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Record Number
2339
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1936
Title
They Grow in September (pg 12); The Best Things in Life (pg 14); Your Night to Howl (pg 16-19) **cover art by Thomas Merton**
Journal
The Columbia Jester / Freshman's Guide 1936
Volume
Volume 37
Notes
Soft cover; Besides Merton article and cover artwork there are also numerous drawings by Merton (pages 18, 21, 26, 27) and Ad Reinhardt (pages 17, 25, 28). This iteam also contains an article by Merton's friend Robert Lax ("Old Mantis in Dry Month" pages 8-9). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Record Number
2340
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1936
Title
Drawing
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover. In addition to the drawing by Merton, this article also contains 2 articles by Merton's friend Robert lax - "Ginger Rogers and the Climbing Perch" (pg 26) and "Body Noises" (pg 34). Lax is also mentioned as "Additional Lyrics" in the Varsity Show (pg 11). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Columbia Jester magazines are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
April Short Title: Drawing
Pages
Page 35
Record Number
2341
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1936
Title
Napolean or Something
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains an article by Robert Lax titled "Gods of Lightning Please Mean Something" (pg 9) and a drawing by Merton (pg 25). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
May Short Title: Napolean or Something
Pages
Page 11
Record Number
2342
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1936
Title
Springtime for Webster
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains 2 drawings by Merton (page 15, 22) and also 3 articles by Lax titled "Vive le Sport - A Note on Ocelot Season" (pg 6), "The Autobiography of Alice B. Hoskwith" (pg 16), "Song" (pg 20). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
February Short Title: Springtime for Webster
Record Number
2343
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1936
Title
The Chaste
Journal
The Columbia jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 26
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains 2 drawing by Merton (pages 9 and 12), a drawing by Ad Reinhardt (page 3), and an article by Robert Lax "Summer" (page 15). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
January Short Title: The Chaste
Pages
Pages 18 and 22
Record Number
2344
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1938
Title
Drawing
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 38
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains 3 articles by Merton's friend Robert Lax titled "Worlds Fair" (pg 18), "Sarter Resartus" (pg 21), "The Snarl in the Balcony" (pg 24). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
Medieval Issue Short Title: Drawing
Pages
Page 26
Record Number
2345
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1938
Title
Bob Lax's Small Oasis - Look Tiger and Spring for all
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 39
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains a drawing by Merton (pg 23) and 3 by Ad Reinhardt (pg 7, 8, 9). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
April Short Title: Bob Lax's Small Oasis - Look Tiger and Spring for all
Pages
Page 33
Record Number
2346
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1938
Title
Bob Lax's Small Oasis - Look Tiger and Spring for all
Journal
The Columbia Jester magazine
Volume
Volume 39
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains a drawing by Merton (pg 23) and 3 by Ad Reinhardt (pg 7, 8, 9). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
April Short Title: Bob Lax's Small Oasis - Look Tiger and Spring for all
Pages
Page 33
Record Number
2347
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1938
Title
Drawing
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 39
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains an article titled "Bob Lax's Oasis / a Joke" (possibly by Merton - similar title to other Merton contributions, see vol 39, #5). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
February Short Title: Drawing
Pages
Page 24
Record Number
2348
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1938
Title
Window (pg 10); Voyage to Nyak (pg 12 and 26); Your Night to Howl (pg 21)
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 39
Notes
Soft cover; this item also includes a drawing by Merton (pg 12) and Ed Rice (pg 16) and an article by Merton's friend Robert Gerdy titled "As we don't See Them" (pg 9). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
March Short Title: Window (pg 10); Voyage to Nyak (pg 12 and 26); Your Night to Howl (pg 21)
Record Number
2349
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1938
Title
Bob Lax's Oasis / Old Glory Old Junk
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 39
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains cover artwork by Ad Reinhardt and 2 drawings by Merton (page 12 and 13). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Pages
Pages 8 and 23 Short Title: Bob Lax's Oasis / Old Glory Old Junk
Record Number
2350
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1937
Title
Raw Lie Unraw (first line of untitled poem)
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 39
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains an article by Merton's friend Robert Lax titled "14 Ocks" and a drawing by Ed Rice (pg 25).
Label
NUP1
Date
October Short Title: Raw Lie Unraw (first line of untitled poem)
Pages
Page 16
Record Number
2353
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1937
Title
Bob Lax's Oasis / Happy Planets Happy Beasts
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 39
Notes
Soft cover; this item also contains 4 drawings by Merton (pg 8), a drawing by Ad Renhardt (pg 27), and a drawing by Ed Rice (pg 21). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
December Short Title: Bob Lax's Oasis / Happy Planets Happy Beasts
Pages
Page 16
Record Number
2354
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1937
Title
Drawings (3)
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 38
Notes
Soft cover. Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Pages
Pages 9, 39, 41 Short Title: Drawings (3)
Record Number
2355
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1937
Title
Bob Lax's Oasis / Nineteen Questions for Social Blights
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 39
Notes
Soft cover; this item also includes an article by Robert Lax titled "Legend for an Ungracious Lady" (pg 24).
