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Archives and Manuscripts DepartmentJohn J. Burns Library
Boston College140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467
617-552-3282
[email protected]://www.bc.edu/burns
Thomas Merton Collection 1940-1986 MS.1986.063
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2812
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Biographical Time Line.................................................................................................................................6
Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................... 8
Series Description.......................................................................................................................................... 9
Collection Inventory.................................................................................................................................... 11
Series I: Correspondence...................................................................................................................... 11
Series II: Monographs.......................................................................................................................... 18
Series III: Essays.................................................................................................................................. 22
Series IV: Prefaces............................................................................................................................... 33
Series V: Miscellaneous Manuscripts.................................................................................................. 35
Series VI: Book Reviews..................................................................................................................... 35
Series VII: Poetry................................................................................................................................. 39
Series VIII: Works about Merton.........................................................................................................42
Series IX: Ephemera.............................................................................................................................45
Series X: Artwork by Merton.............................................................................................................. 45
Series XI: Photographs......................................................................................................................... 46
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Summary Information
Library Unit Archives and Manuscripts Department
Creator Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
Title Thomas Merton collection
Date [inclusive] 1940-1986
Extent 11.0 Linear feet (32 boxes)
Language English
Abstract This is an intentionally assembled collection of the Trappist monk, poet
and writer Thomas Merton. It includes original manuscripts of books,
essays, letters and poems written by Thomas Merton.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, Box Number, Folder Number, Thomas Merton Collection, MS.1986.063, John J.Burns Library, Boston College.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
Processed by George Fuir, S.J., Beth Raymond, and Edward Copenhagen, 2006. This finding aid wasproduced using the Archivists' Toolkit.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research.
Restrictions on use
These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S.Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but notlimited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials usedfor academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors mayretain copyright to the materials.
Provenance
The Thomas Merton Collection is an intentionally assembled collection of manuscripts, correspondence,periodical clippings, photographs, art work and ephemera primarily by (but also about) Thomas Merton.As the Department accessioning system only began in 1986, the exact provenance of most of the itemsfound in the collection is unknown.
The genesis of the collection was a 1948 gift by Francis W. Sweeney, S.J. of an original The SevenStorey Mountain typescript. The following spring, it served as one of the chief attractions of the Library'sThomas Merton Exhibit. After Sweeney's death in 2002, Boston College archivists also discovered threesnapshots of Merton with his friends at St. Bonaventure College on commencement day (1941 June 8)amongst his personal papers. It is not known how Sweeney acquired these photographs.
Following the exhibit and until Merton's death in 1968, University Librarians Terrence Connolly, S.J., andBrendan Connolly, S.J., gave Merton certain "library privileges." Merton was allowed to borrow booksfrom Boston College not available to him at Gethsemani Abbey. The Library also photocopied articlesfrom journals. In exchange, Merton sent signed books, manuscripts, mimeographed works, publisher'sproofs and even carbon-copied letters, which were added to the Merton Collection. The correspondencefound in this collection documents this exchange.
Other friends of the Boston College Library have also added their original Merton material to thecollection. Many items were donated to the Boston College Library by Mary and Philip McNiff.Philip was the director of the Boston Public Library and Mary was the Assistant to the Librarian at St.John's Seminary (Boston, Massachusetts). Mary befriended Merton through a series of letters. Besidestypescripts and mimeographed items, Merton gave McNiff several original pen and ink calligraphic
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drawings. She documented their friendship and exchange of letters in a short article entitled "And a NewWorld Be Born from These Green Tombs" published in the 1969 March 1 issue of The Pilot.
Local journalist Dorothy Wayman donated her small collection of Merton correspondence to the BostonCollege Library in August 1953.
Arthur A. MacGillivray, S.J. gathered a variety of periodical cuttings which were integrated into thecollection. The clippings consisted largely of poems by Merton and reviews of Merton's works.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
At the John J. Burns Library, Boston College:
James Forest - Thomas Merton Collection. MS1989-021.
Francis W. Sweeney -Thomas Merton Correspondence, Box 36, Folders 35-40. Humanities Series :Director's Files. MS2002-037.
Terrence Connolly - Francis W. Sweeney Correspondence (re: The Seven Storey Mountain Mss).University Librarian's Records. BC1988-019.
Thomas Merton Library. Search the Boston College online catalog, local collection name MERTON).
At other repositories:
Thomas Merton Collection. Thomas Merton Center. Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY).
Thomas Merton Papers. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University (New York, NY).
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Biographical Time Line
1915 January 31 Born in Paredes, France to Owen Merton and Ruth
Jenkins Merton
1916 Family moved to Douglaston, NY, and lived with his
mother's family
1921 October 3 Death of Ruth Jenkins Merton
1922 Lived in Bermuda with his father
1925 Lived in St. Antonin, France, with Father
1926 Enrolled Lycée Ingres in Montauban, France
1928 Enrolled in Ripley Court School (Surrey, England)
1929 Enrolled in Oakham Public School (Rutland,
England)
1931 January 18 Death of Owen Merton
1932 Completed High School education at Oakham Public
School
1933 October Entered Clare College (Cambridge University) on
scholarship
1934 May Withdrew from Clare College and returned to the
United States
1935 January Transferred to Columbia University as a sophomore
1938 January Bachelors of Arts degree. Enrolled in the Graduate
School
1938 August Attended Catholic Mass for the first time
1938 November 16 Received into the Roman Catholic Church
1939 February Masters of Arts Degree in English from Columbia
University
1939 May 25 Confirmed by the Catholic Church
1940-1941 Taught English at St. Bonaventure College
1941 December 10 Entered Abbey of Gethsemani
1944 March 19 Made his simple vows to the Trappists of
Gethsemani Abbey
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1947 March 18 Made his solemn vows to the Trappists of
Gethsemani Abbey
1948 Publication of The Seven Storey Mountain
1948 December 21 Ordained subdeacon
1949 March 19 Ordained deacon
1949 March 26 Ordained priest
1951-1955 Master of Scholastics
1951 June 26 Became a citizen of the United States
1955-1965 Master of Novices
1965-1968 Lived in a hermitage on the grounds of the
monastery
1968 October 15 Left the United States for the Far East
1968 December 10 Died in Bangkok, Thailand
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Scope and Contents note
The collection documents the life and work of Thomas Merton through monographs, articles, essays,reviews, prefaces, poems, and other writings by Merton. The vast majority of textual materials is inthe form of typescripts (including mimeographed works of limited distribution), including an originaltypescript of The Seven Storey Mountain. The collection also contains Merton's correspondence withTerrence Connolly, S.J., Brendan Connolly, S.J., Mary Stack McNiff, and others. Additionally, thematerials include photographs of Merton and original ink calligraphic drawings by Merton. The collectionalso includes reviews of Merton's works and writings about Merton.
Series I. Correspondence, 1947-1977: The series contains Merton's outgoing correspondence withTerrence Connolly, S.J., Brendan Connolly, S.J., Mary Stack McNiff, Dante Mogana, Dorothy Wayland,Mary Foster and other individuals. Additionally, it includes copies of the Fathers Connollys' outgoingletters sent to Merton. The series also contains general correspondence about Merton received and writtenby Terrence Connolly and McNiff. The series also includes several of Merton's "Circular Letters" as wellas a few incoming items to Merton. This series is arranged into six subseries: Incoming Correspondence;Circular Letters; Brendan Connolly-Thomas Merton Correspondence; Terrence Connolly-Thomas MertonCorrespondence; Mary McNiff-Thomas Merton Correspondence; and, Other Correspondence
Series II. Monographs, 1946-1967: This series contains monographs written by Merton on varioussubjects. It includes self-published works (i.e. bound mimeographed works) circulated privately byMerton, publisher's proofs and galleys, and manuscripts (typescripts), including TheSeven StoreyMountain. The series is arranged in three subseries: Self-Published Works; Publishers' Proofs; andManuscripts.
Series III. Essays, 1940-1969: This series contains individual essays written by Thomas Merton. Itconsists primarily of typescripts (including mimeographed items) but also includes published articles. Theprocessing archivist has noted when individual typescripts contain Merton's handwritten corrections. Theyare arranged alphabetically by title.
Series IV. Prefaces, 1953-1970: This series contains typescripts (including mimeographed items) ofprefaces for works written by Merton and prefaces written by Merton for the works of other authors. Theprocessing archivist has noted when individual typescripts contain Merton's handwritten corrections. Thisseries is arranged into two subseries: Prefaces for Works by Merton; and Prefaces for Works by OtherIndividuals.
