Curtis Brown, Ltd.

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In contrast to Merton's correspondence with individuals employed by Curtis Brown (Naomi Burton Stone, Perry Knowlton, Elizabeth Mowat, etc.), whose files are listed by name, this was a file kept by one of Merton's abbots, Dom James Fox. It is primarily Fox's letters in connection with the literary agency, Curtis Brown, Ltd., although there are some copies of Merton's letters and a number of small notes by Merton.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
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1.	1949/12/05	TL[c] from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Frank Bruce	I have just returned from Kentucky where I had a chance to talk with Father Abbott at Gethsemani		«detailed view»
2.	1949/12/06 (#01)	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Merton	I am enclosing a copy of the letter I wrote to Frank Bruce yesterday. I tried to make it sound as		sending photographs from "Heritage" that Bob [Robert Giroux?] asked to send to Merton / sending power of attorney [see item #2 of the same date] establishing Naomi Burton Stone as literary agent «detailed view»
3.	1949/12/06 (#02)	other from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Merton	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, FR. M. LOUIS, O.C.S.O (THOMAS MERTON), of Abbey		[Power of Attorney document establishing Naomi Burton of Curtis Brown, Ltd. as literary agent with attorney powers regarding literary rights for Thomas Merton] «detailed view»
4.	1949/12/20	TLS[x] from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	We are very happy, indeed, to be sending you the enclosed check that represents the remaining		[see the "Monastic formation and novitiate programs" file in Sub-Section E.1 for original on verso of document dated 1950/01/01] sending royalties from Harcourt Brace due Merton «detailed view»
5.	1951/12/03	TLS from Weiner, Gertrude S. / to Merton	Our Buenos Aires representative sent up an agreement for Portuguese language rights in THE SEVEN		«detailed view»
6.	1951/12/06	TLS from Weiner, Gertrude S. / to Merton	I am delighted to tell you that Garzanti also want to publish THE ASCENT TO TRUTH and make		«detailed view»
7.	1951/12/10 (#01)	TLS from Weiner, Gertrude S. / to Merton	As you know, we finally decided to let Albin Michel have first option on the French rights		French rights, The Ascent to Truth «detailed view»
8.	1951/12/10 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Gertrude S. Weiner	As requested in your kind letter of the 3rd, we are enclosing original and three copies		«detailed view»
9.	1951/12/13	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Gertrude S. Weiner	In accordance with the recommendation contained in your letter of the 6th, we are happy to enclose		Italian rights, The Ascent to Truth «detailed view»
10.	1951/12/15	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Gertrude S. Weiner	In accordance with your letter of the 10th, enclosed are the two signed copies of the French rights		French rights, The Ascent to Truth «detailed view»
11.	1951/no/no	transcript Stone, Naomi Burton	"The situation is that the tax convention between the two countries is designed to avoid any party		Fox's extract from a letter from Naomi Burton Stone of October 15 «detailed view»
12.	1952/01/no?	other to Merton	Form 1099 U.S. Treasury Department Calendar Year 1951 Kind and Amount of Income Paid		Royalties paid by Harcourt, Brace in 1951 as reported to the U.S. government «detailed view»
13.	1952/02/19	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received you beautiful note of January 29 in regard to the jacket drawing for the reprint edition		«detailed view»
14.	1952/04/10	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I seem always to be asking you for something but I know you understand. This time I want to ask		asking help in getting an audience with Pope Pius XII «detailed view»
15.	1952/04/22	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Your charming letter of April 10 arrive with the good news about Ned. We certainly will pray		Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi, contact for Stone to get audience with Pope Pius XII «detailed view»
16.	1952/05/16	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	We sent down two copies of the new Harcourt Brace contract to you on the ninth of April.		«detailed view»
17.	1952/05/16	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	We sent down two copies of the new Harcourt Brace contract to you on the ninth of April.		«detailed view»
18.	1952/06/05	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your note of the 16th of May in regard to the two copies of the contract you sent to us		«detailed view»
19.	1952/10/10	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	I am very sorry I could not have met you in New York on my return from Europe, but I have there only		«detailed view»
20.	1952/11/26	TLS from Byrne, James, Mrs. / to Merton	Thank you for your letter of November 21st. I am sorry if there seems to have been a mix-up about		[from Mrs. James Byrne of Curtis Brown to Merton] Portuguese translation of a book - Livraria Taveres Martins «detailed view»
21.	1953/01/10	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	The General Chapter of our Order has issued a ruling last September that all translations, whether		«detailed view»
22.	1953/01/19	TLS from Byrne, James, Mrs. / to James Fox	Naomi Burton has referred to me your letter of January 10th as I am in charge of the Foreign Rights		«detailed view»
23.	1953/02/20	TLS from Cushman, John / to Merton	Messrs. Spectrum have paid all amounts due for the Trade edition of "Seven Storey Mountain"		«detailed view»
24.	1953/02/24	TLS from Cushman, John / to Merton	As you know Albin Michel have first option on the French rights in THE SIGN OF JONAS.		«detailed view»
25.	1953/03/03 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to John Cushman	We are returning, duly executed, original and one copy of the contract for the French rights		«detailed view»
26.	1953/03/03 (#02)	TLS from Cushman, John / to Merton	Our Italian representative has written us that Garzanti are prepared to purchase the Italian rights		«detailed view»
27.	1953/03/06	TL[c] from Fox, James / to John Cushman	Your letter addressed to Father Lewis in regard to the royalties from "Seven Storey Mountain" to be		«detailed view»
28.	1953/03/10	TLS from Cushman, John / to Merton	Our German representative has written us that Benzinger Verlag, Zurich are prepared to purchase		German rights and royalty agreements for The Sign of Jonas and The Ascent to Truth «detailed view»
29.	1953/03/16	TL[c] from Fox, James / to John Cushman	In accordance with your request, we are happy to enclose signed copies of the contracts		German and Italian editions of The Sign of Jonas «detailed view»
30.	1953/05/01	TLS from Cushman, John / to Merton	Herewith enclosed for your signature three sets of contracts for Spanish editions of your work		Spanish edition of The Sign of Jonas «detailed view»
31.	1953/05/15	TL[c] from Fox, James / to John Cushman	Please pardon the long delay in replying to your letter of May 1st, with the enclosed contracts		Spanish edition of The Sign of Jonas «detailed view»
32.	1953/05/20	TLS from Cushman, John / to James Fox	Herewith for your signature are three sets of corrected contracts for THE SIGN OF JONAS.		Spanish edition of The Sign of Jonas «detailed view»
33.	1953/05/23	TL[c] from Fox, James / to John Cushman	In accordance with your request, enclosed are the duly executed contracts. We have kept a copy		«detailed view»
34.	1953/05/28	HLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	For ages I have been meaning to send you this brochure about the company Ned is in. I know you'd be		«detailed view»
35.	1953/06/06	TL[c] from Fox, James / to John Cushman	We are herewith enclosing the three sets of corrected contracts for THE SIGN OF JONAS.		«detailed view»
36.	1953/06/18	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Thank you very much for your letter of May 28 with the brochure about that new method		«detailed view»
37.	1953/06/25	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Hugh Garvey	Please forgive the delay in answering your letter of June 12th. I had to check this matter		arrangements with Burns, Oates & Washbourne of London to import Merton's What Is Contemplation? «detailed view»
38.	1953/06/29	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I am enclosing a letter to Templegate, in duplicate, dated June 25th 1953, covering their right		[contains note by Thomas Merton in pen, "Ok- I checked with Sister Madeleva."] regarding import rights for Burnes, Oates & Washbourne for What Is Contemplation «detailed view»
39.	1953/08/11	TLS from Cushman, John / to James Fox	At the beginning of the year you sent us a notification that all books or translations of works		censorship - acting on the assumption that approval sought by Abbot General in Rome rather than sent to different censors for various languages in various countries «detailed view»
40.	1953/08/14	TL[c] from Fox, James / to John Cushman	In reply to your letter of August 11, the best thing to do, I think, would be to have all		clarifies that all manuscripts should be sent to the Abbot General in Rome who may then send them to other censors in various countries «detailed view»
41.	1953/12/03	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I am very happy to enclose two copies of the contract with Harcourt Brace for THE LAST OF THE		contract for The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard Of Clairvaux And The Encyclical Letter Doctor Mellifluus «detailed view»
42.	1953/12/15	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	Miss Burton has asked me to reply to your letter of December 10th, in which you request that Dom		«detailed view»
43.	1954/02/09	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Merton	I am happy to enclose two copies of the contract with Hollis and Carter for BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS		«detailed view»
44.	1954/02/17	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Enclosed is the copy of the contract with Hollis & Carter for BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS initialed		«detailed view»
45.	1954/02/19	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I'm very sorry but you have returned the wrong contract. This one, already signed by Hollis		«detailed view»
46.	1954/02/25	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Thank you for your note of the 19th with the enclosed original of the contract between Hollis		«detailed view»
47.	1954/03/26	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	We have had an offer from Verlagsanstalt Benziger of Zurich for the German rights in BREAD		German rights for Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
48.	1954/03/29	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	Here for your records is a fully signed copy of the agreement for German translation rights		«detailed view»
49.	1954/04/22	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	This is just to tell you that Editions de l'Orante have offered the following terms for BREAD IN THE		French rights for Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
50.	1954/04/23	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I am happy to send you herewith two copies of the agreement with Hollis & Carter for the English		«detailed view»
51.	1954/04/26	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	We are returning herewith the 2 contracts with the French publishers in regard to Bread		«detailed view»
52.	1954/04/30	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We are enclosing a copy of the agreement with Hollis & Carter for the English edition of		English edition of The Last of the Fathers «detailed view»
53.	1954/05/06	TL[c] from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	I have received an offer from the Belgium publishers Castermann for Merton: SELECTED POEMS.		«detailed view»
