This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Connolly, Terence, Fr., S.J.".
Fr. Terence Connolly was Director of Libraries for Boston College from 1944 until 1959, succeeded by Brendan Connolly. He obtained a copy of a manuscript for The Seven Storey Mountain in the late 1940's.
Originals of Merton's correspondence with Fr. Connolly are held at the John J. Burns Library at Boston College.
See also the "Connolly, Brendan" and "Sweeney, Francis" files.
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. |
1948/12/16 |
TALS[x] to Sweeney, Francis |
The manuscript of SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN has just come to me through your kindness |
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| 2. |
1949/01/18 |
TL[x] to Merton |
You will not be pleased to hear from another correspondent. I know how distracting such matters |
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regarding the donation of the manuscript of The Seven Storey Mountain and the question of variant parts and parts excised from original
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| 3. |
1949/01/27 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I am glad you want to exhibit parts of the ms, not because of the fact that it is to be exhibited |
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regarding those interested in publishing unpublished sections of The Seven Storey Mountain / asking is Connolly would send him some books of interest to Merton
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| 4. |
1949/01/29 |
TL[x] to Merton |
Before giving you an opportunity to respond to my bold request of January 18th. I am writing to say |
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| 5. |
1949/02/01 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I am afraid it would take too much time to track down the two books you want and as far as I |
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regarding Merton's copies of books by William Blake and Etienne Gilson - according to Merton, the Gilson book requested by Connolly "vanished from Fr. Abbot's room" but sending Gilson's Mystical Theology of St. Bernard with underlining
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| 6. |
1949/02/01 (#02) |
TL[x] to Merton |
This is merely a line immediately upon receiving your more than gracious letter to thank you for it |
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| 7. |
1949/02/01 (#03) |
TL[x] to Editor of the Jester |
On January 26th our Assistant Librarian sent you an inquiry concerning issues of The Jester |
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[to the editor of The Jester, a humor magazine of Columbia University]
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| 8. |
1949/02/03 |
TL[x] to Merton |
Very many thanks for the Introduction to Elected Silence. It will be an interesting addition |
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| 9. |
1949/02/04 |
TL[x] to Merton |
This letter will need no answer. So that will be a great relief to you. I am writing only to thank |
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| 10. |
1949/02/09 |
TL[x] to Merton |
This is just a brief line to let you know that the precious volume, The Mystical Theology |
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| 11. |
1949/02/15 (#01) |
TL[x] to Merton |
This is just a brief note to thank you most sincerely for your great kindness in sending your copy |
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| 12. |
1949/02/15 (#02) |
TL[x] to Thomas, Halsey |
On January 26th we addressed separate letters to the offices of the following publications |
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[Mr. Halsey Thomas was at the time of writing the Director of Columbiana at Columbia University's Records Department]
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| 13. |
1949/02/18 (#01) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
Yes. Also I translated the "Spirit of Simplicity" and did the commentary. I sent you a copy |
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returning book by F.-D. Joret on Dominican life
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| 14. |
1949/02/18 (#02) |
TL[x] to Merton |
This morning the English and French versions of Dominican Life by Joret came to us |
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| 15. |
1949/02/21 |
HCS[x] from Merton |
By now I hope you have the other card explaining both mysteries. I pray for the success |
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| 16. |
1949/02/26 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for the Joret book, an unexpected and pleasant gift, which arrived safely the other day. |
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death of Fr. Odo, who was mentioned in The Seven Storey Mountain
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| 17. |
1949/03/07 |
TL[x] to Merton |
This letter goes to you with much apprehensiveness. Perhaps I am inexousably violating the special |
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| 18. |
1949/03/24 |
other[x] |
A Lecture and Exhibition |
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[photocopy of a program from "The Opening of an Exhibition of the Work of Thomas Merton" at the Boston College Library, March 24, 1949; and a "List of Items used in the Merton Exhibition, March 24 to April 10, 1949"]
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| 19. |
1949/03/30 |
TL[x] to Merton |
Because I know that you will probably not receive such communications as this until Easter, |
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| 20. |
1949/04/02 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I was surprised to get your generous donation, and acknowledge it now with all gratitude on behalf |
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Dan Walsh's lecture at Boston College / on being a deacon and the hope that he will be ordained a priest soon
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| 21. |
1949/04/27 (#01) |
HCS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for your letter. We are so glad the exhibition was a success, and in appreciation |
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donates the volume of William Blake used by Merton to Boston College
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| 22. |
1949/04/27 (#02) |
TL[x] to Merton |
Because I know that you will probably not receive such communications as this until Easter, |
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| 23. |
1949/05/02 (#01) |
TL[x] to Merton |
This is just a hurried note to say that under separate cover there goes to you the copies |
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possibility of keeping for research or transferring the marginal notes in Etienne Gilson's The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard
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| 24. |
1949/05/02 (#02) |
other[x] |
MARGINALIA by Thomas Merton IN GILSON'S THE MYSTICAL THEOLOGY OF ST. BERNARD |
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[marginalia transcribed from Merton's copy The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard by Étienne Gilson]
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| 25. |
1949/05/02 (#03) |
TLS[x] to Sweeney, Francis |
This is a brief and rather hurried answer to your letter just received. To put you at rest |
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| 26. |
1949/05/25 |
TL[x] to Merton |
Because I so deeply appreciate the invitation to be present at the open-air Solemn Pontifical Mass |
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| 27. |
1949/10/12 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Maybe you sent back that Gilson and it got past me by one of the many side-tracks that mail |
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Merton asks for Gilson book back for use in teaching "Spiritual Theology"
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| 28. |
1949/10/17 |
TL[x] to Merton |
It is difficult for me to express my embarrassment at the realization that I had not returned your |
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| 29. |
1950/01/13 |
TL[x] to Merton |
We have just received the galleyproofs of Seven Storey Mountain and The Waters of |
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| 30. |
1950/07/04 |
TLS[x] from Lentfoehr, Thérèse |
As I was about to sit down to thank you for your late letter and to express my appreciation of your |
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photocopies of pages from the manuscript of The Seven Storey Mountain sent to Lentfoehr and discrepancies in numbering and completeness
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1950/08/03 |
TLS[x] from Lentfoehr, Thérèse |
Accept this belated "thank you" for your great kindness in having the pages photostated for me. |
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photocopies of pages from the manuscript of The Seven Storey Mountain sent to Lentfoehr and discrepancies in numbering and completeness
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| 32. |
1952/12/17 |
HCS[x] from Merton |
Pray for us! f. m. Louis O.C.S.O. |
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[Christmas card]
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| 33. |
1955/02/08 |
TL[x] to Merton |
Today I received in the mail a copy of "Monastic Orientation," Series V, for which I am deeply |
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| 34. |
undated/08/14? |
TL[x] to Merton |
This is an unpardonably late date to be acknowledging with prayerful thanks the gift of the |
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[dated "Eve of the Assumption"- Skakel plane crash referenced in letter was October 3, 1955, so letter dated after this] thanks Merton for "Jonas Tegnet" (Jonastegnet, the Danish edition of The Sign of Jonas?) / delay in sending thanks due to Connolly's bout with hepatitis
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