Series V. Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1967: This series consists primarily of Merton's handwrittenoutlines and notes for various writing projects. These items are undated. The series also includesphotocopies of Merton's will and a typed summary of a meeting held at Gethsemani Abbey on the subjectof "intercontemplative communication as a means of renewal." These items are both dated from 1967.
Series VI. Book Reviews, 1949-1967: This series contains book reviews authored by Merton. It consistsof typescripts (including mimeographed items) and clippings from periodicals. The materials shed lighton Merton's opinions of individual authors and their works. The processing archivist has noted when
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individual typescripts contain Merton's handwritten corrections. The series is divided into two subseries:Titled Book Reviews; and Untitled Book Reviews.
Series VII. Poetry, 1941-1967: This series contains manuscript and typescript (including mimeographeditems) copies of Merton's poems. The processing archivist has noted when individual typescripts containMerton's handwritten corrections. Published versions of the poems, when available, were also includedwith the manuscript copies. These poems are described on the item-level. Also contained in this series areother periodical cuttings of Merton's poems. These are described collectively on the folder-level.
Series VIII. Works About Merton, 1944-1986: This series contains works about Merton written byvarious individuals. It consists of book reviews (both of Merton's works and works about Merton), itemswritten about him at the time of his death and essays about Merton's life. The series is arranged intofour subseries: Book Reviews of Publications Written by Merton; Book Reviews of Publications aboutMerton; Homilies, Obituaries and Remembrances; and Articles Essays about Merton.
Series IX. Ephemera, 1946-1978: This series includes commercially produced calendars with photographsof Gethsemani Abbey, sets of printed greeting cards illustrated with Merton's art, prayer cards withquotations from Merton's writing, a program from an exhibit of Merton's art and publicity items frombooks by and about Merton.
Series X. Artwork by Merton, 1963-1964: This series consists of eight original pen and ink calligraphicdrawings. Four of these drawings include titles and five of the drawings are dated. It also includes twophotographic reproductions of other Merton drawings.
Series XI. Photographs, 1939-1969: This series consists primarily of original photographs of Mertondated from 1941 through 1968. Several items are undated. They include photographs of Merton atSt. Bonaventure College's 1941 commencement, Merton's ordination and Merton standing with theDalai Lama. The majority of the photographs are uncredited. The identified photographers are JohnHoward Griffin, Philip M. Stark, and Tenzin Geshe (the Dalai Lama's secretary). The series alsocontains photographs of a 1969 exhibit on Thomas Merton installed by the St. John's Seminary (Boston,Massachusetts) and a post card of the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace (a memorial for Merton in NewHarmony, Indiana). Additionally, it contains copy negatives and copy prints from the 1939 ColumbiaUniversity Yearbook.
Series Description
Collection is arranged in 11 series:
1 Series I. Correspondence2 Series II. Monographs3 Series III. Essays4 Series IV. Prefaces5 Series V. Miscellaneous Manuscripts6 Series VI. Book Reviews7 Series VII. Poetry
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8 Series VIII. Works about Merton9 Series IX. Ephemera10 Series X. Artwork by Merton11 Series XI. Photographs
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Collection Inventory
Series I: Correspondence, 1947-1977
Subseries A: Incoming Correspondence, 1947-1967
TLS by Naomi Burton to Merton, 1947 March 26
Box 1 Folder 1
Incoming Correspondence to Merton (3 items), 1967
Box 1 Folder 2
Subseries B: Circular Letters, 1967-1968
Circular Letters from Merton to Friends (6 items), 1967
Box 1 Folder 3
Easter 1967 with autographed note by signed by Merton
to unknown correspondent, 1967 March 26
Easter 1967, 1967 March 26
Pentecost 1967 with autographed note by signed by
Merton to unknown correspondent, 1967 May 14
Pentecost 1967, 1967 May 14
No label [Recently I heard of the following strange event.
Frank Sheed.], circa 1967 July
Advent-Christmas Letter 1967, circa 1967 December
Circular Letters from Merton to Friends (5 items), 1968
Box 1 Folder 4
New Year's Letter 1968 (2 leaves - Typescript, Carbon),
1968 January 1
Midsummer Letter 1968 (2 copies), circa 1968 July
Fall 1968 (2 copies), circa 1968 September
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Asian Letter 1 - leaf 1: pages 1-2 (2 copies), 1968
November 19
Asian Letter 1 - leaf 2: page 3 (2 copies), 1968 November
19
Typed Letter to Dom Flavian from six Trappist Delegates,
1968 December 11
Box 1 Folder 5
Subseries C: Brendan Connolly-Thomas Merton Correspondence, 1962-1968
Letters from Merton to Brendan Connolly (3 items),
1962-1963
Box 1 Folder 6
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1962 August 7
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1962 November 26
ALS by Merton to Connolly, 1963 October 2
Letters and Card from Merton to Brendan Connolly (4
items), 1964
Box 1 Folder 7
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1964 February 23
Autographed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1964
May 27
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1964 July 1
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1964 November 29
Letters by Merton to Paul Moynihan (2 items), 1964
Box 1 Folder 8
TLS by Merton to Paul Moynihan, 1964 July 28
TLS by Merton to Paul Moynihan, 1964 August 19
Letters and Cards from Merton to Brendan Connolly (4
items), 1965 March-July
Box 1 Folder 9
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Autographed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1965
March 3
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1965 April 3
Autographed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1965
April 25
ALS by Merton to Connolly, 1965 July 29
Letters and Card from Merton to Brendan Connolly (4
items), 1965 August-November
Box 1 Folder 10
ALS by Merton to Connolly, 1965 August 17
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1965 September 7
TLS by Merton to Connolly (2 leaves), 1965 October 21
Typed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1965
November 22
Cards and Letter from Merton to Brendan Connolly (4
items), 1966
Box 1 Folder 11
ALS by Merton to Connolly,, 1966 January 1
Autographed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1966
January 22
Autographed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1966
March 17
Autographed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1966
September 13
Letters from Merton to Brendan Connolly (5 items),
1967-1968
Box 1 Folder 12
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1967 January 20
ALS by Merton to Connolly, 1967 February 5
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ALS by Merton to Connolly, 1967 February 26
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1967 September 7
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1968 July 31
Letters from Brendan Connolly to Merton and Connolly
to Paul Moynihan (20 items), 1962-1968
Box 1 Folder 13
Letters from Paul Moynihan to Merton and M. Regis to
Moynihan (2 items), 1964
Box 1 Folder 14
Subseries D: Terrence Connolly-Thomas Merton Correspondence, 1949-1955
Letters by Merton to Terrence Connolly (6 items), 1949
January-1949 February
Box 1 Folder 15
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1949 January 27
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1949 February 1
Autographed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1949
February 18
Typed copy of Autographed card signed by Merton to
Connolly, 1949 February 18
Autographed card signed by Merton to Connolly, 1949
February 21
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1949 February 26
Letters by Merton to Terrence Connolly (4 items), 1949
April-1952 December
Box 1 Folder 16
TLS by Merton to Connolly,, 1949 April 2
Autographed holy card signed by Merton to Connolly
with envelope,, 1949 April 27
TLS by Merton to Connolly, 1949 October 12
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Autographed Christmas card signed by Merton to
Connolly with envelope,, 1952 December 17
Letters by Terrence Connolly to Merton (17 items),
1949-1955
Box 1 Folder 17
Terrence Connolly - General Correspondence (16 items),
1948-1950
Box 1 Folder 18
List of Items Used in Merton Exhibit (2 copies), 1949
Box 1 Folder 19
Program and copies of Exhibit Cards from the Merton
Exhibit (8 items), 1949
Box 1 Folder 20
Expenses, Merton Lecture, 1949
Box 1 Folder 21
Subseries E: Mary McNiff-Thomas Merton Correspondence, 1960-1977
Letters and Card from Merton to Mary McNiff (5 items),
1960-1965 May
Box 1 Folder 22
Autographed prayer card signed by Merton to McNiff,
probably 1960
TLS by Merton to McNiff, 1963 October 23
ALS by Merton to McNiff, 1965 April 20
TLS by Merton to McNiff, 1965 May 3
TLS by Merton to McNiff with envelope, 1965 May 8
Letters and Poem by Merton to McNiff (5 items), 1965
June-1966 October
Box 1 Folder 23
TLS by Merton to McNiff, 1965 June 2
TLS by Merton to McNiff, 1965 June 25
ALS by Merton to McNiff, 1965 August 13
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"The Prospects to Nostradamus" with autographed note
