Hocks, Paula, 1916-2003

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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Hocks, Paula".

Paula Hocks was later known as a photographer and book artist. At the time of correspondence with Merton, she had spent time interacting with the Trappist nuns at Redwoods Monastery and was on faculty at University of California at San Diego in La Jolla. Merton was encouraging her interest in sacred art. Before she had established herself as an artist, she had offered to do typing for Merton. She became Editor of a small poetry magazine at UCSD while teaching in the Philosophy Department. She would later move to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1962/10/23	TLS[x] from Merton	Please forgive me for not answering your letter. Your postcard reminded me of it today, I mean		«detailed view»
2.	1963/05/16	TLS[x] from Merton	The Lord alone knows how badly I need secretarial help. But I just don't see how the correspondence		«detailed view»
3.	1963/11/22 (#01)	TL[c] from Merton	First of all, here is the manuscript that I said I would send for you to type. Most of it is fairly		«detailed view»
4.	1963/11/22 (#02)	TLS[x] from Merton	First of all, here is the manuscript that I said I would send for you to type. Most of it is fairly		«detailed view»
5.	1964/01/16	HLS to Merton	Your last letter gave me great consolation during my illness. I have been shut in for a month -		«detailed view»
6.	1964/03/14 (#01)	TAL[c] from Merton	Thanks for the wonderful news. I rejoice with you and congratulate you. Lent is the right time for		«detailed view»
7.	1964/03/14 (#02)	TLS[x] from Merton	Thanks for the wonderful news. I rejoice with you and congratulate you. Lent is the right time for		«detailed view»
8.	1964/04/08	TLS[x] from Merton	I have still not been able to get to work on the ms of that book but here is a small job, which		«detailed view»
9.	1964/07/20	HNS[x] from Merton	Thanks for your notes and news. I think of you often but don't have time to write a decent letter.		«detailed view»
10.	1965/02/01 (#01)	TL[c] from Merton	Thanks for your note. Here is the ms for typing. It is not much, but there will be something else		«detailed view»
11.	1965/02/01 (#02)	TLS[x] from Merton	Thanks for your note. Here is the ms for typing. It is not much, but there will be something else		«detailed view»
12.	1966/08/17	TANS[x] from Merton	I am always glad to hear from you. If I don't always answer it is because I can't keep up.		«detailed view»
13.	1966/09/04 (#01)	HLS to Merton	"After the days and the seasons..." once more she presents herself at your door - the peculiar		«detailed view»
14.	1966/09/04 (#02)	other to Merton	A boy [-] A thief [-] An urchin [-] the bitter bells [-] hold harbor here. No heart		[poem by Hocks] «detailed view»
15.	1966/12/25	TALS[x] from Merton	Sorry, I have just had to give up any hope of answering most of my Christmas mail personally.		[labeled "Christmas Morning"] «detailed view»
16.	1967/01/17	TLS[x] from Merton	Here is a ms to be typed. The usual, for publication, and with four carbons if possible.		«detailed view»
17.	1967/01/31	other	Abbey of Gethsemani [-] Typing of manuscript - 26 pages @ .30 ea. [-] $ 7.80 [-] thank you.		«detailed view»
18.	1967/02/14	TLS[x] from Merton	The ms arrived yesterday. Many thanks. You did a very good job, much better than anything I could		«detailed view»
19.	1967/04/17 (#01)	TL[c] from Merton	I would have got this to you before but it is rather a major and delicate operation to scrounge		«detailed view»
20.	1967/04/17 (#02)	TLS[x] from Merton	I would have got this to you before but it is rather a major and delicate operation to scrounge		«detailed view»
21.	1967/08/15	TNS[x] from Merton	Good to get your note. I think your decision to go on working for the University is very wise.		«detailed view»
22.	1967/09/07 (#01)	TL[c] from Merton	Your letter arrived today, and yesterday came the indocin at which I am touched and for which I am		«detailed view»
23.	1967/09/07 (#02)	TLS[x] from Merton	Your letter arrived today, and yesterday came the indocin at which I am touched and for which I am		«detailed view»
24.	1968/01/no?	other	Is it [-] your memoir [-] haunting me this summer [-] whispering lines from letters to the world,		[poem by Hocks for Merton] «detailed view»
25.	1968/03/16 (#01)	TL[c] from Merton	Good to get your note. I need help with typing, very much so, and am delighted that you want to do		«detailed view»
26.	1968/03/16 (#02)	TLS[x] from Merton	Good to get your note. I need help with typing, very much so, and am delighted that you want to do		«detailed view»