54.	1954/05/11	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Your letter of May t with the enclosed contracts for SELECTED POEMS with the Belgium publishers		«detailed view»
55.	1954/05/26	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	We were very grateful to receive your kind letter of December 13 in regard to our request that Dom		Italian translation of Bread in the Wilderness - need to check translation of monastic terms - Don Modetti «detailed view»
56.	1954/06/21	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	Michael Hoffman has just written to say that Desclee de Brouwer offer the following terms for your		Belgian [French langue] edition of a pamphlet with Merton's essay, "Martha, Mary and Lazarus" «detailed view»
57.	1954/06/28	TL[c] from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	I have just heard as follows from our Milan representative about the Italian edition of BREAD IN THE		Italian translation of Bread in the Wilderness - need to check translation of monastic terms - Don Modetti «detailed view»
58.	1954/07/01	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Your kind note of June 21 with the enclosed contracts for the pamphlet of good Father Louis, "Martha		Belgian [French langue] edition of a pamphlet with Merton's essay, "Martha, Mary and Lazarus" «detailed view»
59.	1954/07/23	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	We are writing in regard to your letter of June 28 addressed to Father Louis, in connection with		Italian translation of Bread in the Wilderness - need to check translation of monastic terms - Don Modetti «detailed view»
60.	1954/08/02 (#01)	TALS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	You will be pleased to hear that Mr. Kudo has succeeded in finding a Japanese publisher for		Matsua Sha to be the Japanese publisher of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
61.	1954/08/02? (#02)	TL[x] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	We received your letter of August 2 in regard to the Japanese translation of the "Seven Storey		Japanese edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
62.	1954/08/03 (#01)	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter. I am sorry for the delay in replying to it but I have been on vacation		Italian translation of Bread in the Wilderness - need to check translation of monastic terms - Don Modetti may consult but not do the entire translation according to Italian publishers «detailed view»
63.	1954/08/03 (#02)	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	We have had an offer from France for THE LAST OF THE FATHERS. It comes from J & R. Wittman		Dom Leclercq is editor of series for The Last of the Fathers / regarding Merton's books in France - Castermann and Albin Michel books «detailed view»
64.	1954/08/12 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received the enclosed letter from our good Most Reverend Abbot General. He wanted to explain		attaching letter from Trappist Abbot General Gabriel Sortais explaining that permissions for foreign book rights need to go through the Order for approval «detailed view»
65.	1954/08/12 (#02)	transcript from Sortais, Gabriel / to Curtis Brown, Ltd.	We received the enclosed letter from our good Most Reverend Abbot General. He wanted to explain		letter dated August 3rd and attached to Fox's August 12th letter to Naomi Burton Stone «detailed view»
66.	1954/08/16	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter. I have corrected the first sentence of the contract for Japanese rights		Japanese edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
67.	1954/09/02	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Thank you for your letter of August 16 furthur [sic] in regard to the proposed contract		Japanese edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
68.	1954/09/07	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	We have just received an offer for world Spanish rights in BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS from Editorial		Spanish edition of Bread in the Wilderness / Japanese edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
69.	1954/09/13	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	As you requested in your good letter of September 7, we are enclosing the signed contract		Spanish edition of Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
70.	1954/12/09	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	Messrs. Sheed and Ward of Antwerp would like to publish a Dutch edition of Merton: THE SIGN OF JONAS		«detailed view»
71.	1954/12/10	HLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	It is such a pleasure to enclose this check for $4500.00, which is the advance due on Father Louis'		«detailed view»
72.	1954/12/16	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We were very grateful to receive your note of December 10 with the encosed [sic] check as an advance		advance on the book, "Viewpoints" - the title changed before publication to No Man Is an Island «detailed view»
73.	1955/01/31	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Enclosed please find the two copies of the contract for the Dutch translation of "The Sign of Jonas"		«detailed view»
74.	1955/04/01	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	We have received an offer for the Danish book rights in Merton: THE SIGN OF JONAS. Messrs. Frost		rights in Denmark for The Sign of Jonas and Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
75.	1955/04/13	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Enclosed please find the two signed copies of the contract for Father Louis' book "The Sign of Jonas		Danish rights for The Sign of Jonas «detailed view»
76.	1955/04/15	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	We have had a request from Poland for a copy of Merton: BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS		Polish translation of Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
77.	1955/04/20	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Your very kind note of April 15 in regard to a Polish translation of "Bread in the Wilderness" has		Polish translation of Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
78.	1955/05/12	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	Verlag der Arche of Zurich would like to publish a German edition of the booklet by Thomas Merton,		German edition by a publisher in Switzerland of What Is Contemplation? «detailed view»
79.	1955/05/13	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	Benziger Verlag of Zurich want to buy the German rights in Merton: NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.		German rights by a publisher in Switzerland of No Man Is an Island «detailed view»
80.	1955/05/16	TLS from Winston, Martha / to James Fox	In Miss Burton's absence, I am sending you herewith the contract in duplicate covering publication		rights in England for No Man Is an Island «detailed view»
81.	1955/05/21	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Enclosed please find the contracts for the British and German editions of "No Man Is an Island",		rights in England and German rights for No Man Is an Island / German translation of What Is Contemplation? «detailed view»
82.	1955/05/26	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	I know you will be pleased to hear of the offer for Spanish rights I have received. It is for NO MAN		rights in Spain and Latin America for a Spanish translation of No Man Is an Island «detailed view»
83.	1955/06/01	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Please find enclosed the contracts for the various Spanish rights of "No Man Is an Island" by our		rights in Spain and Latin America for a Spanish translation of No Man Is an Island «detailed view»
84.	1955/06/06	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	The Dutch firm of Het Spectrum would like to buy the Dutch rights in NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.		Dutch rights for No Man Is an Island «detailed view»
85.	1955/06/10	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Enclosed please find the signed contracts for the Dutch rights of "No Man is an Island".		Dutch rights for No Man Is an Island «detailed view»
86.	1955/06/14	TLS from Winston, Martha / to James Fox	I am enclosing two copies of the Thomas Merton contract for THE LIVING BREAD signed by Farrar,		«detailed view»
87.	1955/06/16	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	We have just received a very good offer for NO MAN IS AN ISLAND from France. Apparently Albin Michel		French rights for No Man Is an Island - viewed by Albin Michel as a sequel to Seeds of Contemplation and offered to Editions du Seuil «detailed view»
88.	1955/06/20	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Enclosed please find the signed and initialized contract for Father Louis work, "The Living Bread".		«detailed view»
89.	1955/06/21	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	I was very glad to get your letter with your full thoughts on the matter of Rialp v Sudamericana.		rights in Spain for The Last of the Fathers «detailed view»
90.	1955/07/05	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We are writing in regard to the contract for "Living Bread", which already we have received.		censorship issues in the United States and in France for The Living Bread «detailed view»
91.	1955/07/07	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks so much for yours of July 5th. I don't honestly believe it would do any harm to sign		The Living Bread - Fr. Thibodeau, Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament - censorship - poems of Sr. M. Dolores Schorsch, O.S.B. - Bob McGregor [Robert MacGregor] of New Directions «detailed view»
92.	1955/07/26	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	I am delighted to tell you that we have at last received an offer for the German rights		German rights for The Waters of Siloe «detailed view»
93.	1955/08/02	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Enclosed please find the contracts for the German rights of "The Waters of Siloe", and the contract		German right and contracts for The Waters of Siloe / Rialp anthology «detailed view»
94.	1955/08/02	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I wonder if the situation has changed in any way so that you could sign the Farrar, Straus		contracts for The Living Bread «detailed view»
95.	1955/08/04	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Since writing to you earlier in the week, contracts have come in from London for THE LIVING BREAD.		«detailed view»
96.	1955/08/09	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We owe you several letters, I see. Please pardon the delay. As regards the English rights		rights in England and in the United States for The Living Bread «detailed view»
97.	1955/08/16	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	We have absolutely no record of the Farrar, Straus contracts being returned here, so we have redrawn		«detailed view»
98.	1955/08/23	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Enclosed is the contract for Father Louis' work, "The Living Bread". We do hope all is in good order		«detailed view»
99.	1955/08/25	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to Merton	Verlag der Arche would like to buy the German language rights in FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE.		«detailed view»
100.	1955/10/07	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Enclosed is the signed contract for the German rights of "Figures for an Apocalypse".		«detailed view»
101.	1955/10/21 (#01)	TLS from Vergara Editorial / to Merton	We have been requested by our Director, brother of Dom Mauro M., monk of the Monastery		Vergara Editoral of Barcelona asking about Spanish rights for Bread in the Wilderness - Monastery of Monserrat, Catalonia «detailed view»
102.	1955/10/21 (#02)	TLS from Rosenthal, Jean / to James Fox	You will recall that back in June we sent you contracts for the French rights in NO MAN IS AN ISLAND		«detailed view»