signed by Merton to McNiff, after 1966 April
ALS by Merton to McNiff, 1966 October 28
Letters and Note Card by Merton to McNiff (4 items),
1968, undated
Box 1 Folder 24
TLS by Merton to McNiff, 1968 February 1
TLS by Merton to Friends - "Pre-Lent
Letter" (Photocopy) with autographed note by signed by
Merton, 1968 February
TLS by Merton to Friends (Photocopy) with autographed
note by Merton, 1968 Fall
Autographed note card signed by Merton to McNiff, [no
year] December 20
Letters, Card and Telegram from Patrick Hart to McNiff
(6 items), 1968, undated
Box 1 Folder 25
Letters from Patrick Hart to McNiff (8 items), 1969
Box 1 Folder 26
Letters and Cards from Patrick Hart to McNiff (12 items),
1970-1971
Box 2 Folder 1
Cards from Patrick Hart to McNiff (8 items), 1973-1977,
undated
Box 2 Folder 2
Letters and Cards by Naomi Burton to McNiff (9 items),
1967-1971, undated
Box 2 Folder 3
Mary McNiff - General Correspondence (14 items),
1968-1969
Box 2 Folder 4
Mary McNiff - General Correspondence (7 items),
1970-1972, undated
Box 2 Folder 5
Subseries F: Other Correspondence, 1949-1968
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Cards and letter from Merton to Dante Morgana,
1961-1967
Box 2 Folder 6
Autographed postcard signed by Merton to Dante
Morgana,, 1961 January 6
TLS by Merton to Dante Morgana,, 1962 January 11
TLS by M. Basil Pennington and Merton to Dante
Morgana with envelope,, 1962 December 20
Typed card signed by Merton to Dante Morgana,, 1965
April 5
TLS by Merton to Dante Morgana,, 1967 August 4
Autographed postcard signed by Merton to Dorothy
Wayland (1 item), 1953 April 8
Box 2 Folder 7
Typed letters by Dorothy Wayland to Merton (3 items),
1949-1953
Box 2 Folder 8
Dorothy Wayland - General Correspondence (3 items),
1953
Box 2 Folder 9
Letter and Card from Merton to Mary R. Foster (2 items),
1965
Box 2 Folder 10
TLS by Merton to Foster (with envelope), 1965 March 4
Autographed card signed by Merton to Foster (with
envelope), 1965 May 4
ALS by Merton to Ralph, 1962 July 8
Box 2 Folder 11
Letters by Merton to Various Correspondents, unsigned,
1965
Box 2 Folder 12
Typed Letter by Merton to Senator John Sherman Cooper,
1965 May 8
Typed Letter by Merton to Raymond H. Prince (2 leaves -
Carbon Copy), 1965 May 22
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Typed Letter by Merton to Bishop Wright (2 leaves -
Carbon Copy), 1965 July 17
Typed Letter by Merton to Joel -Editor of The Critic
(carbon copy), 1965 November 11
Letters by Merton to Various Correspondents, unsigned,
1966-1968
Box 2 Folder 13
Typed Letter by Merton to Dom Anthony Chassagne
- inscribed in ink in Merton's hand as "A Letter on the
Hermit Life" (2 leaves - carbon copy), 1966 September
21
Typed Letter by Merton to Frank (carbon copy), 1967
October 16
Typed Letter by Merton to John (carbon copy), 1967
October 26
Typed Letter by Merton to Eugene (carbon copy), 1968
January 18
Series II: Monographs, 1946-1967
Subseries A: Self-Published Works, 1951-1965
The Black Revolution, Letters to a White Liberal, 1963
July
Box 3 Folder 1
The Church and the "Godless World", December 1965 -
January 1966
Box 3 Folder 2
Clement of Alexandria Selection from the Protreptikos,
translated by Merton, undated
Box 3 Folder 3
The Climate of Monastic Prayer - Revised edition, 1965
October
Box 3 Folder 4
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Conferences on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, by
Scholastics at the Abbey of Gethsemani, 1953 August
Box 4 Folder 1
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, 1965 April
Box 4 Folder 2
Conversatio Morum (copy 1), 1964 October 6th
Box 4 Folder 3
Conversatio Morum (copy 2), 1964 October 6th
Box 4 Folder 4
Examination of Conscience and Conversatio Morum,
1963 September
Box 4 Folder 5
An Exchange of Letters on Monastic Questions, T. Merton
and R. Roloff, 1962
Box 4 Folder 6
The Feast of Freedom, undated
Box 5 Folder 1
For a Renewal of Eremitism in the Monastic State (copy
1), 1965 February
Box 5 Folder 2
For a Renewal of Eremitism in the Monastic State -
signed by Merton (copy 2), 1965 February
Box 5 Folder 3
Identity Crisis and Monastic Vocation (copy 1), 1964
October
Box 5 Folder 4
Identity Crisis and Monastic Vocation (copy 2), 1964
October
Box 5 Folder 5
An Introduction to Cistercian Theology, undated
Box 5 Folder 6
An Introduction to Christian Mysticism, 1961
Box 6 Folder 1
An Introduction to the English Mystics, circa 1962
Box 6 Folder 2
An Introduction to the Life and Vows, circa 1960
Box 6 Folder 3
Liturgical Feasts and Seasons, Part II, circa 1960
Box 7 Folder 1
Material for Retreat Conferences (Copy 2), 1951-1955
Box 7 Folder 2
Material for Retreat Conferences (Copy 2), 1951-1955
Box 7 Folder 3
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Monastic Fathers, Selections from the Institutes of John
Cassian, undated
Box 8 Folder 1
A Monastic Introduction to S. Scripture, 1956
Box 8 Folder 2
Monastic Orientation Series II (Copy 1), 1951
Box 9 Folder 1
Monastic Orientation Series II (Copy 2), 1951
Box 9 Folder 2
Monastic Orientation Series IV, 1952 September-1953
November
Box 10 Folder 1
Monastic Orientation Series V - signed by Merton,
1953-1954
Box 10 Folder 2
Notes on Genesis, 1956-1957
Box 11 Folder 1
Our Monastic Observances, Part 1, circa 1958
Box 11 Folder 2
Peace in the Post Christian Era (Copy 1), circa 1962
Box 11 Folder 3
Peace in the Post Christian Era (Copy 2), circa 1962
Box 11 Folder 4
Pre-Benedictine Monachism [sic] Series I: Rufinus,
Gassian, St. Pachomius, St. Bail, etc. (Copy 1), 1963
Box 12 Folder 1
Pre-Benedictine Monachism [sic] Series I: Rufinus,
Gassian, St. Pachomius, St. Bail, etc. (Copy 2), 1963
Box 12 Folder 2
Pre-Benedictine Monachism [sic], Series II: Syria,
Persia, and Palestine, (Copy 1), 1964
Box 12 Folder 3
Pre-Benedictine Monachism [sic], Series II: Syria,
Persia, and Palestine, (Copy 2), 1964
Box 12 Folder 4
Sanctity in the Epistles of St. Paul: Scripture Course
(Copy 1), 1954
Box 13 Folder 1
Sanctity in the Epistles of St. Paul: Scripture Course
(Copy 2), 1954
Box 13 Folder 2
Selections on Prayer, 1961
Box 13 Folder 3
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The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Ammonas (Copy 1), undated
Box 14 Folder 1
The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Ammonas (Copy 2), undated
Box 14 Folder 2
Symbolism - Communication or Communion?, 1965 June
Box 14 Folder 3
A Symposium On The Matter of Spiritual Direction and
Pastoral Psychology, 1962
Box 15 Folder 1
Zen Buddhist Monasticism (Copy 1), 1965 July
Box 15 Folder 2
Zen Buddhist Monasticism (Copy 2) - Correction's by
Merton, 1965 July
Box 15 Folder 3
The Zen Koan with handwritten corrections by Merton,
1965 November
Box 15 Folder 4
Subseries B: Publishers' Proofs, 1965
Seeds of Destruction - Advance Uncorrected Proof, 1965
Box 16
Redeeming the Time Galley Proof, undated
Box 17 Folder 1
The Seven Storey Mountain Galley Proof, undated
Box 17 Folder 2
Sign of Jonas Uncorrected Galley Proof, undated
Box 17 Folder 3
Waters of Siloe Galley Proof, undated
Box 17 Folder 4
Subseries C: Manuscripts, 1946-1967
Seasons of Celebration - 1 typescript, 1965 August
Box 18 Folder
The Seven Storey Mountain - typescript, circa 1946
Box 19 Folder 1-70
Box 20 Folder 1-69
Faith and Violence - 1 typescript, 1967
Box 21 Folder 1-5
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Series III: Essays, 1940-1969
"Active and Contemplative Orders" - 1 published article,
1947 December 5
Box 21 Folder 6
"Adaptation of the Monastic Life"- 1 typescript (2
copies), 1964 September
Box 21 Folder 7
"Advent Mystery" - 2 typescripts, 1963
Box 21 Folder 8
"The Angel and the Machine" - 1 typescript (1st draft -
some handwritten notes by Merton) and 1 preservation
photocopy, undated
Box 21 Folder 9
"The Angel and the Machine" - 1 typescript, 1965
Advent
Box 21 Folder 10
"The Answer of Minerva" - 1 typescript (3 copies), before
1965 April
Box 21 Folder 11
"Answers on Art and Freedom" - 1 typescript and 1
published article, 1965
Box 21 Folder 12
"Answers to World Campus" - 1 typescript, undated
Box 21 Folder 13
"Apologies to an Unbeliever" - 1 typescript, 1966 March
Box 21 Folder 14
"Apologies to an Unbeliever" - 1 typescript (3 copies; 1
signed by Merton) and 1 published article, 1966 April-
November
Box 21 Folder 15
"Are Monks, Hippies and Poets Relevant?" - 1 published
article, 1969 November
Box 21 Folder 16
"Atlas Watches Every Evening" - 1 typescript (3 copies),
1963 July
Box 21 Folder 17
"Auschwitz: Family Camp" - 1 typescript (initialed by
Merton), 1967 August
Box 21 Folder 18
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"Barth's Dream and Other Conjectures" - 1 published
article, 1965 Winter
Box 21 Folder 19
"[Barth's Dream and Other Conjectures - section:] Notes
on the Earthly Paradise" - 1 typescript, before 1965
Box 21 Folder 20
"Beyond the Sacred [Letter to the Editor]" - 1 typescript
and 1 published version, 1967 December 29-1968 January
19
Box 21 Folder 21
"[The Black Revolution -] Letters to a White Liberal" - 2
published articles, 1963 November-December
Box 21 Folder 22
"The Black Revolution - Letters to a White Liberal" - 1
published article, 1964 March
Box 21 Folder 23
"Blessed Are the Meek" - 1 typescript, 1966 January
Box 21 Folder 24
"Buddhism and the Modern World" - 1 typescript, 1966
July
Box 21 Folder 25
"Camus and the Catholic Church" - 1 typescript and 1
published article, 1966 August-December
Box 21 Folder 26
"The Character and Spirit of St. Benedict from St.
Gregory's Dialogue II" - 1 ditto typescript, undated
Box 21 Folder 27
"The Christian and the World" - 1 typescript, 1966
Box 21 Folder 28
"Christian Humanism" - 1 typescript (3 copies; 1 with
corrections by Merton), 1966 May
Box 21 Folder 29
"Christian Solitude" - 1 typescript with corrections by
Merton and 1 published article, 1967 January-February
Box 21 Folder 30
"Christian Worship and Social Reform" - 1 typescript (2
copies), undated
Box 21 Folder 31
"Christianity and Defense in the Nuclear Age" - 1
typescript, 1963
Box 21 Folder 32
"Christianity and Race in the United States" - 1 typescript
(2 copies), undated
Box 21 Folder 33
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 24 -
"Christianity and Race in the United States" - 2 published
versions (1 in French), 1964-1965
Box 21 Folder 34
"A Christmas Devotion" - 1 published article, 1947
December 26
Box 22 Folder 1
"Christmas Homily" - 3 typescripts, 1963
Box 22 Folder 2
"Classic Chinese Thought" - 1 typescript (2 copies),
before 1961
Box 22 Folder 3
"Clement of Alexandria Selection from the Protreptikos",
translated by Merton, undated
Box 22 Folder 4
"The Climate of Mercy" - 1 typescript, 1964 April
Box 22 Folder 5
"The Climate of Monastic Prayer" - 1 typescript (2
copies), 1964
Box 22 Folder 6
"Come to the Mountain" - 1 typescript, circa 1964
Box 22 Folder 7
"Comments on Art. 79 of Constitution on Church
in Modern World" - 1 typescript with handwritten
corrections by Merton, undated
Box 22 Folder 8
"Comments on Dr. Prince's and Dr. Savage's Paper on
Mystical States and Regression" - 1 published article,
1966 January
Box 22 Folder 9
"Community of Pardon: Conference Notes, 1963
Box 22 Folder 10
"Concerning the Catholic Peace Fellowship" - 1 typescript
(2 copies), 1965 December
Box 22 Folder 11
"Concerning the Collection in the Bellarmine College
Library and The Thomas Merton Room" - 2 typescripts,
1963 November 10, undated
Box 22 Folder 12
"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, [Excerpt] From a
New Book by Thomas Merton" - 1 published article, 1966
August 5
Box 22 Folder 13
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 25 -
"Conquistador, Tourist and Indian" - 1 published version,
1962 Summer
Box 22 Folder 14
"Contemplation and Ecumenism" - 1 typescript (2 copies)
and 1 published article, 1965
Box 22 Folder 15
"Contemplation in a World of Action" - 1 published
article, 1968 April
Box 22 Folder 16
"Contemplation in a Rocking Chair" - 1 published article,
1948 August
Box 22 Folder 17
"The Contemplative and the Atheist" - 1 typescript, 1967
October
Box 22 Folder 18
"Conversatio Morum" - 1 published article, 1966
Box 22 Folder 19
"The Council and Monasticism" - 1 typescript (2 copies),
1965 March
Box 22 Folder 20
"Creative Silence" - 1 typescript, circa 1968 June
Box 22 Folder 21
"D. T. Suzuki" - 1 typescript, 1966 August
Box 22 Folder 22
"Danger Signals" - 1 typescript, undated
Box 22 Folder 23
"Death of a Trappist" - 1 published article, 1948 February
Box 22 Folder 24
"The Death of God and the End of History" - 1 typescript
(2 copies - 1 initialed by Merton), 1967 March
Box 22 Folder 25
"A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann" - 1
typescript and 1 published article, 1967, undated
Box 22 Folder 26
"The Drawings of Thomas Merton" - 1 published
brochure (3 copies), undated
Box 22 Folder 27
"Easter: The 'New Fire' Struck from the Darkness" - 1
published article, 1969 April 5
Box 22 Folder 28
"Ecclesiastical Baroque - Letter to the Editor" - 1
published article, 1964 February 7
Box 22 Folder 29
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 26 -
"Ecumenism and Monastic Renewal" - 1 typescript,, 1967
November
Box 22 Folder 30
"The End is The Time of No Room" - 1 published article,
1965 November
Box 22 Folder 31
"Ernesto Cardenal" - 1 typescript with handwritten
corrections, circa 1964 Fall
Box 22 Folder 32
"Events and Pseudo-Events" - 1 typescript (3 copies),
1966 February
Box 22 Folder 33
"Events and Pseudo-Events" - 1 published article, 1966
Summer
Box 22 Folder 34
"Faulkner and His Critics" - 1 published article, 1967
February
Box 22 Folder 35
"First Christmas at Gethsemani" - 1 published article,
1949 December
Box 22 Folder 36
"Five Drawings" - 1 published article, circa 1965
Box 22 Folder 37
"Flannery O'Connor: A Prose Elegy" - 1 typescript, 1964
September
Box 22 Folder 38
"Forty-Three Signatures: An Exhibit of Drawings" -1
typescript (2 copies), circa 1964
Box 22 Folder 39
"Franciscan Eremitism" - 1 typescript, 1966 June
Box 22 Folder 40
"From Pilgrimage to Crusade" - 1 typescript and 1
published article, 1964 August-1965 Spring
Box 22 Folder 41
"The Function of a Monastic Review" - 1 typescript, circa
1965
Box 22 Folder 42
"God's Will" - 1 typescript, undated
Box 22 Folder 43
"Honest to God" - 1 typescript, 1964
Box 22 Folder 44
"The Hot Summer of Sixty Seven" - 1 typescript (2
copies; 1 with corrections by Merton), 1967 August
Box 22 Folder 45
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 27 -
"The Humanity of Christ in Monastic Prayer" - 1
typescript, 1963 June
Box 22 Folder 46
"Huxley's Pantheon" - 1 published article, 1940 June
Box 22 Folder 47
"I Will Be Your Monk" - 1 published article,, 1950 May
Box 22 Folder 48
"In Acceptance of the Pax Medal" - 1 typescript (3
copies), 1963
Box 22 Folder 49
"Is the World A Problem?" - 1 typescript (2 copies) and 1
published article, 1966 April-June
Box 23 Folder 1
"Isaac of Stella" - 1 typescript, before 1967
Box 23 Folder 2
"Jesuits in China" - 1 typescripts (2 copies - 1 with a
handwritten note by Merton to Brendan Connolly), before
1962 July 9
Box 23 Folder 3
Postal envelope for "Jesuits in China", 1962 July 9
Box 23 Folder 4
"The Legend of Tucker Caliban" - 1 published article in
Spanish, 1964 August
Box 23 Folder 5
"A Letter of St. Anselm on Stability" - 1 typescript (2
copies), 1964
Box 23 Folder 6
"Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra Concerning Giants" - 1
published article in Spanish, 1962 March-April
Box 23 Folder 7
"Loretto and Gethsemani" - 1 typescript signed by Merton
with corrections, circa 1962
Box 23 Folder 8
"Love and Need" - 1 typescript (2 copies), 1966
September
Box 23 Folder 9
"Love and Solitude" - 1 typescript (3 copies), 1966
March-April
Box 23 Folder 10
"Memorandum: On Monastic Renewal" - 1 typescript,
1964
Box 23 Folder 11
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 28 -
"A Memorandum on Monastic Theology" - 2 typescripts
(1 initialed and 1 initialed and signed by Merton), 1967
March, undated
Box 23 Folder 12
"Mensaje de Thomas Merton" - 1 published article,
undated
Box 23 Folder 13
"Message of Contemplatives to the Modern World" - 1
ditto typescript signed by Merton, 1967 August
Box 23 Folder 14
"Message to Poets" - 1 typescript, circa 1964
Box 23 Folder 15
"Monastic Attitudes" - 1 published article, 1967
Box 23 Folder 16
"Monastic Reform: A Memorandum" - 1 typescript,
undated
Box 23 Folder 17
"The Monastic Renewal: Problems and Prospectus" - 1
