Selected Collection
Mimeographs and Offprints
151 records, showing 50 per page
Record Number
2034
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
An Introduction to the English Translation of the Shen Hui record / "The Ch'an of Shen Hui" / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist / The Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
This item is an early photoduplicated, lightly corrected, typescript - perhaps circulated in this format rather than as one of Merton's characteristic mimeographs because of its intended purpose. This item appears to have not been published. This mimeograph represents one of numerous mimeographs acquired from Bob Bonazzi, John Howard Griffin's literary executor - and Griffin's widow's then second husband - a few years after the main Griffin manuscript archive was purchased from them (which is now at Columbia). The mimeos and typescripts from this collection represent a separate transaction from the acquisition of the Griffin archive, as the items had either been sent to R. Bonazzi directly by Merton or his representatives, or perhaps they were duplicated items already in the Griffin archive. (William Reese Company - Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Label
M
Date
April (Lent)
Pages
13 numbered pages (plus title page), text on rectos only, stapled at upper corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: An Introduction to the English Translation of the Shen Hui record / "The Ch'an of Shen Hui" / mimeograph
Record Number
2032
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1963 (before July)
Title
Danish Non-Violent Resistance to Hitler / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist / The Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
First (private) printing of this prosework. It was first publicly published in the July-August 1963 issue of "The Catholic Worker". This mimeograph represents one of numerous mimeographs acquired from Bob Bonazzi, John Howard Griffin's literary executor - and Griffin's widow's then second husband - a few years after the main Griffin manuscript archive was purchased from them (which is now at Columbia). The mimeos and typescripts frpm this collection represent a separate transaction from the acquisition of the Griffin archive, as the items had either been sent to R. Bonazzi directly by Merton or his representatives, or perhaps they were duplicated items already in the Griffin archive. (William Reese Company - Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Label
M
Pages
5 leaves, text on rectos only, stapled at upper corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Danish Non-Violent Resistance to Hitler / mimeograph
Record Number
2029
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1965
Title
The Poorer Means - A meditation on Ways to Unity / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist / The Abbey of Gethsemani Library/Archive: The Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
First (private) printing of this prosework; subsequently publicly published in the September 1965 issue of "The Cord" (XV:9). This mimeograph represents one of numerous mimeographs acquired from Bob Bonazzi, John Howard Griffin's literary executor - and Griffin's widow's then second husband - a few years after the main Griffin manuscript archive was purchased from them (which is now at Columbia). The mimeos and typescripts from this collection represent a separate transaction from the acquisition of the Griffin archive, as the items had either been sent to R. Bonazzi directly by Merton or his representatives, or perhaps they were duplicated items already in the Griffin archive. (William Reese Company - Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Label
M
Date
Feast of St. George - April 23
Pages
8 numbered pages with text on recto and verso (plus title page) - stapled and folded for mailing. Description of Material: First mimeograph edition.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Poorer Means - A meditation on Ways to Unity / mimeograph
Record Number
2030
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Marxist Theory and Monastic Theoria / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist / The Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
This item is perhaps the first printing of this discourse, no doubt prepared from a transcript or recording made on the occasion, a few hours before Merton's death. Not indexed in this form, or under this title, in Dell'Isola. Patricia Burton records it's first publication in 1970, in "A New Charter for Monasticism" - there are some rather significant textual and editorial variations to this mimeograph as compared to the published text. This mimeograph represents one of numerous mimeographs acquired from Bob Bonazzi, John Howard Griffin's literary executor - and Griffin's widow's then second husband - a few years after the main Griffin manuscript archive was purchased from them (which is now at Columbia). The mimeos and typescripts from this collection represent a separate transaction from the acquisition of the Griffin archive, as the items had either been sent to R. Bonazzi directly by Merton or his representatives, or perhaps they were duplicated items already in the Griffin archive. (William Reese Company - Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Label
M
Date
December 10
Pages
9 numbered pages with text on recto and verso (plus title page) - stapled and folded for mailing.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Marxist Theory and Monastic Theoria / mimeograph
Record Number
1981
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Elegy for the Monastary Barn
Notes
This is an original, single page mimeograph of the poem by Merton - note the incorrect spelling of the word "monastery" in the title. It was recieved, with deepest gratitude, from John Stanley, who presumably received it from Merton, or perhaps from Merton Trier, first cousin of Thomas Merton (John Stanley received numerous items from Merton Trier, a personal friend). 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
M
Pages
1 Page
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Elegy for the Monastary Barn
Record Number
1765
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1961
Title
Wisdom and Emptiness: A Dialogue by D.T. Suzuki and Thomas Merton; Drake in the Southern Sea (transl. by Merton); The Jaguar Myth and Other Poems by Pablo Antonio Cuadra (transl. by Merton); Six Poems by Jorge Carrera Andrade (transl. by Merton) Collection Title: New Directions in Prose and Poetry #17
Notes
Long unbound Galley Proofs; first appearance of these Merton articles and poems (translations) in a periodical. This item has come initially from the collection of Edwin "Ned" Erbe. Erbe was Publicity Director for New Directions in the 50s and 60s, which was owned by James Laughlin. Laughlin and Erbe were good friends.
Label
PMU
Pages
Pages 65-123.
Type of Work
This item is the unbound Galley Proofs of this periodical. Short Title: Wisdom and Emptiness: A Dialogue by D.T. Suzuki and Thomas Merton; Drake in the Southern Sea (transl. by Merton); The Jaguar Myth and Other Poems by Pablo Antonio Cuadra (transl. by Merton); Six Poems by Jorge Carrera Andrade (transl. by Merton)
Record Number
1444
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1965
Title
Original letter (carbon) "To Whom it may Concern" Regarding Conscientous Objection for Military Service Place Published: Trappist
Notes
Carbon copy of original letter; this letter was received by Jim Forest from Merton and included a note to Jim Forest on one sheet regarding the other sheet (carbon copy) that is a "To Whom it May Concern" letter regarding the notion of Conscientous Objection. This item and has been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
UME
Date
January 9
Pages
2 pages single sided.
Type of Work
Personal letter and carbon copy Short Title: Original letter (carbon) "To Whom it may Concern" Regarding Conscientous Objection for Military Service
Record Number
1442
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Excerpt From a Letter Place Published: Trappist
Notes
Mimeograph; this item was received by Jim Forest from Merton and has been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
UM
Pages
1 sheet both sides
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Excerpt From a Letter
Record Number
1443
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
Original letter (carbon) to Michigan Local Board #90 Place Published: Trappist
Notes
Carbon copy of original; this was a letter by Merton sent to the Michigan Board (and carbon copied for Jim Forest) regarding support for Mr Robert Kachnowaki's application of Conscientous Objector for military service. This item was received by Jim Forest from Merton and has been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
UME
Date
January 29
Pages
1 sheet one side.
Type of Work
Carbon copy Short Title: Original letter (carbon) to Michigan Local Board #90
Record Number
1441
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1965
Title
Original letter (carbon) / to the Editors of "The Commonweal" Place Published: Trappist
Notes
Carbon copy of the original letter; this was a letter by Merton sent to the the editors of "The Commonweal" (and carbon copied for Jim Forest). It has been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest. There are hand-made corrections in red ink made by Merton (confirmed by Jim Forest).
Label
UME
Date
Received by Jim Forest March 16, 1965
Pages
3 pages one sided.
Type of Work
Carbon copy Short Title: Original letter (carbon) / to the Editors of "The Commonweal
Record Number
1440
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1965
Title
Preface to Japanese Edition of Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: Trappist
Notes
Mimeograph; this item was received by Jim Forest from Merton and has been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
UM
Date
March
Pages
10 pages on 5 sheets excluding title page.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Preface to Japanese Edition of Seeds of Contemplation
Record Number
1439
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
The Prison Meditations of Fr Delp / Introduction to "In Face of Death" by Fr A. Delp, S.J. Place Published: Trappist
Notes
Mimeograph; this item was received by Jim Forest from Merton and has been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
UM
Pages
19 pages single sided excluding title page.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Prison Meditations of Fr Delp / Introduction to "In Face of Death" by Fr A. Delp, S.J.
Record Number
1438
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
A Picture of Lee Ying Place Published: Trappist
Notes
Mimeograph; this item was given by Merton to Jim Forest after Forest sent him a picture of Lee Ying from the April 1963 edition of Life Magazine which inspired the poem. This item was received with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
UM
Pages
Single leaf both sides.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: A Picture of Lee Ying
Record Number
1412
Reference Type
Book
Year
1965
Title
Truth and Crisis / Pages from a Monastic Notebook
Number of Pages
8
Edition
Soft cover offprint from Gandhi Marg, October 1965. Short Title: Truth and Crisis / Pages from a Monastic Notebook
Notes
Soft cover; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
MU
Record Number
1354
Reference Type
Book
Year
1963
Title
The Christian as Peacemaker Place Published: Nyack
Publisher
Fellowship Publications
Number of Pages
4
Edition
First Fellowship offprint soft cover edition. Short Title: The Christian as Peacemaker
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
UM
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
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
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
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
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
Record Number
1109
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1964
Title
The Monk in the Diaspora / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on recto and verso with rubber stamp on front cover "Not For Publication". This item got strong reaction as Merton noted when he referred to in "A Vow of Conversation" (page 70) in which he wrote, "My article "The Monk in the Diaspora" is making more noise and perhaps raising more trouble than I anticipated"; and also on page 73, "...I also had to change "The Monk in the Diaspora" for the French translation. The Abbot does not like it"; and on page 78, "All this started with the article "The MOnk in the Diaspora" which turns out to have been a kind of time bomb". A version of this manuscript was also published in Seeds of Destruction as "The Christian in the Diaspora". 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
January, 1964
Pages
Fifteen numbered pages (not including title page) stapled in the upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Monk in the Diaspora / mimeograph