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Record Number
2330
Reference Type
Book
Year
1991
Title
Thomas Merton as Writer and Monk / signed Place Published: Brooklyn
Publisher
Carlson Publishing Series
Number of Pages
208 Short Title: Thomas Merton as Writer and Monk / signed
Notes
Cloth; inscribed and signed by Kountz.
Label
NY
Record Number
2408
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
2008
Title
Thomas Merton Global Prophet
Journal
Cross Currents
Volume
Volume 58
Notes
Soft cover; this item is a journal whose contents are entirely dedicated to the thought of Thomas Merton. Contributers include John Eudes Bamberger, Glenn Crider, Kathleen Deignan, Mark DelCogliano, Sindney Griffith, Victor Kramer, Patrick O'Connell, Malgorzata Poks.
Label
NP
Date
December Short Title: Thomas Merton Global Prophet
Record Number
2219
Reference Type
Pamphlet
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 Short Title: Christian Humanism and the Roots of Peace in Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
N
Record Number
2288
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1972
Title
A Note from James Laughlin
Journal
Under the Sign of Pisces: Anais Nin and her Circle
Volume
Volume 3
Notes
This item contains a note by Laughlin about his editing of Merton's "Asian Journal" where he learned that while at Darjeeling (3 weeks before his death) Merton was reading Anais Nin's "Under a Glass Bell". This item was received with gratitude from Bill Claire, editor of Voyages.
Label
NP
Date
Summer Short Title: A Note from James Laughlin
Pages
16
Record Number
2230
Reference Type
Personal Communication
Year
1991
Title
Original 15 line typed and hand-signed letter in envelope; plus original hand-written postcard Recipient: Periodical, William Claire - Editor of Voyages Short Title: Original 15 line typed and hand-signed letter in envelope; plus original hand-written postcard
Notes
These items were received from Bill Claire directly. The letter is accompanied by the original New Directions envelope addressed to the recipient. It is with gratitude that this letter and postcar were received from William (Bill) Claire for the merton-artifacts collection.
Label
NYUE
Record Number
2351
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1937
Title
The Snarl in the Balcony (pg 26); Behind the Barn with Jester (pg 32)
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 38
Notes
Soft cover; Robert Lax was a good friend of Merton and became an important poet and spiritual guide to many.
Label
NUP1
Date
Junior Prom Issue Short Title: The Snarl in the Balcony (pg 26); Behind the Barn with Jester (pg 32)
Record Number
2194
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1935
Title
The Man with the Flare for Flair Flair; A Made-up Mystery with a Moral for Murals; Belated Tribute to the Horse; Near the Library
Journal
Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Vol 25
Notes
Soft cover periodical from Columbia University with 4 Lax contributions plus numerous pieces of artwork by Ad Reinhardt. Merton, Lax and Reinhardt were all students there at the time.
Label
NPU
Date
March Short Title: The Man with the Flare for Flair Flair; A Made-up Mystery with a Moral for Murals; Belated Tribute to the Horse; Near the Library
Record Number
2118
Reference Type
Book
Title
Original collection of over 60 letters by Robert Lax; and numerous other items of interest: Short Title: Original collection of over 60 letters by Robert Lax; and numerous other items of interest:
Notes
This item is a file folder containing the following: From John Stanley (Novice under Merton):
- approximately 9 original hand-written, signed, often poetic letters by Robert Lax.
- 2 hand-written, signed letter by the sister of Robert Lax, Gladys Marcus.
- numerous copies of the letters of John Stanley who corresponded with Lax over this time. The above items were received, with deepest gratitude, from John Stanley. Stanley was a monk at Gethsemani for a short time while Merton was also there, and spent much of his life researching and writing about Merton, his friends and his family.
From Jim Forest (personal friend of Merton):
- approximately 50 hand-written, signed, often dated letters/postcards/drawings by Robert Lax
- numerous carbon copies of the letters of Jim Forest that were sent in correspondence with Lax The above items were received, with deepest gratitude, from Jim Forest directly.
From William (Bill) Claire (editor of Voyages periodical
- one full edition dedicated to Lax)
- 2 hand-written letters from Lax.