Label
NUP1
Date
November Short Title: Bob Lax's Oasis / Nineteen Questions for Social Blights
Pages
Page 24
Record Number
2356
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1937
Title
Drawings (3)
Journal
The Columbia Jester Magazine
Volume
Volume 37
Notes
Soft cover; This item also contains an article by Merton's friend Robert Lax titled "Snarl in the Balcony" (pg 17-19), and a drawing by ed Rice (pg 24). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Date
Omnibus Issue Short Title: Drawings (3)
Pages
Pages 12, 14, 25
Record Number
2358
Reference Type
Book
Year
1949
Title
Elected Silence Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis and Carter
Number of Pages
381
Edition
First hard cover edition - bound in Morocco leather. Short Title: Elected Silence
Notes
Specially rebound in morocco leather - black spine with raised bands & gilt lettering, pale brown to boards. Rosary image with blue & orange beads, gilt detail and white cross set into front board. Rear board has cross set in white & red with gilt lettering around and the Latin phrase Beata Solitudo, meaning Blessed Solitude. All edges blue, decorative endpapers.
Label
NU7
Record Number
2361
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1956
Title
Two Meditations for our Members / The Priest in Union with Mary Immaculate
Journal
Convivium
Volume
#1
Notes
Soft cover, this article is unique in that it has not been published elsewhere. This item was received with gratitude from Paul Turner Harris - friend of Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty. This item also contains the preface to Merton's Living Bread.
Label
NUP
Date
First year Short Title: Two Meditations for our Members / The Priest in Union with Mary Immaculate
Pages
Pages 27-37.
Record Number
2365
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
What Ought I To do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers from the collection in Migne's Latin Patrology Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Number of Pages
35 pages
Edition
First private limited edition printing (#4/50) - signed by Merton. Short Title: What Ought I To do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers from the collection in Migne's Latin Patrology
Notes
Cloth in dust jacket; limited edition - copy no. 4 of 50. Handprinted by Victor Hammer using his American Uncial type, and printed in red and black. Signed by Thomas Merton on the free endpaper.
Label
NULSD
Record Number
2325
Reference Type
Book
Year
2011
Title
The Silent Life of the Carthusians / A Modern Version of the Classic Text by Thomas Merton
Publisher
Charterhouse of the Transfiguration
Number of Pages
25
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Silent Life of the Carthusians / A Modern Version of the Classic Text by Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover. Note inside front cover reads: "This modified text is for use withing the Carthusian Order only, and is reserved for families of monks, retreatants and benefactors of our monastery.
Label
N
Series Title
Carthusian Booklet Series #12 Place Published: Arlington, Vermont
Record Number
2308
Reference Type
Book
Year
2008
Title
The Seven Storey Mountain / Chinese language edition
Publisher
Shanghai Joint Publication Company Short Title: The Seven Storey Mountain / Chinese language edition
Notes
Soft cover; Simplified Chinese translation containing numerous images significant to Merton's life.
Label
NF
Record Number
2309
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1967
Title
The Death of God and the End of History
Journal
Theoria and Theory
Volume
Volume #2
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
NP
Date
October Short Title: The Death of God and the End of History
Pages
Pages 3-16.
Record Number
2311
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1963
Title
Rise up O Men of God / Prepare for Disarmament
Journal
The New Zealand Christian Pacifist
Volume
Volume 17
Notes
Soft cover; this article was published under the title Two Articles by Thomas Merton / The Root of war; Red or Dead: The Anatomy of a Cliche, by Fellowship Publications in 1962. This is the only time it was published using the Rise up O Men of God title.
Label
NP
Date
September Short Title: Rise up O Men of God / Prepare for Disarmament
Pages
Pages 1-2.
Record Number
2317
Reference Type
Book
Year
1948
Title
The Seven Storey Mountain Place Published: New York
Publisher
New American Library
Edition
Sixteenth soft cover edition - signed by John Howard Griffin. Short Title: The Seven Storey Mountain
Notes
Soft cover; this item is inscribed "To Renee - John Howard Griffin" - friend of Merton.
Label
NY
Record Number
2321
Reference Type
Book
Year
1960
Title
Disputed Questions Place Published: New York
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Number of Pages
297
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Disputed Questions
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
N
Record Number
2322
Reference Type
Conference Proceedings
Title
The Thirteenth General Meeting of The International Thomas Merton Society
Notes
Full conference proceedings documents plus associated burlap bag.
