Selected Collection
Artwork
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Record Number
519
Reference Type
Magazine Article
Picture
Year
?
Title
Green Island Place Published: Chesire, England
Publisher
David Kilburn
Notes
soft cover Ink drawing and "Dramas of the Evening" by Merton.
Label
PA
Pages
1 page, twice folded into the centre. Short Title: Green Island
Record Number
522
Reference Type
Journal Article
Picture
Year
1967
Title
The Drawings of Thomas Merton: Notes by Thomas Merton
Journal
Voyages: A National Literary Magazine
Volume
1
Notes
Includes photos of 8 Merton drawings (one of which is in this collection). Also included is article "A Note (and Poem) by Mark Van Doren on Thomas Merton.
Label
PA
Date
Fall Short Title: The Drawings of Thomas Merton: Notes by Thomas Merton
Pages
53-62
Record Number
539
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1962
Title
Hagia Sophia / signed Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Number of Pages
8
Edition
First hard cover, signed, limited edition. Short Title: Hagia Sophia / signed
Notes
Cloth; signed by Merton; limited edition - Opus 17, # 28/69. This item has a variant cloth binding while is internally unchanged. Laid in is a proof of an engraving from the Victor Hammer collection titled, "Hagia Sophia and the Young Christ" (unfinished state). This engraving looks to be a proof for the 1978 edition of this item that includes this frontispiece engraving. This item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of William H. Shannon.
Label
DSLA
Record Number
547
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1968
Title
Landscape, Prophet and Wild Dog Place Published: Syracuse, NY
Publisher
Black Bird Press
Edition
First hard cover limited edition portfolio. Short Title: Landscape, Prophet and Wild Dog
Notes
Cloth in slipcase; the portfolio has six etchings which were drawn and hand-printed on d'Arches paper by Don Cortese, and the type is Garamond which was hand-set and printed at the Black Bird Press. The etching and text paper size is 16 1/2 x 12" with deckle edge. The medium grey linen cloth slipcase is slightly larger with the title stamped in gold. The Charbonel etching inks used in the etchings and text sheets are in black, red and grey. Limited edition - # 15/25. Signed by Don Cortese.
Label
YOLA
Record Number
548
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1968
Title
Landscape, Prophet and Wild Dog Place Published: Syracuse, NY
Publisher
Black Bird Press
Edition
First hard cover limited edition portfolio. Short Title: Landscape, Prophet and Wild Dog
Notes
Cloth in slipcase; the portfolio has six etchings which were drawn and hand-printed on d'Arches paper by Don Cortese, and the type is Garamond which was hand-set and printed at the Black Bird Press. The etching and text paper size is 16 1/2 x 12" with deckle edge. The medium grey linen cloth slipcase is slightly larger with the title stamped in gold. The Charbonel etching inks used in the etchings and text sheets are in black, red and grey. Limited edition - # 19/25. Signed by Don Cortese.
Label
YOLA
Record Number
1683
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
Pax #16 / Original Child Bomb Place Published: New York
Publisher
Pax #16
Edition
First newsprint brodside edition. Short Title: Pax #16 / Original Child Bomb
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio of Pax items in this collection that contains the following:
Label
UAO
Record Number
1684
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
Pax #16 / Original Child Bomb Place Published: New York
Publisher
Pax #16
Edition
First newsprint brodside edition. Short Title: Pax #16 / Original Child Bomb
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio of Pax items in this collection that contains the following:
Label
UAO
Record Number
1686
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2006
Title
A Hidden Wholeness / The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton Place Published: Vancouver
Notes
Soft cover pamphlet.
Label
A
Date
August 16 - September 3, 2006 Short Title: A Hidden Wholeness / The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton
Extent of Work
This item is a pamphlet that introduces and describes an exhibit of 35 photographs by Thomas Merton held at the Sacred Box Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia. The exhibit was organized and sponsored by the Thomas Merton Society of Canada.
Record Number
1692
Reference Type
Book
Year
1958
Title
Pax #7 / Two Poems and a Translation by Thomas Merton / "A Practical Program for Monks"; "An Elegy for Five Old Ladies"; "Drake and the Southern Sea" by Ernesto Cardenal (translated by Merton). Place Published: New York
Publisher
Pax #7
Edition
First newsprint broadside edition. Short Title: Pax #7 / Two Poems and a Translation by Thomas Merton / "A Practical Program for Monks"; "An Elegy for Five Old Ladies"; "Drake and the Southern Sea" by Ernesto Cardenal (translated by Merton).
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio of Pax items in this collection that contains the following:
Label
UA
Record Number
1691
Reference Type
Book
Year
1960
Title
Pax #11 / Four Poems of Caesar Vallejo (translated by Thomas Merton) / "Estais Muertos"; "Black Stone on Top of a White Stone"; "Peace, the Wasp"; "Anger". Place Published: New York
Publisher
Pax #11
Edition
First newsprint broadside edition. Short Title: Pax #11 / Four Poems of Caesar Vallejo (translated by Thomas Merton) / "Estais Muertos"; "Black Stone on Top of a White Stone"; "Peace, the Wasp"; "Anger".
