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This Records Subgroup contains files of John Howard Yoder in relation to classes he taught on Thomas Merton, his connection with the peace conference at Gethsemani in 1964 which Yoder attended, and a proposed essay on the 1964 conference. Conference at Gethsemani Abbey in 1964 was entitled, "The Spiritual Roots of Protest." The date range of the materials is from at least 1964 to 1994.

These were books received from William Habich, some of which were signed by Merton, that were later integrated into the Center's holdings, see Record Group 3, Subgroup i, Series (by title), and Subseries B.1 and B.6 (the latter are the signed editions).

Lists of visitors to Gethsemani Abbey hosted by Thomas Merton. One list is sorted by name and one list is sorted by date.

This records subgroup includes video recordings about Merton, quoting or mentioning Merton, about Gethsemani Abbey, and concerning other topics related to Merton. Most are VHS tapes or DVD disks, but there is a small number of broadcast videotape media. For more on the PBS documentary, see Sub-Section H.4. Some of the published works in this section are cataloged in Bellarmine University's library catalog. A growing number of video recordings are digital videos hosted on YouTube or hosted as a video file in the Omeka digital collections.

This records subgroup includes material from the PBS documentary Merton: A Film Biography. It consists of the full set of movie reels created in the filming of the documentary. As with many such projects, a very small amount gets included in the finished film. There are extended outtakes of film footage from the documentary, but none are currently accessible in a useable format. However, audio of the full interviews and transcripts of the interviews are currently accessible. The materials were deposited by Audrey L. Glynn and Paul Wilkes.

This virtual Records Subgroup describes digital exhibits, links to online sites, and documents physical space exhibits.

This Records Subgroup contained working notes and pieces of correspondence compiled by William H. Shannon in the publication of some of Merton's correspondence. The correspondence contained mostly duplicates of pieces from the Merton Center's collection (Record Group 1); however, some are copies obtained from other collections or from those who were in correspondence with Merton.

This Records Subgroup contains one handwritten manuscript by Serge Bolshakoff, "Introduction to Wales." Bolshakoff was a close friend of Archimandrite Nicholas Gibbes and left the manuscript with him. It was passed down in the family. Charles Gibbes Paveliev donated in the manuscript in 2021. In the Merton correspondence file under Bolshakoff, there is a bibliography of Bolshakoff’s work, published and unpublished, but it does not include this work. See also correspondence for Bolshakoff.

This records subgroup contains scripts for theatrical productions about the life and work of Thomas Merton.

This records subgroup contains musical scores for works that set Thomas Merton’s poetry or prose to music or works inspired by the life and writings of Merton.

This virtual collection is a list of all recorded references by Merton to a book he was reading which were recorded in the seven volumes of his personal journals, the original five volumes of his correspondence, and a growing list of other books by Merton with an emphasis on Merton's published correspondence.

This database was compiled by Willy Eurlings, chairman of the Mertonvrienden, the Dutch-speaking Merton Society from Flanders and the Netherlands, with technical help by Fieke Julius. The Merton Center is grateful for his permission to post this for use by researchers.

This Records Sub-Group includes poems in manuscript and published forms. Published copies include either original publications wherein Merton's published poems appeared or photocopies from such publications. For most users, the easiest way to find published poems is to look in the book of Merton's Collected Poems, which includes all published poems except those found in Eighteen Poems, which were published posthumously.

This records subgroup contains over 1,350 photographs and taken by Thomas Merton. Most are black and white. Most negatives were in 35mm format, but other sizes are also used (square, medium format, etc.).

Most of the photographs not by Thomas Merton are either of Merton or of people associated with Merton or Merton studies.

This Records Sub-Group originally included periodicals used by Merton. It was expanded to include extra copies of periodicals sent to Merton with his published articles sorted by journal title (copies of the article are first kept with Records Sub-Group 4i [D.1] by article title). Periodicals containing articles about Merton through the present have been integrated into Records Sub-Group 4i [D.1].