typescript with Merton's corrections and a handwritten
cover page and paragraph, 1966 December
Box 23 Folder 18
"The Monastic Renewal: Problems and Prospectus" - 1
ditto typescript, 1966 December
Box 23 Folder 19
"Monastic Vocation and the Background of Modern
Secular Thought" - 1 typescript (2 copies), 1964 October
Box 23 Folder 20
"Monastic Vows: A Memorandum" - 1 typescript,
undated
Box 23 Folder 21
"The Monk and the Diaspora" - 1 typescript and 1
published article, 1964 January-July 23
Box 23 Folder 22
"Le Mont Athos" - 1 published version, 1960 Spring
Box 23 Folder 23
"My Visits to the Secular Bookhouse" - 1 published
version, 1959 December
Box 23 Folder 24
"Mystics and Zen Masters" - 1 typescript, 1963
November
Box 23 Folder 25
"The Name of the Lord" - 1 typescript (3 copies) and 1
published article, 1963-1964 February
Box 23 Folder 26
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 29 -
"The Nativity Message" - 1 typescript with handwritten
corrections by Merton, 1965
Box 23 Folder 27
"A New Christian Consciousness?" - 1 typescript, 1967
February
Box 23 Folder 28
"Nicolas of Cusa: Dialogue About the Hidden God" - 1
typescript, circa 1964 Fall
Box 23 Folder 29
"Note on Vatican II Pastoral" - 1 typescript (2 copies),
1967
Box 23 Folder 30
"Notes for a Philosophy of Solitude" - 1 typescript with
handwritten corrections by Merton, before 1960
Box 23 Folder 31
"Notes for a Statement on Aid to Civilian War Victims in
Vietnam" - 1 typescript (2 copies), 1967 February 22
Box 23 Folder 32
"Notes on Prayer and Action" - 1 typescript with
corrections by Merton and 1 published article, 1967
April-May, undated
Box 23 Folder 33
"Notes on the Future of Monasticism" - 1 typescript (2
copies), 1968 June 23
Box 23 Folder 34
"O Cristão e a Paz no Mundo" - 1 published article, 1966
April
Box 23 Folder 35
"Openness and Cloister" - 1 typescript, 1967 July
Box 23 Folder 36
"The Other Side of Despair" - 1 typescript, before 1965
October
Box 24 Folder 1
"The Other Side of Despair" - 1 published article, 1965
October-November
Box 24 Folder 2
"[Pacem in Terris] To the Editors of Commonweal" - 1
typescript, circa 1963
Box 24 Folder 2
"Pasternak's Letters to Georgian Friends" - 1 ditto
typescript (2 copies), 1968
Box 24 Folder 2
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 30 -
"Peace and Protest" - 1 typescript (3 copies, 1 signed by
Merton), 1965 November
Box 24 Folder 5
"Peace and Revolution: A Footnote from Ulyssees" - 1
typescript (photocopy), 1968 July 16
Box 24 Folder 6
"The Place of Obedience in Monastic Renewal" - 1
published article, 1965 September
Box 24 Folder 7
"The Plague of Albert Camus" - 1 typescript (copy 1,
initialed by Merton), 1967 June
Box 24 Folder 8
"The Plague of Albert Camus" - 1 typescript (copy 2),
1967 June
Box 24 Folder 9
"Poetry and Contemplation" - 1 published article, 1958
October 24
Box 24 Folder 10
"Poetry and the Contemplative Life" - 1 published article
and 1 published response, 1947 July 4-August 1
Box 24 Folder 11
"The Poorer Means" - 1 typescript, 1965 March 31
Box 24 Folder 12
"Prayer of Cassiodorus" - 2 typescripts (1 in Latin and 1
in English), before 1967
Box 24 Folder 13
"Prophetic Ambiguities: Milton and Camus" - 1 ditto
typescript, 1966 October
Box 24 Folder 14
"Schema Thirteen: An Open Letter to the American
Hierarchy" - 1 typescript, 1965 July
Box 24 Folder 15
"[Schema Thirteen:] An Open Letter to the American
Hierarchy" - 1 published article and 1 published response,
1965 September-November
Box 24 Folder 16
"Self-Denial and the Christian" - 1 published article, 1950
March 31
Box 24 Folder 17
"Readings from Ibn Abbad" - 1 typescript (2 copies - 1
with Merton's handwritten corrections), 1965 October
Box 24 Folder 18
"Red or Dead" - 1 published article, 1962 March 1
Box 24 Folder 19
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 31 -
"Regain the Old Monastic Charism: Letter to the Editors"
- 1 typescript and 1 published article, 1967 December
24-1968 January 11
Box 24 Folder 20
"Renewal and Discipline in the Monastic Life" - 1
typescript, 1968 February
Box 24 Folder 21
"Renewal in Monastic Education" - 1 typescript
(photocopy), circa 1968
Box 24 Folder 22
"Reply to Martin Marty (for NCR)" - 1 typescript, circa
1967 September
Box 24 Folder 23
"Rites for the Extrusion of a Leper" - 1 published article,
1968 February
Box 24 Folder 24
"Roots of War" - 2 published articles, 1961 October-1962
January
Box 24 Folder 25
"A Ruler's Examination of Conscience" - 1 typescript (2
copies), undated
Box 24 Folder 26
"St. Maximus the Confessor on Non-Violence" - 1
typescript (2 copies), 1965 July
Box 24 Folder 27
"A Sermon of Isaac and Stella" - 1 typescript (2 copies),
1966 July
Box 24 Folder 28
"The Solitary Life" - 1 typescript, 1967 September
Box 24 Folder 29
"Spiritual Direction" - 1 typescript, undated
Box 24 Folder 30
"The Spiritual Father: In the Desert Tradition" - 1
typescript, 1966 February
Box 24 Folder 31
"Statement on Clerical Celibacy" - 1 typescript (2 copies),
1967 April
Box 24 Folder 32
"Statement on Factory Farming" - 1 typescript, 1965
April
Box 24 Folder 33
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 32 -
"The Street is for Celebration" - 1 ditto typescript signed
by Merton to Mary McNiff and 1 published article, 1967
October-1969 September
Box 24 Folder 34
"Symbolism: Communication or Communion?" - 1
published article, 1966 October
Box 24 Folder 35
"Target Equals City" - 1 typescript with handwritten
corrections by Merton, circa 1962
Box 24 Folder 36
"The Teilhardian Wager" - 1 typescript (fragment - title
handwritten by Merton), undated
Box 24 Folder 37
"Terror and the Absurd" - 1 typescript,, 1966 April
Box 24 Folder 38
"Three Letters" - 1 published article, 1964 November
Box 24 Folder 39
"Three Saviors" - 1 typescript (3 copies), 1966
September
Box 24 Folder 40
"The Time of the End is the Time of No Room" - 1
typescript with handwritten corrections by Merton, 1965
August
Box 25 Folder 1
"To Each His Darkness" - 1 typescript, circa 1963
Box 25 Folder 2
"Todo y Nada: Writing and Contemplation" - 1 published
article, 1950 Spring
Box 25 Folder 3
"The Trappists go to Utah" - 2 published articles, 1947
August-November
Box 25 Folder 4
"The True Legendary Sound" - 1 typescript, 1966
September
Box 25 Folder 5
"The Universe as Epiphany: The Spirituality of Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin" - 1 typescript, 1967
Box 25 Folder 6
"The Vision of Peace" - 1 published article, 1958 August
Box 25 Folder 7
"The Way of Chuang Tzu" - 1 typescript (2 copies), 1965
April
Box 25 Folder 8
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 33 -
"Wisdom in Emptiness: Prefatory Note" - 2 typescripts (1
with handwritten corrections by Merton), circa 1960
Box 25 Folder 9
"Wisdom in Emptiness: 1. Knowledge and Innocence"
by Daisetz T. Suzuki - 3 typescripts (1 with handwritten
corrections by Merton), circa 1960
Box 25 Folder 10
"Wisdom in Emptiness: Final Remarks" by Daisetz T.