Label
N
Conference_Location
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT Short Title: The Thirteenth General Meeting of The International Thomas Merton Society
Conference_Name
Living Together with Wisdom / Merton's Call to Transform our Hearts and Lives
Year_of_Conference
2013 (June 13-16, 2013)
Record Number
2299
Reference Type
Book
Year
1951
Title
La Nuit Privee D'Etoiles / French language edition of The Seven Storey Moutain
Number of Pages
364 pages
Edition
First International Book Club limited edition - #364/3000.
Notes
Leather-bound, limited edition - #364 of 3000.
Label
NFL
Translator
Tadie, Marie Short Title: La Nuit Privee D'Etoiles / French language edition of The Seven Storey Moutain
Record Number
2301
Reference Type
Book
Year
1957
Title
The Strange Islands Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
102
Edition
First hard cover edition - signed Short Title: The Strange Islands
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; Signed on the copyright page by the book's designer, Stefan Salter.
Label
NYO
Record Number
2304
Reference Type
Book
Year
2010 (1991)
Title
Seeds of Contemplation - Chinese language edition
Notes
Soft cover, alternate cover.
Label
NF
Translator
Ping-Lun, Chiang Short Title: Seeds of Contemplation - Chinese language edition
Record Number
2305
Reference Type
Book
Year
2007 (1986)
Title
Thomas Merton on the Psalms / Bread in the Wilderness (3 Chapters) - Chinese language edition
Number of Pages
88 Short Title: Thomas Merton on the Psalms / Bread in the Wilderness (3 Chapters) - Chinese language edition
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NF
Record Number
2298
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
The Christmas Sermons of Bl. Guerric of Igny: An Essay by Thomas Merton / signed Place Published: Trappist
Publisher
The Abbey of Gethsemani
Number of Pages
62
Notes
Cloth in cellophane wrapper over boards. Inscribed by Merton on ffep: '+ for Brother Tescellin - Many thanks for the book + your suggestions - I am scared to write about Mary - not good enough yet. Pray - someday she will let me. In Christ Our Lord F. M. Louis Merton O.C.'. The recipient is likely Cistercian monk, Brother Tescelin Maxam (1903-1960), who asked Merton to write about Mary, the mother of Jesus. Ref. Loome.
Label
NUS
Translator
Lima, Sister Rose of Short Title: The Christmas Sermons of Bl. Guerric of Igny: An Essay by Thomas Merton / signed
Record Number
2281
Reference Type
Book
Year
1986
Title
Bread in the Wilderness Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns and Oates
Number of Pages
140
Edition
Reprint soft cover edition. Short Title: Bread in the Wilderness
Notes
Soft cover; Ernst Barlach cover.
Label
N
Record Number
2283
Reference Type
Book
Year
1998
Title
Grondbeginselen van Monastieke Spiritualiteit
Publisher
Secretariaat Monastieke Vorming (SMV)
Number of Pages
63
Edition
First soft cover Dutch translation of Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality.
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NF
Translator
Witdouck, Brother Filip Short Title: Grondbeginselen van Monastieke Spiritualiteit
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
2286
Reference Type
Generic
Year
1981
Title
D.C. Magazines Broadside using Merton drawing as cover Short Title: D.C. Magazines Broadside using Merton drawing as cover
Notes
This is a broadside titled "D.C. Magazines: A Literary Perspective" introducing 3 of Washington's important literary magazines (Portfolio, Voyages, Dryad) with Merton artwork as cover. This item was received with gratitude from Bill Claire, editor of Voyages.
Label
NA
Record Number
2289
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1950
Title
Song (When rain...)
Journal
Poetry Quarterly
Volume
Volume 12
Label
PN
Date
Summer Short Title: Song (When rain...)
Pages
Page 68
Abstract
Soft cover; this poem was first published in "Tears of the Blind Lions" (1949).