This Records Subgroup includes papers related to a book edited by Patrick Samway, S.J., «The Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton». Samway made copies of a substantial number of letters from other collections between Giroux and Merton, Naomi Burton Stone, Dom James Fox, James Laughlin, T.F. Burns, and many others related to the publication of Merton's books. Source collections include the archives of Harcourt Publishers in Orlando, the New York Public Library, and Loyola University New Orleans. The papers also include manuscripts and proofs of Samway's book, original essays by Giroux about Merton (some are temporarily restricted until they can be published), sales figures for some of Merton's books, and background research and published materials on Giroux and on Merton.

This records subgroup includes paintings, correspondence, etc. related to the Thomas Merton's father, Owen Merton, and the Merton family.

This Records Subgroup contains mimeographs, small pamphlets, or other small works (published and unpublished) that have been inscribed or signed by Merton. Some items were transferred from Records Subgroup 4i (D.2) to differentiate them from other unsigned mimeographs.

The older newspaper clippings (through roughly early 2000s) about Thomas Merton are stored in boxes in the archive. Newer clippings are either on display in oversize flip files or filed in Records Sub-Group 4iv (D.4a) under the author of the piece.

This records subgroup includes papers collected by Lou Torok of his correspondence and friendship with Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C.). While serving a prison sentence in Kentucky the last decade of his life, Lou Torok petitioned a number of United States governors to proclaim October 7 (some chose another day) as Love Day. October 7 was the anniversary of the day Mother Teresa received permission to establish the congregation that would later be known as the Missionaries of Charity. The Missionaries of Charity observe October 7 as a special day of prayer for those who were hungry, suffering, or abandoned. The collection contains mostly original copies of the gubernatorial proclamations of Love Day in the mid-1990's from various states. There are also writings by and about Lou Torok and information about Mother Teresa receiving the Bellarmine Medal from Bellarmine College (now Bellarmine University).

This records subgroup includes materials related to the filming of a documentary on the life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta (now canonized Saint Teresa of Calcutta), a delegation from Bellarmine College that traveled to India for its filming and to present the Bellarmine Medal, the subsequent trip of Mother Teresa to the campus of Bellarmine as a speaker, and Mother Teresa's beatification in 2003. The documentary "Work of Love" was filmed, recorded, and produced in 1981 by Michael Nabicht and Bob Sullivan, alumni of Bellarmine. The Bellarmine Medal was awarded to Mother Teresa on December 7, 1981 in India by then-President of Bellarmine, Dr. Eugene V. Petrik. Mother Teresa came to speak at Bellarmine in June of 1982. Mother Teresa wrote in 1990 to congratulate Dr. Petrik on his retirement as President of Bellarmine. She wrote again in 1991 while Dr. Petrik was ill.

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The contents of the volume include a Thomas Merton timeline (Journal Entries in full; Published Letters; Publications; and Life, Historical Events and Visits) and a publications list with titles of Merton’s books, essays, poetry.

This Records Subgroup includes Merton Legacy Trust material and correspondence. The Trust is Merton's artistic estate and was established by him a year before his death in 1967. In doing so, he named Bellarmine as the official repository for his works. The Trust handles copyright permissions for non-published works, sets restrictions on access to materials, and negotiates usage rights with publishers.

This virtual records sub-group consists of forms and documents that the Merton Center makes available to online researchers.

This records subgroup is comprised of Merton-related artifacts that do not fit into other categories of print works, art works, audio-visual materials, or other intellectual property materials. Such items are Merton's cowl, a typewriter from the monastery, etc.

This Records Subgroup includes theses and dissertations written about Merton or with substantial reference to Merton. The Merton Center has a copy of almost all such theses and dissertations that are known to exist.