Suzuki - 1 typescript, circa 1960
Box 25 Folder 11
"Wisdom in Emptiness: [Final Remarks]" by Merton - 5
typescripts (2 with handwritten corrections by Merton),
circa 1960
Box 25 Folder 12
"Wisdom in Emptiness: Prefatory Note and 2. Recovery
of Paradise" - 1 typescript with handwritten corrections
by Merton, circa 1960
Box 25 Folder 13
"Wisdom in Emptiness: Prefatory Note and 2. Recovery
of Paradise" - 1 typescript, circa 1960
Box 25 Folder 14
"Writing as Temperature" - 1 typescript (3 copies), 1968
October
Box 25 Folder 15
Series IV: Prefaces, 1953-1970
Subseries A: Prefaces for Works by Merton, 1961-1970
Asian Journal of Thomas Merton by Patrick Hart - 1
typescript (2 copies both signed by Hart to Mary McNiff),
1970 January
Box 26 Folder 1
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander - 2 typescripts (1 with
handwritten corrections by Merton), 1965 November
Box 26 Folder 2
A Merton Reader - 1 typescript, 1961 November 1
Box 26 Folder 3
Vietnamese edition of No Man Is an Island - 1 typescript
(2 copies), 1966
Box 26 Folder 4
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 34 -
Raids on the Unspeakable - 1 typescript (2 copies),
undated
Box 26 Folder 5
Redeeming the Time - 1 typescript (2 copies, 1 signed by
Merton), 1965 January
Box 26 Folder 6
Japanese edition of Seeds of Contemplation - 1 typescript
(4 copies), 1965 March
Box 26 Folder 7
Japanese edition of The Seven Storey Mountain - 1
typescript, undated
Box 26 Folder 8
Subseries B: Prefaces for Works by Other Individuals, 1953-1980
Philip Berrigan's No More Strangers - 1 typescript (2
copies), 1965 January
Box 26 Folder 9
Marie Étienne Chenevière's L'Attente dans le Silence: le
Père Marie-Joseph Cassant - 1 typescript, 1963 August
15
Box 26 Folder 11
In Face of Death (Alfred Delp's Prison Meditations
of Father Alfred Delp) - 1 typescript with handwritten
corrections by Merton, circa 1963
Box 26 Folder 11
Sally Donnelly's "Marcel and Buddha" - 1 typescript,
1967 January
Box 26 Folder 12
François de Sainte-Marie's The Simple Steps to God - 1
typescript with handwritten corrections by Merton, circa
1963
Box 26 Folder 13
The Monastic Theology of St. Aelred (Amédée Hallier's
The Monastic Theology of Aelred of Rievaulx) - 1
typescript (2 copies), 1968
Box 26 Folder 14
Jean Leclercq's La vie Érémitique D'Après la Doctrine du
Bienheureux Paul Giustiniani -1 typescript (preservation
photocopy), 1953 November
Box 26 Folder 15
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 35 -
Jean Leclercq's La vie Érémitique D'Après la Doctrine
du Bienheureux Paul Giustiniani -1 typescript, 1953
November
Box 26 Folder 16
P. Régamey's Non-Violence and the Christian Conscience
- 1 typescript, 1965 July
Box 26 Folder 17
Thích Nhât Hanh's Vietnam: The Lotus in a Sea of Fire -
1 typescript, circa 1967
Box 26 Folder 18
"A Christian Looks at Zen" (John C.H. Wu's The Golden
Age of Zen) - 1 typescript, 1966 July
Box 26 Folder 19
"Opening the Bible" [outline] of an introduction to a
proposed edition of the Bible to be published by Time-
Life Books - 2 typescripts, 1967 September
Box 26 Folder 20
[unknown author] The Human Way Out, undated
Box 26 Folder 21
Series V: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1967, undated
Conjectures - 1 handwritten outline, undated
Box 26 Folder 22
Epiphany - 1 handwritten outline, undated
Box 26 Folder 23
Guardian Angels - 1 handwritten outline, undated
Box 26 Folder 24
Meeting at Gethsemani - 1 typescript (photocopy), 1967
December 4-7
Box 26 Folder 25
Pacem in Terris - 1 handwritten outline, undated
Box 26 Folder 26
Palm Sunday - 1 handwritten outline, undated
Box 26 Folder 27
Raids on the Unspeakable - 1 handwritten note, undated
Box 26 Folder 28
Last Will and Testament -1 form (photocopy), 1967
November 14
Box 26 Folder 29
Series VI: Book Reviews, 1949-1967
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 36 -
Subseries A: Titled Book Reviews, 1963-1968
"Baroque Monasticism" (Sacheverell Sitwell's Monks,
Nuns and Monasteries) - 1 typescript, 1965
Box 26 Folder 30
"The Cross Fighters" (Nelson Reed's The Caste War of
Yucatan) - 1 ditto typescript, 1967 November
Box 26 Folder 31
"De Lubac on Teilhard" (Henri de Lubac's The Religion
of Teilhard de Chardin) - 1 typescript, probably 1967
Box 26 Folder 32
"An Enemy of the State" (Gordon Zahn's In Solitary
Witness) - 1 typescript, 1964
Box 26 Folder 33
"Five Important Books" - 1 typescript signed by Merton,
1967
Box 26 Folder 34
"Ishi: A Meditation" (Theodore Kroeber's Ishi in Two
Worlds) -1 typescript and 1 handwritten outline, 1967
February
Box 26 Folder 35
"Man is a Gorilla with a Gun" (Robert Ardrey's African
Genesis) - 1 typescript, 1964 September
Box 26 Folder 36
"Marginalia [by Thomas Merton] in Gilson's The Mystical
Theology of St. Bernard" - 1 typescript (photocopy),
undated
Box 26 Folder 37
"The Meaning of Malcolm X" ( The Autobiography of
Malcolm X) - 1 typescript, 1967 May
Box 26 Folder 38
"Orthodoxy and the World" (Alexander Schmemann's
Sacraments and Orthodoxy and Ultimate Questions) - 1
typescript with handwritten corrections by Merton, 1965
August
Box 26 Folder 39
"Passivity and Abuse of Authority" (Ignace Lepp's The
Christian Failure) - 1 typescript, circa 1963
Box 26 Folder 40
"Readings on the Modern World" - 1 typescript, undated
Box 26 Folder 41
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 37 -
"St. Anselm and His Argument"(David Knowles' The
Evolution of Medieval Thought and R.W. Southern's St.
