This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Herscher, Irenaeus Joseph, Fr., O.F.M.".
Fr. Irenaeus Herscher was a Franciscan priest from St. Bonaventure College whom Merton knew from the library while teaching there. He is mentioned in The Seven Storey Mountain. Merton continued to request books from St. Bonaventure's library and to keep in contact with Herscher throughout his life at Gethsemani. (Source: The Road to Joy, p. 295.)
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1952/12/17 |
HCS[x] from Merton |
+ Pray for us - and give my good wishes to all at St Bona's. [-] as ever, in Jesus [-] fr M. Louis |
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[verso: Madonna and child mosaic - "Original design by a Trappist Monk" - interior of card has quote from St. Bernard of Clairvaux and also the text "This Christmas and all thru the year... All for Jesus- thru Mary- with a Smile! [-] Rev. Father Abbot and Community"]
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1958/02/12 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
How are you? I hope you aren't all down with colds up there. Here the infirmary is full and people |
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1958/05/04 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for the Early History of St Bona's ("The First Bonaventure Men" which I was surprised |
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| 4. |
1958/12/23 |
TC[x] from Merton |
Greetings at Christmas 1958 [-] Fr. Louis Merton and the Novices |
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[printed message only, not signed - contains copy of Merton's handwriting on the envelope]
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| 5. |
1964/08/24 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Well, it certainly was a pleasure to see you again, as young as ever after all these years. |
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| 6. |
1964/08/24 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Well, it certainly was a pleasure to see you again, as young as ever after all these years. |
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| 7. |
1965/06/21 |
TLS to Merton |
A belated but sincere thank you for the four articles you sent me about a month ago. God has indeed |
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| 8. |
1965/08/06 |
TLS to Merton |
May I first of all wish you a Happy Birthday. May you have many more of them as a happy reminder |
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| 9. |
1965/08/09 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for your kind letter. The open letter on Schema 13 was originally sent to the |
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| 10. |
1965/09/07 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I should have written you some time ago about the article on Schema 13. Actually Jubilee did not |
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| 11. |
1966/01/01 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Happy and holy New Year to you! I am happily established in a hermitage in the woods near the Abbey |
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| 12. |
1966/01/10 |
TLS to Merton |
Into your happy solitude may I send sincere greetings for a Happy and Holy New Year from St. Bona's |
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| 13. |
1966/07/25? |
TLS to Merton |
Not wishing to intrude into your peaceful hermitage, I nevertheless would like to Thank You for |
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[Feast of St. Anne]
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1966/12/15 (#01) |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Here are some materials - by way of a Christmas greeting to Bona's and to you. A happy trip to Rome |
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| 15. |
1966/12/15 (#02) |
TALS[x] from Merton to Friends |
Even with the aid of mimeograph it is not possible to adequately take care of everybody, acknowledge |
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[labeled "CHRISMertonAS - NEW YEAR LETTER 1966 - 1967"]
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| 16. |
1967/04/18 |
TLS to Merton |
A note of sincere appreciation for your thoughtfulness in sending me copies of your more recent |
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| 17. |
1967/12/20? |
TLS[x] from Merton to Friends |
This year has gone by fast, and not without sorrows. Besides the death of Victor Hammer last summer |
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[labeled "ADVENT-CHRISMertonAS 1967"]
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| 18. |
1986/07/28 |
TALS to Center from Wallace, Malcom V. T. |
Thank you for your letter of 17 July. It is a pleasure to inclose [sic] xerox copies of the Merton |
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