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Record Number 1549
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Thomas Merton, (edited with a note by Patrick Hart)
Year 1994
Title Saint Malachy "The Irishman
Journal Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume vol 29, #3
Notes Soft cover; this item has not been published in a Merton book.
Label T
Pages Pages 233-239. Short Title: Saint Malachy "The Irishman
Record Number 1550
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Thomas Merton, (edited by Patrick Hart)
Year 1987
Title St Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (lll)
Journal Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume vol 22
Notes Soft cover.
Label T
Pages Pages 55-75 Short Title: St Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (lll)
Record Number 1551
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Thomas Merton, (edited by Patrick Hart)
Year 1986
Title St Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (ll)
Journal Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume vol 21
Notes Soft cover.
Label T
Pages Pages 30-42. Short Title: St Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (ll)
Record Number 1552
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Thomas Merton, (edited by Patrick Hart)
Year 1985
Title St Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (l)
Journal Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume vol 20
Notes Soft cover.
Label T
Pages Pages 212-223. Short Title: St Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (l)
Record Number 1553
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Thomas Merton, (edited by Patrick Hart)
Year 1984
Title The Inner Experience / Prospects and Conclusions (Vlll)
Journal Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume vol 19
Notes Soft cover; also contains an article by Jean Leclercq titled, "Maritain an Merton: The Coincidence of Opposites (pp 362-370).
Label T
Pages Pages 336-345. Short Title: The Inner Experience / Prospects and Conclusions (Vlll)
Record Number 1554
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Thomas Merton, (edited by Patrick Hart)
Year 1984
Title The Inner Experience / Problems of the Contemplative Life (Vll)
Journal Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume vol 19
Notes Soft cover; also contains an article by Lawrence S. Cunningham titled, "High Culture and Spirituality in Thomas Merton" (pp 283-288).
Label T
Pages Pages 267-282. Short Title: The Inner Experience / Problems of the Contemplative Life (Vll)
Record Number 1555
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Thomas Merton, (edited by Patrick Hart)
Year 1984
Title The Inner Experience / Some Dangers in Contemplation (Vl)
Journal Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume vol 19
Notes Soft cover; also contains an article by Victor Kramer titled, "Merton's Poetry as Exempification of the Monastic Journey" (pp 174-190).
Label T
Pages Pages 139-150. Short Title: The Inner Experience / Some Dangers in Contemplation (Vl)
Record Number 2594
Reference Type Pamphlet
Author Thomas Merton, (contribution); Robert Lax, (contribution)
Year 1938
Title Original 1938 Columbia University Commencement Program (184th)
Notes Soft cover; in this item Merton is mentioned as having conferred a degree of Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College (Noted to be February 1938). Note here too is Merton's friend Robert Lax mentioned as graduating and also recipient of the Van Renesselaer Prize (best example of English Lyric Verse). It is interesting that Merton's graduation yearbook is 1937 while he is only named in the commencement proceedings of 1938. Laid in is the Commencement Address by Nicholas Murray Butler. Also included is the smaller summary (order of exercises) of the proceedings (31 pages).
Date June 1 Short Title: Original 1938 Columbia University Commencement Program (184th)
Pages 91
Record Number 2495
Reference Type Conference Proceedings
Author Merton, Thomas
Title Sacred Journeys and the Legacy of Thomas Merton
Notes Soft cover.
Label N
Pages 118 pages Short Title: Sacred Journeys and the Legacy of Thomas Merton
Conference_Location Actors Theatre of Louisville - Louisville, Kentucky
Conference_Name 20th Annual - Festival of Faiths Conference
Year_of_Conference 2015 (May 12-15)
Record Number 1448
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Shannon, William H.
Title Thomas Merton's First Article on War and Peace
Notes This is a mimeographed letter by William H. Shannon sent to Jim Forest and has since been received into this collection with gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label UM
Pages 2 pages single sided.