This Records Subgroup includes papers collected by Marie Charron, a typist for Thomas Merton from 1967-1968. The donation included mimeographs and carbons of Merton's articles, book reviews and poetry; correspondence between Merton and Charron, and between Tommie O'Callaghan regarding the Merton Legacy Trust (after Merton's death); newspaper clippings regarding Merton, the Merton Center, and Merton biographer John Howard Griffin; and various brochures and event bulletins regarding programs regarding Merton and the Merton Center. The date range of the materials is from 1967 to 1977. Items in accession one were donated by David Charron, March 2008. Items in accession two were donated by David Charron, February 2022. Box list of donated items from accession one filed with the last folder of that accession.

This Records Subgroup includes materials related to the Catholic Worker Movement and prominent figures in the movement, including co-founder Dorothy Day and artists for the newspaper, such as Ade Bethune and Fritz Eichenberg. Joseph Zarrella met Dorothy Day in New York and joined the Catholic Worker movement in its early days. Zarrella married Mary Alice Lautner and moved to her home town of Tell City, Indiana, where he established a Catholic Worker House of Hospitality. Dorothy Day visited the Zarrella family after Joseph moved to Indiana.

John E. Raub was a priest from 1962-1972. He became a Trappist monk (in religious life, Fr. Jacob) of the Abbey of Gethsemani for twenty-eight years from 1972-2000. After being dispensed from the priesthood, he married Ann B. Hunter in June 2001. He was he author of two books: the first, as a Trappist writing under John Jacob Raub in 1992, «Who Told You that You Were Naked: Freedom from Judgment, Guilt and Fear of Punishment»; and the second as John Edgar Raub in 2014, «Francis Repair My Church: Pope Francis Revives Vatican II». Both books are available in the Merton Center Archives with inscriptions by Raub. Materials in this Records Subgroup include essays by Raub, correspondence, reviews of Raub's books, and miscellaneous print memorabilia. Rob Labadie donated the materials in 2019.

This Records Subgroup contains files related to the Merton Legacy Trust kept by James Laughlin, one of the original trustees of his literary estate.

The Merton Seasonal: A Quarterly Review is a joint publication of the International Thomas Merton Society and the Thomas Merton Center. This publication includes articles, poetry and original artwork directly related to the life, work, and influence of Thomas Merton. Included at the end of each issue is a running bibliography of recent works by or about Merton. The Merton Center is the official repository for this journal as well as The Merton Annual. The Center also has copies of Contactblad Mertonvrienden and The Merton Journal, the latter a publication of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

This records subgroup contains various indexes to The Merton Seasonal.

This virtual collection contains Patricia A. Burton's conference analysis from the First General Meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society (ITMS) in 1989 through the Fourteenth Conference in 2015 and will be expanded to gather presentation titles and information from ongoing conferences.

This records subgroup contains materials created for and about Merton-related conferences, mainly for the International Thomas Merton Society (ITMS). Included are conference brochures, speeches, presentation materials, etc.

The bulk of this Sub-Section includes news clippings or copies of full periodicals and journals containing essays, reviews, and poetry by or about Thomas Merton which were kept in a file by Fr. Irenaeus Herscher, O.F.M. (1902-1981), head librarian of Friedsam Memorial Library at St. Bonaventure University in New York, which houses the primary collection of papers by Herscher and one letter between Merton and Herscher.

This records subgroup contains Thomas Merton's correspondence with Barbara Marx Hubbard.

This Records Subgroup includes Merton's handwritten personal diaries and journals.

This records subgroup contains Thomas Merton's correspondence with Rabbi Abraham Heschel.

This collection contains working files and some correspondence related to books edited or written on Thomas Merton by Br. Patrick Hart, O.S.C.O., secretary for Thomas Merton in 1968. He was the general editor for the seven volumes of Merton's journals. Some full issues of periodicals were removed from Accession 1 (reference copied in original order in file) and transferred to Record Group 4.v (Sub-Section D.7). Accession 2 (received May 2016 from Br. Patrick's former office) contained some original correspondence from or to Thomas Merton which was collected in the course of editing «The School of Charity», a small number of photographic prints, and a number of photocopies of letters and manuscripts not previously housed in the Merton Center Collection. In cases where there were original Merton correspondence or photographs, a copy was made and placed in the original order of this collection, but the original letter or photograph was transferred to Record Groups 1 (Section A) and 5.ii (Section F) respectively.

