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Record Number
2530
Reference Type
Book
Year
1988
Title
Encounter Thomas Merton and D.T. Suzuki / signed Place Published: Monterey
Publisher
Larkspur Press
Number of Pages
106
Edition
Regular limited edition - #499/1000 Short Title: Encounter Thomas Merton and D.T. Suzuki / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; inscribed and signed by Robert Daggy.
Label
NLY
Record Number
2533
Reference Type
Pamphlet
Year
1988
Title
Blessed are the Peacemakers / 12 month calendar Place Published: Berkeley, CA
Publisher
Goldern Turkey Press Short Title: Blessed are the Peacemakers / 12 month calendar
Notes
Twelve month calendar; featuring Merton (December), but also others such as Tolstoy, The Dalai Lama, Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Clara Barton, John Lennon, Bertrand Russell, Ivan Illich etc.
Record Number
2357
Reference Type
Book
Year
1938
Title
Original 1938 Columbian Yearbook Place Published: Baltimore
Publisher
Garamond Press
Number of Pages
222 pages. Short Title: Original 1938 Columbian Yearbook
Notes
Cloth; this item contains mention of Merton as part of the Columbia Jester art staff (pg 85). Merton is also mentioned as contributing a section of his new book (titled "Mister and Mrs. Jim Huttner") to the Columbia Review (page 88); and he is also noted as Frates in Universitate of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Merton is also mentioned in Sachems for 1937. This yearbook is Robert Lax's graduation year and so his photo and contributions appear with the senior class.
Record Number
2310
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
Vintage Photo- Thomas Merton: A Film Biography Short Title: Vintage Photo- Thomas Merton: A Film Biography
Notes
Photo, approx Size: 8.2" x 10.1". Introduces film release on PBS and gives a brief description of Merton.
Label
NV
Record Number
2173
Reference Type
Book
Year
1966
Title
Gethsemani / A Life of Praise - signed
Publisher
Abbey of Gethsemani
Edition
First hard cover edition Short Title: Gethsemani / A Life of Praise - signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed and inscribed by Merton's Abbot Dom James Fox who also stamped the words "All for Jesus thru Mary with a smile". Also laid in is a Christmas card, also inscribed and signed by Dom James Fox.
Label
NYU
Record Number
2407
Reference Type
Pamphlet
Year
1956
Title
Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus / signed Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Number of Pages
French-folded. 8 pages with 4 printable.
Edition
First soft cover limited edition (1 of 54) - inscribed and signed by Merton. Short Title: Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus / signed
Notes
Soft cover; this is a prayer printed on one sheet, French-folded, to make four printable pages (8 total). This copy is inscribed by Thomas Merton: "Very gratefully and with the promise of special prayers in Christ Our Lord/ Fr. Louis Merton." Merton took the name Father Louis on entering the Abbey of Gethsemani. OCLC/Worldcat locates only two confirmed copies, none signed. According to a note by Carolyn Reading Hammer, wife of Victor Hammer, 54 copies were printed - of which Merton received 50 copies and Hammer retained four (info retrieved from Worldcat). This item is not listed in Dell'Isola, but is item 2.836 in Breit and Daggy and is listed in the title finder of Burton's bibliography. The only other place where it has been published is in Convivium 2 in Italian as "Preghiera al sacro cuore". An exceptionally uncommon Merton item.
Label
NUDSL
Record Number
2133
Reference Type
Book
Year
1992
Title
Four Chinese Classics: The Way of Chung Tzu / The Art of War /Tao Teh Ching / I Ching Place Published: Boston
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Edition
First edition paperbacks in pictorial slipcase. Short Title: Four Chinese Classics: The Way of Chung Tzu / The Art of War /Tao Teh Ching / I Ching
Notes
Four undersized soft cover editions in slipcase.
Label
N
Record Number
2253
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2012
Title
Thomas Merton the 12 Degrees of Humility
Publisher
Now You Know Media
Notes
Audio CDs; 16 lectures on 8 Cds.
Label
NV
Series Title
Gethsemani Classroom Series
Type
CD Short Title: Thomas Merton the 12 Degrees of Humility
Record Number
2254
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2012
Title
Thomas Merton Ways of Prayer: A Desert Father's Wisdom
Publisher
Now You Know Media Short Title: Thomas Merton Ways of Prayer: A Desert Father's Wisdom
Notes
Audio CDs; 14 lectures on 7 CDs.
Label
NV
Series Title
Gethsemani Classroom Series
Record Number
2255
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2012
Title
Thomas Merton's Great Sermons
Publisher
Now You Know Media Short Title: Thomas Merton's Great Sermons
Notes
Audio CDs; 4 Sermons on 2 CDs.
Label
NV
Record Number
2256
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2012
Title
Thomas Merton on Sufism
Publisher
Now You Know Media Short Title: Thomas Merton on Sufism
Notes
Audio CDs; 14 lectures on 7 CDs.