27.	1968/04/08	other	STATEMENT [-] paula hocks [-] To: Abbey of Gethsemani [-] Trappist, Kentucky [-] MANUSCRIPT		[handwritten annotation by Merton - "pd. April 8."] «detailed view»
28.	1968/04/18	other	Statement [-] ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI [-] TRAPPIST, KENTUCKY [-] To type manuscript for F. Louis		[handwritten annotations by Merton, including "Sent April 23."] «detailed view»
29.	1968/04/23 (#01)	TL[c] from Merton	Thanks again, so much. I am sending the check, with a little extra for postage, all in round		«detailed view»
30.	1968/04/23 (#02)	TLS[x] from Merton	Thanks again, so much. I am sending the check, with a little extra for postage, all in round		«detailed view»
31.	1968/04/no? (#01)	TL[x] from Merton to Friends	As I write this there is snow on the ground from a blizzard we had the other day, but the sun is		[labeled "EASTER LETTER 1968" - see also "Circular Letters to Friends" file] «detailed view»
32.	1968/04/no? (#02)	other	FOUND MACARONIC ANTIPOEM [-] Amicorum communia funt omnia [-] Mein		[photocopy of things sent by Merton with circular letter of the same date - sending his poem from Monks Pond, a photograph of him and a photograph of the wooden cross in front of his hermitage] «detailed view»
33.	1968/05/21	TLS[x] from De Ganck, Roger	Do not think that I have forgotten you. For so long I intended to write you, but the time has been		[from Fr. Roger De Ganck, O.C.S.O., priest in residence at Redwoods Monastery in California] «detailed view»
34.	1968/06/16	TLS[x] from Merton	Here is the first half of the book I would like you to type. The rest will be along shortly.		«detailed view»
35.	1968/06/23	HLS[x] from Merton	Here is the rest of it. Just a few more papers to come, however, in the last section.		«detailed view»
36.	1968/07/19 (#01)	TNS[x] from Merton	I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble. Of course I don't want you to injure yourself working more		«detailed view»
37.	1968/07/19 (#02)	TANS[x] from Merton	Here are the last two pages, the extra material on Ghost Dance that I spoke of. Hope you are		«detailed view»
38.	1968/07/no?	TLS[x] from Merton	For various reasons I was quite busy during May and June, and so for July and part of August I am		[labeled "MIDSUMMER 1968"] «detailed view»
39.	1968/08/03	TLS[x] from Merton	I was terribly sorry to hear your trouble had got so bad that you had to be hospitalized.		«detailed view»
40.	1968/09/18	HLS[x] from Merton	Right now I am in the hospital but expect to be out shortly to work on the MS. I will send you.		«detailed view»
41.	1968/12/11	TL[x] from Trappists in Bangkok / to Flavian Burns	The news of the sudden and unexpected death of your beloved son, Father Louis, has already been		[from six Trappist delegates at the conference in Bangkok to Dom Flavian Burns, Abbot of Gethsemani, in response to Merton's death - copies sent to Merton's friends] «detailed view»
42.	1968/12/19	TAL[x] from Monks of Gethsemani / to Friends of Merton	We are deeply moved by the countless expressions of sympathy which we have been receiving		«detailed view»
43.	1968/no/no?	TLS to Merton	think of you often. If you have any mss. for typing, I could do some if there was not too much rush		«detailed view»
44.	1992/12/15	TLS[x] to Robert Lax Foundation	For several years prior to his death, Tom Merton had been sending me -- at my desk in the Philosophy		[copies of Merton manuscripts to go to Robert Lax Foundation] «detailed view»
45.	undated/04/08	HLS to Merton	Ms. nearly done. Will mail in a couple of days. I'm fine. Filled w/ joy, bent w/ sorrow		«detailed view»
46.	undated/no/no	HLS[x] from De Ganck, Roger	As you know (I assume) we do not intend to become a 'large' community, 15 (mature) persons at the		«detailed view»
47.	undated/no/no	other	CONTENTS [-] PART ONE- THE BLACK REVOLUTION [-] 1. Letters to a White Liberal [-] 2. The Legend		[table of contents, handwritten by Merton - possibly send with 1963/11/22 letter which has a reference to "The Black Revolution"] «detailed view»
48.	undated/no/no	other	DR. M. B. BRAHMACHARI: A PERSONAL TRIBUTE [-] It was my great good fortune to make		[tribute by Merton to Hindu monk and friend Brahmachari] «detailed view»
49.	undated/no/no	TLS to Merton	Long times, August days once more, the wheels turning. All you say, the emblems. Still, it will		«detailed view»
50.	undated/no/no	TNS[x] from Merton	Thanks for your letter. If you have time for a little typing, I hope to send you a short and not		«detailed view»

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