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318 records, showing 50 per page
Record Number
1670
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1963
Title
The Flower of the Fruit; Space Song
Journal
The Sewanee Review
Volume
Volume 71
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of these Merton translated poems in a periodical. Item also contains articles by Kathleen Raine ("Blake's debt to Antiquity") and Richard Carpenter ("The Mona Lisa").
Label
P
Date
Summer Short Title: The Flower of the Fruit; Space Song
Pages
Pages 466-467.
Record Number
2634
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
The Vietnam War: An Overwhelming Atrocity
Journal
The Catholic Worker
Volume
Volume 24, #3, March Start Page: Cover Short Title: The Vietnam War: An Overwhelming Atrocity
Notes
Folder newspaper; also contains an article by Dorothy Day (On Pilgrimage).
Label
NP
Record Number
2608
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1944
Title
Carol
Journal
The New Yorker
Notes
Soft cover; first appearance fo this poem in print. One of only two appearances by Merton in the New Yorker.
Label
NP
Date
December 23 Short Title: Carol
Pages
Page 36
Record Number
2616
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1936
Title
They Grow in September (pg 12); The Best Things in Life (pg 14); Your Night to Howl (pg 16-19) **cover art by Thomas Merton**
Journal
The Columbia Jester / Freshman's Guide 1936
Volume
Volume 37
Notes
Soft cover; Besides Merton article and cover artwork there are also numerous drawings by Merton (pages 18, 21, 26, 27) and Ad Reinhardt (pages 17, 25, 28). This iteam also contains an article by Merton's friend Robert Lax ("Old Mantis in Dry Month" pages 8-9). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Record Number
2602
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1997
Title
Merton on the Eve of the Third Millenium
Journal
Grail / An Ecumenical Journal
Volume
Volume 13
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NP
Date
December Short Title: Merton on the Eve of the Third Millenium
Pages
Pages 11-27
Record Number
1535
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1969
Title
In Memory of Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Journal
Sanskaras
Volume
Vol 1
Notes
Soft cover; item contains a single rice paper page with the words, "In Memory of Thomas Merton (1915-1968)". The next page contains a poem by William Blake beginning, "Ah, Sun-Flower!...".
Label
P
Date
Winter Short Title: In Memory of Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Pages
Pages 59-62
Record Number
2147
Reference Type
Book
Year
1956
Title
Pax #2 / "Poem" by E. E. Cummings, "The Brass-Clad Legions" by Claire McAllister, "Death of the Hermit" by Richard Gilman. Pax artwork by Ad Reinhardt. Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #2
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #2 / "Poem" by E. E. Cummings, "The Brass-Clad Legions" by Claire McAllister, "Death of the Hermit" by Richard Gilman. Pax artwork by 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
2202
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1981
Title
Maritain-Merton Symposium
Journal
Cross Currents
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover; this item caontains numerous articles and refelctions about Merton and Maritain.
Label
PN
Date
Fall Short Title: Maritain-Merton Symposium
Record Number
725
Reference Type
Journal Article
Picture
Year
1988
Title
Five poems by Thomas Merton: Concrete Racegram of Pluto, Poem of Kao Chien, Three Prayers and two untitled poems
Journal
Kentucky Poetry Review: Thomas Merton Memorial Issue
Volume
24
Notes
Soft cover; contains five poems by Thomas Merton: "Concrete Racegram of Pluto", "Poem of Kao-Chien", "Three Prayers" and two untitled poems. Contains three photographs of Merton by Ralph Eugene Meatyard and one photo of O'Keeffe by Merton.
Label
PA
Date
Fall Short Title: Five poems by Thomas Merton: Concrete Racegram of Pluto, Poem of Kao Chien, Three Prayers and two untitled poems
Pages
99
Record Number
1791
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1981
Title
20th Anniversary Issue / Thomas Merton
Journal
Cithara / Essays in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Volume
Volume #20
Notes
Soft cover; this is a 20th anniversary issue celebrating the life of Thomas Merton.
Label
P
Date
May Short Title: 20th Anniversary Issue / Thomas Merton
Record Number
1417
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1978
Title
Merton's peacemaking / A friends reflections on the Monk and the World
Journal
Sojourners
Volume
December
Notes
Soft cover; also contains one page article by Henri Nouwen titled "The Hell of Mercy: Confronting Merton's Spirituality". This item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
P
Pages
Pages 12 - 18 Short Title: Merton's peacemaking / A friends reflections on the Monk and the World
Record Number
2149
Reference Type
Book
Year
1958
Title
Pax #6 / "Snow falls inside out", "Holy terror: Bach harpsichord concerto no.5.", "Epitaphs" and "Janus head". Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #6
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #6 / "Snow falls inside out", "Holy terror: Bach harpsichord concerto no.5.", "Epitaphs" and "Janus head".
