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Record Number
1158
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
Irish Monks on Monasticism Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: Irish Monks on Monasticism
Notes
Cassette; the voice of Thomas Merton recorded live at Gethsemani.
Label
V
Record Number
1159
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
De Conversione Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: De Conversione
Notes
2 cassette set; the voice of Thomas Merton recorded live at Gethsemani.
Label
V
Record Number
1160
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
The Virtue of Temperance Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: The Virtue of Temperance
Notes
2 cassette set; the voice of Thomas Merton recorded live at Gethsemani.
Label
V
Record Number
1161
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
The Prophets Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: The Prophets
Notes
2 cassette set; the voice of Thomas Merton recorded live at Gethsemani.
Label
V
Record Number
1162
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
New Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: New Seeds of Contemplation
Notes
7 cd recording of Merton's book.
Label
V
Record Number
1121
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Notes on Art and Worship / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto only. In "The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton" (1984, page 319) Mott reports that in 1959 Merton was interested in writing a book on religeous art. Such a book was never published although some material did appear in different essays. This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Sixty-five numbered pages (not including title page and green card covers) bound in black comb binding.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Notes on Art and Worship / mimeograph
Record Number
1120
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
An Exchange of Letters on Monastic Questions / Br. M. Louis O.C.S.O. and Ronald Roloff O.S.B. / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto and verso. This manuscript found as part of "School of Charity". This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Thirty numbered pages (not including title page and card covers) bound in black comb binding.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: An Exchange of Letters on Monastic Questions / Br. M. Louis O.C.S.O. and Ronald Roloff O.S.B. / mimeograph
Record Number
2574
Reference Type
Book
Year
1985
Title
Clairvaux Place Published: Santa Barbara
Publisher
Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies, UCSB
Number of Pages
15 unnumered pages
Edition
First soft cover limited edition - 1/15
Notes
One of 15 copies. Slim octavo (21cm); hand-sewn wrappers, with text letterpress printed on Rives Heavyweight; [16]pp. Briefly inscribed (in pencil) on the colophon, likely by the unattributed printed. Privately printed edition of Merton's poem dedicated to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, which first appeared in The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton (New Directions, 1977). A curious and tiny production, published by students in one of the last places Merton would visit during his lifetime. Not mentioned in any of the standard Merton references, and not found in OCLC.
Label
NUL
Date
December Short Title: Clairvaux
Record Number
2566
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1967
Title
With the World in my Bloodstream
Journal
Florida Quarterly
Volume
Volume 1
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this poem in a print; eventually included in 18 Poems (1985).
Label
NP
Date
Summer Short Title: With the World in my Bloodstream
Pages
Pages 19-21
Record Number
2567
Reference Type
Magazine Article
Year
1949
Title
Raw Lie Unraw
Volume
Volume 47 (XLVll)
Notes
Soft cover; Laughing Lion Issue. This issue of Columbia's humour magazine includes contributions by noted past graduate from Columbia University including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, and Ad Reinhardt
Label
N1U
Pages
Page 11 - drawing by Merton; page 21 - poem by Merton Short Title: Raw Lie Unraw
Magazine
Jester of Columbia
Issue Number
Number 5
Record Number
2562
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
[1968]
Title
Found Macaronic Antipoem Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph; a translation by Merton of a poem from "Elementary Reader, Augsburg, 1514". This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Pages
1 (recto only)
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Found Macaronic Antipoem
Record Number
2563
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Conference on Prayer Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsmani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph; noted on the front cover are the words "for Conference of Religious of India, Feast of Christ the King, 1968, Calcutta - (all rights reserved)". This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Pages
5 pages (recto and verso) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Conference on Prayer
Record Number
2561
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
[1966]
Title
The Night of Destiny / poem Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Pages
1 (recto only)
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: The Night of Destiny / poem
Record Number
2560
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Notes on the Future of Monasticism Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
June 23
Pages
6 pages (recto and verso) with no cover page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Notes on the Future of Monasticism
Record Number
2558
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
News of the Joyce Industry (for Sewanee Review) Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
Original mimeograph; this item typed in blue/purple ink. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
July
Pages
15 (recto and verso) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: News of the Joyce Industry (for Sewanee Review)
Record Number