103.	1955/11/09 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	At long last here is the signed contract for the French edition of NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.		«detailed view»
104.	1955/11/09 (#02)	TLS from Urgoiti, Julián / to James Fox	According with the instructions we have to accomplish with regard to the translations of Thomas		Dom Gabriel Sortais and the Imprimi Potest and Nihil Obstat for a Spanish edition Bread in the Wilderness - Editorial Sudamericana «detailed view»
105.	1955/11/16 (#01)	TLS from Fox, James / to Vergara Editorial	Your request addressed to our good Father Louis concerning foreign rights has come to us.		reply to Vergara Editoral of Barcelona regarding Spanish rights for Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
106.	1955/11/16 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Vergara Editorial	Your request addressed to our good Father Louis concerning foreign rights has come to us.		reply to Vergara Editoral of Barcelona regarding Spanish rights for Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
107.	1955/11/19	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Editorial Sudamericana	We have received your letter of November 9. We really do not know how to account for the fact that		«detailed view»
108.	1955/11/21	TLS from Vergara Editorial / to Merton	We beg to confirm our letter of the 21st ult., in connection with your work "BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS		Spanish rights for Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
109.	1955/11/23	TLS from Cushman, John / to James Fox	The enclosed letter was received here this week and we believe that this should have gone		Vergara Editoral of Barcelona and Spanish rights for Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
110.	1955/11/28	TLS from Vidal, P.M. / to Merton	Excusez moi de vous écrire en français, mais puisque vous connaissez la langue ce ne vous sera pas		[Fr. P.M. Vidal, T.O.P. writes from the Couvent des Dominicaines de Béthanie at Saint-Morillon, Gironde, France] «detailed view»
111.	1955/11/30	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jean Rosenthal	Enclosed is the signed contract in duplicate for the Italian edition of No Man is an Island by our		«detailed view»
112.	1955/12/16	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Vergara Editorial	Please pardon the delay in replying to your letter of November 21. In connection with the Spanish		Vergara Editoral of Barcelona and Spanish rights for Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
113.	1956/01/11	TLS[x] from Merton to Mr. Young	I have read your letters and the enclosures carefully and am sending them on now to Naomi Burton,		"great pity" for Silence in Heaven not to be published in the United States / French edition by Dom Claude «detailed view»
114.	1956/01/12	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Father Louis has told us of your plan for a visit next month. We do look forward to that.		Catherine Doherty's request to publish a manuscript Merton had given her [The Secular Journal] «detailed view»
115.	1956/01/16	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter of January 12. Please don't let Miss Doherty sell any manuscript of Father		«detailed view»
116.	1956/01/24	TL[c] from Fox, James / to P.M. Vidal	We did receive your letter of November 28 addressed to our good Father Louis in connection		concerning French translation rights - forwards him to Curtis Brown, Ltd. «detailed view»
117.	1956/01/30	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	I have seen so much confusion about rights recently that I am not taking any chances.		asking advice about allowing Dom Anselmo Giabbani, superior of the Camaldolese, Arezzo, Italy, to publish an Italian edition of Silence in Heaven, currently handled by Garzanti of Milan - Dom Nesmy's objection to the article "In Silence" «detailed view»
118.	1956/02/03	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	So nice to have a letter from you and to know that you are better. We were worried. Now about Dom		French publishers Arthaud own world rights to Silence in Heaven and sent book to Garzanti in Milan - Dom Anselmo Giabbani / Dom Claude [Nesmy] "In Silence" «detailed view»
119.	1956/02/22	HLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I find it almost as hard to write to you as it was to speak articulately on Saturday. Both my visits		meaningfulness of her recent visit to Gethsemani / spiritual direction at her large urban parish in New York - Merton's personal advice «detailed view»
120.	1956/02/23	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We are enclosing a letter I have received from good Simon Young of Thames and Hudson in London.		request from Thames and Hudson for Merton to write a new introductory text for a particular (unnamed) work «detailed view»
121.	1956/02/24 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Here is another request, which we are dutifully forwarding to you for handling according to your own		«detailed view»
122.	1956/02/24 (#02)	TL[c] from Cushman, John / to Claude Nesmy	Miss Burton of Curtis Brown has just visited the Abbey of Gethsemani to see Father Louis (Thomas		rights for Silence dans le ciel ("Silence in Heaven") and La vie silenciruse ("The Silent Life") «detailed view»
123.	1956/02/28	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Many thanks for your letters of February 23 and 24. The inquiry for right to part of SEEDS		rights for a portion of Seeds of Contemplation controlled by New Directions / Thames and Hudson - Silence dans le ciel (Silence in Heaven, also referred to as "The Gift of Silence") - Simon Young - working out an arrangement with Roger Straus for Studio to publish 4,000 copies «detailed view»
124.	1956/03/02 (#01)	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I am happy to send you the Farrar, Straus contract herewith. I thought you would like to see		«detailed view»
125.	1956/03/02 (#02)	other	Farrar, Staus and Cudahy Celebrates A Tenth Anniversary [-] THE publishing house that is now Farrar,		[clipping from Publishers' Weekly (18 February 1956 edition) including photographs of Robert Giroux and others] «detailed view»
126.	1956/03/07	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We did receive your beautiful letter from home, or February 22. It is wonderful that your visit		[verso: incomplete draft of letter] Robert Giroux's photo from Publishers' Weekly «detailed view»
127.	1956/03/13 (#01)	other from Straus, Roger / to Walter Neurath	This is to confirm our agreement concerning the Canadian rights of the text by Thomas Merton, which		Canadian rights for Silence dans le ciel (Silence in Heaven) - Thames and Hudson, London «detailed view»
128.	1956/03/13 (#02)	other from Straus, Roger / to Walter Neurath	This is to confirm our agreement concerning the Canadian rights of the text by Thomas Merton, which		U.S. rights for Silence dans le ciel (Silence in Heaven) planned to be published under the title The Gift of Silence - Studio Publications, New York «detailed view»
129.	1956/03/18	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thank you very much for your kind letter. I appreciated it a great deal. I will take care		question of using material in cards for religious sisters in Rochester / asking if a friend, Michael Jackson, could spend some time on retreat at Gethsemani in April «detailed view»
130.	1956/03/28	TL[c] from Stone, Naomi Burton / to S. M. R. Cimnaghi	Many thanks for your letter of March 22nd. This letter will confirm that we have been instructed by		Italian rights for Living in Silence - Camaldolese Order empowered to negotiate Italian language rights and keep royalties of sales «detailed view»
131.	1956/03/29 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Please do not notice the formal tone, but I thought you might want to be quoting it, or perhaps		regarding the formal tone of the attached message / Mike Jackson's for retreat at Gethsemani in April «detailed view»
132.	1956/03/29 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We have been not a little upset by the conflicting statements that have been coming here in regard		concern about unauthorized publication of Silence in Heaven «detailed view»
133.	1956/04/02	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks so much for both your letter of March 29th. The formal one is just exactly what I need		thanking Fox for the forceful letter to forward to unauthorized publishers - agrees to not tell Merton about this «detailed view»
134.	1956/04/04	TL[c] from Holme, Bryan / to Walter Neurath	I'm glad to hear you are back and I hope you and Eva had a wonderful holiday in between your		proceeding with order of Silence in Heaven based on stipulations added by Dom James Fox and terms outlined by Farrar, Straus / using the name Silence in Heaven instead of "The Gift of Silence" «detailed view»
135.	1956/04/06 (#01)	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I thought you would like to see the smashing effect of your letter to me on Studio Publications.		Studio Publications / Thames and Hudson / note from Mike Jackson «detailed view»
136.	1956/04/06 (#02)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	We have heard from our representative handling the Spanish rights in THE LIVING BREAD by Thomas		Spanish rights for The Living Bread - Ediciones Rialp - Archbishop Alonso Carinci's approval «detailed view»
137.	1956/04/10	TLS from Cushman, John / to James Fox	We have heard from our representative in France concerning the translation rights of THE SILENT LIFE		French rights for The Silent Life - Desclee de Brouwer - Marie Tadie - the Abbey of Pierre qui Vire / alternative publisher of Editions du Seuil «detailed view»
138.	1956/04/12	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	As you may recall in 1953 Father Louis agreed to let the Congregazione delle Figlie della Chiesa		Italian rights for Seeds of Contemplation / Aldo Garzanti «detailed view»
139.	1956/04/16	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	We have heard from our representative in Italy that Messrs. Aldo Garzanti want to publish an Italian		Italian rights for Bread in the Wilderness / Aldo Garzanti «detailed view»
140.	1956/04/17	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I have just had a call from Bob Giroux saying that Walter Neurath of Thames & Hudson has finally		Walter Neurath agreeing to limit distribution of only those copies of Silence in Heaven with "text by Thomas Merton" - limit to 1,500 copies in Canada / Studio's limit of 4,000 in the United States / Mike Jackson «detailed view»
141.	1956/04/27	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	I am returning to you herewith two of the letters to Father Louis which your secretary forwarded		returning personal letters from Stone to Merton which were sent back because they also contained business / French rights and Marie Tadie / Italian and Spanish rights for The Living Bread «detailed view»
142.	1956/05/09	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We have just received your letter concerning that small edition of the Tower of Babel that good Jay		James Laughlin of New Directions proposing to publish a small press edition of Merton's poem The Tower of Babel / no Imprimatur obtained yet for five essays for an upcoming book and the need to wait before publication / asking Curtis Brown to help screen letters sent to Merton requesting publishing rights, etc. / Archbishop Carinci - Edizioni A.R.E.S. «detailed view»
143.	1956/05/11	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Many thanks for your letter of May 9. Let me make one thing clear immediately. I know that YOUR WILL		asking whether "Your Will and Your Vocation", "The Neurotic Personality in the Monastic Life", and "Spiritual Direction" might make for a book / manuscript uncensored for "Thirty-Seven Meditations" / "Time and the Liturgy" offered to Worship magazine - not censored / "Poetry and the Contemplative Life" / Italian and Spanish rights for The Living Bread - Archbishop Carinci / Bishop Griffiths «detailed view»
