New Directions publishing from Norfolk Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren]
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174. |
Series 2: 1959/10/07 |
TLS[x] from MacGregor, Robert |
Griselda Channessian gave me your "preface" for Thomas Merton's SELECTED POEMS late yesterday, |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Robert M. MacGregor, Vice President of New Directions publishing from Norfolk Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren]
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175. |
Series 2: 1959/10/27 |
TLS[x] from Laughlin, James |
I am just back from a very pleasant visit in Europe, where I put my boy in a school in Bavaria, |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from James Laughlin, head of New Directions publishing in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Mark Van Doren]
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176. |
Series 2: 1960/08/19 |
TLS[x] from Thompson, Lawrence |
I am working on a little project to have an exhibition on modern American poets some time |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Lawrence S. Thompson, Director of Libraries at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, to Mark Van Doren]
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177. |
Series 2: 1960/12/11 |
TLS[x] from Markert, Louise |
I was one of the privileged persons to hear you speak at the recent Conference of the National |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Louise Markert, an English teacher from Seattle, Washington, to Mark Van Doren]
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178. |
Series 2: 1961/03/15 |
TLS[x] from Kirk, Grayson |
The Trustees have chosen Thomas Merton to be a recipient of the University Medal for Excellence this |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia University, to Mark Van Doren]
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179. |
Series 2: 1961/08/02 |
TLS[x] from Senatore, John |
While reading your Autobiography with great interest, I discovered on page 269, in your |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from John Senator, writing from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Mark Van Doren]
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Series 2: 1961/12/15 |
TLS[x] from Dougherty, Jude |
On behalf of Louisville's Book-A-Semester Program may I thank you for your appearance in Louisville. |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Jude P. Dougherty, writing from Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky, to Mark Van Doren]
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181. |
Series 2: 1963/05/21 |
HLS[x] from Martin, Esther |
At Bethany College ten days ago I had the treat of hearing you speak. I know you will recall where |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Esther Martin of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mark Van Doren]
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182. |
Series 2: 1966/no/no? |
TLS[x] from ? |
Thanks for your card. This issue of LATITUDES proved one thing to me: people are reading it! |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from an unknown correspondent to Mark Van Doren]
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183. |
Series 2: 1968/12/10 |
HLS[x] to Burns, Flavian |
Terrible as it is, thank you for sending me tonight the news of Thomas Merton's death. He was one |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Mark Van Doren to Flavian Burns, Abbot of Gethsemani]
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184. |
Series 2: 1968/12/11 |
TLS[x] from Cuneo, Paul |
We are happy to know that you will be able to do for us a short article on Thomas Merton. |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Paul Cuneo, Book Editor from the magazine America in New York City, to Mark Van Doren]
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185. |
Series 2: 1968/12/18 |
TLS[x] from Ambrose, Lee |
If you would be willing to write a note on Thomas Merton for the FORUM, though you have written |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Mrs. Lee Ambrose, editor of Columbia Forum (of Columbia University), to Mark Van Doren]
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186. |
Series 2: 1968/12/19 |
TLS[x] from Cuneo, Paul |
Many thanks for your moving tribute to Thomas Merton which we received this morning and which |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Paul Cuneo, Book Editor from the magazine America in New York City, to Mark Van Doren]
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187. |
Series 2: 1969/01/05 |
HLS[x] from Michael Mary, Sr. |
This is a "thank you" note, a note of "sympathy" and also a note of "friendship." It is a "thank |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from "Sr. Michael Mary" of St. Mary's Convent in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to Mark Van Doren]
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188. |
Series 2: 1969/01/06 |
HLS[x] from Schretzmann, Walter |
I would like very much to meet you during my Easter Vacation. I would like to talk to you |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Walter Schretzmann, a 16 year old student from New York City, to Mark Van Doren]
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189. |
Series 2: 1969/01/07 |
TLS[x] from Finley, Mitchel |
When I sat down to write this letter to you a few minutes ago I had intended to ask you about Thomas |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Mitchell B. Finley to Mark Van Doren]
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190. |
Series 2: 1969/01/10 |
TLS[x] from Roseliep, Raymond |