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This records subgroup contains materials from the Estate of John Howard Griffin related to his unfinished biography of Merton. It was a gift of Elizabeth Griffin-Bonazzi (John Howard Griffin's widow) and Robert Bonazzi.

This record subgroup includes artwork created by Merton. The Merton Center holds over nine hundred of Merton's drawings. Most of his drawings and calligraphies are in black ink on paper (the quality of the paper varies from art media to scraps of notebook paper). Early items in this collection tend to be more concrete images of religious motifs, such as Christ or the Virgin Mary. His later art becomes increasingly abstract, some of which Merton refers to as "graffiti."

This Records Subgroup contains the papers of Betty Delius related to the foundation, organization, administration and programming of a Merton collection and Merton Center at the college. The date range of the materials is circa 1960 to 1980. The papers include correspondence (much are copies of letters between members of the Merton Legacy Trust and others involved in the foundation of the Merton Center); architectural specifications, plans and photographs of the Thomas Merton Room at the Bellarmine Library; forms and contracts; finding aids for the early collection; bibliographies; committee minutes; an address list of Merton correspondents; and working files. There is one original piece signed by Merton: "Concerning the Collection in Bellarmine College Library", which was read at the opening ceremony for the Merton Room in 1963. Books, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and early Merton Center brochures and programs from Delius' papers have been interfiled with other parts of the collection. The files detail the arrangements made to obtain a small collection of Merton's papers at Bellarmine, the renovation of space in the library for a Merton Room, the designation of Bellarmine as official repository of Merton's papers, the collection and arrangement of the books and manuscripts, foundation of the Thomas Merton Studies Center, staffing of the Merton Center, rules governing ownership and use of the collection, accession lists, and programming for Merton related events at the college that were hosted by the Merton Center. Ms. Delius donated the papers to the Merton Center in July of 2005.

This Records Subgroup includes manuscripts and working files for David Cooper's books about Thomas Merton, including «Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters», «Thomas Merton's Art of Denial: The Evolution of a Radical Humanist», and a proposed book of Merton's correspondence.

This Records Subgroup contains the papers of Fr. Daniel Clark Walsh (1907-1975). Fr. Dan Walsh was a life-long educator and one of the most influential professors on Merton's life. After earning a doctorate at University of Toronto alongside Étienne Gilson, Walsh became professor at Manhattanville College in New York from 1934-1960. In addition, he was a visiting professor of philosophy at Columbia from 1936-1955, afterward serving as an adjunct professor at Columbia. In 1939, Merton had Walsh for a course on St. Thomas Aquinas. At the bar of the Biltmore Hotel in New York in 1939, Merton told Walsh of his interest in religious life. After mentioning difference orders, including that he was impressed by the Trappists at Gethsemani Abbey, Walsh recommended the Franciscans. Merton would later be rejected by the Franciscans, but remember Walsh's praise of the Trappists. Later, Walsh would join Merton at Gethsemani Abbey in 1960 as a advisor and new professor for the abbey's philosophy program. He soon became a visiting professor at Bellarmine College in Louisville. Archbishop John Floersh offered to ordain the sixty-year-old Walsh a priest in 1967. A surprised but delighted Walsh was ordained at St. Thomas Seminary, a ceremony attended by Merton. Walsh died in 1975 and is buried near the monastic enclosure at Gethsemani Abbey. (Source: The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, pp. 515-516.)