Type of Work Mimeograph Short Title: Thomas Merton's First Article on War and Peace
Record Number 1449
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1961
Title Wisdom and Emptiness: A Dialogue by D.T. Suzuki and Thomas Merton; Drake in the Southern Sea (transl. by Merton); The Jaguar Myth and Other Poems by Pablo Antonio Cuadra (transl. by Merton); Six Poems by Jorge Carrera Andrade (transl. by Merton)
Journal New Directions in Prose and Poetry #17
Volume 17
Notes Soft cover; first appearance of these articles and poems in a periodical.
Label P
Pages Pages 65-123 Short Title: Wisdom and Emptiness: A Dialogue by D.T. Suzuki and Thomas Merton; Drake in the Southern Sea (transl. by Merton); The Jaguar Myth and Other Poems by Pablo Antonio Cuadra (transl. by Merton); Six Poems by Jorge Carrera Andrade (transl. by Merton)
Record Number 1451
Reference Type Conference Proceedings
Year Year of Conference: 1989
Title The First General Meeting of The International Thomas Merton Society
Notes Soft cover.
Date May 25 - 28 Short Title: The First General Meeting of The International Thomas Merton Society
Conference_Location Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky
Conference_Name The Pattern in the Seed / Thomas Merton's Glimpse of the Cosmic Dance
Record Number 1452
Reference Type Conference Proceedings
Year Year of Conference: 1991
Title The Second General Meeting of The International Thomas Merton Society
Notes Soft cover.
Date June 13 - 16 Short Title: The Second General Meeting of The International Thomas Merton Society
Conference_Location Nazareth College, Rochester, New York
Conference_Name A Huge Chorus of Living Beings / The Voice of a New World
Record Number 1453
Reference Type Conference Proceedings
Year Year of Conference: 2007
Title The Tenth General Meeting of The International Thomas Merton Society
Notes Soft cover.
Date June 7 - 10 Short Title: The Tenth General Meeting of The International Thomas Merton Society
Conference_Location Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee
Conference_Name Wide Open to Heaven and Earth / Contemplation, Community, Culture
Record Number 1454
Reference Type Conference Proceedings
Year Year of Conference: 2006
Title Congreso Internacional "El Mensaje Contemplativo de Thomas Merton / Semillas de Esperanza
Notes Soft cover; Spanish language proceedings of an international congress on Thomas Merton held in Avila Spain.
Label F
Date October 27 - 29 Short Title: Congreso Internacional "El Mensaje Contemplativo de Thomas Merton / Semillas de Esperanza
Conference_Location Avila, Spain
Record Number 1462
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1949
Title From the Legend of Saint Clement
Journal The Month
Volume Volume 1
Notes Soft cover; first appearance of this poem in a periodical.
Label P
Date January Short Title: From the Legend of Saint Clement
Pages Pages 5-6
Record Number 1464
Reference Type Edited Book
Editor Hall, Gary P.
Year 2006
Title The Merton Journal / The Journal of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Volume Volume 13, #1, Eastertide 2006
Number of Pages 60
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Merton Journal / The Journal of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Notes Soft cover.
Record Number 1465
Reference Type Edited Book
Editor Hall, Gary P.
Year 2006
Title The Merton Journal / The Journal of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Volume Volume 13, #2, Advent 2006
Number of Pages 60
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Merton Journal / The Journal of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Notes Soft cover.
Record Number 1466
Reference Type Edited Book
Editor Hall, Gary P.
Year 2007
Title The Merton Journal / The Journal of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Volume Volume 14, #1, Eastertide 2007
Number of Pages 60
Edition First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Merton Journal / The Journal of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Abstract Soft cover.
Record Number 1467
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1950
Title Landscape, Prophet and Wild Dog
Journal Arena / New Zealand and Overseas Writing
Volume 23
Notes Soft cover.
Label P
Pages Pages 10-11 Short Title: Landscape, Prophet and Wild Dog
Record Number 1476
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1978
Title Rebirth & the New Man in Christianity
Journal Cistercian Studies Quarterly Review
Volume 13
Notes Soft cover; this issue is a "Special Issue commemorating the 10th Anniversary of his death"; includes articles on Merton by Therese Lentfoehr, William Shannon, Jean Leclercq, etc.
