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First lines: "Forgive me, but whereas I know that Franciscans are addressed by their first names and some"...

First lines: "In a paper presented before a group of western psychoanalysts interested in comparative religion.."

The third page of fourteen pages of drawings in a set created for James Laughlin.

Call for presentation proposals for the 19th General Meeting on the International Thomas Merton Society to be held at Regis University in 2025.

From the introduction: "Merton Vade Mecum is designed to provide a quick-reference guide to Thomas Merton’s writing in the context of his life, in a format... useful for both researchers and general readers."

Image taken from full website: https://merton.org/research/Mountain/06.aspx [21 November 2024].

A list of visitors to Thomas Merton at Gethsemani Abbey sorted alphabetically by surname with the source, date, and other notes.

A list of visitors to Thomas Merton at Gethsemani Abbey sorted chronologically with the name, source, and other notes.

This Records Subgroup contains handwritten notes on books being read by Merton contained primarily in spiral notebooks or in bound paper books. Most notes are unpublished and many are in incomplete sentences or contain direct quotes from something read. Occasionally, Merton wrote a poem in the pages of the notebook. A minority of the notebooks have been transcribed, but all have an index, but not a comprehensive one.

An excerpt from a recording of an Easter Homily by Thomas Merton, transferred from reel-to-reel tape 187, track -2a-3.

Review (by: O'Connell, Patrick F.) in Merton Annual 18: 352-355. http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/18/OConnellRevMontaldo352-355.pdf

Review (by: Hulburt, Patricia) in Merton Seasonal 30:1 (Spring 2005): 23-24. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/30/30-1HulburtRevMontaldo.pdf

Review (by: Biddle, Arthur W.) in Merton Seasonal 14:4 (Fall 1989): 24-26. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/14/14-4BiddleRevMP.pdf

Completed for master's degree, Universite De Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 2001.

Completed for doctorate, University of Bristol, Bristol, England, 2020. https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/setting-theology-free

Completed for doctorate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2018. The item makes reference to Thomas Merton without being entirely about Merton. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/89814/3/Rossini_Giovanni_A_201806_PhD_thesis.pdf

Completed for master's degree, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2015. https://bib.pucminas.br/teses/CiencReligiao_SilvaRMR_1.pdf

Completed for doctorate, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY., 2017. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/110/

Completed for doctorate, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, 2021. https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/12392

Completed for master's degree, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, 1994.

Review in The Merton Seasonal 50.1 (Spring 2025): 41-42. https://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/50/50-1ThurstonRevPerry.pdf

Review [ANNUAL] by (O'Connell, Patrick F.) of Modern Mystics: An Introduction.. in The Merton Annual 37 (2024): 248-253. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/OConnellRevMcGinn248-253.pdf

First lines: "This was meant to arrive in time for your feast, but even if it took off instantly, by jet plane"... Contents index: [Feast of St. Louis].

The first page [no drawing, only typed title page, drawings on subsequent pages] of fourteen pages of drawings in a set created for James Laughlin.

An interview and discussion with Tommie O'Callaghan hosted by the Chicago Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society in 2009 with an introduction by Mike Brennan and interview panelists Rev. Marilyn Hendricks and Fr. Francis Cusack, C.P.

Patricia Burton indexed information about ITMS conferences between 1989 and 2015, including conference titles, plenary speakers and presentations, concurrent and special session speakers, session and panel titles. Further, classified presentations by subject and by title of Merton's work studied. From her division into themes, she created charts and graphs to illustrate the frequency of themes.