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio of Pax items in this collection that contains the following:
Label
UA
Record Number
1693
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
Pax #16 / Original Child Bomb Place Published: New York
Publisher
Pax #16
Edition
First newsprint brodside edition. Short Title: Pax #16 / Original Child Bomb
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio of Pax items in this collection that contains the following:
Label
UAO
Record Number
2286
Reference Type
Generic
Year
1981
Title
D.C. Magazines Broadside using Merton drawing as cover Short Title: D.C. Magazines Broadside using Merton drawing as cover
Notes
This is a broadside titled "D.C. Magazines: A Literary Perspective" introducing 3 of Washington's important literary magazines (Portfolio, Voyages, Dryad) with Merton artwork as cover. This item was received with gratitude from Bill Claire, editor of Voyages.
Label
NA
Record Number
1903
Reference Type
Book
Year
1956
Title
Pax #1 / A Prelude: For the Feast of St. Agnes Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #1
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #1 / A Prelude: For the Feast of St. Agnes
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPA
Record Number
2177
Reference Type
Book
Year
1968
Title
Landscape, Prophet and Wild Dog Place Published: Syracuse
Publisher
Black Bird Press
Edition
First hard cover limited edition - signed Short Title: Landscape, Prophet and Wild Dog
Notes
Cloth in slipcase; the portfolio has six etchings which were drawn and hand-printed on d'Arches paper by Don Cortese, and the type is Garamond which was hand-set and printed at the Black Bird Press. The etching and text paper size is 16 1/2 x 12" with deckle edge. The medium grey linen cloth slipcase is slightly larger with the title stamped in gold. The Charbonel etching inks used in the etchings and text sheets are in black, red and grey. Limited edition. Signed by Don Cortese.
Label
NUYLA
Record Number
1922
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2009
Title
A Hidden Wholeness / The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton Place Published: Rochester
Notes
Soft cover pamphlet.
Label
A
Date
June 11 - Mid-September, 2009 Short Title: A Hidden Wholeness / The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton
Extent of Work
This item is a pamphlet that introduces and describes an exhibit of 35 photographs by Thomas Merton held at the Lorette Wilmot Library, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
Record Number
146
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1981
Title
Selected and New Poems: 1950 to 1980 Place Published: Austin, Texas
Publisher
Latitudes Press
Number of Pages
160
Edition
First hard cover edition Short Title: Selected and New Poems: 1950 to 1980
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; cover artwork by Thomas Merton; posthumous letter to Thomas Merton by the author.
Label
CA
Record Number
1694
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2007
Title
Soul Searching / The Journey of Thomas Merton
Publisher
Duckworks, Inc. Short Title: Soul Searching / The Journey of Thomas Merton
Notes
DVD documentary on Merton.
Label
A
Record Number
1978
Reference Type
Artwork
Title
Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Notes
Original black and white photograph of a young Thomas Merton with two cousins. Written on the back of the photo is, "Tom (left) + Trier cousins at Seaside (England)". The photo was recieved, with deepest gratitude, from John Stanley, who received it from Merton Trier, first cousin of Thomas Merton. John Stanley was a monk at Gethsemani for a short time while Merton was also there, and spent much of his life researching and writing about Merton, his friends and his family.
Label
A
Type of Work
Black and white photograph Short Title: Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Record Number
2061
Reference Type
Artwork
Year
Year: 1968 (dated in ink)
Title
Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Notes
Black and white photo of Merton at his hermitage - standing on the porch with one hand up against the pillar and the other on his hip.
Label
A
Type of Work
photograph Short Title: Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Record Number
1435
Reference Type
Artwork
Year
1966
Title
Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton, Thich Nhat Hanh and John Heidbrink / signed
Notes
This photo was taken by a monk of Gethsemani using the camera of John Heidbrink who had it signed by Hanh, "in brotherhood, Thich Nhat Hanh, 6-12-1966". Heidbrink was church work secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation at the time and passed it along to his friend Jim Forest. This item was recieved with gratitude from the collection of Jim Forest.
Label
AUY
Date
June 12, 1966
Type of Work
Black and white photograph. Short Title: Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton, Thich Nhat Hanh and John Heidbrink / signed
Record Number
1979
Reference Type
Artwork
Title
Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Notes
Original black and white photograph of a young Thomas Merton with two boys (Trier cousins?) by the beach. There are two copies of this photo present as well as the original negative of the photo. They were recieved, with deepest gratitude, from John Stanley, who received it from Merton Trier, first cousin of Thomas Merton. John Stanley was a monk at Gethsemani for a short time while Merton was also there, and spent much of his life researching and writing about Merton, his friends and his family.
Label
AU
Type of Work
Black and white photograph Short Title: Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Record Number
1980
Reference Type
Artwork
Title
Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Notes
Original black and white photograph of a young Thomas Merton with three others - Tom is at left, Mrs. Gwynedd Merton Trier at right (sister of Tom's father) and her two boys. The photo was taken at the Trier place on the Isle of Wight in the late 1920's. This item was recieved, with deepest gratitude, from John Stanley, who received it from Merton Trier, first cousin of Thomas Merton. John Stanley was a monk at Gethsemani for a short time while Merton was also there, and spent much of his life researching and writing about Merton, his friends and his family.