Anselm and His Biographer) - 1 typescript (2 copies),
1963 July
Box 26 Folder 42
"The Shoshoneans" (Edward Dorn's The Shoshoneans) - 1
typescript, circa 1967
Box 26 Folder 43
"Who is Nat Turner?" (William Styron's Confessions of
Nat Turner) - 1 typescript (photocopy), circa 1968
Box 26 Folder 44
Subseries B: Untitled Book Reviews, 1949-1967
Jesús Alvarez Arroyo's "Unamuno y la Vida Monastica" -
1 typescript initialed by Merton, circa 1966
Box 26 Folder 45
Maximino Arias' "Los Monasterios de Benedictinos de
Galicia" - 1 typescript initialed by Merton, circa 1966
Box 26 Folder 46
Divo Barsotti's Christianisme Russe - 1 typescript,
1963-1966
Box 26 Folder 47
François Biot's The Rise of Protestant Monasticism - 1
published article, 1964 June-July
Box 26 Folder 48
G.M. Columbas' "Un Manual de Ermitanos" - 1 typescript
(incomplete), circa 1965
Box 26 Folder 49
John Fleming's "The Dream of the Rood and Anglo-
Saxon Monasticism" - 1 typescript initialed by Merton,
circa 1966
Box 26 Folder 50
Eufemiá Fort i Cogul's "L'eremtisme de la Catalunya
Nova" - 2 typescripts, circa 1965
Box 26 Folder 51
Saint Gertrude the Great's Oeuvres Spirituelles; Volume
1: Les Exercices - 1 typescript, circa 1967
Box 26 Folder 52
Ildefonso M.Gómez's "Monasterios y Monies en los
Diarios de Jovellanos" - 1 typescript initialed by Merton,
circa 1966
Box 26 Folder 53
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 38 -
Irénée Hausherr's Hesychasme et Priere - 1 typescript,
circa 1966
Box 26 Folder 54
Isaac de l'Etoile's Sermons, Volume 1 - 1 typescript, circa
1967
Box 27 Folder 1
William Johnston's "Zen and Christian Mysticism" - 1
typescript initialed by Merton, circa 1967
Box 27 Folder 2
James Kavanaugh's A Modern Priest Looks at His
Outdated Church - 1 typescript initialed by Merton, 1967
Box 27 Folder 3
Otto Karrer's The Kingdom of God Today - 2 typescripts,
circa 1964
Box 27 Folder 3
Augustin Hideshi Kishi's Spiritual Consciousness in Zen
from a Thomistic Theological Point of View - 1 typescript
initialed by Merton, circa 1966
Box 27 Folder 5
Olivier Loyer's Les Chrétientés Celtiques - 1 typescript,
circa 1965
Box 27 Folder 6
Mallorca Eremitica - 1 typescript, circa 1965
Box 27 Folder 7
German Martinez's "Los Monasterios de Monjas en
Galicia" - 1 typescript, circa 1966
Box 27 Folder 8
Martin Marty's Varieties of Unbelief - 1 published article,
1965 January 8
Box 27 Folder 9
Paul Nwyia's Ibn Abbad de Ronda - 1 typescript with
handwritten corrections by Merton, circa 1964
Box 27 Folder 10
Gregorio Penco's "Monasterium-Carcer" - 1 typescript
initialed by Merton, circa 1966
Box 27 Folder 11
Henry Perroy's Une Grande Humble - 1 published article,
1949 March
Box 27 Folder 12
Josef Pieper's In Tune with the World - 1 typescript, circa
1965
Box 27 Folder 13
André Ravier's Saint Bruno - 1 typescript, circa 1967
Box 27 Folder 14
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 39 -
Desmond Seward's The Grandmontines - 1 typescript
initialed by Merton, circa 1965
Box 27 Folder 15
Martin Versfeld's "St. Augustine as Pyschotherapist" - 1
typescript, 1964-1966
Box 27 Folder 16
[Review of five books] published in Commonweal, 1964
December 4
Box 27 Folder 17
Series VII: Poetry, 1941-1967
"After Chuang Tzu" - 1 typescript with handwritten
corrections by Merton, before 1963 April
Box 27 Folder 18
Anthology of Irish Poetry - 1 typescript (3 copies), 1964
September
Box 27 Folder 19
"Cables to the Ace" - 1 typescript (incomplete), undated
Box 27 Folder 20
"Chant to Be Used in Processions Around a Site with
Furnaces" - 2 typescript with handwritten corrections,
printed Broadside, and published version in Spanish,
undated
Box 27 Folder 21
Early Poems (1940-1942), undated
Box 27 Folder 22
"Edifying Cables" - 1 typescript (3 copies), 1966
September
Box 27 Folder 23
"Edifying Cables or Familiar Liturgies of
Misunderstanding" - 1 typescript, 1967
Box 27 Folder 24
Edifying Cables and Other Poems - 1 typescript, 1967
Box 27 Folder 25
"An Elegy for Ernest Hemingway" - 1 typescript (2
copies- 1 with handwritten corrections by Merton), before
1961 September 22
Box 27 Folder 26
"Elegy for James Thurber" - 1 typescripts (2 copies) and 1
manuscript,, before 1962 July 13
Box 27 Folder 27
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 40 -
"The End and the Beginning" - 1 typescript with
handwritten corrections by Merton,, before 1966
Box 27 Folder 28
"Epitaph for a Public Servant" - 1 typescript (2 copies),
before 1966 September 26
Box 27 Folder 29
"First Lesson About Man" - 1 typescript (3 copies), before
1966 July 11
Box 27 Folder 30
"Glose on the Sin of Ixion" - 1 typescript, before 1963
April
Box 27 Folder 31
"The Legacy of Heraclitus" - 1 typescript, probably before
1958
Box 27 Folder 32
"Love Winter the Plant Says Nothing" - 1 typescript with
handwritten corrections by Merton, before 1960 June
Box 27 Folder 33
"Man the Master" - 1 typescript, before 1967
Box 27 Folder 34
"The Moslems' Angel of Death (Algeria 1961) - 1
typescript, before 1962 June
Box 27 Folder 35
"O Sweet Irrational Worship" - 1 typescript, before 1964
Box 27 Folder 36
"Picture of a Negro Child with a White Doll" - 1
manuscript, 1 typescript and 1 published copy, undated
and 1964 October
Box 27 Folder 37
"A Picture of Lee Ying" - 1 typescript, before 1963 April
Box 27 Folder 38
"Prayer for Peace" - 1 manuscript, 1 typescript with
handwritten corrections by Merton, 2 uncorrected
typescripts, before 1963
Box 27 Folder 39
"Prayer to Saint Anatole" - 1 typescript, before 1969
Box 27 Folder 40
"The Prospects of Nostradamus" - 2 typescripts, before
1966 July 11
Box 27 Folder 41
"Roman Nocturnes: Rafael Alberti" - 1 typescript, 1966
Box 27 Folder 42
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 41 -
"A Round and A Hope for Smithgirls" - 1 ditto typescript
(3 copies, 1 initialed by Thomas Merton), before 1967
April 20
Box 27 Folder 43
"Song for the Death of Averroës" - 1 manuscript and 1
typescript with handwritten corrections by Merton, before
1962 winter
Box 27 Folder 44
"The Truth" - 1 typescript, before 1964
Box 27 Folder 45
Twelve Poems of Fernando Pessoa - 1 typescript, 1965
February
Box 27 Folder 46
"Western Follow Students Salute Calypso Anthems The
Movie Career of Robert Lax" - 2 printed sheets, before
1966 September 26
Box 27 Folder 47
"What to Think When it Rains Blood" - 1 typescript,
before 1964
Box 27 Folder 48
"With the World in My Blood Stream" - 1 typescript (2
copies), 1966 April
Box 27 Folder 49
Periodical Cuttings: "Aubade" - "Evening", 1942-1958
Box 27 Folder 50
Periodical Cuttings: "Fall '66" - "From the Legend of St.