2559
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
Contemplation in a World of Action (excerpt)
Journal
Bloominewman
Volume
Volume 2
Notes
Soft cover; this item is a periodical of the University of Louisville. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NPU
Date
April Short Title: Contemplation in a World of Action (excerpt)
Pages
Pages 1-5
Record Number
2557
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
The Stranger / Poverty of an Anti-Hero (for Unicorn Review) Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
Original mimeograph; this item typed in blue/purple ink. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
March
Pages
15 pages (recto only) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: The Stranger / Poverty of an Anti-Hero (for Unicorn Review)
Record Number
2555
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
War and Vision / The Autobiography of a Crow Indian (review) Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
October
Pages
8 pages (recto and verso) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: War and Vision / The Autobiography of a Crow Indian (review)
Record Number
2556
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Pasternak's Letters to Georgian Friends Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
Original mimeograph; this mimeograph typed in purple/blue ink. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
January
Pages
9 pages (recto only) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Pasternak's Letters to Georgian Friends
Record Number
2550
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1966
Title
A Christian Looks at Zen / Introduction to "The Golden Age of Zen" by John C.H. Wu Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
July
Pages
25 pages (recto and verso) plus cover page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: A Christian Looks at Zen / Introduction to "The Golden Age of Zen" by John C.H. Wu
Record Number
2551
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1966
Title
Edifying Cables Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
September
Pages
16 typed pages (recto and verso) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Edifying Cables
Record Number
2552
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
Openness and Cloister (for Spiritual Life) Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
July
Pages
8 pages (recto and verson) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Openness and Cloister (for Spiritual Life)
Record Number
2553
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
The Meaning of Malcolm X (for Continuum) Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
May
Pages
7 pages (recto only) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: The Meaning of Malcolm X (for Continuum)
Record Number
2554
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
The Hot Summer of Sixty Seven Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
Original mimeograph; typed on the cover page are the words "For private circulation only". This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
August
Pages
11 typed pages (recto and verso) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: The Hot Summer of Sixty Seven
Record Number
2548
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Reading from IBN Abbad Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph; this one with stamp on front cover reading "Professed Brothers Common Box Our Lady of Gethsemani". This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
October
Pages
7 typed pages (recto and verso) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Reading from IBN Abbad
Record Number
2549
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1966
Title
Events and Pseaudo-Events / Letter to a Southern Churchman (for Katallagete) Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
February
Pages
20 pages (recto and verso) plus cover/title page
Type of Work
original mimeograph Short Title: Events and Pseaudo-Events / Letter to a Southern Churchman (for Katallagete)
Record Number
2547
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1965
Title
Schema Thirteen / An Open Letter to the American Hierarchy Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NUM
Date
July
Pages
8 typed pages (recto and verso) plus typed cover/title page
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Schema Thirteen / An Open Letter to the American Hierarchy
Record Number
2546
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1965
Title
The Other Side of Despair / Notes on Christian Existentialism (for Critic) Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph with black comb binding. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Date
July Short Title: The Other Side of Despair / Notes on Christian Existentialism (for Critic)
Pages
27 numbered pages (recto and verso) plus cover/title page.
Record Number
2545
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Marxist Theory and Monastic Theoria / Conference delivered at Bankok December 10, 1968 Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NM
Pages
Title/cover page then essay is on 9 typed pages, recto and verso (except title page), 5 sheets in all (plus cover), stapled in top left corner.
Type of Work
Original mimeograph Short Title: Marxist Theory and Monastic Theoria / Conference delivered at Bankok December 10, 1968
Record Number
2544
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
[1961]
Title
Clement of Alexandria / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph in textured blue/green card covers and bound in plastic comb binding. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NUM
Pages
Unpaginated, printed on rectos only.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Clement of Alexandria / mimeograph
Record Number
2489
Reference Type
Book
Year
1949
Title
Seeds of Contemplation / signed Place Published: Norfolk, CT
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First cloth signed limited edition - 1/100 Short Title: Seeds of Contemplation / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket in slip case; limited edition 1/100 and signed by Merton.
