Merton and Martin Corbin discuss peace and justice issues related to Corbin's involvement with the Catholic Worker Movement. Dorothy Day, co-founder with Peter Maurin of the Catholic Worker Movement, is mentioned in some of the letters.
See also the "Zmuda, Robert" file.
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.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1962/01/09 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thank you for several copies of Liberation which reached me recently. |
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essay by Lanza del Vasto translated by Corbin - France and atomic weapons - Les Amis de Gandhi and Camille Drevet / Catholic pacifism
«detailed view» |
| 2. |
1962/01/29 |
TLS to Merton |
Thank you for your most kind and welcome letters, as well as the literature. I hope you will pardon |
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Jim Forest / Bob Steed / L'Arche / Mme. Drevet / Fr. Regamey
«detailed view» |
| 3. |
1964/06/16 |
TLS to Merton |
It is good to have an occasion for writing to you again. I have been meaning to for some time |
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Libertarian Press / Tom Cornell / Fr. Herve Chaigne / "Letters to a White Liberal" / Graham Greene / Cuba
«detailed view» |
| 4. |
1964/07/12 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter of June 16th. Time has gone fast since it came, and I have just looked at it |
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Gandhi / New Directions / Fr. Herve Chaigne / Peter Jack / non-violence
«detailed view» |
| 5. |
1964/07/12 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter of June 16th. Time has gone fast since it came, and I have just looked at it |
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Gandhi / New Directions / Fr. Herve Chaigne / Peter Jack / non-violence
«detailed view» |
| 6. |
1966/11/23 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for the information about the Camus article. I will try to arrange things so that |
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Thich Nhat Hanh / Secular Journal
«detailed view» |
| 7. |
1966/no/no |
TALS to Merton |
I see that it has been a couple of years since I corresponded with you and I am happy to have |
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[no date but seems to predate Merton's 1966/11/23 letter] Jim McMurray in hermitage / Aldous Huxley / Roger LaPorte / Thich Nhat Hanh
«detailed view» |
| 8. |
1967/02/09 |
HLS to Merton |
My abject apologies for the delay in getting your CWs to you; I had arranged well in advance |
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Fr. Chaigne / Gandhi / Camus / "Ishi Means Man"
«detailed view» |
| 9. |
1967/02/19 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Many thanks for the extra copies of the December issue which reached me the other day. |
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Freres du Monde / minor operation at hospital / Manas
«detailed view» |
| 10. |
1967/02/19 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for the extra copies of the December issue which reached me the other day. |
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Freres du Monde / minor operation at hospital / Manas
«detailed view» |
| 11. |
1967/03/06 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Here is the piece on [indecipherable word..]. You may change the title if you like, but really |
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«detailed view» |
| 12. |
1967/04/24 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for the Shoshoneans. I will send the review along without rush, some time. It is a good book |
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Zen
«detailed view» |
| 13. |
1967/05/18 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Many thanks for the extra copies of the last CW. Here is the piece on the Shoshoneans. |
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Ponca Indian / New University Thought
«detailed view» |
| 14. |
1967/05/18 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for the extra copies of the last CW. Here is the piece on the Shoshoneans. |
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Ponca Indian / New University Thought
«detailed view» |
| 15. |
1967/05/27 |
TLS to Merton |
Please excuse my delay in acknowledging receipt of the two pieces you sent us. Dorothy and I were |
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Zen / Cross Currents / Lubac and Danielou / Dr. Stern
«detailed view» |
| 16. |
1967/06/02 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Many thanks for your letter. Sure, go ahead with the articles as planned. Is there still time |
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Note to be added to "The Shoshoneans" article about peyotism / Dom Aelred Graham / Lubac / Buddhism / Zen / Jesuit piety and mysticism
«detailed view» |
| 17. |
1967/06/02 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for your letter. Sure, go ahead with the articles as planned. Is there still time |
