Items

• 1965-08-11: Letter from Dorothy Day to Thomas Merton
  A handwritten letter, signed by Dorothy Day and address to Merton. She discusses the success of the PAX organization weekend [PAX was founded as a U.S. branch of Pax Christi International, a Catholic peace organization, and the national branch is known today as Pax Christi, U.S.A.]. Jim Douglass and Day to go to Rome to confront bishops directly on peacemaking work. She also mentions the good work of Jim Douglass, Jim Forest, Tom Cornell, Howard Everngam, and Eileen Egan in promoting non-violence and building movements.
• 1968-07-10: Letter from Pope Paul VI to Thomas Merton
  Pope Paul VI sends Thomas Merton a formal letter of gratitude acknowledging Merton's letter of congratulations and the masses offered for the Pope's intentions.
• Certificate of the baptism of Thomas Merton (baptism: November 16, 1938; and certificate issued October 13, 1939) at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, New York
  The certificate states that Thomas Merton was baptized by Fr. Joseph Moone at Corpus Christi parish. His baptismal sponsor was Edward Rice. Fr. Kenealy of Corpus Christi issued the certificate.
• 1964-08-25: Letter to Merton from "Bruyn, Marcella van, Dame, O.S.B."
  The letter is not dated by month and day, but is stated as "Feast of St. Louis, 1964," which would be August 25th.
• Photograph from the correspondence of Dame Marcella van Bruyn, O.S.B. and Thomas Merton. Color photograph of van Bruyn at Stanbrook Abbey.
  Dame Marcella sends Merton the photograph in her letter of June 8, 1966.
• Photograph from Daniel Berrigan's correspondence with Thomas Merton. Daniel Berrigan is pictured in a blue plaid shirt in center with Merton seated on the photo's left and Phillip Berrigan on the far right (Tony Walsh with back to the camera).
  The photograph was taken at an August 1962 retreat.
• Photograph from Fr. Timóteo Amoroso Anastácio, O.S.B. correspondence with Thomas Merton.
  A photo dated 1956-07-25 sent by Fr. Timoteo Amoroso Anastacio of workers in a field.
• 1968-12-11: Telegram from the Abbot of Gethsemani Abbey [Dom Flavian Burns, OCSO] to Mrs. Thomas Gaither [Marice "Mimi" Gaither] regarding Thomas Merton's death
  Mimi Gaither was a long-time supporter of Gethsemani Abbey and frequently sent donations for Mass intentions. The Merton Center has letters between Merton and Gaither from 1952 to 1968. In this telegram sent to friends of Merton, Dom Flavian Burns informs Gaither that Merton has died in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 1968-07-11: Letter from Thomas Merton to August Schou, Secretary of the Nobel Prize Committee, recommending Vinoba Bhave for the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1965-03-09: Letter from Thomas Merton to Robert D. Crane (with handwritten annotations by Crane)
  Robert D. Crane was a Research Associate with the Center for Strategic Studies and was later with the Hudson Institute for National Security and International Order in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. He was involved in Republican Party functions and conservative-leaning think-tanks on national and international security and outer space security. He was a chief advisor to Richard Nixon from 1962-1967. In 1980, he converted to Islam and took the name Farooq Abdul Haq.