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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Hanshell, Deryck, Fr., S.J.".
Fr. Deryck Hanshell was a Jesuit priest and sub-editor of The Month, a magazine published by the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order) in London. The editor was Fr. Philip George Caraman, another correspondent of Merton's.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
For the originals of these letters, please contact the Archives of the British Province of the Society of Jesus (ABSI), and reference file number 48/15/9, The Month magazine.
See also "Caraman, Philip George" file; see also parts of Merton's correspondence with Deryck Hanshell published in June Rockett's book A Gentle Jesuit.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
| | y/m/d | Merton | | Scan ✉ | |
| 1. |
1948/10/08 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thanks very much for asking me to contribute to the new Month-- and to pray for it. |
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[partial letter published in A Gentle Jesuit]
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| 2. |
1948/10/08 (#02) |
transcript from Merton |
Thanks very much for asking me to contribute to the new Month and to pray for it. I will try to do |
✓ |
[transcript from A Gentle Jesuit of TLS to Fr. Deryck Hanshell - originals at the Jesuit Archives in London]
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| 3. |
1949/02/12 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Letters like yours are no pestering at all. I believe what you say about Cambridge and that is one |
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[partial letter published in A Gentle Jesuit]
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| 4. |
1949/02/12 (#02) |
transcript from Merton |
This is my first chance to say I got the first issue of the month [sic], and that it looks fine, |
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[transcript from A Gentle Jesuit of TLS to Fr. Deryck Hanshell - originals at the Jesuit Archives in London]
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1949/04/20 (#01) |
TLS from Merton |
Thanks for your last letter. This is to say that I have not received the February or March |
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[partial letter published in A Gentle Jesuit]
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| 6. |
1949/04/20 (#02) |
transcript from Merton |
A thought occurred to me about payment for the articles: you could send us books instead of money |
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[transcript from A Gentle Jesuit of TLS to Fr. Deryck Hanshell - originals at the Jesuit Archives in London]
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1949/06/26 (#01) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for the books, consignments of which have been coming in. So far we have two packets |
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[partial letter published in A Gentle Jesuit]
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1949/06/26 (#02) |
transcript from Merton |
Many thanks for the books, consignments of which have been coming in. So far we have two packets |
✓ |
[transcript from A Gentle Jesuit of TLS to Fr. Deryck Hanshell - originals at the Jesuit Archives in London]
«detailed view» |
| 9. |
undated/no/no |
other from Merton |
From the Legend of Saint Clement. [-] I have seen the sun [-] Spilling its copper petals |
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