Label
NLSU
Record Number
2474
Reference Type
Book Section
Year
1956
Title
The Pope and the Virgin Mary
Publisher
Typis polyglottis Vaticanis
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Pope and the Virgin Mary
Notes
Leather; this book contains articles on 34 aspects of Pope Pius XII's reign (1876-1956) and composed by "eminent scholars from the entire world to honor the eightieth birthday of the Pope" including this scarcely known article by Merton. Articles are written in Italian, French, English, German, Spanish, Latin, and Portuguese.
Pages
Pages 399-415 (553 pages total)
Book Title
Pio XII Pont. Max. - Postridie Kalendas Martias MDCCCLXXVI-MDCCCCLVI Place Published: Rome
Record Number
2476
Reference Type
Book Section
Editor
Garvey, John
Year
1985
Title
The New Conscioousness
Publisher
Templegate Publishers
Notes
Soft cover with dust jacket.
Label
N
Pages
Page 124-131. Short Title: The New Conscioousness
Book Title
Modern Spirituality - An Anthology Place Published: Springfield, Illinois
Record Number
2479
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1964
Title
The Extremists Black and White / A Mystique of Violence
Journal
Peace News
Volume
September 18
Notes
Newsprint; this is the first appearance of this item in print.
Label
NP
Pages
Page 6 Short Title: The Extremists Black and White / A Mystique of Violence
Record Number
2481
Reference Type
Book
Year
1974
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: London
Publisher
Sheldon Press
Number of Pages
81 pages.
Edition
First Sheldon Press hard cover edition. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; first Sheldon Press hard cover edition.
Label
N
Record Number
1111
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
The Climate of Mercy / for Albert Schweitzer / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto and verso. This item appeared in the book "Love and Living" (1979). This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Date
April, 1964
Pages
Fifteen numbered pages (plus title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Climate of Mercy / for Albert Schweitzer / mimeograph
Record Number
1112
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
The Climate of Monastic Prayer / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto and verso. This item appeared in Cistercian Studies Series, No. 1, 1981 and was expanded into the book "Contemplative Prayer" (1969) with it's progression followed by William H. Shannon in "Thomas Merton's Dark Path" (1982). This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Water of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Eighteen numbered pages (plus title page) staple removed in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
First mimeographed edition. Short Title: The Climate of Monastic Prayer / mimeograph
Record Number
1113
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1963
Title
The Name of the Lord / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto and verso. This item was published in Seasons of Celebration (1965). This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Fourteen numbered pages (plus title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Name of the Lord / mimeograph
Record Number
1114
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
Honest to God / Letter to a Radical Anglican / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph (one of 2 copies in this collection - both stamped from the "Convent of Saint Helena", one from Versailles and one from Vales Gate); text on recto and verso. Merton comments on this item in "Road to Joy" (page 249) in a letter to Sister Theresa Lentfoehr and a rewrite of the letter appears in "Faith and Violence" (1968). This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Thirteen numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Honest to God / Letter to a Radical Anglican / mimeograph
Record Number
1115
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
Honest to God / Letter to a Radical Anglican / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph (one of 2 copies in this collection - both stamped from the "Convent of Saint Helena", one from Versailles and one from Vales Gate); text on recto and verso. Merton comments on this item in "Road to Joy" (page 249) in a letter to Sister Theresa Lentfoehr and a rewrite of the letter appears in "Faith and Violence" (1968). This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Thirteen numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Honest to God / Letter to a Radical Anglican / mimeograph
Record Number
1116
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
Memorandum / On Monastic Renewal / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto only. This manuscript appears in "The Monastic Journey" (1978) and may have been referred to in a journal entry in "Vow of Conversation" (1988, page 69) where he states, "I have been sending out a mimeograph memorandum on monastic reform and evidently Dom James does not like it". This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Five numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner with bottom page undone.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Memorandum / On Monastic Renewal / mimeograph
Record Number
1117
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
Flannery O'Connor -- A Prose Elegy / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto only. This manuscript appears in "Raids on the Unspeakable" (1966) and is referred to by Mary Jo Weaver in the article "Thomas Merton and Flannery O'Connor: The Urgency of Vision" published in "Thomas Merton: Pilgrim in Progress" (1983). This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Date
