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Record Number
1770
Reference Type
Conference Proceedings
Editor
Pearson, Fernando Beltran Llavador and Paul M.
Year
Year of Conference: 2006
Title
Seeds of Hope / Thomas Merton's Contemplative Message
Publisher
Editorial Cistercium
Edition
First soft cover edition.
Notes
Soft cover; this is a bilingual edition of the conference proceedings of the first Thomas Merton conference in Spain.
Date
October 27-29. Short Title: Seeds of Hope / Thomas Merton's Contemplative Message
Pages
158 pages English; 169 pages Spanish
Conference_Location
Avila, Spain
Record Number
1803
Reference Type
Book
Year
1996
Title
Seeds of Peace / Contemplation and Non-Violence Place Published: New York
Publisher
The Crossroad Publishing Company
Number of Pages
181
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Seeds of Peace / Contemplation and Non-Violence
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; this item contains a chapter on Merton titled, "Thomas Merton and the Reshaping of American Catholic Spirituality" (pp 19-25). Merton is also quoted frequently throughout the book.
Label
B
Record Number
274
Reference Type
Book
Year
2002
Title
Seeds Place Published: Boston
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Number of Pages
167
Edition
First printing soft cover edition. Short Title: Seeds
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1164
Reference Type
Book
Year
2003
Title
Seek the Silences with Thomas Merton Place Published: London
Publisher
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Number of Pages
228
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: Seek the Silences with Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1135
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
Seeking and Finding God Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: Seeking and Finding God
Notes
Cassette; the voice of Thomas Merton recorded live at Gethsemani.
Label
V
Record Number
1831
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1957
Title
Seeking God
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 28
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #28; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
January Short Title: Seeking God
Pages
Pages 113-121.
Record Number
1527
Reference Type
Book
Year
1998
Title
Seeking God" in the Journals of Thomas Merton / Loving Winter when the Plant Says Nothing Place Published: Atlanta
Publisher
Emory University
Number of Pages
19
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: "Seeking God" in the Journals of Thomas Merton / Loving Winter when the Plant Says Nothing
Notes
Soft cover; from the Aquinas Center of Theology Occasional Papers on the Catholic Intellectual Life - #3.
Label
B
Record Number
1832
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1957
Title
Seeking Our Redeemer
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 28
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #28; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
February Short Title: Seeking Our Redeemer
Pages
Pages 141-149
Record Number
1084
Reference Type
Book
Year
2003
Title
Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers Place Published: Maryknoll, New York
Publisher
Orbis Books
Number of Pages
125
Edition
First hard cover edition Short Title: Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Record Number
124
Reference Type
Book
Year
2003
Title
Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers Place Published: Maryknoll, New York
Publisher
Orbis Books
Number of Pages
125
Edition
First hard cover edition Short Title: Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed and inscribed by editor-in-chief of Orbis Books, Robert Ellsberg.
Label
Y
Record Number
146
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1981
Title
Selected and New Poems: 1950 to 1980 Place Published: Austin, Texas
Publisher
Latitudes Press
Number of Pages
160
Edition
First hard cover edition Short Title: Selected and New Poems: 1950 to 1980
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; cover artwork by Thomas Merton; posthumous letter to Thomas Merton by the author.
Label
CA
Record Number
2319
Reference Type
Edited Book
Editor
O'Connell, Patrick F.
Year
2013
Title
Selected Essays / signed Place Published: Maryknoll, New York
Publisher
Orbis Books
Number of Pages
493 pages.
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Selected Essays / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust Jacket; signed by Patrick O'Connell at the International Thomas Merton Conference held at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut from June 20-23.
Label
NY
Record Number
2086
Reference Type
Book
Year
1950
Title
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
113
Edition
Uncorrected proof soft cover edition. Short Title: Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover (with no exterior markings); uncorrected proof (unstated).
Label
R
Record Number
126
Reference Type
Book
Year
1950
Title
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
113
Edition
First GB hard cover edition. Short Title: Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
O
Record Number
127
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1950
Title
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
113
Edition
First GB hard cover edition. Short Title: Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
O
Record Number
307
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1959
Title
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
239
Edition
First New Directions soft cover edition. Short Title: Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
O
Record Number
261
Reference Type
Book
Year
1967
Title
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
140
Edition
4th printing enlarged soft cover edition. Short Title: Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
O
Record Number
1957
Reference Type
Book
Year
1967
Title
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
140
Edition
5th printing enlarged soft cover edition. Short Title: Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
O
Record Number
527
Reference Type
Manuscript
Picture
Year
1961
Title
Selections on Prayer / mimeograph Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
Mimeograph; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of William H. Shannon.
Label
M
Date
Lent
Pages
53 pages, bound in cirlox comb-style binding and green covers.