Review (by: Pearson, Paul M.) in Merton Journal [UK] 9.2 (Advent 2002): 43. http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/09/9-2PearsonRevMerton.pdf

Review (by: Cunningham, Lawrence S.) in Merton Annual 1: 343-347. http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/1/CunninghamRevAJTM343-347.pdf

Completed for master's degree, University of Glasgow, 2007. https://theses.gla.ac.uk/71922/1/10396058.pdf

Completed for doctorate, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, Canada, 2020. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/107429/3/KnightMessenger_Rachel_M_202011_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Completed for doctorate, Fordham University, New York, 2019. The item makes reference to Thomas Merton without being entirely about Merton. https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI22585222/

Completed for master's degree, Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2013. The item makes reference to Thomas Merton without being entirely about Merton.

Completed for master's degree, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 2020. https://openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/thesis/Poems_in_Interreligious_Dialogue_Searching_for_God_in_the_Poetry_of_Ku_Sang_and_Thomas_Merton/17148485

Completed for honors paper, Carroll College, Helena, MT., 1981. https://scholars.carroll.edu/handle/20.500.12647/7351

Completed for doctorate, Divinity School of Duke University, Durham, NC., 2019. https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/20218

Completed for master's degree, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA., 2019. https://digitalservices.scranton.edu/digital/collection/p15111coll1/id/1358/rec/175

Review (by: Tuoti, Frank X.) in Merton Seasonal 24:3 (Fall 1999): 32-34. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/24/24-3TuotiRevAprille.pdf

Review (by: Bell, Ian) in Merton Annual 29: 252-254. http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/29/BellRevArcement252-254.pdf

Review (by: Viviano, Pauline A.) in The Merton Seasonal 41.1 (Spring 2016): 26-27. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/41/41-1VivianoRevArcement.pdf

Review (by: Martin, Eric) in The Merton Annual 37 (2024): 224-226. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/MartinRevHoran224-226.pdf

Review (by: Pramuk, Christopher) in The Merton Annual 37 (2024): 226-231. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/PramukRevVinski226-231.pdf

Dame Marcella first contacted Merton through the encouragement of Jacques Maritain. Stanbrook Press published poems of Raïssa Maritain as well as some of Merton's works, including his translations of a prayer of Cassiodorus and a letter by Guigo the Carthusian.

First lines: "On December 20th, 1963, twenty-two former S.S. men who had played important parts in the "final.." Contents: 2 copies. «The Catholic Worker» 33: 4-5, 8..

A bibliographic work featuring secondary sources about Thomas Merton from 1945-2000, including: books and reviews, articles and essays, theses and dissertations, news stories and interviews, poetry, arts, and media.

A bibliographic work featuring secondary sources about Thomas Merton from 2000-2015 (a supplement to the 1945-2000 volume), including: books and reviews, articles and essays, theses and dissertations, news stories and interviews, poetry, arts, and media.

The program consists of a schedule; president's message; and a listing of plenary, current, and special sessions for the 18th General Meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society (ITMS).

Image taken from full website: https://merton.org/research/Mountain/03.aspx [21 November 2024].

In this clip from a longer recording, Rosemary Radford Ruether is interviewed by Paul Wilkes. It is an unused outtake from interviews for Merton, a Film Biography.

Merton's reflection on a section of Ernst Benz's book, "Evolution of Christian Hope."

Review (by: Cechony, Therese R.) in Merton Seasonal 27:4 (Winter 2002): 27-28. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/27/27-4CechonyRevAdvent.pdf

Completed for master's degree, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2015. https://surface.syr.edu/thesis/93/

Completed for honors paper, Carroll College, Helena, MT, 1959. https://scholars.carroll.edu/handle/20.500.12647/2696

Completed for doctorate, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, 2000. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/10492/1/NQ54054.pdf

Completed for doctorate, St Mary’s University, Twickenham and University of Surrey, Guildford, 2020. The item makes reference to Thomas Merton without being entirely about Merton. https://research.stmarys.ac.uk/id/eprint/4657/

Review (by: Pannett, Tony) in Merton Journal [UK] 14.1 (Easter 2007): 51-53. http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/14/14-1PannettRevApel.pdf