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
1704
Reference Type
Magazine Article
Year
1981
Title
Ideas Born of Silence
Notes
Soft cover; regarding the life of Thomas Merton.
Label
P
Date
July 18-24 Short Title: Ideas Born of Silence
Pages
Page 13
Magazine
Radio Times
Record Number
2413
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1973
Title
Merton's Many Faces
Journal
Religion in Life
Volume
Volume 42
Notes
Soft cover; this item has been received with gratitude from E. Glenn Hinson, friend of Thomas Merton. It is one of numerous items received from Hinson including 13 mimeographs which he received directly from Thomas Merton in the 1960s. Included in this group are mimeographs by Merton of unpublished works such as Notes on Art and Worship, as well as conference essays such as Conferences on the Rule of St. Benedict, and a Choir Novitiate copy from 1959 of Selections on Prayer. This collection of items represent an important first look at what Merton was working on later in his life, representing his writing before publication. Perhaps in the order of 100 copies of each essay were mimeographed and distributed to friends and acquaintences.
Label
NP
Date
Summer Short Title: Merton's Many Faces
Pages
Pages 153-167.
Record Number
2414
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1979
Title
Expansive Catholicism: Ecumenical Perceptions of Thomas Merton
Journal
Religion in Life
Volume
Volume 48
Notes
Soft cover; this item has been received with gratitude from E. Glenn Hinson, friend of Thomas Merton. It is one of numerous items received from Hinson including 13 mimeographs which he received directly from Thomas Merton in the 1960s. Included in this group are mimeographs by Merton of unpublished works such as Notes on Art and Worship, as well as conference essays such as Conferences on the Rule of St. Benedict, and a Choir Novitiate copy from 1959 of Selections on Prayer. This collection of items represent an important first look at what Merton was working on later in his life, representing his writing before publication. Perhaps in the order of 100 copies of each essay were mimeographed and distributed to friends and acquaintences.
Label
NP
Date
Spring Short Title: Expansive Catholicism: Ecumenical Perceptions of Thomas Merton
Pages
Pages 63-76.
Record Number
2236
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1975
Title
The Pigrimage of Prayer
Journal
Post American
Volume
Volume 4
Notes
Soft cover; the intimate relationship between contemplative prayer and the thought and life of Thomas Merton is discussed.
Label
NP
Date
August/Septmeber Short Title: The Pigrimage of Prayer
Record Number
2152
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
Pax #10 / "Hymn" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #10
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #10 / "Hymn
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
2158
Reference Type
Book
Title
Pax #17 / "Poem" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #17
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #17 / "Poem
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
2408
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
2008
Title
Thomas Merton Global Prophet
Journal
Cross Currents
Volume
Volume 58
Notes
Soft cover; this item is a journal whose contents are entirely dedicated to the thought of Thomas Merton. Contributers include John Eudes Bamberger, Glenn Crider, Kathleen Deignan, Mark DelCogliano, Sindney Griffith, Victor Kramer, Patrick O'Connell, Malgorzata Poks.
Label
NP
Date
December Short Title: Thomas Merton Global Prophet
Record Number
2288
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1972
Title
A Note from James Laughlin
Journal
Under the Sign of Pisces: Anais Nin and her Circle
Volume
Volume 3
Notes
This item contains a note by Laughlin about his editing of Merton's "Asian Journal" where he learned that while at Darjeeling (3 weeks before his death) Merton was reading Anais Nin's "Under a Glass Bell". This item was received with gratitude from Bill Claire, editor of Voyages.
Label
NP
Date
Summer Short Title: A Note from James Laughlin
Pages
16
Record Number
2351
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1937
Title
The Snarl in the Balcony (pg 26); Behind the Barn with Jester (pg 32)
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 38
Notes
Soft cover; Robert Lax was a good friend of Merton and became an important poet and spiritual guide to many.
Label
NUP1
Date
Junior Prom Issue Short Title: The Snarl in the Balcony (pg 26); Behind the Barn with Jester (pg 32)
Record Number
2194
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1935
Title
The Man with the Flare for Flair Flair; A Made-up Mystery with a Moral for Murals; Belated Tribute to the Horse; Near the Library
Journal
Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Vol 25
Notes
Soft cover periodical from Columbia University with 4 Lax contributions plus numerous pieces of artwork by Ad Reinhardt. Merton, Lax and Reinhardt were all students there at the time.