Label T
Pages Pages 289-297 Short Title: Thomas Merton / Special Issue Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of his Death
Record Number 1484
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1956
Title Time and the Liturgy
Journal Worship
Volume 31
Notes Soft cover.
Label P
Date December Short Title: Time and the Liturgy
Pages Pages 2-10.
Record Number 1485
Reference Type Magazine Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1965
Title The Other Side of Despair
Volume October-November
Notes Soft cover.
Label P
Pages Pages 12-23. Short Title: The Other Side of Despair
Magazine The Critic
Record Number 2293
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Merton, Thomas
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 2280
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Rene Char, (translated by Thomas Merton)
Year 1969
Title Seven Poems From Retour Amont
Journal Unicorn Journal #3, (edited by Teo Savory).
Notes Soft cover; also includes a Tribute to Gandhi titled "Civilization" written on the front and back covers. This item was received with gratitude from the collection of Bill Claire (publisher of Voyagers Magazine).
Label NP
Pages 52-58 Short Title: Seven Poems From Retour Amont
Record Number 2273
Reference Type Audiovisual Material
Author Semon, David
Year 1991
Title Original Photos of the Original Merton Room at Bellarmine University Place Published: Louisville Short Title: Original Photos of the Original Merton Room at Bellarmine University
Notes 23 photos of the original Merton Room in the basement of Bellarmine University. These photos were taken by David Semon and were part of a larger collection of items including correspondence with Merton.
Label NV
Record Number 2276
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1962
Title If You Seek a Heavenly Light
Journal Approach / A Literary Quarterly
Notes Soft cover; this item has not been mentioned in any bibliographic texts, and is likely the first appearance of this item in a periodical.
Label P
Date Spring Short Title: If You Seek a Heavenly Light Call Number: NP
Pages Page 2
Record Number 2272
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Merton, Thomas
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
Author Merton, Thomas
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
Author Merton, Thomas
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 2270
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Gethsemani), Father Flavian Burns (Abbot of
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 2267
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Merton, Thomas
Year 1967
Title Original letter (TLS) by Thomas Merton in envelope
Notes Single page typed letter signed; with 7 lines of text on Gethsemani letterhead accompanied by hand addressed envelope (also with Gethsemani letterhead). In the letter Merton speaks of passing along the recipients request for certain books to the bookstore and also forwards Victor Hammer's address for follow-up on one of their limited edition collaborations. 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 NSUE
Date November 8 Short Title: Original letter (TLS) by Thomas Merton in envelope
Record Number 2268
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Merton, Thomas
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 2245
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Victor Hammer, (foreward by Thomas Merton)
Title Collection of Victor Hammer related items Short Title: Collection of Victor Hammer related items
Notes This item contains: - "For the Typographer" by The Anvil Press and printed on Magnai handmade paper made in 1927 with a watermark of the pressmark of Stamperia del Santuccio. - "Victor Hammer and the Wells College Press" (American Uncial Alphabet) contains specimens of Hammer's type from Wells College Press where Hammer printed, taught and cut types from 1939-1948. 1/500. - "Victor Hammer Artist and Printer - Prospectus". Signed by Carolyn Hammer. - "Measa" - Spring 1952, #4. - "Mesa" - Autumn 1955, #5
Label NUY
Record Number 2246
Reference Type Music
Author Composer: Seelye, Mary-Averett
Year 1961
Title Poetry and Dance -Lament - "In memory of F. Garcia Lorca" (Merton)
Notes This is a ticket stub for a poerty and dance performance with a Merton poem represented in the Lament section of the performance.
Label NV
Date November 6 Short Title: Poetry and Dance -Lament - "In memory of F. Garcia Lorca" (Merton)
Record Number 2247
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Merton, Thomas
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 2239
Reference Type Book
Author Peter Lewis [Robert Lax], Mark Van Doren
Year 1957
Title Pax #3 / "Song" by Peter Lewis [Robert Lax], "Morning Worship" by Mark Van Doren. Place Published: New York
Number of Pages 1 page on newsprint Short Title: Pax #3 / "Song" by Peter Lewis [Robert Lax], "Morning Worship" by Mark Van Doren.