Type of Work
Mimeographed collection of various writers' thoughts on prayer, compiled for the choir novitiate. Short Title: Selections on Prayer / 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
1429
Reference Type
Book
Year
1983
Title
Self and the World / two Directions of the Spiritual LIfe
Edition
Offprint soft cover edition from Cistercian Studies #2, 1983 / signed. Short Title: Self and the World / two Directions of the Spiritual LIfe
Notes
Soft cover offprint; inscribed and signed by Bonnie Thurston to Jim Forest "Many thanks to Jim for gifts of word and self"; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of Jim Forest.
Label
MYT
Record Number
1895
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1950
Title
Self-Denial and the Christian
Journal
The Commonweal
Volume
Volume LI
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
March 31 Short Title: Self-Denial and the Christian
Pages
Pages 649 - 653.
Record Number
1865
Reference Type
Book
Year
1960
Title
Semences de Contemplation / French translation of Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: Paris
Publisher
Aux Editions du Seuil
Number of Pages
174
Edition
First French soft cover edition.
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
F
Translator
Raimbault, R. N. Short Title: Semences de Contemplation / French translation of Seeds of Contemplation
Record Number
1868
Reference Type
Book
Year
1965
Title
Semences de Destruction / French translation of Seeds of Destruction Place Published: Paris
Publisher
Albin Michel
Number of Pages
165
Edition
First French soft cover edition.
Notes
Soft cover in dust jacket.
Label
F
Translator
Tadie, Marie Short Title: Semences de Destruction / French translation of Seeds of Destruction
Record Number
1963
Reference Type
Book
Year
1955
Title
Semi di Contemplazione / Italian translation of Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: Milan
Publisher
Garzanti
Number of Pages
188
Edition
Sixth Italian hard cover edition.
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
F
Translator
Tasso, Bruno Short Title: Semi di Contemplazione / Italian translation of Seeds of Contemplation
Record Number
315
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1964
Title
Seneca
Journal
Poetry
Volume
103
Notes
Soft cover; first appearance of this poem in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
March Short Title: Seneca
Pages
381
Record Number
911
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1964
Title
Sensation Time at the Home
Journal
The Aylesford Review
Volume
VI
Notes
Soft cover; first appearance of this poem in a periodical. Note: this poem was originally written with the title, "A Song: Sensation Time at the Home".
Label
P
Date
Winter 1964-1965 Short Title: Sensation Time at the Home
Pages
262-263
Record Number
2111
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1950
Title
September, 1949
Journal
The Month
Volume
Volume 3
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
February Short Title: September, 1949
Pages
Pages 107-113.
Record Number
2005
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1978
Title
Seven Photographs (by Merton)
Journal
Adena / A Journal of the History and Culture of the Ohio Valley
Volume
Volume #3
Notes
Soft cover; also present in this issue are articles by John Howard Griffin ("Thomas Merton: Portrait Photograph") and Robert E. Daggy ("Thomas Merton: Journey in Kentucky").
Label
P
Date
Fall Short Title: Seven Photographs (by Merton)
Pages
Pages 51-64
Record Number
2582
Reference Type
Book Section
Editor
Kelly, Paris Leary and Robert
Year
1965
Title
Seven Poems by Merton
Publisher
Anchor Books
Notes
Soft cover, anthology of poems. This item was an Ordination gift from Merton scholar Patricia Burton.
Label
NO
Pages
Pages 273-281. Short Title: Seven Poems by Merton
Book Title
A Contoversy of Poets Place Published: Garden City, NY
Record Number
2280
Reference Type
Journal Article
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
324
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1969
Title
Seven Poems From Retour Amont
Journal
Unicorn Journal #3, (edited by Teo Savory).
Notes
Cloth; also includes a Tribute to Gandhi titled "Civilization" written on the front and back covers.
Label
P
Pages
52-58 Epub Date: First hard cover edition. Short Title: Seven Poems From Retour Amont
Record Number
172
Reference Type
Book Section
Editor
Laughlin, James
Year
1966
Title
Seven Poems: Origen; Picture of a Black Child with a White Doll; A Song: Sensation Time at the Home; Seneca; A Tune for Festive Dances in the Nineteen Sixties; Tonight there is a Showing of Champion Lights; Man the Master
Volume
19
Publisher
New Directions
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
P
Pages
288-298
Series Title
New Directions in Prose and Poetry 19 Short Title: Seven Poems: Origen; Picture of a Black Child with a White Doll; A Song: Sensation Time at the Home; Seneca; A Tune for Festive Dances in the Nineteen Sixties; Tonight there is a Showing of Champion Light
Book Title
New Directions - #19 Place Published: New York
Series Editor
Laughlin, James
Record Number
534
Reference Type
Artwork
Title
Shining Like the Sun / Merton quote
Publisher
The Thomas Merton Foundation
Notes
Framed broadsheet behind archival material.
Type of Work
16.5 x 11" broadsheet of these famous words of Merton contained in Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. Short Title: Shining Like the Sun / Merton quote
Record Number
1647
Reference Type
Book
Year
1970
Title
Shuin No Inori No Fudo / The Climate of Monastic Prayer Place Published: Tokyo
Publisher
Enderle
Number of Pages
159 pages.