Label
NPU
Date
March Short Title: The Man with the Flare for Flair Flair; A Made-up Mystery with a Moral for Murals; Belated Tribute to the Horse; Near the Library
Record Number
2496
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
2014
Title
Thomas Merton at 100
Journal
National Catholic Reporter
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NP
Date
December 15-18 Short Title: Thomas Merton at 100
Record Number
2126
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
2006
Title
Thomas Merton in the Hermitage Years
Journal
Parabola
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
P
Date
Spring Short Title: Thomas Merton in the Hermitage Years
Pages
Pages 16-23.
Record Number
1421
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
2006
Title
Thomas Merton Hoy
Journal
Imagenes de la fe
Volume
#406
Notes
Soft cover; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
PF
Record Number
2238
Reference Type
Book
Year
1957
Title
Pax #5 / The anxious Man Short Title: Pax #5 / The anxious Man
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
NUP
Record Number
2151
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
Pax #9 / "Mystery" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #9
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #9 / "Mystery
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
2234
Reference Type
Magazine Article
Year
1980
Title
Rediscovering Thomas Merton
Volume
Volume 9
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NP
Date
December Short Title: Rediscovering Thomas Merton
Pages
Pages 10-13
Magazine
Norte Dame Magazine
Issue Number
#5
Record Number
2129
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1921
Title
The Tiny House
Journal
American Cookery
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover; this is an article written by Thomas Merton's mother Ruth and published during the year of her passing in 1921. This article is the first of 2 articles of the same title published in 1921. It is continued in the November issue of the same magazine.
Label
NP2
Date
October Short Title: The Tiny House
Pages
Pages 182-185.
Record Number
2127
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1922
Title
Come into the Kitchen
Journal
American Cookery
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover; this an article written by Thomas Merton's mother Ruth and published shortly after her passing in 1921.
Label
P2
Date
March Short Title: Come into the Kitchen
Pages
Pages 606-608.
Record Number
2128
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1921
Title
The Tiny House #2
Journal
American Cookery
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover; this is an article written by Thomas Merton's mother Ruth, and was published during the year of her passing in 1921. This item is a continuation of the same article in the October 1921 issue if the same magazine. It also contains a poem by Ruth Merton titled, "To Make a Tiny House".
Label
NP2
Date
November Short Title: The Tiny House #2
Pages
Pages 255-257 and pages 289-291.
Record Number
2064
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1964
Title
The Humanity of Christ in Monastic Prayer
Journal
Monastic Studies
Volume
Epiphany
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Pages
Pages 1-27. Short Title: The Humanity of Christ in Monastic Prayer
Record Number
1826
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1962
Title
Growth in Christ
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 33
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #33; this is the first publication of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
March Short Title: Growth in Christ
Pages
Pages 197-210.
Record Number
2411
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1970
Title
The Sacred City
Journal
Io 7
Notes
Soft cover; this is an early appearance of this essay.
Label
NP
Date
Winter Short Title: The Sacred City
Pages
Pages 21-29.
Record Number
1845
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1970
Title
Elegy for Father Stephen
Journal
Sisters Today
Volume
Volume 42
Notes
Soft cover bound as complete hard cover volume #42; this poem is published for the first time here in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
October Short Title: Elegy for Father Stephen
Pages
Page 74.
Record Number
2121
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1967
Title
Epitaph for a Public Servant (In Memoriam - Adolph Eichmann)
Journal
Motive
Volume
Volume 27
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this poem in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
May Short Title: Epitaph for a Public Servant (In Memoriam - Adolph Eichmann)
Pages
Pages 16-17.
Record Number
2122
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1964
Title
To Each his Darkness, Some Paradoxes in Julian Green / Flying Signatures (title of drawings) / an essay and 4 calligraphic drawings
Journal
Charlatan - What Can this Charlatan be Trying to Say???
Volume
Volume 1
Notes
Unbound portfolio. This is the first appearance of this Merton poem and drawings in a periodical; the item includes 6 plates that are each numbered and signed by their artists, as well as the literature sections and contents page. All contents come in the original folder. Art by Robert Friemark, Clay Walker, Carole Hedges, Douglas Prince, Gerald Gedekes and Charles Cook. Literary contributions by Thomas Merton among others.