Clement", 1941-1966
Box 27 Folder 51
Periodical Cuttings: "If You Seek Heavenly Light" -
"Like Ilium", 1947-1962
Box 27 Folder 52
Periodical Cuttings: "A Meditation on Christ's Passion" -
"The Night Train", 1941-1966
Box 27 Folder 53
Periodical Cuttings: "The Ox Mountain Parable of Meng
Tzu" - "St. Jerome", 1948-1961
Box 27 Folder 54
Periodical Cuttings: "St. Malachy" - "The Sponge Full of
Vinegar", 1941-1967
Box 27 Folder 55
Periodical Cuttings: "Theory of Prayer" - "The Vine",
1941-1948
Box 27 Folder 56
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 42 -
Series VIII: Works about Merton, 1944-1986
Subseries A: Book Reviews of Publications Written by Merton, 1944-1982
Father Louis' [handwritten] Own Evaluation of His Books
(photocopy), before 1968
Box 28 Folder 1
Action and Contemplation in St. Bernard, 1955
Box 28 Folder 2
The Ascent to Truth, 1951
Box 28 Folder 3
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton, 1973
Box 28 Folder 4
Bread in the Wilderness, 1954
Box 28 Folder 5
The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton, 1978
Box 28 Folder 6
Contemplation in a World of Action, 1971
Box 28 Folder 7
The Courage for Truth, 1993
Box 28 Folder 8
Elected Silence, 1949
Box 28 Folder 9
Figures for an Apocalypse, 1948
Box 28 Folder 10
Gandhi on Non-Violence, 1966
Box 28 Folder 11
The Last of the Fathers, 1954
Box 28 Folder 12
The Living Bread, 1956
Box 28 Folder 13
A Man in a Divided Sea, 1946-1948
Box 28 Folder 14
Mystics and Zen Masters, 1967
Box 28 Folder 15
No Man is a Island, 1955
Box 28 Folder 16
Seeds of Contemplation, 1949
Box 28 Folder 17
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 43 -
Seven Storey Mountain, 1947-1951
Box 28 Folder 18
Seven Storey Mountain, 1949
Box 28 Folder 19
Seven Storey Mountain, 1950-1953
Box 28 Folder 20
The Sign of Jonas, 1953
Box 28 Folder 21
The Silent Life, 1957
Box 28 Folder 22
The Strange Islands, 1957
Box 28 Folder 23
The Tears of the Blind Lions, 1950
Box 28 Folder 24
Thirty Poems, 1944-1946
Box 28 Folder 25
Thomas Merton on Peace, undated
Box 28 Folder 26
The Waters of Siloe, 1949
Box 28 Folder 27
What Are These Wounds, 1950
Box 28 Folder 28
Woods, Shore, Desert, 1982
Box 28 Folder 29
Subseries B: Book Reviews of Publications about Merton, 1957-1984
The Man in the Sycamore Tree, 1970-1971
Box 28 Folder 30
Merton: A Biography, 1980-1981
Box 28 Folder 31
Merton: A Television Documentary, undated
Box 28 Folder 32
The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton, 1984
Box 28 Folder 33
Thomas Merton: A Bibliography, 1957
Box 28 Folder 34
Thomas Merton: Love and Living, 1979
Box 28 Folder 35
Thomas Merton: Prophet in the Belly of Paradox, 1979
Box 28 Folder 36
Thomas Merton: The Man and His Work, 1975
Box 28 Folder 37
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 44 -
Thomas Merton's Dark Path, 1981
Box 28 Folder 38
Words and Silence, 1979
Box 28 Folder 39
Reviews of Multiple Works about Thomas Merton,
1970-1981
Box 38 Folder 40
Subseries C: Homilies, Obituaries and Remembrances, 1968-1971
Newspaper and Magazine Obituaries, 1968
December-1969 March
Box 28 Folder 41
Beyond the Seven Storey Mountain by Fr. John T. Loftus
- 1 typescript (2 copies), 1968 December 11
Box 28 Folder 42
Homily at the Mass for Father M. Louis by Fr. M. Flavian
Burns, 1968 December 11
Box 28 Folder 43
Vespers, Funeral Mass and Burial Service - 1 program (2
copies), undated
Box 28 Folder 44
Homily for the Funeral Mass of Father Louis Merton by
Rev. Daniel C. Walsh - 1 typescript, 1968 December 17
Box 28 Folder 45
"New Charter for Monasticism" by John Moffitt - 1
published article, 1969 January 18
Box 28 Folder 46
"Last Mass in the Hermitage" by Bro. Patrick Hart - 1
typescript and 1 published article, 1969 October
Box 28 Folder 47
"Thomas Merton" (re. Pilgrimage to Asia) by Bro. Patrick
Hart - 1 published article, 1971 January
Box 28 Folder 48
Thomas Merton Memorial Card - 1 card (3 copies),
undated
Box 28 Folder 49
Subseries D: Articles about Merton, 1947-1986
Articles about Thomas Merton, 1947-1950
Box 28 Folder 50
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 45 -
Articles about Thomas Merton, 1953-1958
Box 28 Folder 50
Articles about Thomas Merton, 1963-1968
Box 28 Folder 50
"And a New World Be Born From These Green Tombs"
by Mary Stack McNiff - 1 typescript and 1 published
article, 1969 March 1
Box 28 Folder 51
Articles about Thomas Merton, 1969-1977
Box 28 Folder 52
"Rediscovering Thomas Merton" by Colman McCarthy -
1 published article, 1980 December
Box 28 Folder 53
Articles about Thomas Merton, 1984-1986, undated
Box 28 Folder 54
Series IX: Ephemera, 1946-1978
Prayer Cards, undated
Box 28 Folder 57
Gethsemani Abbey Monthly Calendars (4 items - 2 signed
by Patrick Hart), 1960-1975
Box 28 Folder 58
Dust Jackets from Thomas Merton Books (3 items),
1946-1948
Box 28 Folder 59
Publicity Items of Books by or about Merton (5 items),
1970-1978
Box 28 Folder 60
Forty-Three Signatures: An Exhibit of Drawings by
Thomas Merton Program, 1965 March
Box 28 Folder 61
Thomas Merton Christmas Notes (6 cards, 2 copies each),
undated
Box 29
Thomas Merton Card Collection (12 cards), undated
Box 30
Series X: Artwork by Merton, 1963-1964
Aztec, 1964 (18 x 25 cm.)
Box 31 Folder 1
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 46 -
Bird, 1963 (26 x 18 cm.)
Box 31 Folder 2
Moving Figure, undated (33 x 25 cm.)
Box 31 Folder 3
Tropics, 1963 (27 x 18 cm.)
Box 31 Folder 4
Untitled - woman's face on verso, 1963 (28 x 15 cm.)
Box 31 Folder 5
Untitled, 1964 (30 x 21 cm.)
Box 31 Folder 6
Untitled, undated (12 x 30 cm.)
Box 31 Folder 7
Untitled, undated (27 x 18 cm.)
Box 31 Folder 8
More Ancient Signals and untitled (2 photographic
reproductions), 1964 and undated
Box 31 Folder 9
Series XI: Photographs, 1939-1969
Merton - portrait from Columbia University Yearbook (4
copy prints), 1939
Box 32 Folder 1
Merton - portrait in Jestor Office from Columbia
University Yearbook (4 copy prints), 1939
Box 32 Folder 2
Merton with 4 men at St. Bonaventure College -
commencement day, 1941 June 8
Box 32 Folder 3
Detail of Merton from photograph of Merton with 4 men
at St. Bonaventure College - commencement day, 1941
June 8
Box 32 Folder 4
Merton with 2 men at St. Bonaventure College -
commencement day, 1941 June 8
Box 32 Folder 5
Merton waving from car at St. Bonaventure College -
commencement day, 1941 June 8
Box 32 Folder 6
Group image at altar during ordination ceremony, 1949
May 26
Box 32 Folder 7
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 47 -
Merton kneeling during ordination ceremony, 1949 May
26
Box 32 Folder 8
Merton holding the 200,000th copy of The Seven Storey
Mountain - Sepia toned image, 1949 May 26
Box 32 Folder 9
Merton holding the 200,000th copy of The Seven Storey
Mountain, 1949 May 26
Box 32 Folder 10
Merton, 1949 May 26
Box 32 Folder 11
Merton sitting with Seymour Freedgood, Dan Walsh and
Robert Lax, 1949 May 26
Box 32 Folder 12
Merton standing with Robert Lax, Dan Walsh and other
friends, 1949 May 26
Box 32 Folder 13
Merton- portrait, 1951
Box 32 Folder 14
Merton with Jacques Maritain in hermitage - photograph
by John Howard Griffin, 1966 October 7
Box 32 Folder 15
Merton giving Communion to Fr. Daniel Walsh and
Jacques Maritain hermitage - photograph by John Howard
Griffin, 1966 October 7
Box 32 Folder 16
Merton with Jacques Maritain and Elizabeth Manual
in forest - photograph by John Howard Griffin, 1966
October 7
Box 32 Folder 17
Merton with Fr. J. Stanley Murphy, John Howard Griffin,
Fr. Daniel Walsh and Jacques Maritain in hermitage -
photograph by John Howard Griffin, 1966 October 7
Box 32 Folder 18
Merton with Br. Patrick Hart - photograph by Fr. Philip
M. Stark, 1968 September 9
Box 32 Folder 19
Merton with the Dalai Lama - photograph by Tenzin
Geshe, 1968 November 4
Box 32 Folder 20
Merton Exhibit - St. John's Seminary (Brighton,
Massachusetts) no. 1, 1969
Box 32 Folder 21
Thomas Merton Collection MS.1986.063 - Page 48 -
Merton Exhibit - St. John's Seminary (Brighton,
Massachusetts) no. 2, 1969
Box 32 Folder 22
Merton Exhibit - St. John's Seminary (Brighton,
Massachusetts) no. 3, 1969
Box 32 Folder 23
Merton Exhibit - St. John's Seminary (Brighton,
Massachusetts) no. 4, 1969
Box 32 Folder 24
Merton standing with his arms crossed and holding a
crucifix, undated
Box 32 Folder 25
Merton - portrait, undated
Box 32 Folder 26
Image of a monk in standing in a doorway with the
inscription "Aux Sources Du Silence - (Thomas
Merton)" (2 copies), undated
Box 32 Folder 27
Our Lady Queen of Peace in New Harmony, Indiana - 1
postcard (2 copies), undated
Box 32 Folder 28
Copy Negative of Merton's portrait from Columbia
University Yearbook, 1939
Box 32 Folder 29
Copy Negative of Merton and Jestor editorial staff from
Columbia University, 1939
Box 32 Folder 30
Copy Negative of Photograph of Merton with 4 men at St.
Bonaventure College - commencement day, 1941 June 8
Box 32 Folder 31