Label
A
Type of Work
Black and white photograph Short Title: Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Record Number
831
Reference Type
Artwork
Picture
Title
Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Notes
Original black and white photograph of a young Thomas Merton with two female friends while biking with a tennis racket in hand. The photo was taken while at "Fairlawn" in West Horsley, Surrey, a place where Merton spent time in his childhood. The woman on the far left of the photo is Gwynedd Merton Trier (Owen's sister). There are two copies of this photo present. The photo was recieved, with deepest gratitude, from John Stanley, who received it from Merton Trier, first cousin of Thomas Merton. John Stanley was a monk at Gethsemani for a short time while Merton was also there, and spent much of his life researching and writing about Merton, his friends and his family.
Label
AU
Type of Work
Black and white photograph. Short Title: Original black and white photograph of Thomas Merton
Record Number
1805
Reference Type
Artwork
Year
2008
Title
Thomas Merton / 40 Years After Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
The Special Collections Library / University of Kentucky
Notes
This item is a folded invitation to attend an exhibition celebrating the work of Thomas Merton 40 years after his passing.
Label
A
Type of Work
Printed invitation Short Title: Thomas Merton / 40 Years After
Record Number
1806
Reference Type
Artwork
Year
2008
Title
Thomas Merton / 40 Years After Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
The Special Collections Library / University of Kentucky
Notes
This item is a folded invitation to attend an exhibition celebrating the work of Thomas Merton 40 years after his passing.
Label
A
Type of Work
Printed invitation Short Title: Thomas Merton / 40 Years After
Record Number
2153
Reference Type
Book
Year
1960
Title
Pax #12 / "The Tent", "The Song", "The Sign", "The Element". Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #12
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #12 / "The Tent", "The Song", "The Sign", "The Element".
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
2156
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
Pax #15 / "The Sea: East Hampton" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #15
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #15 / "The Sea: East Hampton
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
509
Reference Type
Book
Year
1971
Title
The Jaguar and the Moon
Publisher
Unicorn Press
Number of Pages
38
Edition
First hard cover edition.
Notes
Cloth (no dust jacket as issued).
Label
jaguarmoon
Translator
Merton, Thomas Short Title: The Jaguar and the Moon
Series Title
Unicorn Keepsake Series Place Published: Greensboro
Record Number
2148
Reference Type
Book
Year
1957
Title
Pax #3 / "Song" by Peter Lewis [Robert Lax], "Morning Worship" by Mark Van Doren. Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #3
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #3 / "Song" by Peter Lewis [Robert Lax], "Morning Worship" by Mark Van Doren.
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
2150
Reference Type
Book
Year
1958
Title
Pax #8 / "27th & 4th" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #8
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #8 / "27th & 4th
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
2154
Reference Type
Book
Year
1960
Title
Pax #13 / "Documents of Modern Art", "Cencored" and "The New Decade" with a collection of quotations from various artists (Picasso, AD Reinhardt, Motherwell, Cezanne etc.). Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #13
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #13 / "Documents of Modern Art", "Cencored" and "The New Decade" with a collection of quotations from various artists (Picasso, AD Reinhardt, Motherwell, Cezanne etc.).
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
690
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1991
Title
Father Louie Photographs of Thomas Merton / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
Timken Publishers, Inc.
Number of Pages
105
Edition
First, numbered, limited edition hard cover. Signed, #54/100. Short Title: Father Louie Photographs of Thomas Merton / signed
Notes
Cloth and slip case; includes a print tipped-in from Meatyard's original negative, printed by his son Christopher. Signed by Guy Davenport; #54/100.
Label
YLA
Record Number
2157
Reference Type
Book
Year
1962
Title
Pax #17 / "Autobiography" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #17
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #17 / "Autobiography
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
2155
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
Pax #14 / "Two Fables", "Question" and "A Problem in Design" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #14
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #14 / "Two Fables", "Question" and "A Problem in Design
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
2159
Reference Type
Book
Year
1962
Title
Pax #18 / "Ad Reinhardt" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #18
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #18 / "Ad Reinhardt
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
2648
Year
1994
Title
Conversatio: Cistercian Monastic Life
Edition
Limited edition - 1 of 50 lettered copies; "DD"
Notes
Extremely rare, limited edition, Conversatio: Cistercian Monastic Life Portfolio (1994), by Thomas Merton and Lance Hidy, edited by Brother Benedict Simmonds.
Connected to the poem by Merton, Conversation Morum, and including a Lance Hidy 12 Photographs Portfolio Set (8 black and white and 4 color Cibachrome 8 x 10 inches photographs, signed on the verso and mounted in 12 x 14-inch over-mats).
There were 200 numbered copies and 50 lettered copies made - this is letter DD. Enclosed in clamshell case.
Label
UYAL
Extent of Work
Oversized Portfolio in clamshell casing.
Record Number
825
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1978
Title
Letters from a Hermit Place Published: Springfield
Publisher
Templegate Publishers
Number of Pages
127
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Letters from a Hermit
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; cover photograph by Thomas Merton.
Label
CA
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