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Record Number 394
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1951
Title A Balanced Life of Prayer Place Published: Trappist, Kentucky
Publisher The Abbey of Gethsemani
Number of Pages 22
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: A Balanced Life of Prayer
Notes Soft cover; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of William H. Shannon.
Label U
Record Number 395
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1962
Title What think you of Carmel? Place Published: Trappist, Kentucky
Publisher The Abbey of Gethsemani
Number of Pages 11
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: What think you of Carmel?
Notes Soft cover; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of William H. Shannon.
Label U
Record Number 396
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1950
Title What is Contemplation?
Publisher Burns, Oates and Washbourne Ltd
Number of Pages 31
Edition First British soft cover edition. Short Title: What is Contemplation?
Notes Soft cover.
Label U
Series Title The Paternoster Series #7 Place Published: London
Record Number 387
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1948
Title What is Contemplation? Place Published: Notre Dame, Indiana
Publisher St. Mary's College, Holy Cross
Number of Pages 25
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: What is Contemplation?
Notes Soft cover.
Label U
Record Number 388
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1958
Title Life at Gethsemani Place Published: Trappist, Kentucky
Publisher The Abbey of Gethsemani
Edition First soft cover edition / signed. Short Title: Life at Gethsemani
Notes Soft cover; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest and was signed by him.
Label YU
Record Number 308
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1975
Title He Is Risen Place Published: Niles, IL.
Publisher Argus Communications
Number of Pages 59
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: He Is Risen
Notes Soft cover.
Label U
Record Number 189
Reference Type Book Section
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1939
Title Graduate School (poems)
Publisher Columbia University Press
Edition First hard cover edition Short Title: Graduate School (poems)
Notes Blue cloth, no jacket as issued. Contains the first published work of Thomas Merton, written when he was a graduate student at Columbia.
Label UO1
Pages 60-67
Book Title Columbia Poetry Place Published: New York
Record Number 121
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1969
Title The Climate of Monastic Prayer
Publisher Cistercian Publications, Inc.
Number of Pages 154
Edition First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Climate of Monastic Prayer
Notes Cloth and dust jacket.
Label TU
Series Title Cistercian Studies Series - number one Place Published: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Record Number 43
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1957
Title The Strange Islands Place Published: London
Publisher Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages 88
Edition First UK hard cover review copy edition. Short Title: The Strange Islands
Notes Cloth and dust jacket; review copy; laid in are slips from Hollis and Carter and the Manchester Guardian.
Label URO
Record Number 20
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1950
Title What Are These Wounds? Place Published: Milwaukee
Publisher The Bruce Publishing Company
Number of Pages 191
Edition First hard cover edition Short Title: What Are These Wounds?
Notes Cloth and dust jacket.
Label U
Record Number 19
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1948
Title Exile Ends in Glory Place Published: Milwaukee
Publisher The Bruce Publishing Company
Number of Pages 311
Edition First hard cover edition. Short Title: Exile Ends in Glory
Notes Cloth and dust jacket.
Label U
Record Number 15
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1949
Title Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: Norfolk
Publisher New Directions
Number of Pages 201
Edition First hard cover edition. Short Title: Seeds of Contemplation
Notes Cloth and dust jacket.
Label U
Record Number 10
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1948
Title The Seven Storey Mountain Place Published: New York
Publisher Harcourt, Brace & Company
Number of Pages 429
Edition True first printing, white cloth and first state dust jacket ("author is second from the left") Short Title: The Seven Storey Mountain
Notes True first printing white cloth and first state dust jacket, caption "author is second from the left"; page 176, line 21 Mr. Riley is noted.
Label 7U
Record Number 1959
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1962
Title Poesie / Italian edition of Merton's Selected Poems Place Published: Milan
Publisher Garzanti
Number of Pages 243
Edition First Italian hard cover edition.
Notes Cloth and dust jacket; follows British (1950) edition with an additional 4 poems; purchase receipt laid in.
Label FU
Translator Lucchese, Romeo Short Title: Poesie / Italian edition of Merton's Selected Poems
Record Number 1945
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1957
Title The Psalms are Our Prayers
Publisher Burns, Oates &Washbourne Ltd.
Number of Pages 42
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Psalms are Our Prayers
Notes Soft cover.
Label U
Series Title Paternoster Series #15 Place Published: London
Record Number 1929
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1960
Title The Seven Storey Mountain Place Published: New York
Publisher Harcourt, Brace & Company
Number of Pages 429
Edition Later "[z.6.60]" rebound (apparently) orange cloth edition. Short Title: The Seven Storey Mountain
Notes Cloth.
Label 7U
Record Number 1915
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1974
Title Cistercian Life / Mepkin Abbey Place Published: Spencer, Massachusetts
Publisher Cistercian Book Service
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: Cistercian Life / Mepkin Abbey
Notes Soft cover; although this item is published by the Cistercian Book Service in Spencer, Massachusetts, the cover indicates Mepkin Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
Label 6U
Record Number 1905
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1946
Title Trappist Life Place Published: Trappist
Publisher Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
Number of Pages 58
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: Trappist Life
Notes Soft cover, this is the first edition of this title made by Merton (see also the later edition made in 1953) - as confirmed in the second volume of the Merton Annual.