Record Number
2290
Reference Type
Book
Year
1951
Title
The Ascent to Truth - signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Number of Pages
342
Edition
First hard cover edition - signed by Merton and Dom James Fox Short Title: The Ascent to Truth - signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; this item is inscribed and signed by Merton and Dom James Fox (Abbot of Gethsemani at the time). Merton inscribes, "To Rev. Mother M. Carmelita O.S.B., with my prayers and best wishes. In Jesus and Mary, F.M. Louis O.C.S.O", while Fox writes, "To dearest Mother M. Carmelita O.S.B., Courage, grit, love, trust, in gratitude and with affection and an assurance of prayer, Dom James Fox O.C.S.O., Abbot of Gethsemani". Fox also stamped the words "All for Jesus thru Mary with a smile" above his signature (which he commonly did). The recipient of this book may have been Mother M. Carmelita Hartman, who in the early 1930s, was Superior General of the then newly formed Union of the Sisters of Mercy in America. (Ref. Loome)
Label
NSUY
Record Number
2291
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1964
Title
Truth and Violence
Journal
Continuum
Volume
Volume 2
Notes
Soft cover, this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
NP
Date
Summer Short Title: Truth and Violence
Pages
Pages 268-281
Record Number
2293
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1948
Title
The Gift of Understanding
Journal
The Tiger's Eye
Volume
Volume 1
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this essay in a periodical - not published again until 1961.
Label
NP
Date
December Short Title: The Gift of Understanding
Pages
Pages 41-45
Record Number
2294
Reference Type
Book
Year
1949
Title
The Waters of Siloe / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Number of Pages
377
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Waters of Siloe / signed
Notes
Cloth; association copy. Merton's companion to The Seven Storey Mountain, inscribed & signed by the book's editor as follows: "For Father Alfred J. Bonnett on the occasion of telling 'The Story of The Seven Storey Mountain' Fordham 8 Aug. '49 / Robert Giroux" . One of giants of 20th Century American publishing, Giroux first met Merton at Columbia University, where he was also classmates with John Berryman, Herman Wouk, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Lax, and the composer John Latouche. As editor at Harcourt, he discovered & brought out books by many of the great writers of the time, including The Seven Storey Mountain and The Waters of Siloe. He was hired away to work for Roger W. Straus, Jr. at Farrar & Straus in 1955, where he became a partner and, eventually, its chairman. It's believed that Giroux lectured on the subject SSM at Fordham University and that Alfred Bonnett was associated with Fordham's drama department.
Label
NY
Record Number
2243
Reference Type
Book
Title
Be a Better Christian / Following Christ in the Footsteps of Thomas Merton Place Published: London
Publisher
Catholic Truth Society
Number of Pages
12 Short Title: Be a Better Christian / Following Christ in the Footsteps of Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
BN
Record Number
2244
Reference Type
Book
Title
Be a Better Christian / Following Christ in the Footsteps of Thomas Merton Place Published: London
Publisher
Catholic Truth Society
Number of Pages
12 Short Title: Be a Better Christian / Following Christ in the Footsteps of Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NB
Record Number
2235
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1975
Title
Thomas Merton / A Spiritual Biography
Journal
Post American
Volume
Volume 4
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NP
Record Number
2142
Reference Type
Book
Year
1991
Title
Listy / Polish language translation of the Merton/Milosz letters Place Published: Krakow
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Znak
Number of Pages
168
Edition
First soft cover edition.
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NF
Translator
Tarnowska, Maria Short Title: Listy / Polish language translation of the Merton/Milosz letters
Record Number
2250
Reference Type
Book
Year
2011
Title
The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton - signed
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Number of Pages
195
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton - signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; inscribed and signed by Monica Weis.
Label
NBY
Record Number
2581
Reference Type
Unpublished Work
Year
2017 Title of Work: Unpublished work, persoanl papers, journal articles etc.
Notes
USB containing unpublished writings, personal writings, presentation material, journal articles; etc. Held in this archive at the request of the author.
Type of Work
UBS - many files. Short Title: Unpublished work, persoanl papers, journal articles etc.
Record Number
2568
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Thomas Merton Again
Journal
Pax: The Quarterly Review of the Benedictines of Prinknash
Notes
Unbound; 8 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume.
Label
NP
Pages
8 pages, 4 leafs (175-182) Short Title: Thomas Merton Again
Record Number
2383
Reference Type
Book
Year
1986
Title
The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton Place Published: London
Publisher
Sheldon Press
Number of Pages
690
Edition
First British hard cover edition. Short Title: The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
NB
Record Number
2565
Reference Type
Book
Year
1980
Title
The Thomas Merton 1981 Appointment Calendar Place Published: Kansas City, New York, Washington
Publisher
Andews and McMeel, Inc.
Number of Pages
116
Edition
First soft cover edition Short Title: The Thomas Merton 1981 Appointment Calendar
Label
N
Abstract
Soft cover. (Jeannette Cantrell)
Record Number
2306
Reference Type
Book
Year
2009 (2007)
Title
Encounters with Merton / Spiritual Reflections - Chinese language edition Place Published: Taipei, Taiwan
Publisher
Kuangchi Cultural Group
Number of Pages
120
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
NF
Translator
Huang, Mei-Chi Short Title: Encounters with Merton / Spiritual Reflections - Chinese language edition