- 1 hand-written envelop addressed to William Claire from Lax (while in Zurich)
- 1 photo of Robert Lax received with gratitude from Bill Claire.
- 1 copy of "New World Writing" (1958) containing Robert Lax writing
- an early pick-up of Lax by an anthology.
- 1 hand-written 23 line letter from Emil Antonucci (editor of Journeyman Press who published numerous Lax books) addressed to Bill Claire related to the work of Robert Lax.
- 1 hand-written 17 line letter with envelope from Dorothy Van Doren (wife of Mark Van Doren) and friend of Merton and Lax from post Columbia days.
- 1 hand-written 22 line letter from Cathy Gatling (Managing Editor of Proteus Magazine), in part discussing doing a Lax book.
- 1 hand-written 30 line letter from Claire McAllister (who contributed to Lax's Pax Magazine) in part discussing Lax as editor, "Gone seem the times when people like Bob Lax would knock till the poem was in his hands..."
This item also contains:
- 5 editions of Lax's high school newsletter, "The Newtown Lantern"
- April 1931; June 1931; November 1931; May 1932; June 1932. A few of these also contain content by Ad Reinhardt, who attended the same high school.
- The entire Pax periodical series as published by Lax (see separate listings).
- Numerous editions of the Columbia Jester magazine with Lax contributions (see separate listings).
- Various Columbian yearbook contributions by Lax (see separate listings). - 1 signed Lax book, "Fables".
- 1 Lax broadside titled, "Another Red Red Blue Poem".
- 4 issues of Jubilee Magazine with Lax content: June 1956; September 1956; April 1966; November 1958.
- 1 booklet titled "Tree" as published by Journeyman Press.
- 1 booklet titled "Said's" as published by Furthermore Press.
- 1 booklet titled "In & Out of Purdah" as published by Furthermore Press.
- 1 booklet titled "Robert Lax" published by St. Bonaventure University
- 1 booklet titled "ARC" as published by Furthermore Press.
- 1 booklet titled "Robert Lax Postcard Drawings" as published by Furthermore Press. - 1 booklet titled "Cloud Over Hill" as published by Furthermore Press
- 1 booklet titled "27th and 4th" as published by Stride Books
- 1 booklet titled "Rooster" as published by Stride Books
Label
UE2NY5
Record Number
2496
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
2014
Title
Thomas Merton at 100
Journal
National Catholic Reporter
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NP
Date
December 15-18 Short Title: Thomas Merton at 100
Record Number
2274
Reference Type
Book
Year
1984
Title
Thomas Merton and Asia: His Quest for Utopia
Publisher
Cistercian Publications
Number of Pages
95
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Thomas Merton and Asia: His Quest for Utopia
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
NT
Series Title
Cistercian Studies Quarterly: #74 Place Published: Kalamazoo
Record Number
2494
Reference Type
Book
Year
2003
Title
Neither Angel nor Statue / The priesthood in the writings of Thomas Merton Place Published: Nagoya, Japan
Publisher
Shinseisha
Number of Pages
131 pages
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: Neither Angel nor Statue / The priesthood in the writings of Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NB
Record Number
2303
Reference Type
Book Section
Year
1961
Title
L’attente dans le silence: Le père Marie-Joseph Cassant OCSO (French) Place Published: Brussels
Publisher
Desclée de Brouwer
Notes
Soft cover; Merton’s preface was written in English and translated into French for this book. The English version of the preface, taken from the original typescript, was published in The Merton Seasonal 28.4 (2003), 3-5. (taken from More than Silence - A Bibliography of Thomas Merton by Patricia Burton 2008).
