Correspondence: Letters to and from Thomas Merton

Title: Correspondence: Letters to and from Thomas Merton
Creator: Thomas Merton
Date: 1931-1968, with some ancillary letters to or from Merton family members from 1909 and letters to or from the Merton Center dating the period after Merton's death
Identifier: Thomas Merton Collection, Section A: Correspondence.
Volume: 40 cubic feet; 16 file drawers
Subject: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968--Correspondence.
Format: Paper records in file folders

1960-01-04: Letter from Arthur Graham Carey to Thomas Merton. 1960 January 4
Letter to Merton to Carey in response to December 29, 1959.
1959-12-29: Letter from Thomas Merton to Arthur Graham Carey. 1959 December 29
Letter from Merton to Carey asking for a copy of a book.
1957-11-09: Letter from Arthur Graham Carey to Thomas Merton. 1957 November 9
Letter from Carey to Merton discussing Merton's Notes on Art.
1968: Telegram to Thomas Merton from Tenzin Geyshe Tethong, the Dalai Lama's secretary
Telegram to Merton in Calcutta, possibly from the Dalai Lama's secretary Tenzin Geyshe Tethong, setting up a meeting time on November 4, 1968. Part of the message is cut off.
1968-11-05: Photo postcard from Thomas Merton to Patrick Hart
A photo postcard sent to Patrick Hart from Thomas Merton. The front of the postcard is a black and white photograph of Merton and Amiya Chakravarty and others in Calcutta. Merton discusses his meeting with the Dalai Lama and meeting the Tibetan monks.
1968-11: Card from Thomas Merton to Patrick Hart, November 1968
Greeting card from Thomas Merton to Patrick Hart regarding his meeting with the Dalai Lama. Merton wrote this card from from Dharamsala, India - printed with drawings of yaks and a phrase with the translation "May you have a long life, free from illness, full of happiness and prosperity."