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This Sub-Section includes different bound collections of Merton's essays. The first (4iia) is a 15 volume collection of photocopies and typescripts of published essay and articles by Merton, arranged chronologically, and compiled and bound by Rev. Thomas J. Nelson, C.M. The second (4iib) is a 24 volume set of bound copies of some of Merton's essays, grouped by subject, and compiled at the Abbey of Gethsemani.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Byrne, Michael, Fr.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Byrne, Grace M.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Byrd, Bobby".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Byles, Marie Beuzeville".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Butterfield, Victor Lloyd".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Butorovich, Suzanne".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bussard, Paul, Fr.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bush, Cynthia".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Busby, C. R.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burtt, Edwin Arthur, Dr.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burns, Thomas Ferrier".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burns, Flavian, Dom, O.C.S.O.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burns, Ethel M.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burns, Dan (Br. Ralph)".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burke, Jerome, Dom, O.C.S.O.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burke, Herbert Caryl".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burke, Christopher".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burhans, Mrs.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Burdick, Jeanne".

These letters, mostly originals from Burden to Merton, primarily concern the publication of Burden's books of photographs of Gethsemani, entitled «God Is My Life» (‹http://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638&queryString=ti:God+Is+My+Life›). However, they also discuss the Shakers, and Burden may have helped Merton come into contact with Edward Deming Andrews. Merton sends Burden photographs of his drawings in hopes of having them displayed in Santa Barbara with proceeds going to a Negro scholarship and a scholarship at Bellarmine College in Louisville.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bunge, Gabriel, Br., O.S.B.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bull, Jacqueline".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bùi-bàng-Hiên, R., Fr.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Buckley, Arthur R.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bucher, Vitus, Fr., O.S.B.".

There are no letters to or from Merton in this file, but a mention of Merton in a letter from the Dalai Lama to James George.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brzatynska, Genovefa".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bryan, Gerard, Fr., O.C.S.O.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bryan, A.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bruteau, Beatrice".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bruce, Frank Milton".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Browne, Jane".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brown, Russ".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brown, Raphael".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brown, John Pairman (Jock)".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brown, John B.".

This file contains a letters to and from Merton, and a letter sent to Bishop Thomas J. Drury of San Angelo, Texas. They concern the establishment of retreat center for priest around San Angelo and with the help of Fr. Bernard Sylvanus de Aguira, O.C.S.O. They also proposed that Merton be the leader of this group of priest living a contemplative and eremitical life temporarily and while on retreat. Merton responds that he is interested in helping struggling priest and likes the retreat idea, but states that he would not be allowed to leave Gethsemani for such an endeavor. He also thinks the idea of trying to make it true contemplative life is too ambitious and confuses the end results. He suggests focusing on retreats for priests.

This file includes one carbon copy of a letter from Merton on the nature of him being a "successful man".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brock, Terry F.".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Britton, Richard".

Merton and Brilliant discuss the publishing of some of Merton's work at Unicorn Press, a small literary magazine press. The two men also discuss other writers and poets, the peace movement, the Vietnam War, and Brilliant's friend James Hartz from Louisville, who was in opposition to the war. Included are original letters from Brilliant and a carbon copy of a letter from Merton.

Poet Keith Wilson (see "Wilson, Keith" file) had asked Brigham to send some poetry to Merton for publication in «Monks Pond». Merton decides to include her poems in the last three of his total four «Monks Pond» issues. Included are original letters to and from Merton concerning Merton's thoughts on Brigham's poems and details about their publication in «Monks Pond».

Sr. Bridget is asking whether Merton can attend a meeting with Sybil Harton. At that meeting they discussed problems in determining who has a vocation, active versus contemplative leanings in the order, and an "identity crisis" that exists in many orders.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brett, Dick".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brenson, Theodore".

Merton and Mother Benedicta Brennan discuss a meeting to discuss a reform of women's religious orders, including the founding of "Prayer Houses" among more active orders, the future of contemplatives, and contemplatives involved in action. Proposals are discussed for a meeting in Monroe, Michigan with the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and in California with the Trappist nuns of Redwoods Monastery.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Breitenbeck, Joseph Matthew, Bishop".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bredenberg, Nancy Fly".

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brazzel, Elizabeth Ann, O.S.B. (and her English IV Students)".