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• 1961-07-04 : Correspondence with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, letter to Merton
• "Graph of my work. Feb. 6, 1967." Thomas Merton's evaluation of his own books.
  Thomas Merton rates his published books in varying degrees from "Awful" to "Best."
• Reading Merton in the Rain, a plenary lecture by Scott Russell Sanders at the 15th General Meeting of the ITMS, held at St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY, June 16, 2017.
  Scott Russell Sanders is the author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including Hunting for Hope and A Conservationist Manifesto. His most recent books are Earth Works: Selected Essays (2012) and Divine Animal: A Novel(2014). A collection of his eco-science fiction stories entitled Dancing in Dreamtime and a new edition of his documentary narrative, Stone Country, co-authored with photographer Jeffrey Wolin, were published in 2017. Among his honors are the Lannan Literary Award, the John Burroughs Essay Award, the Mark Twain Award, the Cecil Woods Award for Nonfiction, the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2012 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University. He and his wife, Ruth, a biochemist, have reared two children in their hometown of Bloomington, in the hardwood hill country of Indiana’s White River Valley.
• 1967-03-00: Letter from Tony Boyd to Thomas Merton, circa March 1967
  Tony Boyd was a seventh-grader writing from Ashland, Kentucky. He asked Merton for information about Kentucky music and facts. In Merton's reply, he expresses his appreciation for Kentucky, having spent half of his life in the state, and his fondness for country music and Johnny Cash (though Merton acknowledges that Cash is not from Kentucky). He writes also of Gethsemani Abbey, describing the buildings and their renovation, the Gregorian chant, and the work of the monks.
• 1967-03-20: Letter to Tony Boyd from Thomas Merton
  Tony Boyd was a seventh-grader writing from Ashland, Kentucky. He asked Merton for information about Kentucky music and facts. In Merton's reply, he expresses his appreciation for Kentucky, having spent half of his life in the state, and his fondness for country music and Johnny Cash (though Merton acknowledges that Cash is not from Kentucky). He writes also of Gethsemani Abbey, describing the buildings and their renovation, the Gregorian chant, and the work of the monks.
• B1968-12-06 - Bangkok, December 1968
  Thomas Merton's room in Bangkok"Ground floor, 3rd window from right"
• B1968-12-07 - Bangkok, December 1968
  The building where Thomas Merton stayed during Bangkok conference
• B1968-12-11 - Bangkok, December 1968
  Thomas Merton's room in Bangkok"Ground floor, 3rd window from right"
• B1968-12-12 - Bangkok, December 1968
  Thomas Merton's room in Bangkok"Ground floor, 3rd window from right"
• TM195x-xx-01 - Photo of Merton
  Thomas Merton signing books at home of Little Sisters of the Poor, Louisville; Sr. Martha holding book, looking at Thomas MertonPhoto donated by Br. Patrick Hart on Jan 22, 2003; sent to him by Fr. John of St. Martin's Home, Baltimore, on Dec 6,