144.	1956/05/14	TALS from Lundren, Marjorie / to James Fox	We have had an inquiry from the Catholic Television Guild of Wilmington, Delaware about the		[contains note in Merton's handwriting about Sr. Elaine from Our Lady of the Springs, San Antonio, Texas, who had written a complete score for "Tower of Babel"] Catholic Television Guild of Wilmington, Delaware - TV version of "Tower of Babel" «detailed view»
145.	1956/05/17	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks so much for your letter of May 14th and the okay on the limited edition of THE TOWER OF BABEL		Robert Giroux writing about rights to an article, "The Neurotic Personality in the Cloister" «detailed view»
146.	1956/05/21	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	I am sending you herewith a duly executed copy of the contract with Editions du Seuil for the French		French rights for Living in Silence / Portuguese rights to The Waters of Siloe and No Man Is an Island - Livraria Agir Editora «detailed view»
147.	1956/05/22 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your several letters. If I do not hurry up, you will be getting ahead of us.		Merton told Fox that the essays "The Neurotic Personality [in the Cloister / in the Monastic Life]," "Your Will and Your Vocation," and "Spiritual Direction" do not go together / "Neurotic Personality," "Time and the Liturgy," and "Poetry and the Contemplative Life" - passed by censors but no Imprimi Potest yet from Sortais / censors for "Thirty-Seven Meditations" «detailed view»
148.	1956/05/22 (#02)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	Since I handle Translation Rights Miss Burton has turned over to me your letter of May 9th		Spanish and Italian rights for The Living Bread - Edizioni A.R.E.S. / Rialp already has Spanish rights and Garzanti has Italian rights «detailed view»
149.	1956/05/22 (#03)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Marjorie Lundgren	Thank you for your letter of the 14th concerning the request of the Catholic Television Guild		Merton mentioned that Sr. Elaine from Our Lady of the Springs, San Antonio, Texas, who had written a complete score for "Tower of Babel" / Catholic Television Guild of Wilmington, Delaware - TV version of "Tower of Babel" «detailed view»
150.	1956/05/24	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks very much for your letter of May 22nd. I had to laugh at the enclosure from Walter Neurath,		Imprimi Potest for "Time and the Liturgy" / Archbishop Carinci «detailed view»
151.	1956/05/29	HLS from Tadié, Marie / to Merton	J'espère que vous êtes satisfait de ma traduction de "No Man is an island" et serais heureuse		French translations of No Man Is an Island and The Silent Life / La montée vers la lumière (French edition of The Ascent to Truth) «detailed view»
152.	1956/06/01	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	The mail has just brought in the enclosed rather elegant letter from Dom Claude at La Pierre Qui		Dom Claude Jean-Nesmy at La Pierre-Qui-Vire Abbey in Yonne, France / suggested language to include in book contracts to stipulate prior approval of the Abbot General Gabriel Sortais before publication «detailed view»
153.	1956/06/07	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter of June 1st and the enclosure and the letter from Mlle. Tadie which		The Silent Life (Living in Silence) - French rights - Marie Tadié - Dom Claude Jean-Nesmy / Marie Tadié - La montée vers la lumière (French edition of The Ascent to Truth) «detailed view»
154.	1956/06/11	TLS from Dwyer, John N. / to Merton	Please forgive my letter of inquiry, but our office would like to have some help in settling		[from John N. Dwyer, Business Manager of Liturgical Press in Collegeville, MN] Father Godfrey - Praying the Psalms «detailed view»
155.	1956/06/18 (#01)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	As you will recall in 1951 Grafica Editora Brasilera and/or Editora Merito of Brazil bought the		Portuguese rights for The Seven Storey Mountain in Brazil and Portugal «detailed view»
156.	1956/06/18 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We should have answered your letter of June 7 long ere this. Did you ever think that "Silence		irony of Silence in Heaven causing "so much breaking of silence" / Dom Claude Jean-Nesmy / Achel monastery in Belgium asking to publish "Basic Principles of the Monastic Life" and other monastic orientation notes by Merton serially in a magazine «detailed view»
157.	1956/06/19 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Marie Tadié	We received your letter of May 29 addressed to good Father Louis. As you can appreciate,		La montée vers la lumière - French edition of The Ascent to Truth «detailed view»
158.	1956/06/19 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to John Dwyer	Please pardon the delay in replying to your letter of June 11. Concerning the financial arrangements		financial arrangements for Praying the Psalms «detailed view»
159.	1956/06/19 (#03)	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Two points on which I'd like your help: 1. Jubilee want to use three pages from THIRTY SEVEN		Thirty Seven Meditations / The Silent Life / "Time and the Liturgy" / "wonderful cookery" of Br. Pachomius «detailed view»
160.	1956/06/19 (#04)	TLS from Scherer, Dr. / to James Fox	Thank you very much indeed for your letter of June 7, 1956. We are, of course, quite concerned		[from Dr. Scherer of Verlag Herder, Freiburg] concern that Merton is not writing foreword to a German translation of a book by Fr. Raymond Flanagan «detailed view»
161.	1956/06/22	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks so much for your letter of June 18th. I do think that to be on the safe side your monastery		Achel monastery in Belgium asking to publish "Basic Principles of the Monastic Life" and other monastic orientation notes by Merton serially in a magazine «detailed view»
162.	1956/06/23	HLS from Tadié, Marie / to James Fox	Thank you ever so much for your kind letter of June the 19th. But although I understand very well		La montée vers la lumière - French edition of The Ascent to Truth - not allowed to be published in France by Dom Gabriel Sortais - agreed to reconsider after success of The Sign of Jonas - Sortais allowed Tadié to have Fr. François de Ste Marie, OCD cut some parts from the book to make it acceptable - wants to know if she can proceed - give answer to Jane Newbold of Curtis Brown «detailed view»
163.	1956/06/25	HLS from Tadié, Marie / to Merton	I am sorry you could not answer yourself the very precise questions I asked you in my last letter:		La montée vers la lumière - French edition of The Ascent to Truth - not allowed to be published in France by Dom Gabriel Sortais - agreed to reconsider after success of The Sign of Jonas - Sortais allowed Tadié to have Fr. François de Ste Marie, OCD cut some parts from the book to make it acceptable - wants to know if she can proceed - give answer to Jane Newbold of Curtis Brown «detailed view»
164.	1956/06/26	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	As you will recall, Father Louis wanted Jacques Martitain to have the French rights in THE LIVING		French rights to The Living Bread for Maritain's "Sagesse & Culture" series, part of Editions Alsatia «detailed view»
165.	1956/06/28	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Dr. Scherer	We have received now your letter of June 19, further in regard to the question of some sort		Merton not able to write a foreword to one of Fr. Raymond Flanagan's books to be published in Germany «detailed view»
166.	1956/06/29	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to Merton	We have heard from our representative in France concerning the French rights in THE ASCENT TO TRUTH		La montée vers la lumière - French edition of The Ascent to Truth - The Sign of Jonas / Fr. Sainte-Marie, OCD - Marie Tadié / Albin Michel holds current contract «detailed view»
167.	1956/07/16	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	Thank you for returning the contracts for the French rights in THE LIVING BREAD.		asking for a current list of Merton's censors «detailed view»
168.	1956/07/24	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We are writing in regard to several matters. Firstly, the CUBAN JOURNAL, that you wrote about a few		Cuban Journal (The Secular Journal) needs approval by Abbot General Gabriel Sortais before allowing Catherine Doherty to publish it / "Time and the Liturgy" and "Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality" awaiting censors' approval / Bobby Blanchard / Fr. Yzermans «detailed view»
169.	1956/08/06	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jane Newbold	We have had your letter of June 29. Please pardon my delay. I have been traveling quite a bit.		Albin Michel / Marie Tadié - agreement to give her one-third and Fr. François two-thirds of the royalties of the French edition of The Ascent to Truth / current confusion between rights and royalties «detailed view»
170.	1956/09/06	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Marie Tadié	We had been awaiting a confirmation of our understanding of all the circumstances from our agent		Albin Michel / Marie Tadié - agreement to give her one-third and Fr. François two-thirds of the royalties of the French edition of The Ascent to Truth / current confusion between rights and royalties «detailed view»
171.	1956/09/11	HLS from Tadié, Marie / to James Fox	I was very pleased to receive at last your definite answer to the question of the royalties		Albin Michel / Marie Tadié - agreement to give her one-third and Fr. François two-thirds of the royalties of the French edition of The Ascent to Truth / current confusion between rights and royalties «detailed view»
172.	1956/09/20	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jane Newbold	We have come to wonder whether or not you ever received our letter concerning the French translation		Flemish edition of Bread in the Wilderness - request from the Trappist Abbey of Westmalle in Belgium / Albin Michel / Marie Tadié - agreement to give her one-third and Fr. François two-thirds of the royalties of the French edition of The Ascent to Truth «detailed view»
173.	1956/09/24 (#01)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	On July 23rd I sent you copies of a contract with Messrs. Aldo Garzanti for the Italian rights		Italian rights for The Living Bread «detailed view»
174.	1956/09/24 (#02)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter of September 20th. We had received your letter concerning the French		French translation of The Ascent to Truth - Marie Tadié / Flemish edition of Bread in the Wilderness «detailed view»
175.	1956/10/04	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Merton	It really was wonderful to see you and Ned'd tour made an enormous impression on him.		Robert MacGregor - order of poems for The Strange Islands / Cuban Journal (The Secular Journal) - best to delete a some phrases rather than to rewrite to be true to original «detailed view»
176.	1956/10/27	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Dom Claude at Pierre qui Vire (I believe you are acquainted with him, at least through		Dom Claude Jean-Nesmy at La Pierre-Qui-Vire Abbey in Yonne, France - photographs lost for The Silent Life / Archbishop Carinci - Garzanti «detailed view»
177.	1956/10/31	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks very much for your letter of October 27th. Really, I think Dom Claude is being unnecessarily		Dom Claude Jean-Nesmy at La Pierre-Qui-Vire Abbey in Yonne, France - photographs lost for The Silent Life / Archbishop Carinci - Garzanti «detailed view»
178.	1956/11/06	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your charming note of October 31-- Halloween. In the meantime, good Bob has found		photos for The Silent Life found by Robert MacGregor for Dom Claude Jean-Nesmy at La Pierre-Qui-Vire Abbey in Yonne, France / Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality - promise of some articles for publication in Sponsa Regis - Fr. Paschal, O.S.B. of Collegeville, MN / Archbishop Carinci «detailed view»
