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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2425
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Mystics and Zen Masters / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NMU
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 23 single-sided typed pages (excluding title page), bound in cirlox comb-style binding and blue cover. Short Title: Mystics and Zen Masters / mimeograph
Record Number
2426
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1961
Title
Selections on Prayer / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist; KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 53 double-sided typed pages (excluding title page), bound in cirlox comb-style binding and green cover. Short Title: Selections on Prayer / mimeograph
Record Number
2427
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1959
Title
Selections on Prayer / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist. KY
Notes
NOTE: this item differs (with some variation in material content) from the more comprehensive Selections on Prayer as found in the 1961 mimeographed essay (see listing in this catalogue as well). Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 44 double-sided typed pages (excluding title page), bound in Duo-Tang binding and light-blue covers. Short Title: Selections on Prayer / mimeograph
Record Number
2424
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
The Feast of Freedom (Monastic formation according to Adam of Perseigne) / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 21 double-sided typed pages (excluding title page), bound in cirlox comb-style binding and blue covers. Short Title: The Feast of Freedom (Monastic formation according to Adam of Perseigne) / mimeograph
Record Number
2422
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Notes on Art and Worship / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 (described here), 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 65 double-sided typed pages (excluding title page), bound in cirlox comb-style binding and green cover. Short Title: Notes on Art and Worship / mimeograph
Record Number
2423
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
An Introduction to the English Mystics / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 25 double-sided typed pages (excluding title page), bound with cirlox comb-style binding and black cover. Short Title: An Introduction to the English Mystics / mimeograph
Record Number
2421
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1960
Title
Conferences on the Rule of St. Benedict / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 (shown here), 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 acquaintances.
Label
NMU
Type of Work
Mimeograph, 123 double-sided typed pages (excluding title page), bound in a cirlox comb-style binding and light grey binding. Short Title: Conferences on the Rule of St. Benedict / mimeograph
Record Number
2420
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Cassian and the Fathers / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
NOTE: this item has the ink inscription "Glenn Hinson - given 11/7/60 by Thomas Merton" written inside the front cover. Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NMU
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 54 double-sided, numbered pages (excluding title page), bound with black cirlox comb-style binding with light brown cover. Short Title: Cassian and the Fathers / mimeograph
Record Number
2415
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Christian Action in World Crisis / mimeograph
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph - 10 double-sided, numbered, typed pages (excluding title page), stapled in the upper left corner. Short Title: Christian Action in World Crisis / mimeograph
Record Number
2416
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
The Prison Meditations of Fr. Delp (Introduction to "In Face of Death") / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 19 double-sided, numbered pages (excluding title page), stapled in the top left corner. Short Title: The Prison Meditations of Fr. Delp (Introduction to "In Face of Death") / mimeograph
Record Number
2417
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
The Prison Meditations of Fr. Delp (Introduction to "In Face of Death") / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 19 double-sided, numbered pages (excluding title page), stapled in the top left corner. Short Title: The Prison Meditations of Fr. Delp (Introduction to "In Face of Death") / mimeograph
Record Number
2418
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
A Ruler's Examination of Conscience / Some texts from Francois Fenelon / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 14 double-sided, numbered pages (excluding title page), stapled in the top left corner. Short Title: A Ruler's Examination of Conscience / Some texts from Francois Fenelon / mimeograph
Record Number
2419
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
A Martyr for Peace and Unity - Father Max Josef Metzger / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Mimeograph; 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 acquaintances.
Label
NM
Type of Work
Mimeograph; 6 double-sided, numbered pages (excluding title page), stapled in the top left corner. Short Title: A Martyr for Peace and Unity - Father Max Josef Metzger / mimeograph
Record Number
2376
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
The Sacred City / mimeograph Place Published: Printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph; this mimeograph received with gratitiude as part of a collection of mimeographs from Paul Turner Harris, who was a Merton admirer and personal friend of both Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty.
Label
NM
Date
October Short Title: The Sacred City / mimeograph
Pages
17 pages (recto and verso) excluding title page.
Record Number
2374
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1966
Title
Love and Need - Is Love a Package or a Message? / mimeograph Place Published: Printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph; this mimeograph received with gratitiude as part of a collection of mimeographs from Paul Turner Harris, who was a Merton admirer and personal friend of both Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty.
Label
NM
Date
September Short Title: Love and Need - Is Love a Package or a Message? / mimeograph
Pages
12 numbered pages (printed on recto and verso) excluding title page.
Record Number
2375
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
News of the Joyce Industry (for The Sewanee Review) / mimeograph Place Published: Printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY)
Notes
Original mimeograph; this mimeograph received with gratitiude as part of a collection of mimeographs from Paul Turner Harris, who was a Merton admirer and personal friend of both Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty. This item was later printed in Sewanee Review (Summer, 1969).
Label
NM
Date
July Short Title: News of the Joyce Industry (for The Sewanee Review) / mimeograph
Pages
15 pages (printed on recto and verso) excluding title page.
Record Number
2373
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
(1968)
Title
Monastic Experience and East-West Dialogue / mimeograph Place Published: Printed at the Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, KY0
Notes
Original mimeograph; this one containing "Notes for a paper delivered at Calcutta, October 1968" (later published in the Asian Journal, 1973). This mimeograph received with gratitiude as part of a collection of mimeographs from Paul Turner Harris, who was a Merton admirer and personal friend of both Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty.
Label
NM
Date
October Short Title: Monastic Experience and East-West Dialogue / mimeograph
Pages
5 number pages (recto and verso) excluding title page.
Record Number
2372
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Renewal and Discipline in the Monastic Life / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Original mimeograph; received with gratitiude as part of a collection of mimeographs from Paul Turner Harris, who was a Merton admirer and personal friend of both Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty. This item later published in Cistercian Studies Quarterly 5, 1970.
Label
NM
Date
February Short Title: Renewal and Discipline in the Monastic Life / mimeograph
Pages
19 numbered pages (recto and verso) excluding title page.
Record Number
2284
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Dagboeknotities (1946-1952) uit Het Teken van Jona / manuscript
Notes
Sof cover; Dutch language manuscript translation of "The Sign of Jonas" as translated by Stan Broos. The publication of the Dutch language book was never completed and Merton himself may have revealed why. Here is what Merton says in a letter to Fr Charles Dumont: "Thank you for your kind words about Jonas. It is a problematical book in the Order. Many have not liked it. I did not expect them to. Dom Leclercq thinks it will not be too well liked in Europe either. The Dutch publishers are afraid to bring out a translation. The book, they say, is not phlegmatic enough for Holland. In that case I shall have to resign myself to the loss of Holland, as I am not at all phlegmatic." Merton, Thomas; Hart, Patrick (1990-11-14). The School of Charity: The Letters Of Thomas Merton On Religious Renewal & Spiritual Direction (p. 67). Macmillan. Kindle Edition. Thank you to bibliographer Patricia Burton who passed along information on this text.
Label
NFMU
Type of Work
Dutch language manuscript edition. Short Title: Dagboeknotities (1946-1952) uit Het Teken van Jona / manuscript
Record Number
2272
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
Preface to Japanese Edition of New Man Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph. This item was received from the collection of David Semon who corresponded with Merton during the late 1960s. This item came to David Semon directly from Merton.
Label
NMU
Date
October
Pages
9 pages with text on one side only.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Preface to Japanese Edition of New Man
Record Number
2271
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Edifying Cables / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Soft cover. This item came with a collection of items from David Semon, who corresponded with Merton during the late 1960s. This item came to David Semon directly from Merton.
Label
NMU
Date
September
Pages
9 sheets printed on both sides except for the title page.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Edifying Cables / mimeograph
Record Number
2269
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1968
Title
Original mimeographed Easter Letter
Notes
Single sheet mimeograph printed on both sides. Merton often sent mimeographed greetings to friends and acquaintences as sending individual correspondence would be near impossible due to the volume of acquaintences he had. This Easter letter was sent at Easter 1968, the last year of his life. In it he discusses in detail the debate of that time about the validity of the monastic vocation and the rightness or wrongness of some of the practices of monks of that time. This item came with a collection of items from David Semon, who corresponded with Merton during the late 1960s. This item came to David Semon directly from Merton.
Label
NMU
Pages
One shhet, two sided. Short Title: Original mimeographed Easter Letter
Record Number
2268
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
Original mimeographed Advent-Christmas letter (signed)
Notes
Original mimeographed Advent-Christmas letter (1967). One sheet, 2 sided and signed by Merton. Merton sent these mimeographed letters to his friends and acquaintences to account for the fact that sending indivudual Christmas greetings would be impossible due to the volume of acquaintences he had. In the mimeograph he speaks of his sorrow at the passing of friends Victor Hammer, Ad Reinhardt and John Slate. he also speaks of the renovated Abbey Church, difficulties with the volume of correspondence he receives, religious renewal and even comments on the Beatles. He also speaks of faith as being a lonely virtue, and of love as something that needs to be given as well as received. This item came with a collection of items from David Semon, who corresponded with Merton during the late 1960s. This item came to David Semon directly from Merton.
Label
NSUM
Pages
One sheet, 2 sided.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Original mimeographed Advent-Christmas letter (signed)
Record Number
2247
Reference Type
Manuscript
Title
Poetry and the Contemplative Life: A Reprisal (Galleys)
Notes
Unbound long galleys. 9 leaves printed rectos only. Note: "Duplicate Set: Do Not Return This Lot" affixed. Long galleys for this chapter consisting of a previously published essay with the text re-considered, and a long author's note, as it appeared in "A Thomas Merton Reader". A very scarce item indeed. This item came originally from the library of Edward Erbe, director of publicity of New Directions in the 1950s and 60s (Between the Covers - Rare Books Inc.).