Label
P
Pages
4 pages. Epub Date: First soft cover portfolio edition. Short Title: To Each his Darkness, Some Paradoxes in Julian Green / Flying Signatures (title of drawings) / an essay and 4 calligraphic drawings
Record Number
2123
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
Dialogue and Renewal in the Contemplative Life
Journal
Spiritual Life
Volume
Volume 14
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first apearance of this item in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
Spring Short Title: Dialogue and Renewal in the Contemplative Life
Pages
Pages 41-52.
Record Number
2124
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
Solitude
Journal
Spiritual Life
Volume
Volume 14
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first apearance of this item in a periodical and is the expanded version of the article titled "The Cell" from the periodical Sobernost.
Label
P
Date
Fall Short Title: Solitude
Pages
Pages 171-178.
Record Number
1842
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1960
Title
Temperament and Meditation
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #31; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
June Short Title: Temperament and Meditation
Pages
Pages 296-299.
Record Number
2125
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1969
Title
Openness and Cloister
Journal
Spiritual Life
Volume
Volume 15
Notes
Soft cover; this is an early appearance of this article in a periodical - one of the last articles Merton wrote before his death.
Label
P
Date
Spring Short Title: Openness and Cloister
Pages
Pages 26-36.
Record Number
2537
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1967
Title
Day of a Stranger / offprint
Journal
Hudson Review
Volume
Volume 20
Notes
Soft cover; offprint of this article and its frist appearance in a periodical. 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
NPM
Date
Summer Short Title: Day of a Stranger / offprint
Pages
Pages 211-218
Record Number
2536
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
War and Vision / review of Two Leggings: The making of a Crow Warrior by Peter Nabokov (1967) - offprint
Journal
Theoria to Theory
Volume
Volume 2
Notes
Soft cover; this is an offprint of this article. 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
NPUM
Date
July Short Title: War and Vision / review of Two Leggings: The making of a Crow Warrior by Peter Nabokov (1967) - offprint
Pages
336-342
Record Number
2535
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
Rites for the Extrusion of a Leper
Journal
The Kentucky Review
Volume
Volume 2, #1
Notes
Soft cover; first appearance of this article in published print form (perceded by mimeograph, also in Merton-artifacts collection).
Label
NP
Date
February Short Title: Rites for the Extrusion of a Leper
Pages
Pages 26-30
Record Number
2534
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1934
Title
No, We Won't Print it
Journal
Esquire / The Magazine for Men
Notes
Soft cover; an early appearance of Merton in print. This is a letter by Merton to the editor of Esquire magazine.
Label
PNU
Pages
Page 14 Short Title: No, We Won't Print it
Record Number
2518
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1949
Title
The Contemplative Life / Its Meaning and Necessity
Journal
Dublin Review
Notes
Soft cover. This item is the original 10 page article separated from the volume. This is Merton's first original periodical publication outside the United States.
Label
NPU
Date
Winter Short Title: The Contemplative Life / Its Meaning and Necessity
Pages
Pages 26-35
Record Number
2111
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1950
Title
September, 1949
Journal
The Month
Volume
Volume 3
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
February Short Title: September, 1949
Pages
Pages 107-113.
Record Number
2108
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1947
Title
The Landfall
Journal
The Tiger's Eye
Volume
Volume 1
Notes
Soft cover magazine; this is the first appearance of this poem in a periodical. "The Tiger's Eye" is a literary magazine featuring prose, poetry and artwork from Thomas Merton, William Stafford, Anais Nin, Marianne Moore, Herbert Cahoon, Jorge E Eielson, Emilio Adolf Westphalen, David Cornell DeJong, Allan Block, Owen Dodson, Marya Zaturenska, Van Wyck Brooks, Barnett B. Newman, Rufino Tamayo, Ian Hugo, and Aaron Siskind.
Label
P
Date
October Short Title: The Landfall
Pages
Pages 1-2.
Record Number
2103
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1966
Title
For the Spanish Poet Miguel Hernandez
Journal
The Sewanee Review
Volume
Volume LXXIV
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this poem in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
Autumn Short Title: For the Spanish Poet Miguel Hernandez
Pages
Pages 897-898.
Record Number
2104
Reference Type
Book Section
Editor
Pearse, B. Rajan & Andrew
Year
1946
Title
Poem; Dirge for the Proud World
Publisher
Dennis Dobson Ltd
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Poem; Dirge for the Proud World
Label
P
Pages
Pages 82-83.
Book Title
Focus 2 Place Published: London
Abstract
Cloth and dust jacket; the poem titled "Poem" does not appear to be published elsewhere, and is not listed in bibliographic references. It begins with, "April, like a leopard in the windy woods...".