179.	1956/11/09 (#01)	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks very much for your letter of November 6th. I was so relieved when Bob found the photographs.		censorship of Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality / Archbishop Carinci - Garzanti in Italy / cheese and fruitcake from Gethsemani / photo Fox once sent Stone of St. Therese of Lisieux «detailed view»
180.	1956/11/09 (#02)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	We have heard from our representative in South America who reports the following offers for		Spanish rights for The Silent Life - Editorial Sudamericana in South America - E.D.H.A.S.A. in Spain «detailed view»
181.	1956/11/13	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Further to your letter of November 6th. I have just spoken to Jack Kemmer, the printer, at Marbridge		«detailed view»
182.	1956/11/14 (#01)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	We have heard from our representative in Italy who reports that the Exchange Control Board there		Exchange Control Board of Italy cannot approve for Archbishop Carinci the net amount he is owed for the Italian edition of The Living Bread - Aldo Garzanti «detailed view»
183.	1956/11/14 (#02)	TLS from Fox, James / to Messrs. Aldo Garzanti	This letter pertains to the contract between us dated October 10, 1956, covering the Italian volume		Italian rights for The Living Bread - agreement of money to be divided between Curtis Brown and Archbishop Alonso Carinci / signed by Fox, countersigned by a representative from Aldo Garzanti and returned «detailed view»
184.	1956/11/17	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Your charming letters of the 9th and the 13th have both arrived. Good Father Louis is all		Spanish rights and censorship for Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality - Marbridge / photographs of St. Therese of Lisieux «detailed view»
185.	1956/11/20	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Br. Alfred, O.C.S.O.	Of course, it's fine to call me Naomi and I would like that very much. As to the cards, when I had		cards with quotes by Merton and copyright restrictions - card printed by Nazareth College - permissions from New Directions and Harcourt Brace «detailed view»
186.	1956/12/11	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I've just realized, with some horror, that I never thank you for your very nice and understanding		argument with Merton about Blessed Peter Julian Eymard «detailed view»
187.	1956/12/31	HLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I am so thrilled with the statue of the monk. Did Matthew tell you that I admired it and wanted it		Ned's appreciation of Bishop Fulton Sheen and change of attitude toward Catholic Church / personal losses of Fr. Thibodeau and Clare «detailed view»
188.	1957/01/03	TLS[x] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	We received your kind letter of December 31 together with the contracts (4 copies) of the Portuguese		Portuguese rights to: Bread in the Wilderness; Marthe, Marie et Lazare; The Last of the Fathers; and The Living Bread - AGIR in Rio de Janeiro / German rights to The Ascent to Truth and The Sign of Jonas «detailed view»
189.	1957/01/14	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We were so happy you were pleased with the monk. No, it the [sic] Holy Ghost Himself who moved us to		Abbot General Gabriel Sortais questioning if there was a title change approved for a book published in Italy as Vita Nel Silenzio (was it Living in Silence or Silence in Heaven?) / concern over lack of imprimatur «detailed view»
190.	1957/01/22	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Some Television show called Wide Wide World called me up for hours the other day and asked if I		TV inquiries about filming at Gethsemani and mentioning Merton - asking blanket permission to reject all television requests to film / Bishop Sheen spoke of Gethsemani «detailed view»
191.	1957/01/23	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	In regard to "Basic Principles" which Marbridge was supposed to have printed, we have not heard		asking about delay in printing of Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality «detailed view»
192.	1957/01/24	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	Our French representative asked some time ago if he might try to find a publisher in Poland		finding a Polish publisher for The Sign of Jonas - Jesuits in Warsaw «detailed view»
193.	1957/01/25 (#01)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	I am sending you herewith for your files a duly executed copy of the letter of amendment		Italian rights for The Living Bread - Aldo Garzanti «detailed view»
194.	1957/01/25 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your letter of January 22. I certainly am sorry that you are a sort of break-water		blanket authorization to refuse any movie, radio, or television proposals featuring Gethsemani / "Father Louis seems happy, strong and contented. Takes the Novices out to the woods every afternoon--sometimes in the morning, too." «detailed view»
195.	1957/01/25 (#03)	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Gabriel Sortais	Reverend Father Abbot of Gethsemani has quoted to us your letter of January 2nd concerning the lack		Vita Nel Silenzio - it is for Living in Silence not Silence in Heaven - concern over lack of imprimatur - Dom Giabbani / Stone's note to Fox, "Personally I think Dom Giabbani is the naughty one—but can I rap his knuckles? I haven't the nerve." «detailed view»
196.	1957/02/01	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I am happy to send you herewith the contract with Burns Oates and Washbourne for PRAYING THE PSALMS		asking to sign contract for Praying the Psalms «detailed view»
197.	1957/02/04	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your recent letter. And appreciate the carbon of the letter you wrote our Most Rev.		enclosing letter to Dom Anselmo / received copies of Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality from Marbridge «detailed view»
198.	1957/02/05	TALS from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Is there anything being done about the CUBAN JOURNAL with the order censors? Catherine Doherty gets		«detailed view»
199.	1957/02/07	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I am happy to send you the contract with Burns Oates for THE SILENT LIFE by Father Louis.		«detailed view»
200.	1957/02/08	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks very much for yours of February 4th and the copy of the letter to Dom Giabbani.		secret of Dom Giabbani being in the United States with the Pope's blessing - Fox does not know his purpose - has met with Fox and will be coming to Kentucky - Fox told Giabbani about the bad situation he caused by not getting censor approval before Italian publication - Giabbani is "full of laughter and smiles and it's extremely difficult to be cross with him " - Fox: "I admit to making absolutely no impression on him." «detailed view»
201.	1957/02/11	TLS from Morcelliana Editrice / to James Fox	Le siamo veramente grati per la Sua lettera del 4 febbraio e per la copia della lettera indirizzata		received text and photos from Dom Giabbani but did not know that censors' permissions had not been obtained - waiting to find out to whom to sent royalties and for contract / preparing second edition but will wait until all permissions obtained from the Abbot General of the Trappists and from Fr. Giabbani «detailed view»
202.	1957/02/19	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to the Order Department, Farrar, Straus	Will you please send me six pocies of THE SILENT LIFE by Thomas Merton? They are to be used		«detailed view»
203.	1957/02/27	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I've had the following from New Directions and wonder if you can give me some kind of an answer.		«detailed view»
204.	1957/03/05	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	I owe you several letters--that is, answer to letters. February 5- "Cuban Journal"- that sure did		ok to publish "Cuban Journal" (The Secular Journal) / Dom Giabbani's plans to visit Merton - Fox away but Prior answered that it was best if Giabbani did not come to Gethsemani / Merton criticized by Gabriel Sortais for lack of Cistercian Censors and photos of Gethsemani monk's faces in Vita Nel Silenzio / "Tower of Babel" «detailed view»
205.	1957/03/07	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Many thanks for your good letter of March 5th. I'm very glad you have written to Rome about		"Cuban Journal" (The Secular Journal) / Dom Giabbani - Gabriel Sortais - Vita Nel Silenzio - Camaldolese / television program of "The Tower of Babel" and limited edition book by New Directions «detailed view»
206.	1957/03/08	TLS from Collins, Alan / to James Fox	For some time now we have felt a more efficient method of handling translation rights could be found		[from Alan C. Collins, president of Curtis Brown, Ltd.] new method of Curtis Brown in London handling translation rights to all books - Ronald Barker and Mollie Waters «detailed view»
207.	1957/03/11 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We appreciated your kind letter of March 7. Of course, if you succeed in getting six copies of VITA		Vita Nel Silenzio - Morcelliana Editrice and the need to submit future editions to censors, omit three pictures labelled "Gethsemani" in the book, and that justice should be done to Merton's writing and no part cut from The Silent Life «detailed view»
208.	1957/03/11 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Morcelliana Editrice	We received your kind letter of February 11. You mention that you are preparing a second edition		Vita Nel Silenzio - Morcelliana Editrice - cannot send requested 10 more photographs, and omit three pictures labelled "Gethsemani" in the book - The Silent Life «detailed view»
209.	1957/03/15	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We have received the names of the Censors-to-be for the "CUBAN JOURNAL". Just as soon as we receive		censors for The Secular Journal / Vita Nel Silenzio - possibility of having photographs of Gethsemani in new edition - Dom Anselmo «detailed view»
210.	1957/03/18	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Many thanks for various letters from you. Right now I'm busy trying to find out whether we did send		Dom Giabbani and Vita Nel Silenzio / "The Cuban Journal" (The Secular Journal) / The Silent Life «detailed view»
211.	1957/03/19	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I have checked the files and am delighted to find that we are apparently not guilty of any		Italian edition of The Silent Life - Dom Giabbani - "Living in Silence" mixup «detailed view»
212.	1957/03/27	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Something has come up on which I would like your advice. As you know, there is to be a limited		limited edition of "Tower of Babel" - printed in Hamburg / Silence in Heaven - Pageant Magazine asking to use photos and Merton's introduction / permission for Merton's books for "Recording for the Blind" «detailed view»
213.	1957/04/01 (#01)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	We have heard from Father Juan A. Goyoaga S.J. on Formosa that he would like to publish a Chinese		Chine edition of Seeds of Contemplation «detailed view»
214.	1957/04/01 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We owe you for several letters. We are happy to know that "The Silent Life" is over 1300.		"Tower of Babel" - printed in Germany but in English and bishop of Scranton's Imprimatur is sufficient - if translated to German, Hamburg bishop will need to approve / Richard J. Walsh of NCCM [National Council of Catholic Men?] sending 16mm film of live TV adaptation of "Tower of Babel" / Praying the Psalms in Polish - Celine Stoinska «detailed view»
215.	1957/04/08	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Many thanks for your of April 1st. I have, I think, coped with everything. Oh, I'd send poor old Dom		asking to send Dom Giabbani some photographs of Gethsemani «detailed view»