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 2238
Reference Type Book
Author Maxwell, William
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 2235
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Michaelson, Karin Granberg
Year 1975
Title Thomas Merton / A Spiritual Biography
Journal Post American
Volume Volume 4
Notes Soft cover.
Label NP
Record Number 2236
Reference Type Journal Article
Author Hoover, Conrad C.
Year 1975
Title The Pigrimage of Prayer
Journal Post American
Volume Volume 4
Notes Soft cover; the intimate relationship between contemplative prayer and the thought and life of Thomas Merton is discussed.
Label NP
Date August/Septmeber Short Title: The Pigrimage of Prayer
Record Number 2237
Reference Type Thesis
Author Dufresne, Oliver J.
Year 1971
Title Thomas Merton / A Man for our Times Place Published: Louvain University: Katholieke Universiteit Te Leuven
Number of Pages 107 Thesis Type: Masters in Moral and Religious Science Short Title: Thomas Merton / A Man for our Times
Notes Soft cover; Masters Thesis.
Record Number 2229
Reference Type Personal Communication
Author Berrigan, Daniel
Title Original 11 line typed and hand signed poem by Daniel Berrigan Recipient: periodical, William Claire - Editor of Voyages Short Title: Original 11 line typed and hand signed poem by Daniel Berrigan
Notes Legal size page, typed and hand signed; this item was personally received from Bill Claire who received it from Berrigan. It is with gratitude that this letter was received from William (Bill) Claire for the merton-artifacts collection.
Label NUYE
Record Number 2230
Reference Type Personal Communication
Author Laughlin, James
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 2231
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Koonce, George Philip
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 2232
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Koonce, George Philip
Year 1985
Title Merton's Peace Symphony (two)
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 NU3
Pages 119 Short Title: Merton's Peace Symphony (two)
Record Number 2233
Reference Type Manuscript
Author Koonce, George Philip
Year 1985
Title Merton's Peace Symphony (three and four) Short Title: Merton's Peace Symphony (three and four)
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 NU3
Record Number 2234
Reference Type Magazine Article
Author McCarthy, Colman
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 2226
Reference Type Pamphlet
Author Thomas Merton, (contribution); Robert Lax, (contribution)
Year 1938
Title Original 1938 Columbia University Commencement program (184th)
Number of Pages 91 Short Title: Original 1938 Columbia University Commencement program (184th)
Notes Soft cover; in this item Merton is mentioned as having conferred a degree of the Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College (Noted to be February 1938). Note here too is Merton's friend Robert Lax mentioned as graduating and also recipient of the Van Renesselaer Prize (best example of English Lyric Verse). It is interesting that Merton's graduation yearbook is 1937 while he is only named in the commencement proceedings of 1938.
Record Number 2228
Reference Type Personal Communication
Author Doren, Mark Van
Year 1966
Title Original hand written letter accompanied by original typed, hand signed poem titled "Escape" on a separate page; and an envelope penned by MVD to William Claire
Notes Signed hand written 2 lined letter written by MVD in 1966, accompanied by 16 line typed poem. Mark Van Doren was teacher, friend and mentor of Thomas Merton and others. This item also contains an envelope penned in the hand of MVD to William Claire (editor of Voyages) and postmaked 1967 - it is with gratitude that this envelope was received from William Claire for the merton-artifacts collection.
Label NYUE
Date August 16 Short Title: Original hand written letter accompanied by original typed, hand signed poem titled "Escape" on a separate page; and an envelope penned by MVD to William Claire
Record Number 2212
Reference Type Edited Book
Editor Griffin, Fiona Gardner; Keith
Year 2012
Title The Merton Journal / The Journal of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Volume Volume 19 Series Volume: #1
Number of Pages 64 pages
Notes Soft cover.
Label N
Date Eastertide Short Title: The Merton Journal / The Journal of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland