Selected Collection
Mimeographs and Offprints
151 records, showing 50 per page
Record Number
1361
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1977
Title
Original notes of Thomas Merton to Marice F. Gaither
Notes
Soft cover in black comb binding; this is one of a total of approximately 15 original self published manuscripts which were made by Mimi Gather containing copies of the many letters she shared with Thomas Merton. There are also numerous unique communications with Mimi surrounding the passing of Merton. The manuscripts were made for members of her direct family as stated in her introduction "This book is dedicated to all the descendents of beloved Mimi with the fervant hope that her fond friendship with Father Louis will bring to you the same comfort and solice which she found in his letters, notes and memorabilia." There is also a personal, original note by mimi dated and signed October 24, 1977.
Label
MUE
Date
October 24, 1977
Type of Work
manuscript Short Title: Original notes of Thomas Merton to Marice F. Gaither
Record Number
1969
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Original draft of a letter addressed to Tom Merton Place Published: Twickenham, Middx.
Notes
This item is a draft letter typed by the secretary of Dr. Izod Bennett - it is not known whether or not it was eventually sent to Merton. Dr. Bennett was Owen Merton's personal physician and became guardian of Thomas Merton after his father's death. He was displeased with Tom's wild life while at Cambridge and it was he who recommended that Tom return to his maternal grandparents in America. In this letter Mr. Cresswell critcizes Tom for how he poorly represents the Bennetts in his autobiography. In one line he writes, "...I used to dread the sound of your name.
Label
UME2
Pages
1
Type of Work
Draft letter Short Title: Original draft of a letter addressed to Tom Merton
Record Number
1423
Reference Type
Book
Title
Our Lives, A Powerful Pentecost / Merton's Writing with Russian Christianity
Number of Pages
16
Edition
Offprint soft cover edition. Short Title: Our Lives, A Powerful Pentecost / Merton's Writing with Russian Christianity
Notes
Soft cover offprint; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
M
Record Number
1426
Reference Type
Book
Title
In Search of Thomas Merton / A Review Article
Number of Pages
Pages 99-109
Edition
Cistercian Publications offprint soft cover edition. Short Title: In Search of Thomas Merton / A Review Article
Notes
Soft cover; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
MT
Record Number
1424
Reference Type
Book
Title
Poetry and Contemplation / Notes on the Development of Thomas Merton's Theology of Art
Number of Pages
Pages 21-40
Edition
Offprint soft cover edition. Short Title: Poetry and Contemplation / Notes on the Development of Thomas Merton's Theology of Art
Notes
Soft cover offprint; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
M
Record Number
1422
Reference Type
Book
Year
2000
Title
Merton within Merton within Merton
Number of Pages
8
Edition
Offprint soft cover edition Short Title: Merton within Merton within Merton
Notes
Soft cover; offprint written for the April 200 issue of U.S. Catholic, this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
MB
Record Number
1445
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
Original thank you note from Jim Forest to Thomas Merton
Notes
This item is a carbon copy of a letter from Jim Forest to Thomas Merton thanking him for his $25 donation that was received through Motive Magazine (receipt from Motive included). This item and has been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
UME2
Date
March 31
Pages
1 sheet plus 1 folded pamphlet
Type of Work
Carbon copy plus pamphlet Short Title: Original thank you note from Jim Forest to Thomas Merton
Record Number
1446
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
Original letter to Thomas Merton from Jim Forest
Notes
This item is a carbon copy of a letter from Jim Forest to Thomas Merton regarding a document by Father John G. Shevlin, Jr. and has been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
UME
Pages
1 sheet single sided
Type of Work
Personal letter / carbon copy Short Title: Original letter to Thomas Merton from Jim Forest
Record Number
2270
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Original mimeograph of the Homily at the Funeral Mass of Thomas Merton
Notes
Two sheets single sided of the Homily delivered at Merton funeral. This item came with a collection of items from David Semon, who corresponded with Merton during the late 1960s.
Label
NMU
Date
December 11
Pages
Two sheets, one sided.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Original mimeograph of the Homily at the Funeral Mass of Thomas Merton
Record Number
2231
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1985
Title
Merton's Peace Symphony (one)
Notes
Soft cover musical setting in ring binding. On the cover is written, "This work is dedicated to everyone whose life has been, or will be made richer because one man was faithful to his vocation, to his witness to his own vision of God, and to his marvelously unique ministry of words, all of which he received as a gift from the Lord he loved. That man is Thomas Merton.
Label
NUM
Pages
112 Short Title: Merton's Peace Symphony (one)
Record Number
1427
Reference Type
Book
Year
1982
Title
Merton's Affirmation and Affirmation of Merton / Writing about Silence
Number of Pages
Pages 295-333
Edition
Offprint soft cover edition from Review, vol 4, 1982 / signed Short Title: Merton's Affirmation and Affirmation of Merton / Writing about Silence
Notes
Soft cover offprint; signed and incribed by Victor kramer "For James Forest, All best wishes April 1983"; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
MY
Record Number
1522
Reference Type
Book
Year
2007
Title
Contemplation and Action in Thomas Merton Place Published: Vancouver
Publisher
Thomas Merton Society of Canada
Number of Pages
20
Edition
First soft cover offprint edition. Short Title: Contemplation and Action in Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover; offprint of article that first appeared in the Summer 2006 issue of "Christianity and Literature". This item was given to all members of the Thomas Merton Society of Canada, 2007.
Label
MB
Record Number
1786
Reference Type
Book
Year
2008
Title
Christian Humanism and the Roots of Peace in Thomas Merton Place Published: Vancouver
Publisher
Thomas Merton Society of Canada
Number of Pages
20
Edition
First off-print soft cover edition. Short Title: Christian Humanism and the Roots of Peace in Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover; this item originally appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Renascence.
Label
M
Record Number
2381
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1969
Title
Some Reminiscences of Thomas Merton / mimeograph Place Published: Printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph; this item was received as part of a collection of mimeographs (mostly by Thomas Merton) from Paul Turner Harris, admirer of Merton and personal friend of Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty.
Label
NM
Date
February Short Title: Some Reminiscences of Thomas Merton / mimeograph
Pages
8 numbered pages (recto only).
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
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
907
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
The Street is for Celebration / Mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on rectos only. This is the first (private) printing of this essay, denoted on the upper leaf as having been "Written for Mgr Fox - Spanish Community Action Book Project". Formal publication did not occur until the summer of 1969, in The Mediator. This is one of several mimeographs contained in this collection from the estate of John Howard Griffin.
Label
M
Date
October, 1967
Pages
Eight pages (including title page) stapled in upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Street is for Celebration / Mimeograph
Record Number
939
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1988
Title
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians IV / offprint
Notes
Soft cover offprint.
Label
MUT
Pages
Original pagination maintained, 45-62.
Type of Work
Offprint from "Cistercian Studies" Vol. xxiii, 1988 : 1. Short Title: St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians IV / offprint
Record Number
940
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1989
Title
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians V / offprint
Notes
Soft cover offprint.
Label
MUT
Pages
Original pagination maintained, 50-68.
Type of Work
Offprint from "Cistercian Studies" Vol. xxiv, 1989 : 1. Short Title: St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians V / offprint
Record Number
938
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1987
Title
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians III / offprint
Notes
Soft cover offprint.
Label
MUT
Pages
Original pagination maintained, 55-75.
Type of Work
Offprint from "Cistercian Studies" Vol. xxii, 1987 : 1. Short Title: St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians III / offprint
Record Number
936
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1985
Title
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians I / offprint
Notes
Soft cover offprint.
Label
MUT
Pages
Original pagination maintained, 212-223.
Type of Work
Offprint from "Cistercian Studies" Vol. xx, 1985 : 3. Short Title: St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians I / offprint
Record Number
937
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1986
Title
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians II / offprint
Notes
Soft cover offprint.
Label
MUT
Pages
Original pagination maintained, 30-42.
Type of Work
Offprint from "Cistercian Studies" Vol. xxi, 1986 : 1 Short Title: St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians II / offprint
Record Number
924
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1983
Title
The Inner Experience / Offprint
Notes
Soft cover offprint; contains four chapters (continues from Cistercian Studies Quarterly Review 18, 1983): 5. Infused Contemplation 6. Some Dangers in Contemplation 7. Problems of the Contemplative Life 8.Prospects and Conclusions. All with original pagination from CS.
Label
MUT
Pages
Original pagination maintained.
Type of Work
Soft cover offprint from Cistercian Studies Quarterly Review 19, 1984 Short Title: The Inner Experience / Offprint
Record Number
905
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1963
Title
Atlas Watches Everything / Mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on rectos only. This is the first (private) printing of this prose work, first publicly printed in New Directions 18 the following year. A comparison of this text with the published text reveals a few minor tinkerings. This is one of several mimeographs contained in this collection from the estate of John Howard Griffin.
Label
M
Date
July, 1963
Pages
Eight pages (including title page) stapled in upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Atlas Watches Everything / Mimeograph
Record Number
906
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1963
Title
The Legend of Tucker Caliban / Mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; text on rectos only. This is the first (private) printing of this review of Kelley's "A Different Drummer", first publicly printed in Jubilee ll:5 the following September under the title "The Negro Revolt". This is one of several mimeographs contained in this collection from the estate of John Howard Griffin.
Label
M
Date
July, 1963
Pages
Ten pages (including title page) stapled in upper left corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Legend of Tucker Caliban / Mimeograph
Record Number
703
Reference Type
Manuscript
Picture
Year
1969
Title
The Solitary Life Collection Title: Cistercian Studies Library/Archive: Cistercian Studies. Published in collaboration with Collectanea Cisterciensia.
Notes
Soft cover; an offprint from Cistercian Studies. This item is a transcript of a tape-recording made for the Savannah Carmel in September, 1967.
Label
TM
Pages
Original pagination has been maintained (pg. 213-217).
Type of Work
First separate issue, an offprint from Cistercian Studies. Short Title: The Solitary Life
Record Number
838
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1961
Title
The Root of War
Number of Pages
4 (one oversized folded sheet)
Edition
First separate printing. Short Title: The Root of War
Notes
Criptic reprint of this essay from the October 1961 issue of "The Catholic Worker" - probably the first separtate printing. "The Root of War is Fear" was the first in a series of Catholic Worker articles by Merton criticizing the arms race and the Cold War. It appeared again later that year, in somewhat shortened form, in Merton's book "New Seeds of Contemplation". This unusual pamphlet printing, with title shortened to "The Root of War", most likely was published in 1961 and came from the personal library of John Beecher (1904-80), noted social protest poet and fine press publisher. Beecher also published "On Acquiring a Cistercian Breviary", a poem dedicated to Merton which is also a part of this collection.
Label
MU