I wish to thank you for that touching essay on Tom Merton in America. Though I must confess |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Raymond Roseliep, a Catholic priest and poet serving as chaplain at Mount Saint Francis in Dubuque, Iowa, to Mark Van Doren]
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191. |
Series 2: 1969/01/14 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
With this letter I am sending you some back copies of Continuum, a quarterly which I suspect |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Justus George Lawler, editor at Herder and Herder publishers, to Mark Van Doren]
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192. |
Series 2: 1969/01/20 |
TLS[x] from Giroux, Robert |
My piece on Tom worked out a little differently than I expected. I don't know whether the Columbia |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Robert Giroux, editor and publisher at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and friend of Merton, to Mark Van Doren]
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193. |
Series 2: 1969/01/23 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Ambrose, Lee |
Your piece on Thomas Merton arrived this afternoon and we are delighted with it. Thank you so much. |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Mrs. Lee Ambrose, editor of Columbia Forum (of Columbia University), to Mark Van Doren]
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194. |
Series 2: 1969/01/23 (#02) |
HLS[x] from ? |
May God be Praised for the Brilliant mind He endowed you with - for the opportunity to achieve |
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195. |
Series 2: 1969/01/29 |
HPCS[x] from O'Gorman, Ned |
Beauty and love in that memory of Tom - In homage and love [-] Ned [last name difficult to read] |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Ned O'Gorman, poet from New York City, to Mark Van Doren]
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196. |
Series 2: 1969/01/31 |
TLS[x] from Arnold, Walter |
I hope this note finds you and your family well and flourishing. I am writing because I happened |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Walter Arnold, editor at E. P. Dutton publishers in New York City, to Mark Van Doren]
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197. |
Series 2: 1969/02/01 |
HLS[x] from Crane, Milton |
I write to say that I have read – and have been much moved by – your eloquent essay on Tom Merton. |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Milton Crane, English professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., to Mark Van Doren]
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198. |
Series 2: 1969/02/04 |
TLS[x] from Devons, Judith |
We have just received at the FORUM office the galleys of your obituary to Thomas Merton, and they |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Judith Devons, Assistant to the Editor of Columbia Forum magazine (of Columbia University), to Mark Van Doren]
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199. |
Series 2: 1969/02/05 |
TL[x] to Devons, Judith |
For the life of me I can't find anything wrong with this proof, so here it is with my OK. |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [to Judith Devons, Assistant to the Editor of Columbia Forum magazine (of Columbia University), from Mark Van Doren]
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200. |
Series 2: 1969/02/10 |
TLS[x] from Lawson, Nora |
Recently, I was bereft of a friend whom I loved, although I had not, and likely would never have, |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others...
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201. |
Series 2: 1969/03/11 |
HLS[x] from Irvine, Ralph |
I have quite a collection of clippings on Thos. Merton since his death. Yours from America was |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others...
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202. |
Series 2: undated/10/06 |
TLS[x] from Gorman, William [?] |
It has seemed to me that you should at least know how pleasurable to me have been my several recent |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others...
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203. |
Series 2: undated/no/no |
other[x] |
An immense amount of life went out of the world when Thomas Merton died suddenly in Bangkok |
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204. |
Series 2: undated/no/no |
HLS[x] from Maurice, Sr. |
I am very deeply interested in enkindling a love of poetry. The desire encouraged me to write |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Sr. M. Maurice of the Sacred Heart Convent in Syracuse, New York]
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205. |
Series 2: undated/no/no |
TLS[x] from Giroux, Robert |
I liked your piece about Tom in America immensely. The quotations from his letters are very |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others... [from Robert Giroux, editor and publisher at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and friend of Merton, to Mark Van Doren]
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206. |
Series 2: undated/no/no |
HNS[x] from ? |
That's a beautiful compliment paid to you on pp 138-9 of "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas |
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Series 2: Correspondence between Van Doren and Others...
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207. |
Series 2: undated/no/no |
other[x] |
THOMAS MERTON, MONK [-] The sudden death of Thomas Merton last December sent letters flying |
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208. |
Series 2: undated/no/no |
other[x] |
THOMAS MERTON: A Personal Memoir [-] By Robert Giroux '36 [-] I knew Thomas Merton for thirty-three |
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