Edition
First soft cover edition - Japanese translation edition.
Notes
Soft cover; this item was received with deepest gratitude from the private collection of Yasuo Kikama, Japanese translator and biographer of various Merton works including Seeds of Contemplation, The New Man, Exile Ends in Glory and What is Contemplation.
Label
F
Translator
Tomita, L. Elders and Shozaburo Short Title: Shuin No Inori No Fudo / The Climate of Monastic Prayer
Record Number
1718
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1954
Title
Sign of Jonas (exerpt)
Journal
Jubilee Magazine
Volume
Volume 1
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical. It is part of a larger article by Sister Jeanne D'Arc titled, "A Plan for a First Reading of the Bible" (pages 20-25). This volume is part of a bound volume of Jubilee Magazines covering the dates June 1953 - April 1954.
Label
J
Date
February Short Title: Sign of Jonas (exerpt)
Pages
Page 25
Record Number
1129
Reference Type
Book
Year
2006
Title
Signs of Peace / The Interfaith Letters of Thomas Merton Place Published: Maryknoll, NY
Publisher
Orbis Books
Number of Pages
202
Edition
First soft cover edition - signed. Short Title: Signs of Peace / The Interfaith Letters of Thomas Merton
Notes
Soft cover; this item is inscribed and signed by the William Apel.
Label
BY
Record Number
1710
Reference Type
Book
Year
1955
Title
Silence Dans Le Ciel Place Published: Paris
Publisher
Arthaud
Number of Pages
90 pages of photographs; 59 pages of descriptive text and Merton essay; 4 pages for index and copyright etc.
Edition
First French soft cover edition.
Notes
Soft cover in dust jacket; this item predates it's US release by one year ("Silence in Heaven") and contains an essay by Merton ("In Silentio" on pages 12-18 and 57-59).
Translator
Tadie, Marie Short Title: Silence Dans Le Ciel
Record Number
169
Reference Type
Book
Year
1956
Title
Silence in Heaven: A Book of the Monastic Life Place Published: London
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Number of Pages
69
Edition
First GB Edition Short Title: Silence in Heaven: A Book of the Monastic Life
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; ninety photographs and many texts from religious writings.
Label
C
Record Number
168
Reference Type
Book
Year
1956
Title
Silence in Heaven: A Book of the Monastic Life Place Published: New York
Publisher
The Studio Publications, Inc., in association with Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Number of Pages
69
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Silence in Heaven: A Book of the Monastic Life
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; ninety photographs and many texts from religious writings.
Label
C
Record Number
558
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
Silence Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: Silence
Notes
Cassette; the voice of Thomas Merton recorded live at Gethsemani.
Label
V
Record Number
2360
Reference Type
Book
Year
1992
Title
Silent Lamp / The Thomas Merton Storey (signed) Place Published: New York
Publisher
Crossroad
Number of Pages
304 pages.
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Silent Lamp / The Thomas Merton Storey (signed)
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; this item is inscribed and signed by William H. Shannon (July 2, 1996).
Label
NBY
Record Number
377
Reference Type
Book
Year
1992
Title
Silent Lamp: The Thomas Merton Story Place Published: New York
Publisher
Crossroad
Number of Pages
304
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Silent Lamp: The Thomas Merton Story
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
B
Record Number
2577
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1953
Title
Silent Searcher in a Shouting World / The Day-to-Day Story of a Monk's Life is Revealed in Thomas Merton's Journal
Journal
The New York Times Book Review
Notes
Soft cover, this item is a review of Merton's book, "The Sign of Jonas".
Label
NP
Date
February 8 Short Title: Silent Searcher in a Shouting World / The Day-to-Day Story of a Monk's Life is Revealed in Thomas Merton's Journal
Pages
1, 30 (full-page add on page 9)
Record Number
1666
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1956
Title
Sincerity
Journal
Poetry
Volume
Volume 89
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this poem in a periodical. This item includes poetry by John Montague, James Laughlin, Barbara Howes, James Dickey etc.
Label
P
Date
December Short Title: Sincerity
Pages
Pages 140-141.
Record Number
463
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1967
Title
Six Poems
Journal
The Sewanee Review
Volume
LXXV
Notes
Journal Article.
Label
P
Date
Summer Short Title: Six Poems
Pages
385-392
Record Number
2124
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
Solitude
Journal
Spiritual Life
Volume
Volume 14
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first apearance of this item in a periodical and is the expanded version of the article titled "The Cell" from the periodical Sobernost.
Label
P
Date
Fall Short Title: Solitude
Pages
Pages 171-178.
Record Number
262
Reference Type
Book
Year
1997
Title
Solitude and Love in the World Place Published: Kent
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
141
Edition
First printing British soft cover edition. Short Title: Solitude and Love in the World
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
569
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
Solitude and Resurrection Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: Solitude and Resurrection
Notes
Cassette; the voice of Thomas Merton recorded live at Gethsemani.
Label
V