Label U
Record Number 1906
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1976
Title Ishi Means Man Place Published: Greensboro, North Carolina
Publisher Unicorn Press
Number of Pages 71
Edition First hard cover edition. Short Title: Ishi Means Man
Notes Cloth without dust wrapper (as issued); Unicorn Keepsake Series Volume 8. Brick and beige boards with original Rita Cobrin woodblock tipped-in as frontispiece.
Label U
Record Number 1907
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1974
Title Cistercian Life (The Desert Shall Bloom) / Our Lady of Santa Ritas Place Published: Spencer, Massachusetts
Publisher Cistercian Book Service
Edition First Santa Ritas soft cover edition. Short Title: Cistercian Life (The Desert Shall Bloom) / Our Lady of Santa Ritas
Notes Soft cover; the cover of this item has the title "The Desert Shall Bloom" and "Our Lady of Santa Ritas", but internally it is identical to the Spencer (1974) edition of "Cistercian Life".
Label 6U
Record Number 1903
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
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 2507
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1960
Title The Ox Mountain Parable of Meng Tzu Place Published: Lexington
Publisher Stamperia del Santuccio (Victor Hammer)
Number of Pages Two folded, unbound 11x17 sheets - 8 pages in all.
Edition First limited edition printing - #5/100 Short Title: The Ox Mountain Parable of Meng Tzu
Notes Variant. Two folded sheets (11x17); unbound but laid into a cloth, custom fitted, latched case. Issued as Broadside II. Handprinted by Victor Hammer using his American Uncial type, and printed in red and black and blue. "Victor knew many binders, and it could be that he gave them an unbound copy to case/bind as they wanted. Since its such a low number, I would suspect that might be the case." (PH)
Label NUDL
Record Number 1855
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1969
Title Come to the Mountain Place Published: Snowmass, Colorado
Publisher St. Benedict's Monastery
Edition Second soft cover edition. Short Title: Come to the Mountain
Notes Soft cover; smaller in size that the 1964 edition; this item is a precurser to the Cistercian Life pamphlet series..
Label 6U
Record Number 1814
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1974
Title Cistercian Life / Our Lady of Bethleham Abbey Place Published: Portglenone, Co. Antrim, North Ireland
Publisher Our Lady of Bethleham Abbey
Edition First Irish soft cover edition. Short Title: Cistercian Life / Our Lady of Bethleham Abbey
Notes Soft cover.
Label 6U
Record Number 1765
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Merton, Thomas
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 1755
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1957
Title Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: London
Publisher Universe Books (Burns & Oates)
Number of Pages 120
Edition First Universe Books soft cover edition. Short Title: Seeds of Contemplation
Notes Soft cover.
Label U
Record Number 1705
Reference Type Magazine Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1953
Title They Grow in September
Notes Soft cover; also contains a poem by Merton on page 10 ("Raw Lie Unraw") and a drawing by Merton (from 1937, with caption "Ready or not here I come") on page 13. These items were "culled from the Jester files" in this tribute issue. This issue also contains contributions by Herman Wouk, Ben Hubbard, Paul White, Robert Lax, Corey Ford, Arnold Auerbach, Bennett Cerf etc.
Label PU1
Pages Pages 19 & 29 Short Title: They Grow in September
Magazine Jester of Columbia / Ben Hubbard Testimonial Issue / Final Issue
Record Number 1693
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
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 1691
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
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 1692
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
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 1690
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1957
Title Pax #4 / Five Poems by Thomas Merton / "Wisdom"; "Song: In the Shows of the Round Ox"; "Birdcage Walk"; "Nocturne"; "Landscape" Place Published: New York
Publisher Pax #4
Number of Pages 1 page, 12"x18
Edition First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #4 / Five Poems by Thomas Merton / "Wisdom"; "Song: In the Shows of the Round Ox"; "Birdcage Walk"; "Nocturne"; "Landscape
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 1685
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1951
Title Che Cosa E La Contemplazione / Italian (What is Contemplation?) Place Published: Brescia, Italy
Publisher Morcelliana
Number of Pages 51 pages.
Edition First Italian soft cover limited edition / #765/1000.
Notes Soft cover with original glassine dust jacket; limited edition.
Label ULF
Translator Luca, Maddalena de Short Title: Che Cosa E La Contemplazione / Italian (What is Contemplation?)
Record Number 1684
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
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 1683
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
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 1681
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1961
Title Collected Edition / The Sign of Jonas Place Published: London
Publisher Burns & Oates
Number of Pages 354
Edition First hard cover issue of "Collected Edition" Short Title: Collected Edition / The Sign of Jonas
Notes Cloth and dust jacket.
Label IU
Record Number 1677
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1961
Title Elected Silence Place Published: London
Publisher Universe Books (Burns & Oates)
Number of Pages 300
Edition First Universe Books soft cover edition. Short Title: Elected Silence
Notes Soft cover; with preface by Evelyn Waugh.