Label
NCF
Pages
Preface - pages 9-13. Short Title: L’attente dans le silence: Le père Marie-Joseph Cassant OCSO (French)
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
2238
Reference Type
Book
Year
1957
Title
Pax #5 / The anxious Man Short Title: Pax #5 / The anxious Man
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
NUP
Record Number
2151
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
Pax #9 / "Mystery" Place Published: New York
Volume
1 page on newsprint
Publisher
Pax #9
Edition
First broadside newsprint edition. Short Title: Pax #9 / "Mystery
Notes
Newsprint broadside. Pax was a "magazine" of poetry and art in which the work was the free contribution of the artists themselves "as their way of working toward an appreciation of the ideal of an enduring peace: the work of justice, the fruit of love". Pax was edited and published by Robert Lax (close friend to Merton) from the offices of Jubilee magazine starting in the mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s and was revived for a few minor issues in the 1980’s. This item is part of a portfolio in this collection of Pax items that contains the following:
Label
UPAN
Record Number
2234
Reference Type
Magazine Article
Year
1980
Title
Rediscovering Thomas Merton
Volume
Volume 9
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NP
Date
December Short Title: Rediscovering Thomas Merton
Pages
Pages 10-13
Magazine
Norte Dame Magazine
Issue Number
#5
Record Number
2129
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1921
Title
The Tiny House
Journal
American Cookery
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover; this is an article written by Thomas Merton's mother Ruth and published during the year of her passing in 1921. This article is the first of 2 articles of the same title published in 1921. It is continued in the November issue of the same magazine.
Label
NP2
Date
October Short Title: The Tiny House
Pages
Pages 182-185.
Record Number
2128
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1921
Title
The Tiny House #2
Journal
American Cookery
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover; this is an article written by Thomas Merton's mother Ruth, and was published during the year of her passing in 1921. This item is a continuation of the same article in the October 1921 issue if the same magazine. It also contains a poem by Ruth Merton titled, "To Make a Tiny House".
Label
NP2
Date
November Short Title: The Tiny House #2
Pages
Pages 255-257 and pages 289-291.
Record Number
2440
Reference Type
Book
Year
1953
Title
Bread in the Wilderness Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
146 pages. Short Title: Bread in the Wilderness
Notes
Cloth in slipcase; privately re-bound in green leather.
Label
N
Record Number
2441
Reference Type
Book
Year
1949
Title
Elected Silence Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis and Carter
Number of Pages
381 pages.
Edition
Third hard cover edition - August 1949. Short Title: Elected Silence
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
N
Record Number
2434
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1989
Title
St. Aelred and the Cistercians (V)
Journal
Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume
Volume 24
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NT
Pages
Pages 50-68 Short Title: St. Aelred and the Cistercians (V)
Record Number
2438
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1988
Title
Saint Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (lV)
Journal
Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume
Volume 23
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NT
Pages
Pages 45-62 Short Title: Saint Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (lV)
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
2411
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1970
Title
The Sacred City
Journal
Io 7
Notes
Soft cover; this is an early appearance of this essay.
Label
NP
Date
Winter Short Title: The Sacred City
Pages
Pages 21-29.
Record Number
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
2410
Reference Type
Book
Year
1955
Title
No Man is an Island Place Published: Dublin
Publisher
Clonmore & Reynolds
Number of Pages
233
Edition
First Irish hard cover edition Short Title: No Man is an Island
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; variant green cloth binding with green stain to top edge of the book.
Label
NK
Record Number
2401
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1962
Title
A Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra Concerning Giants
Journal
Blackfriars
Volume
Volume 43
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance and publication of this essay.
Label
NP
Date
February Short Title: A Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra Concerning Giants
Pages
Pages 69-81.
Record Number
2402
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1963
Title
Letters to a White LIberal - part I & II
Journal
Blackfriars
Volume
Volume 44
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance and publication of this essay. See also part III of this essay in December 1963 (also in the merton-artifacts.com collection).
Label
NP
Date
November Short Title: Letters to a White LIberal - part I & II
Pages
Pages 464-476.
Record Number
2403
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1963
Title
Letters to a White LIberal - part III
Journal
Blackfriars
Volume
Volume 44
Notes
Soft cover; Soft cover; this is the first appearance and publication of this essay. Note: Parts I & II (1963) are also part of the Merton-artifacts.com collection - see Blackfriars periodical.
Label
NP
Date
December Short Title: Letters to a White LIberal - part III
Pages
Pages 503-516.
Record Number
2405
Reference Type
Book
Year
1950
Title
Waters of Silence - limited deluxe presentation edition Place Published: London
Publisher
Theodore Brun
Number of Pages
299 pages.