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Note to be added to "The Shoshoneans" article about peyotism / Dom Aelred Graham / Lubac / Buddhism / Zen / Jesuit piety and mysticism
«detailed view» |
| 18. |
1967/07/09 |
TLS from Merton |
How would it be if I did a review article on the books I have marked here, a Maya constellation |
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Peace News
«detailed view» |
| 19. |
1967/07/20 (#01) |
TALS to Merton |
Dorothy and I are happy that you are going to do a piece on the Mayan civilization. |
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Indians / Jack Cook - Texas Rangers / Albert Schweitzer / Gene Fontinell / Les Dewart / Zen / Karl Stern / Carl Amery
«detailed view» |
| 20. |
1967/07/20 (#02) |
TL[x] to Merton |
Dorothy and I are happy that you are going to do a piece on the Mayan civilization. |
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Indians / Jack Cook - Texas Rangers / Albert Schweitzer / Gene Fontinell / Les Dewart / Zen / Karl Stern / Carl Amery
«detailed view» |
| 21. |
1967/08/27 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
I wrote this for Peace News and thought CW might possibly be able to use it. Do you have the Maya |
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«detailed view» |
| 22. |
1967/10/05 |
HLS to Merton |
Dorothy didn't get a chance to acknowledge your letter before leaving for Rome, so she asked me to. |
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Merton's piece on Auschwitz / Maya books / Wally Kendricks (ex-Trappist) / Zen / German Jesuit / Edwin Muir
«detailed view» |
| 23. |
1967/10/11 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
As a matter of fact I got interested in that Indian book and did write about it. So I am sending |
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Peace News / Auschwitz / Maya books / Zen books / Enomiye
«detailed view» |
| 24. |
1967/10/11 (#02) |
TALS[x] from Merton |
As a matter of fact I got interested in that Indian book and did write about it. So I am sending |
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Peace News / Auschwitz / Maya books / Zen books / Enomiye
«detailed view» |
| 25. |
1967/11/10 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
The enclosed long review-article on just two of the Mexican books may turn out to be too long |
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"Caste War" in Yucatan / Wally Kendrick
«detailed view» |
| 26. |
1967/11/10 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
The enclosed long review-article on just two of the Mexican books may turn out to be too long |
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"Caste War" in Yucatan / Wally Kendrick
«detailed view» |
| 27. |
1967/11/20 |
TALS to Merton |
I'm ashamed to see that it's well over a month since I received the enclosed piece and I haven't |
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Manas / Auschwitz / Camus' "La Peste" / Vietnam War
«detailed view» |
| 28. |
1967/11/24 |
HLS to Merton |
Hope this reaches you before you send the Crow Indian article some place else. After thinking about |
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publication of Crow article in Catholic Worker / Martin Luther King, Jr. printed quote on Vietnam [verso]
«detailed view» |
| 29. |
1967/11/27 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Both your letters, the one in big envelope with the article and the airmail one got to me today. |
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"War and Vision" and "Sacred City" articles / Phil Berrigan
«detailed view» |
| 30. |
1967/11/27 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Both your letters, the one in big envelope with the article and the airmail one got to me today. |
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"War and Vision" and "Sacred City" articles / Phil Berrigan
«detailed view» |
| 31. |
1968/02/13 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Here is a chunk from a new book of mine which might come in handy for CW. |
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«detailed view» |
| 32. |
1968/03/12 |
HLS to Merton |
Sorry to take so long in acknowledging the section from "Faith and Violence" |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. printed quote on Vietnam [verso]
«detailed view» |
| 33. |
1968/07/15 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I am enclosing what I consider to be a very worth while article from the Bulletin of the Atomic |
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Eileen Egans
«detailed view» |
| 34. |
2002/10/03 |
HLS[x] from Robert Steed |
I recently came into possession of these copies of some correspondence between TM and the late |
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[written to Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O.] Martin Corbin / letter donation
«detailed view» |
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