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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 2010 (Creation)
Extent
44 pages
Name of creator
Biographical history
Patricia Burton has produced bibliographies of Thomas Merton and wrote The Book that Never Was: Thomas Merton’s Peace in the Post-Christian Era.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
An index to volumes 1 to 25 of The Merton Seasonal (covering the years 1976 to 2000).
System of arrangement
The index arranges articles alphabetically by author. In addition, personalities as the subject of an article are alphabetically listed in bold (i.e., the subject of Merton and Rilke is filed as "RILKE, RAINER MARIA"). In bold are some special subject categories in the alphabetical listing, thereunder with article author's name sorted alphabetically, which include: Merton's Family (with a name listing); Merton's Footsteps (Travels, Photos, Lore); Merton's Friends (with a listing of names of friends); Merton's Works Published in Seasonal (by title or type); Merton's Works, as Subject of Essays (by title). Also, in bold in the main alphabetical sequence are Reviews of Merton's Books (thereunder by title) and Reviews of Other Books (by title).