216.	1957/04/16	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	Our representative in Switzerland reports the following offer from Verlagsanstalt Benziger		German rights for The Silent Life «detailed view»
217.	1957/04/19	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your letter of April 8. Father Louis received a letter from Rome to make quite a few		changes to the French translation of The Silent Life - fears of "hurting the feeling of different religious Orders, Monasteries and Congretations" [sic] / Dom Giabbani and Vita Nel Silenzio / tape recording of "The Tower of Babel" «detailed view»
218.	1957/05/03	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	How are those censors coming along with Father Louis' SECULAR JOURNAL? I wouldn't nag you but		Farrar Straus and the scheduling of the release of The Secular Journal «detailed view»
219.	1957/06/03	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	We have received word from our London Office that Oxford University Press will quote about 230 from		quotes from Seeds of Contemplation for an anthology for young people by Oxford University Press «detailed view»
220.	1957/06/19	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your letter of June 3. Certainly it is all right with us for the University Press		approval for quotes from Seeds of Contemplation for an anthology for young people by Oxford University Press / letter from a friend in Italy stating that two sentences were missing from the English language edition of Merton's book on the Camaldoli [The Silent Life] - did Stone authorize? «detailed view»
221.	1957/06/24	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	We have received word from London that Burns Oates would like to bring out MONASTIC PRINCIPLES		Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality «detailed view»
222.	1957/07/02 (#01)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	Our representative in South America reports the following offer from Editora Itatiaia of Brazil for		Portuguese rights to The Ascent to Truth «detailed view»
223.	1957/07/02 (#02)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	We have heard from the Abbey of Selignethal concerning the German rights in any of Thomas Merton's		The Last of the Fathers - the only free German rights «detailed view»
224.	1957/07/02 (#03)	TLS from Newbold, Jane / to James Fox	I am sending you herewith four copies of an agreement for all the works of Thomas Merton to be		Editorial Sudamericana's desire to publish all of Merton's writings in a "Collected Works" - handwritten note, possibly by Fox - suggests that it be called the "Complete Prose Works" - [later published as Obras Completas] «detailed view»
225.	1957/07/05	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	How goes the censorship situation with A SECULAR DIARY. You know I was surprised a while back		censorship of The Secular Journal - Catherine Doherty / The Silent Life - edition in England «detailed view»
226.	1957/07/17	TLS from Barker, Ronald / to James Fox	I have much pleasure in enclosing for signature an agreement for Italian rights in SELECTED POEMS		Italian rights for Tears of the Blind Lions and Selected Poems - Garzanti «detailed view»
227.	1957/07/19	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Here are two copies of the agreement with Burns Oates for BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MONASTIC SPIRITUALITY		«detailed view»
228.	1957/07/25 (#01)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Jane Newbold	We received your several letters of July 2 together with the 2 contracts-- all of which arrived		Portuguese rights for The Ascent to Truth / Spanish rights for Obras Completas - should be "complete prose works" «detailed view»
229.	1957/07/25 (#02)	TLS from Br. Simon / to Ronald Barker	We received your note of July 17 together with the contract for SELECTED POEMS AND TEARS OF THE		Italian rights for Tears of the Blind Lions and Selected Poems «detailed view»
230.	1957/07/29	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your note of July 5. Please pardon the delay. I have been away visiting our western		«detailed view»
231.	1957/07/29	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your note of July 5. Please pardon the delay. I have been away visiting our western		Secular Journal - censorship - Catherine Doherty / two sentences were missing from the English language edition of The Silent Life / request from a nun in Brazil [likely Sr. Irmã Emmanuel de Souza e Silva - rights for Bread in the Wilderness] / Merton and the relatively eremetical life «detailed view»
232.	1957/07/31	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thanks very much for your letter of July 29th and for the contract for BASIC PRINCIPLES which I'm		contract for Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality / missing sentences from The Silent Life «detailed view»
233.	1957/10/04	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thank you so much for the lovely card from Citeaux. We appreciated it. I wonder if you are back now.		«detailed view»
234.	1957/10/14	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Your letter of October 4 was received and forwarded to me. One of our Abbots died in Paris. He was		death of Trappist while in Paris - Dom Robert McGann, Abbot of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost in Conyers, Georgia / controversy with censors and with Abbot General Gabriel Sortais regarding the publication of The Secular Journal «detailed view»
235.	1957/10/16	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Many thanks for your letter and this is just to let you know that the six copies of NO MAN IS AN		No Man Is an Island / Catherine Doherty - The Secular Journal «detailed view»
236.	1957/10/18	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	This will be just a short note, dear Naomi. Father Louis was remarking to me the other day, "What's		asking status of 37 Meditations (published in 1958 as Thoughts in Solitude) - asking if Dom Jean Lecercq had published them in France - Merton wants to check manuscript again before publication «detailed view»
237.	1957/10/22	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	As far as 37 MEDITATIONS go here, nothing is happening at the moment. I know that Father Louis has		asking status of 37 Meditations (published in 1958 as Thoughts in Solitude) - Dom Jean Lecercq - "Father Louis has got a 'thing' about them" - Bob Giroux and Stone think book is good and worry that The Secular Journal will not pass censors «detailed view»
238.	1957/11/06	TL[x] from Doherty, Catherine / to Naomi Burton Stone	Your letter, which I just read from my return from Rome and the Lay Congress there and the many long		news about The Secular Journal being held up by censors "has been quite a blow" - "in absolute dire need of money" «detailed view»
239.	1957/11/11	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I wonder how the fourth censor is getting along. I'm enclosing, for your eyes, a copy of a letter		[Stone enclosing November 6, 1957 letter from Catherine Doherty - previous record in file] «detailed view»
240.	1957/12/23	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I'm rather distressed about a letter I have received from Father Louis of December 16th and one		distressed by a letter from Merton of December 16 telling her that he has "unofficially" heard that Dom Gabriel Sortais does not want The Secular Journal published / Thirty Seven Meditations (Thoughts in Solitude) - Merton thinks original notes are better than September 1956 manuscript - Stone and Giroux disagree «detailed view»
241.	1957/12/31 (#01)	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Thank you so very much from both of us for the lovely Christmas cake and the calendar and your		«detailed view»
242.	1957/12/31 (#02)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	In August you sent Miss Newbold a leter from Sr. Emmanuel da Virgem C.V. regarding Portuguese rights		Portugese rigths in Brazil for: Bread in the Wilderness, Marthe, Marie et Lazare, The Last of the Fathers, and The Living Bread - Editoria Vozes Ltda. And AGIR / sending German edition of The Ascent to Truth and The Sign of Jonas to Dr. H. Madera in Austria «detailed view»
243.	1958/01/04	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We owe you several letter-- going back to Ancient Greek and Roman time, almost. My, I see one here		Dom Jean Leclercq returned French mansucript of "Thirty Seven Meditations" - draft of Thoughts in Solitude - Merton softening on Giroux and Stone's thoughts on book / permission to give Catherine Doherty $500 advance on The Secular Journal / Br. John Thevervelil, St. Josephs's Apostolic Seminary in South India - asking rights to No Man Is an Island in Malayalam language «detailed view»
244.	1958/01/08	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your delightful note of December 31. I see you wanted to end the first disappearing year		Dom Giabbani intending to make another visit and to see Merton - another friend of Giabbani's in Los Angeles wants to use an extract of The Silent Life to advertise the Camaldolese - confusion between Gethsemani Trappist and Camaldolese if Merton used in this way «detailed view»
245.	1958/01/28 (#01)	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I see that under the contract for the book that was called THIRTY-SEVEN MEDITATIONS but is now		advance for Thoughts in Solitude «detailed view»
246.	1958/01/28 (#02)	TL[c] from McCallum, J. H. / to Naomi Burton Stone	I hardly need tell you about the precipitous rise in manufacturing costs. But I am forced to tell		[from J. H. McCallum of Harcourt, Brace publishers] need to either raise the price of No Man Is an Island or cap its royalties percentage due to increased costs of production and printing «detailed view»
247.	1958/01/30	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I'm attaching a copy of a letter from Harcourt Brace. I feel sure that it would be beneficial		advising Fox to keep the price of No Man Is an Island at $3.95 and to cap percentage of royalties instead «detailed view»
248.	1958/02/03	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received your most charming letter of January 28 in regard to that advance "on demand".		Thoughts in Solitude / telling many people asking for prefaces, introductions, etc. that Merton is not in a writing mode but is putting out older manuscripts / agrees with Stone's suggestion of keeping price of No Man Is an Island at $3.95 and to capping percentage of royalties «detailed view»
249.	1958/02/13	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Merton	I've had the following from Dell concerning the Dale Francis book: "I'm answering your letter		regarding a letter to Frank Taylor - introduction to a Catholic prayer book - citing Fox granting permission to use a portion of Merton's "A Balanced Life of Prayer" «detailed view»
250.	1958/02/15	TLS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Just a few lines for now.. Things move strangely in monastic circles! As regards the SECULAR JOURNAL		The Secular Journal - approval by Dom Gabriel Sortais under condition of removing certain parts to which the censors objected and adding a new preface «detailed view»
251.	1958/02/18	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I am stunned though I should be used to these extraordinary happening, shouldn't I.		The Secular Journal - possibility of having to re-start censorship process with no guarantees of publication - Merton's feelings and those of Caherine Doherty / thinks that Merton would "shudder" at requests from Lady's Home Journal and This Week asking quotes from Thoughts in Solitude «detailed view»
252.	1958/02/20	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	Ned clipped this out of the New York Times for you. And I thought it would make a very suitable		«detailed view»