Label U
Record Number 1673
Reference Type Magazine Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1935
Title Katabolism of An Englishman
Volume Volume 26
Notes Soft cover; this item contains an article by Merton while he was yet attending Columbia University in New York. This issue also contains contributions by Robert Lax ("Parodies" poem), AD Reinhardt (art work), Herbert Rosenthal, Daniel M. Friedman etc.
Label UP1
Date September Short Title: Katabolism of An Englishman
Pages Page 12.
Magazine Jester (the magazine of Columbia University) / Virgin Issue
Issue Number #1
Record Number 1672
Reference Type Magazine Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1938
Title Anatomy of Journals
Volume Volume 39
Notes Soft cover; this item contains an article by Merton while he was yet attending Columbia University in New York. The celebrities section includes work by Barry Ulanov, Corey Ford, Irvin Edman, Eugene Williams etc. There is art contribution by Thomas Merton (line drawing of an angel above a cloud - page 10), AD Reinhardt and others. Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label UP1
Date May Short Title: Anatomy of Journals
Pages Page 10
Magazine The Columbia Jester / Celebrities Issue
Issue Number #9
Record Number 1644
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1965
Title Kanso No Shushi / Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: Kyoto
Publisher Veritas Chuppansha
Number of Pages 235 pages.
Edition First hard cover edition - Japanese translation of Seeds of Contemplation.
Notes Cloth (no dust jacket as issued); this item was received with deepest gratitude from the private collection of Yasuo Kikama, Japanese translator and biographer of various Merton works including Seeds of Contemplation, The New Man, Exile Ends in Glory and What is Contemplation.
Label UF
Translator Kikama, Yasuo Short Title: Kanso No Shushi / Seeds of Contemplation
Record Number 1645
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1970
Title Atarashii Hito / The New Man Place Published: Tokyo
Publisher Veritas Chuppansha
Number of Pages 301 pages.
Edition First hard cover edition - Japanese translation of The New Man.
Notes Cloth and dust jacket; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the private collection of Yasuo Kikama, Japanese translator and biographer of various Merton works including Seeds of Contemplation, The New Man, Exile Ends in Glory and What is Contemplation.
Label UF
Translator Kikama, Yasua Short Title: Atarashii Hito / The New Man
Record Number 1643
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1966
Title Nanae No Yama / Japanese language edition of The Seven Storey Mountain Place Published: Tokyo
Publisher Chuo Shuppansha
Number of Pages 556 pages.
Edition First hard cover edition.
Notes Cloth and dust jacket; includes special Preface by Merton in English as well as a copy of a letter sent by Merton to the translator regarding this work. This item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Yasuo Kikama, Japanese translator and biographer of various Merton works including Seeds of Contemplation, The New Man, Exile Ends in Glory and What is Contemplation.
Label 7UF
Translator Kudo, Tadashi Short Title: Nanae No Yama / Japanese language edition of The Seven Storey Mountain
Record Number 1642
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1963
Title La Muntanya Dels Set Cercles / Catalan edition of The Seven Storey Mountain Place Published: Barcelona
Publisher Editorial Selecta
Number of Pages 600 pages
Edition First Catalan soft cover edition.
Notes Soft cover in dust jacket in open ended slip case.
Label 7UF
Translator Colom, Guillem Short Title: La Muntanya Dels Set Cercles / Catalan edition of The Seven Storey Mountain
Number of Volumes 2 volumes - # 341-342.
Record Number 1622
Reference Type Magazine Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1949
Title The Waters of Siloe / promo
Notes Soft cover; full page oversized add, with description and images, for the upcoming release of the new Merton book published by Harcourt, Brace and Company.
Label U
Date September 18, 1949 issue Short Title: The Waters of Siloe / promo
Pages Page 17.
Magazine The New York Times
Record Number 1478
Reference Type Book
Picture
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1961
Title Collected Edition / Thoughts in Solitude Place Published: London
Publisher Burns & Oates
Number of Pages 101
Edition First hard cover issue of "Collected Edition". Short Title: Collected Edition / Thoughts in Solitude
Notes Cloth and dust jacket.
Label IU
Record Number 1491
Reference Type Book
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1960
Title Obras Completas / Spanish edition Place Published: Buenos Aires
Publisher Sudamericana
Number of Pages 1693
Edition First leather bound stiff soft cover Spanish edition.
Notes Stiff leather bound soft cover; Spanish translation of 7 Merton books: The Seven Storey Mountain, Seeds of Contemplation, Exile Ends in Glory, What are these Wounds, Bread in the Wilderness and a composite of A Balanced Life of Prayer, Poetry and the Contemplative Life, Self-Denial and the Christian, What is Contemplation?.
Label 7UF
Translator etc., Aquilino Tur Short Title: Obras Completas / Spanish edition
Record Number 1444
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Merton, Thomas
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
Author Merton, Thomas
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
Author Merton, Thomas
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
Author Merton, Thomas
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
Author Merton, Thomas
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