Edition
First hard cover de luxe presentation edition - #IV of V. Short Title: Waters of Silence - limited deluxe presentation edition
Notes
Leather, no jacket (as issued). A very rare book - the "Limited de Luxe Edition is published by special arrangement with Messrs. Hollis & Carter, Ltd., and appears simultaneously with their first edition." 120 copies of the deluxe edition were printed (of which 50 copies were for Book Club members only) plus an additional 5 copies , numbered I to V , were struck off as presentation and reference copies. This is one of those presentation copies (number IV). It could be argued that this is the rarest Merton publications with only 5 copies printed in total.
Label
NLU
Record Number
2406
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1990
Title
Practical Norms of Sanctity in St. John of the Cross
Journal
Spiritual Life
Volume
Volume 36
Notes
Soft cover; this edition is dedicated to Thomas Merton and, in addition to the article by Merton, also includes articles about the thought and life of Merton by Patrick O'Connell, Kenneth Voiles,Cathy Coffey, Travis Johnson, and Joseph Delaney.
Label
NP
Date
Winter Short Title: Practical Norms of Sanctity in St. John of the Cross
Pages
Pages 195-201
Record Number
2400
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1962
Title
Christian Action in World Crisis
Journal
Blackfriars
Volume
Volume 43
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance and publication of this essay.
Label
NP
Date
June Short Title: Christian Action in World Crisis
Pages
Pages 256-268.
Record Number
2396
Reference Type
Book
Year
1974
Title
Cistercian Life Place Published: Spencer, MA
Publisher
Cistercian Book Services
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: Cistercian Life
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
N6
Record Number
2398
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1964
Title
The Monk in the Diaspora
Journal
Blackfriars
Volume
Volume 45
Notes
Soft cover; this is an early edition of this essay, before being published the following year in Merton's Seeds of Destruction.
Label
NP
Date
July/August Short Title: The Monk in the Diaspora
Pages
Pages 290-302
Record Number
2399
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1962
Title
Chant to be used in Processions around a Site with Furnaces
Journal
Blackfriars
Volume
Volume 43
Notes
Soft cover; this is an early printing of this poem.
Label
NP
Date
April Short Title: Chant to be used in Processions around a Site with Furnaces
Pages
Pages 180-182.
Record Number
2393
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1961
Title
Chant to be used in Processions around a Site with Furnaces
Journal
Journal for the Protection of all Beings / signed
Volume
Volume 1
Notes
Soft cover. A rare copy that is signed by all three editors of the publication, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (inscribed "for Rick"), and David Meltzer, also signed by Gary Snyder, "For Rick" all on page 1. Premier issue of the revolutionary newsletter with contributions from Thomas Merton, Gary Snyder, Gregory Corso ("Interview with Allen Ginsberg"), Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg & Gregory Corso ("Interview with William Burroughs"), and Norman Mailer. The editor's statement ends with "We are not interested in protecting beings from themselves...we are more concerned with the lives they do not allow themselves to live, and the deaths other people would give us, both of the body & spirit." The newsletter was published irregularly, No. 2 was published on Bastille Day, 1968.
Label
NPYU
Pages
Pages 5-7. Short Title: Chant to be used in Processions around a Site with Furnaces
Record Number
2394
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2012
Title
Prayer and Growth in Christian Life
Publisher
NowYouKnowMedia.com
Notes
6 CD, 13 lecture series by Merton - speaking as Novice Master at Gethsemani.
Label
NV
Extent of Work
CD Short Title: Prayer and Growth in Christian Life
Record Number
2395
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Year
2012
Title
Finding True Meaning and Beauty
Publisher
NowYouKnowMedia.com
Notes
2 CD, 4 lecture series by Merton - speaking as Novice Master at Gethsemani.
Label
NV
Extent of Work
CD series. Short Title: Finding True Meaning and Beauty
Record Number
2387
Reference Type
Book
Year
1966
Title
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander - signed Place Published: Garden City, NY
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Number of Pages
128 pages.
Edition
First hard cover edition - signed by Merton Short Title: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander - signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket. This signed book was received with gratitude (December 30, 2013) from the private collection of Paul Turner Harris, who was a Merton admirer and personal friend of Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty.
Label
NSU