253.	1958/02/24	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Under separate cover I am sending you various books from Sudamericana which they have sent for you		«detailed view»
254.	1958/02/26	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Under separate cover I am sending you four presentation copies of the French edition of LIVING BREAD		«detailed view»
255.	1958/02/27	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Under separate cover I am sending you four presentation copies of the Dutch edition of THE LIVING		«detailed view»
256.	1958/03/14 (#01)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	I am very happy to tell you our Dutch agent has secured a very fine offer for the Dutch rights in		Dutch rights for The Silent Life «detailed view»
257.	1958/03/14 (#02)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Our South American has written that they have been receiving offers to publish books in CATALAN		[Mowat cites "South American" rights for Seeds of Contemplation, but the geographical reference seems to be in error - the language mentioned is Catalan and later references Ediciones Ariel in Barcelona] «detailed view»
258.	1958/03/18	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	With regard to the agreement the Abbey recently signed for Portuguese volume rights in Brasil		South American, Portuguese rights for Bread in the Wilderness, Marthe, Marie et Lazare, The Last of the Fathers, and The Living Bread - Editorial Vozes «detailed view»
259.	1958/03/21	TLS from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	Your two kind notes of March 14 together with the contracts have been received.		Merton received books from the publisher Sudamericana «detailed view»
260.	1958/03/27	TLS[x] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	We received your kind letter of March 18 in regard to the agreement the Abbey recently signed		South American, Portuguese rights for Bread in the Wilderness, Marthe, Marie et Lazare, The Last of the Fathers, and The Living Bread - Editorial Vozes «detailed view»
261.	1958/04/15	TLS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	My, I see your letters of February 18 and February 20 have gone all this time unanswered.		thanks for a news clipping sent [likely about Camaldolese establishing monastery in California - New Camaldoli Hermitage, Big Sur, CA] / Br. John Thevervelil - St. Joseph's Apostolic Seminary, India - permision to publish Malayalam translation of No Man Is an Island / Robert Bagar, Jr. - quote from The Seven Storey Mountain / The Secular Journal returned from censors, waiting on Sortais «detailed view»
262.	1958/04/22	TLS from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	Ed. Vozes Ltda. Has now sent us an offer for Portuguese rights in Brazil for A SILENT LIFE.		Portuguese rights in Brazil for The Silent Life - The Last of the Fathers / German edition of The Living Bread «detailed view»
263.	1958/04/28	TLS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	I'm happy to enclose herewith two copies of the contracts with Burns, Oates & Washbourne		contracts for Thoughts in Solitude / Fox approached about making a movie about The Seven Storey Mountain - Fox does not think approval would be easy considering Dom Gabriel Sortais and his reluctance to publish The Secular Journal «detailed view»
264.	1958/04/29	TLS[x] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	We received your good letter of April 22 together with the enclosed contract in quadruplicate		Portuguese rights for The Silent Life «detailed view»
265.	1958/05/03	TLS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received yours of April 28 together with the contracts for THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE. They are O.K.		regarding a film version of The Seven Storey Mountain, Merton confirms opinion to "side-step all movie projects" / Merton's enthusiasm about South America which Fox does not share - Fox's take on Cardenal and other Latin Americans at Gethsemani «detailed view»
266.	1958/06/17	TLS from MacLennan, Bertha / to James Fox	I am very glad to tell you that the publishing house Aldo Garzanti of Milan would like to issue		[from Bertha MacLennan of the Translations Department in London of Curtis Brown, Ltd.] Italian edition of Thoughts in Solitude «detailed view»
267.	1958/07/29	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	I enclose herewith four copies of an agreement covering Portuguese rights in Portugal only for SELF		Portuguese rights in Portugal for "Self Denial and the Christian," "A Balanced Life of Prayer," "What Is Contemplation?," and "Poverty and the Contemplative Life" «detailed view»
268.	1958/10/22	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	We received a letter from our Most Reverend General in regard to some lady-translator from English		[earlier signed draft of the letter verso of first page dated Oct. 20] / Portuguese translator in Brazil [Sr. M. Irmã Emmanuel de Souza e Silva] - Sr. Emmanuel offended Dom Gabriel Sortais by first bypassing Trappist censors and later suggesting Franciscans could take care of it faster «detailed view»
269.	1958/12/29	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to James Fox	What a perfectly lovely Christmas present - the beautiful record. I had no idea that there had been		«detailed view»
270.	1959/02/10	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	You will remember in July 1958 I sent four copies of a contract to you covering Portuguese rights		contracts for rights in Portugal for "Self Denial and the Christian," "A Balanced Life of Prayer," "What Is Contemplation?," and "Poverty and the Contemplative Life" «detailed view»
271.	1959/04/15	TALS from Stone, Naomi Burton / to Merton	You must admit I don't often bother you with this kind of thing, but I thought I really ought to ask		sending letter from Ed Kuhn from McGraw Hill about a project regarding photographs [still and shots on set?] concerning a movie about St. Paul / Tom Burns - Desert Fathers «detailed view»
272.	1959/04/20	TACS from Dunne, Bob / to James Fox	BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MONASTIC SPIRITUALITY Thomas Merton [-] In 1957 we issued in our Paternoster		asking to be albe to sell extra copies of Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality to Messrs. Templegate of Illinois / includes Merton's handwritten ok «detailed view»
273.	1959/04/20	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Naomi Burton Stone	Your letter to good Father Louis of April 15 arrived, and we talked it over together. The net result		Fox believes Merton should not get involved in project Stone mentioned in April 15 letter «detailed view»
274.	1959/07/06	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	I am enclosing five copies of an addendum to the agreement for Spanish rights in Thomas Merton's		addendum to contract for Spanish rights for Obras Completas (Merton's complete works) / Spanish rights to What Are These Wounds and Exile Ends in Glory «detailed view»
275.	1959/07/07	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	We hear from our French agent that there has been an offer for a cheap Catholic series edition (sort		royalties for a thrift or pocket edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
276.	1959/12/04	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	I am enclosing an agreement in triplicate covering Portuguese rights in Brasil only of THOUGHTS		Brazilian Portuguese rights for Thoughts in Solitude «detailed view»
277.	1959/12/07 (#01)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	With reference to my letter of December 4th together with contracts I sent for signature covering		Brazilian Portuguese rights for Thoughts in Solitude «detailed view»
278.	1959/12/07 (#02)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	I am now able to send you the contracts covering Spanish rights in Spain and Spanish rights in Latin		Spanish rights in Spain and in Latin America for Thoughts in Solitude and Monastic Peace «detailed view»
279.	1959/12/28 (#01)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Here for your files is a copy of agreement between Albin Michel and Editions du Seuill		contract with Albin Michel for a thrift or pocket edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
280.	1959/12/28 (#02)	other	EDITIONS DU SEUIL 27, rue Jacob PARIS Viº CONTRAT D'EDITION Entre les soussignés: Les Editions Albin		contract with Albin Michel for a thrift or pocket edition of The Seven Storey Mountain (in French La nuit privée d'étoiles) «detailed view»
281.	1960/02/23	TALS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	I am enclosing three copies of an agreement covering Portuguese rights in Portugal for THOUGHTS IN		Portuguese edition of Thoughts in Solitude with handwritten note on letter by Fox «detailed view»
282.	1960/03/09	TALS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	I am enclosing herewith an agreement covering German language rights in THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE		German edition of Thoughts in Solitude with handwritten note on letter by Fox «detailed view»
283.	1960/03/23	TALS from Knowlton, Perry / to James Fox	I am sorry about the delay in getting the contracts with New Directions for PROBLEMS & PARDONS		The Behavior of Titans (under manuscript title, "Problems and Pardons") and Bread in the Wilderness with handwritten note on letter by Fox «detailed view»
284.	1960/05/26	TLS from Giroux, Robert / to James Fox	As I wrote you on March 4th, in a letter signed by my colleagues here, we are all most grateful		Disputed Questions / new contract with Farrar, Straus and Cudahy - need to clarify termination of Curtis Brown as agent «detailed view»
285.	1960/06/01 (#01)	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Perry Knowlton	We are writing you in regard to the agency which Curtis Brown has exercised in regard to Father		termination of literary agency with Curtis Brown, Ltd. «detailed view»
286.	1960/06/01 (#02)	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Robert Giroux	We received your kind note of May 26. Yes, it is a wonderful letter of March 4 signed by all your		Perry Knowlton of Curtis Brown, Ltd. to continue to work on The Thomas Merton Reader as last project «detailed view»
287.	1960/06/03 (#01)	TLS from Knowlton, Perry / to James Fox	Thank you very much for your letter of June 1, carrying the unfortunate news that we are no longer		[from Perry H. Knowlton, Books Division, Curtis Brown, Ltd.] «detailed view»
288.	1960/06/03 (#02)	TLS from Giroux, Robert / to James Fox	I am most grateful for your letter of June first, which arrived today together with a copy of your		[from Robert Giroux of Farrar, Straus & Cudahy] «detailed view»
289.	1960/06/06	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Robert Giroux	We received your letter of June 3. Good Perry has written to me as your rightly surmised, holding		«detailed view»
290.	1960/06/07	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Perry Knowlton	We received your kind note of June 3. I can appreciate your sorrow at having to separate		[to Perry H. Knowlton, Books Division, Curtis Brown, Ltd.] «detailed view»
291.	1960/06/10	TLS from Collins, Alan / to James Fox	I have been reading thru correspondence that Perry Knowlton has been having with you and Father		[from Alan C. Collins, president of Curtis Brown, Ltd.] unfairness at taking away The Thomas Merton Reader from Curtis Brown «detailed view»
292.	1960/06/14	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Het Spectrum the Dutch publisher of SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION now wish to publish this title in a paper		Dutch paperback edition of Seeds of Contemplation «detailed view»
293.	1960/06/15 (#01)	TLS[x] from Fox, James / to Alan Collins	We received your very charming note of June 10. We have read it over carefully and with deep		[to Alan C. Collins, president of Curtis Brown, Ltd.] «detailed view»
294.	1960/06/15 (#02)	TLS[x] from Collins, Alan / to James Fox	Thank you for reconsidering and, of course, I cannot say I am not sorry that you couldn't change		[from Alan C. Collins, president of Curtis Brown, Ltd.] «detailed view»