Label
NV
Record Number
2483
Reference Type
Book
Year
2009
Title
For God Alone / A Primer on Prayer - signed Place Published: Notre Dame, Indiana
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Number of Pages
227
Edition
First soft cover printing. Short Title: For God Alone / A Primer on Prayer - signed
Notes
Soft cover; inscribed and signed by Bonnie Thurston.
Label
NY
Record Number
2251
Reference Type
Conference Proceedings
Title
The Voice of the Stranger / Three Papers and a Homily from the 7th General Meeting & Conference of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Publisher
Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Edition
First soft cover edition.
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
N
Date
April 4 - 6 Short Title: The Voice of the Stranger / Three Papers and a Homily from the 7th General Meeting & Conference of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Pages
58
Year_of_Conference
2008
Record Number
2296
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
1973
Title
Laudate Dominum (Collectors Series) - Gregorian Chant by Trappist Monks (LP) Place Published: New York
Publisher
Columbia Records Short Title: Laudate Dominum (Collectors Series) - Gregorian Chant by Trappist Monks (LP)
Notes
LP record and jacket; program notes written by Merton on back of jacket. This item is the Special Reissue Collectors Series edition.
Label
NV
Record Number
2248
Reference Type
Pamphlet
Year
1946
Title
Devotions in honor of the Forty Hours of Adoration Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher
Jefferies and Manz Short Title: Devotions in honor of the Forty Hours of Adoration
Notes
Soft cover pamphlet; this aitem was brought into the collection as a possible connection to the Merton work (published by the same publisher) titled, "Devotions in honor of St. John of the Cross
Record Number
2138
Reference Type
Book
Year
1970
Title
Original collection of 1 signed book by Jean Vanier Short Title: Original collection of 1 signed book by Jean Vanier
Notes
This item contains one signed book by Merton admirer Jean Vanier ("Tears of Silence") and is inscribed to Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, with accompanying certificate of authenticity from seller.
Label
NUY2
Record Number
2391
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1950
Title
Merton and Arrangement; A Cistercian's Art With Words; Poetry and the Contemplative Life; The Cistercians and Art; Merton and Liturgy; Merton and France; Tears of the Blind Lions; The Man in the Divided Sea; Masks of Evil
Journal
Spheres / Thomas Merton Issue (Mount St. Agnes College, Baltimore, Maryland)
Volume
Third Number
Notes
Soft cover; this item represents an early periodical wholly dedicated to the writing and thought of Thomas Merton.
Label
NPU
Date
Spring Short Title: Merton and Arrangement; A Cistercian's Art With Words; Poetry and the Contemplative Life; The Cistercians and Art; Merton and Liturgy; Merton and France; Tears of the Blind Lions; The Man in the Divided Sea; Masks of Evil
Pages
33 page pamphlet.
Record Number
2245
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Collection of Victor Hammer related items Short Title: Collection of Victor Hammer related items
Notes
This item contains: - "For the Typographer" by The Anvil Press and printed on Magnai handmade paper made in 1927 with a watermark of the pressmark of Stamperia del Santuccio. - "Victor Hammer and the Wells College Press" (American Uncial Alphabet) contains specimens of Hammer's type from Wells College Press where Hammer printed, taught and cut types from 1939-1948. 1/500. - "Victor Hammer Artist and Printer - Prospectus". Signed by Carolyn Hammer. - "Measa" - Spring 1952, #4. - "Mesa" - Autumn 1955, #5
Label
NUY
Record Number
2378
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1984
Title
The Merton We Knew / Personal Reflections by Three of his Friends
Journal
Commonweal
Volume
Volume CXI
Notes
Soft cover. This item received with gratitude from Paul Turner Harris, who was an admirer of Merton and personal friend of both Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty.
Label
NP
Date
October 19 Short Title: The Merton We Knew / Personal Reflections by Three of his Friends
Pages
553-557
Record Number
2241
Reference Type
Book
Year
1996
Title
A Madman Runs to the East / signed Place Published: London
Publisher
Minerva Press
Number of Pages
66
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: A Madman Runs to the East / signed
Notes
Soft cover; this item is inscribed and signed by Waldron.
Label
NY
Record Number
2498
Reference Type
Book
Year
1975
Title
The Mysticism of The Cloud of Unknowing / A Modern Interpretation
Volume
Volume 8
Publisher
Abbey Press
Number of Pages
258 pages
Edition
Second edition. Short Title: The Mysticism of The Cloud of Unknowing / A Modern Interpretation
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NC
Series Title
The Religious Experience Series Place Published: St. Meinrad, Indiana
Series Editor
Malatesta, Edward
Record Number
2485
Reference Type
Book
Year
2014
Title
Divine Discontent / The Prophetic Voice of Thomas Merton - signed Place Published: London
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Number of Pages
242 Short Title: Divine Discontent / The Prophetic Voice of Thomas Merton - signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed by Rowan Williams (at the 2015 ITMS conference held in Louisville, KY).
Label
NYB