September, 1964
Pages
Five numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Flannery O'Connor -- A Prose Elegy / mimeograph
Record Number
1118
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Evagrius Ponticus / Monk of Scete / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto and verso. This manuscript is a translation that was believed to have been made by Merton and was certainly sent by Merton to Vails Gate (Merton's name is written at the top left corner of the manuscript. Texts include: I - "Sentences to Cenobites", II - "Selected Sentences", III - "The Monastic Ascesis", IV - "Sentences to Virgins". This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Twenty numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Evagrius Ponticus / Monk of Scete / mimeograph
Record Number
1119
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1963
Title
Pre Benedictine Monachism / Series 1 / Rufinus, Cassian, St. Pachomius, St. Basil etc. / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto and verso. This manuscript is published as "Pre-Benedictine Monasticism: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition" (2006). This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Ninety-six numbered pages (not including title page and card covers) bound in black comb binding.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Pre Benedictine Monachism / Series 1 / Rufinus, Cassian, St. Pachomius, St. Basil etc. / mimeograph
Record Number
2472
Reference Type
Book
Year
1955
Title
No Man is an Island Place Published: Dublin
Publisher
Clonmore & Reynolds
Number of Pages
233
Edition
First Irish hard cover edition. Short Title: No Man is an Island
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
NK
Record Number
2470
Reference Type
Book
Year
[1956]
Title
The Pope of the Virgin Mary
Publisher
The Marion Library, University of Dayton
Number of Pages
15 (1-15) pages
Edition
First soft Marion reprint edition. Short Title: The Pope of the Virgin Mary
Notes
Soft cover. This item is a separate reprint from "Pio XII Pont. Max. Postridie Kalendas Martias MDCCCLXXVI-MDCCCCLVI" (1876-1956), a book composed by "eminent scholars from the entire world to honor the eightieth birthday of the Pope". Also noted, "published with ecclesiastical approval". This format is excedingly rare with only 2 others located on the WoldCat database of libraries.
Series Title
Marion Reprint - #62 Place Published: Dayton, Ohio
Record Number
1110
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Eight Freedom Songs / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto only. This item is referred to in "Road to Joy" (page 62) in a letter to Aunt Kit where Merton says, "I am even now writing some songs ["Eight Freedom Songs"] for a negro singer [Robert Lawrence Williams] to sing in a concert that is supposed to help the civil rights movement". This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU3
Pages
Eleven unnumbered pages (with unpublished introduction typed on title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Eight Freedom Songs / mimeograph
Record Number
1106
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
Monastic Vocation and the Background of Modern Secular Thought / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto only (see also a 2nd copy of this mimeograph in this collection where text is on recto and verso - both original documents). This item is roughly written at times, often in point form and appears to be a typed copy of Merton's notes for a discussion. Later became "Vocation and Modern Thought" in "Contemplation in a World of Action". This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Date
October, 1964
Pages
Sixteen numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Monastic Vocation and the Background of Modern Secular Thought / mimeograph
Record Number
1107
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
A Ruler's Examination of Conscience; Some Texts from Francois Fenelon / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto and verso. In this mimeograph copy page 7 is missing. This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Fourteen numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: A Ruler's Examination of Conscience; Some Texts from Francois Fenelon / mimeograph
Record Number
1108
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1963
Title
The Advent Mystery / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto only. This item appeared in the December 1963 Worship Magazine and published in Seasons of Celebration (1965) as "Advent: Hope or Delusion?". This mimeograph is part of a larger set of mimeographs that was obtained from the convent of Saint Helena at Vails Gate, New York. One of the sister's there had met with Merton with a few others while she resided at a sister house at Versailles, Kentucky (this meeting was noted in "The School of Charity" on page 198 and in "Dancing in the Waters of Life - Journal #5" on page 40). From that meeting the convent was put on Merton's mailing list and received numerous mimeographs in the 1960s - some of which are housed in this collection. Some of the publication information of these mimeographs was obtained with the kind participation of Patricia Burton, noted Merton bibliographer.
Label
MU
Pages
Nine numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Advent Mystery / mimeograph