295.	1960/10/31	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Many thanks for your letter of October 25th with regard to the Spanish edition of THE LIVING BREAD,		Spanish edition of The Living Bread «detailed view»
296.	1961/02/23	TALS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Further to your letter of Feb. 6th regarding Spanish royalties on THE LIVING BREAD by Thomas Merton,		[note by Dom James Fox on letter] «detailed view»
297.	1961/03/28 (#01)	TALS from Jones, Pamela / to James Fox	The National Council for Catholic Men is preparing a public service radio program for NBC and wishes		[from Pamela Jones of Curtis Brown - note by Dom James Fox on letter] «detailed view»
298.	1961/03/28 (#02)	TALS from Knowlton, Perry / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter of March 27. The January 24th letter to which I referred also transmitted		[note by Dom James Fox on letter's envelope] «detailed view»
299.	1961/03/28 (#03)	TL[x] from Knowlton, Perry / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter of March 27. The January 24th letter to which I referred also transmitted		[enclosed with March letter, dated 1961/01/24] «detailed view»
300.	1961/05/12	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	I am glad to report that we have had an offer from Garzanti for the Italian rights in SPIRITUAL		[note by Dom James Fox on letter's envelope] Italian rights from Garzanti for Spiritual Direction and Meditation «detailed view»
301.	1961/05/15	TALS from Knowlton, Perry / to James Fox	We have just had the enclosure from London. If you approve of its content would you please have it		[note by Merton and Dom James Fox on letter's envelope] «detailed view»
302.	1961/07/13	TALS from Knowlton, Perry / to Merton	We have just had the enclosed from Sheed and Ward and though the forms they enclose are made out		[note by Merton to Dom James Fox on letter's envelope - asking if he has permission to initial documents] «detailed view»
303.	1961/10/02	TLS from Knowlton, Perry / to Merton	Here are four copies of the option for THE READER which have been a long time in developing, but		The Thomas Merton Reader «detailed view»
304.	1961/10/06	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Perry Knowlton	Your kind note of October 2 together with the four copies of the option agreement for THE MERTON		The Thomas Merton Reader / Thomas McDonnell «detailed view»
305.	1961/10/19	TLS from Knowlton, Perry / to James Fox	Here's four copies of the contract for THE MERTON READER with Harcourt, Brace & World for your		The Thomas Merton Reader / Thomas McDonnell «detailed view»
306.	1961/10/28	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Perry Knowlton	Thank you for your kindness in taking care of the contracts for THE MERTON READER and returning		The Thomas Merton Reader / Thomas McDonnell «detailed view»
307.	1962/01/05 (#01)	TL[x] from Fox, James / to Nellie Sukerman	I do not know if you are the right one to address with this letter, but you can transmit it to		Spanish royalties for The Living Bread - only accounts for those until June 30, 1958 and asks about the time between 1958 and 1962 «detailed view»
308.	1962/01/05 (#02)	other	Due from Ediciones Rialp for Spanish royalties to June 30, 1958 on THE LIVING BREAD, T. Merton. $19.		[from Curtis Brown, Ltd. to Archbishop Alonso Carinci, enclosure originally dated 1961/12/29] Spanish royalties for The Living Bread «detailed view»
309.	1962/01/09 (#01)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Miss Sukerman has given me your letter of January 5th regarding the Spanish royalties of THE LIVING		Spanish royalties for The Living Bread «detailed view»
310.	1962/01/09 (#02)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to Alfonso Carinci	Further to your letter of August 11th you will see by the attached accounting and check that we have		[from Elizabeth Mowat to Archbishop Alonso Carinci, enclosure originally dated 1961/12/28] Spanish royalties for The Living Bread / explanation of gap in royalty payments «detailed view»
311.	1962/05/16	TALS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter of April 19th giving approval for Garzanti to use the poems in the list		[note by Merton and Dom James Fox on letter's envelope and note by Fox on letter] permission for publisher Garzanti to use some of Merton's poems «detailed view»
312.	1962/08/16	TALS from Knowlton, Perry / to James Fox	May we have your permission to use in the forthcoming Harcourt edition of A THOMAS MERTON READER		[notes by Merton and Fox on the letter] permission to use "Nativity Kerygma" in The Thomas Merton Reader «detailed view»
313.	1962/10/23	TALS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	You will remember in February 1960 an agreement was signed for the German rights in THOUGHTS		[note by Fox on the letter] German rights for Thoughts in Solitude and Spiritual Direction and Meditation «detailed view»
314.	1963/06/27	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Perry Knowlton	A good friend of ours in Japan wishes to translate some books of Father Louis (Thomas Merton)		Ekiji Yoshida interested in Japanese rights to: The Seven Storey Mountain, Seeds of Contemplation, The Sign of Jonas, and No Man Is an Island «detailed view»
315.	1963/10/03 (#01)	TALS[c] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	We received the enclosed letter from Father Ciampa, S.J., which you so kindly forwarded to us.		[includes handwritten note on the letter's envelope by Merton] missionary edition in English, Sinhalese, and Tamil of Praying the Psalms «detailed view»
316.	1963/10/03 (#02)	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Joseph Ciampa	Your gracious letter of September 21 addressed to our good Father Louis (Thomas Merton) was received		[to Rev. Father Joseph Ciampa, S.J., St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)] missionary edition in English, Sinhalese, and Tamil of Praying the Psalms «detailed view»
317.	1963/10/10 (#01)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	We enclose the attached letter for your files. We have written to Rev. Joseph Ciampa giving him our		«detailed view»
318.	1963/10/10 (#02)	TLS from Ciampa, Joseph / to Merton	I would like to print a missionary edition of your booklet, PRAYING THE PSALMS, published by		[from Rev. Father Joseph Ciampa, S.J., St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)] missionary edition in English, Sinhalese, and Tamil of Praying the Psalms «detailed view»
319.	1963/10/11	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Aldo Garsanti [sic], the Italian publisher of THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN, now want to reprint		Italian pocket edition reprint of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
320.	1963/10/15	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	We received your letter of October 11 with the enclosed contracts, etc., in regard to Garsanti [sic]		Garzanti contract for Italian rights for a paperback edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
321.	1963/10/22	TALS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Thank you for your letter of October 15th and the return of the Italian paper-back agreements on THE		[letter contains a note by James Fox] Italian rights for a paperback edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
322.	1963/10/24	TLS from Editorial Dept., SPCK / to James Fox	We have in preparation a MS by the Reverend Canon H.M. Waddams entitled Life and Fire of Love		asking permission to quote from Seeds of Contemplation and Thoughts in Solitude «detailed view»
323.	1963/11/04	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Editorial Dept., SPCK	In reference to your kind letter of October 24 in which you request permission to quote from two		asking permission to quote from Seeds of Contemplation and Thoughts in Solitude for Life and Fire of Love by Canon H.M. Waddams «detailed view»
324.	1963/11/07	TALS from Knowlton, Perry / to Editorial Dept., SPCK	In reference to your letter of October 24th to The Right Reverend Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani		permission to quote from Seeds of Contemplation and Thoughts in Solitude for Life and Fire of Love by Canon H.M. Waddams «detailed view»
325.	1963/12/16	TLS[x] from Knowlton, Perry / to James Fox	We have now heard from our London office concerning the English edition of the THOMAS MERTON READER		quoting Burns & Oates representative about the dispute over Merton's rights regarding The Thomas Merton Reader between Harcourt, Brace and Farrar, Straus- withdrawl of Farrar, Straus materials as a cause for it not to be published in England «detailed view»
326.	1964/02/19	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	As you know under all foreign translation agreements for THE LIVING BREAD, all proceeds are paid		[see also letters of 1964/03/09 and 1965/01/25] Archbishop Alonso Carinci in Rome receiving all foreign royalties for The Living Bread «detailed view»
327.	1964/03/09	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	We received your gracious note of February 19. Please pardon the delay in replying.		Archbishop Alonso Carinci in Rome is deceased - stopping payment on royalties checks «detailed view»
328.	1965/01/25	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	We are writing in regard to the foreign translation agreements for THE LIVING BREAD, which were		Archbishop Alonso Carinci in Rome is deceased - stopping payment on royalties checks - new payments should go to Francesco Cardinal Roberti in Rome «detailed view»
329.	1965/06/09	TALS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Enclosed find two copies of an agreement covering Catalan language rights in NO MAN IS AN ISLAND		[notes by Merton and Dom James Fox] «detailed view»
330.	1965/06/22	TLS from McCawley, James / to James Fox	Our client, Michael Novak, wishes to quote 275 words from Thomas Merton's review of HONEST TO GOD		[from James McCawley, Permissions Director at Curtis Brown, Ltd.] Michael Novak wishes to quote Merton's review of J.A.T. Robinson's Honest to God in his book, Belief and Unbelief «detailed view»
331.	1965/06/28	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to James McCawley	We received your kind letter of June 22 in regard to your client, Mr. Michael Novak, who wishes		permission for Michael Novak to quote Merton's review of J.A.T. Robinson's Honest to God in his book, Belief and Unbelief «detailed view»
332.	1965/10/01	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Sometime ago you wrote asking us the permission to proceed with Japanese rights in various titles		[notes by Merton and Dom James Fox on the envelope] Japanese edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
333.	1965/11/08	TALS[x] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	Woe is me! Heavens. I see the date on your letter is October 1-- it just became buried		Japanese edition of The Seven Storey Mountain «detailed view»
334.	1966/09/09	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Veritas Shoin, the Japanese publisher who recently did SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION now wish to do		Japanese edition of Thoughts in Solitude «detailed view»
335.	1966/09/13	TL[c] from Fox, James / to Elizabeth Mowat	We received your gracous note of September 9. It seems OK in all particulars. As far as we know our		Japanese edition of Thoughts in Solitude «detailed view»
336.	1966/11/02 (#01)	TLS from Mowat, Elizabeth / to James Fox	Enclosed find a letter from the German publisher, Benziger, advising they are liquidating the copies		Benziger liquidated copies of the German edition of The Secular Journal «detailed view»
337.	1966/11/02 (#02)	TLS from Benzinger publishers / to Curtis Brown, Ltd.	We herewith have to inform you that the sale of the German edition of your book SECULAR JOURNAL		Benziger liquidated copies of the German edition of The Secular Journal, ("Weltliches Tagebuch") «detailed view»

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