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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Claire, William F.".
Bill Claire was the founder of the literary magazine Voyages, based in Washington, D.C.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also "Pauker, John" file in regard to some of Merton's art owned by Pauker and published by Claire in Voyages.
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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1967/05/10 |
HLS to Merton |
I have been actively thinking of writing to you for 15 years, but now finally have a good reason. |
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1967/05/13 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for the letter. I am glad to hear about the new magazine and about the issue devoted to Lax. |
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1967/06/14 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Very glad to get your note and to learn you had seen and like the drawings. Naturally I am |
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1967/06/21 |
HLS to Merton |
Thanks for your nice letter -- I am delighted that you agree to having the drawings as part of |
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1967/06/no? |
TLS to Merton |
Last night at John Pauker's here in Washington -- I saw an incredible house filled with more art, |
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1967/07/24 |
TALS to Merton |
Here is another clipping from the Washington papers relating to your order. Hope you don't mind |
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[attaches articles from The Washington Post - from July 16 about a court case involving an "unfrocked" Trappist monk and "the mob" fighting over $300 million / from July 23 about the Israeli destruction of the Palestinian village of Imwas]
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1967/09/03 |
HPCS to Merton |
Through the kindness of John Pauker, we did unframe some of your drawings and brought them to our |
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1967/09/no? |
TLS to Merton |
My sympathy to you on the death of Ad Reinhardt-- I thought of you and Bob Lax when I first heard |
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1967/10/no? |
HLS to Merton |
I've made copies of these, and I want you to have them back as soon as possible. Isn't that |
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1968/01/28 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for thoughtfully sending along the review of John's Reader-- and from the Wall Street Journal |
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