Label
NUM
Pages
9 leaves
Type of Work
Galley Proofs Short Title: Poetry and the Contemplative Life: A Reprisal (Galleys)
Record Number
2190
Reference Type
Pamphlet
Year
1969
Title
As Man to Man
Edition
Separate issue off-print edition Short Title: As Man to Man
Notes
Separate issue off-print initially published in Cistercian Studies 4: 1. This item came as duplicate from the James Laughlin collection (William Reese Co).
Label
NUM
Record Number
2542
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1962
Title
The Root of War
Journal
Pax Bulletin
Label
NPM
Date
January Short Title: The Root of War
Pages
Pages 5-6
Abstract
Soft cover. 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.
Record Number
2543
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1963
Title
Cold War Letters / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at The Abbey of Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Original mimeograph in textured yellow card covers and bound in plastic comb binding. Although Merton was forbidden from publishing on the subject of war and peace, he did use the Abbey of Gethsemanis' mimeograph machine to write his views and circulate them among friends and acquaintances. This is one such mimeograph - less than 100 (probably around 85) were printed and distributed. 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
Title page reads, "Cold War Letters (Strictly confidential. Not for publication.)" and is followed by 180 pages of 111 typed letters. Note that the six page preface and page one is missing from this mimeograph. However, a photocopy of page one accompanies this item. It was sent to Jeanette Cantrell by Merton typist Patrick Hart and includes a hand written card by him to Cantrell including the missing page.
Type of Work
Original second distribution of mimeograph (111 letters). Short Title: Cold War Letters / mimeograph
Record Number
2540
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu / offprint
Journal
The Mountain Path
Notes
Soft cover; offprint of this excerpt from Way of Chuang Tzu - unique in that it has not been previously noted by bibliographers and is the earliest addition to a periodical of this text. 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
April Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu / offprint
Pages
Pages 102-105
Record Number
2541
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1966
Title
The Zen Koan / offprint
Journal
The Lugano Review
Volume
Volume 1/5-6
Label
NPM
Pages
Pages 126-139 Short Title: The Zen Koan / offprint
Abstract
Soft cover; offprint of this review of The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau; first publication of this essay 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.
Record Number
2539
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
Ecumenism and Monastic Renewal / offprint
Journal
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Volume
Volume 5
Notes
Soft cover; offprint and first appearance of this item 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
NPMU
Pages
Pages 268-283 Short Title: Ecumenism and Monastic Renewal / offprint
Record Number
2538
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1967
Title
The Death of God, 1: The Death of God and the End of History / offprint
Journal
Theoria to Theory
Volume
Volume 2
Notes
Soft cover; offprint and the first appearance of this item in print. 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
October Short Title: The Death of God, 1: The Death of God and the End of History / offprint
Pages
Pages 3-16
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
2039
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1963
Title
The Early Legend / Six Fragments Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
First (private) printing of this suite of poems and prose-poems; first published for public reading in NEW DIRECTIONS 18 the following year, and there noted as fragments from a work in progress. Comparison with the published text reveals some occasional and significant revision took place between this version and the published version.
Label
M
Date
June
Pages
Eleven numbered pages (plus title page), text on rectos only, stapled at upper corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: The Early Legend / Six Fragments
Record Number
2035
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
Easter Homily for Argus Communications / mimeograph Place Published: Trappist / The Abbey of Gethsemani
Notes
This item is not indexed in either Dell'Isola or Burton and appears to be an unpublished homily given by Merton. This mimeograph represents one of numerous mimeographs acquired from Bob Bonazzi, John Howard Griffin's literary executor - and Griffin's widow's then second husband - a few years after the main Griffin manuscript archive was purchased from them (which is now at Columbia). The mimeos and typescripts frpm this collection represent a separate transaction from the acquisition of the Griffin archive, as the items had either been sent to R. Bonazzi directly by Merton or his representatives, or perhaps they were duplicated items already in the Griffin archive. (William Reese Company - Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Label
M
Date
September
Pages
7 leaves (plus title page), text on rectos only, stapled at upper corner and folded for mailing.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Easter Homily for Argus Communications / mimeograph
Record Number
2033
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1966
Title
Love and Need / Is Love a Package or a Message? mimeograph
Notes
First (private) printing of this essay. It was first publicly published, according to Patricia Burton, in the December 1966 issue of "Ave Maria" under the title "A Buyer's Market for Love?" This mimeograph represents one of numerous mimeographs acquired from Bob Bonazzi, John Howard Griffin's literary executor - and Griffin's widow's then second husband - a few years after the main Griffin manuscript archive was purchased from them (which is now at Columbia). The mimeos and typescripts frpm this collection represent a separate transaction from the acquisition of the Griffin archive, as the items had either been sent to R. Bonazzi directly by Merton or his representatives, or perhaps they were duplicated items already in the Griffin archive. (William Reese Company - Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Label
M
Date
September
Pages
12 pages (plus title page), text on rectos and versos, stapled at upper corner.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Love and Need / Is Love a Package or a Message? mimeograph