Review (by: Fogarty, Thomas) in Merton Seasonal 26:2 (Summer 2001): 35-36. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/26/26-2FogartyRevAprille.pdf

Review in The Merton Seasonal 50.1 (Spring 2025): 36-38. https://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/50/50-1WhalenRevMA37.pdf

Review [The Merton Annual] by (Braun, Connie T.) of Our Heart Are Restless: The Art of Spiritual Memoir in The Merton Annual 37 (2024): 254-256. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/BraunRevLischer254-256.pdf

Review (by: Savariyar, Dhinakaran) in The Journal of Social Encounters 8.2 (2024): 406. https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1311&context=social_encounters

Review (by: Dekar, Paul R.) in The Merton Annual 37 (2024): 236-239. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/DekarRevTurley236-239.pdf

First lines: "About the passage in the «New Man» to which you refer: I do not have a copy of the book at"... The letter discusses the meaning of the "sin and mental illness" in Merton's book «The New Man» (specifically, the third paragraph of Section 136). Merton explains that he is not suggesting that "actual sin usually leads to mental illness", but rather that all illness and death stem from the fallen human condition.

This collection contains original letters from Daniel Berrigan and copies of Merton's letters to Berrigan. They discussed the peace movement and the involvement of clergy of different faiths, the nuclear arms race, Cold War politics, Vietnam, the future of Latin America, racial inequities and Civil Rights, non-violence and the justification of violence against property, the role of religious orders in the peace movement, aggiornamento in religious life, and the question of obedience to religious superiors and the Church hierarchy. Merton and Berrigan both struggled with issues of censorship of their writings on peace and nuclear war. Later, Berrigan had conflicts with both religious and secular authorities because of his acts of civil disobedience.

Though he was not as often in contact with Merton as Daniel, Philip Berrigan influenced, and was influenced by, Merton. Philip Berrigan took an active posture of civil disobedience that did not rule out the use of violence toward property if that property were being used in service of immoral ends. Merton struggled with Philip's actions but spoke more with Daniel regarding these issues. Philip's correspondence file contains originals of his letters to Merton and copies of Merton's letters to him.

First lines: "Thanks so much for your letter and the magazines. I appreciate your comments on the Cables."... Contents index: sending «Cables to the Ace» shortly - enjoyed Bredenberg's criticism / Andrea Pfeiffenberger [Andy Pfeiffenberger] / «Monks Pond» delayed - "monks are going wild printing a lot of new liturgy texts so what do they care about poetry? (And what do I care about liturgy?)".

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

In this letter to an artist, Merton begins by commissioning a statue, but begins to explore the possibility of founding a new monastery near Quito. The English translation of the 1958/11/16 letter is a copy from the Gethsemani Abbey Archives and was enclosed in a letter sent from Dom James Fox to Abbot General Gabriel Sortais, see "Fox, James, Dom" file.

First lines: "I have been terribly remiss in not answering your fine letter and thanking you for all"...

First lines: ""Why do you call me 'Sir'?" said the prison chaplain, "why don't you call me Father?".." Contents: 4 copies of «The Catholic Worker», XXXIII, No. 3 (1966): 1, 4-5, 8..

The second page of fourteen pages of drawings in a set created for James Laughlin.

An interview and discussion with Tommie O'Callaghan hosted by the Chicago Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society in 2009 with an introduction by Mike Brennan and interview panelists Rev. Marilyn Hendricks and Fr. Francis Cusack, C.P.

An interview and discussion with Tommie O'Callaghan hosted by the Chicago Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society in 2009 with an introduction by Mike Brennan and interview panelists Rev. Marilyn Hendricks and Fr. Francis Cusack, C.P.

This digital file contains a list of primary and secondary sources relating to Merton and Racism and a list of the presenters and themes of the annual Thomas Merton Black History Month Lecture.

Digital file of the index.

Image taken from full website: https://merton.org/research/Mountain/

Visitors conducting research in the archives of the Thomas Merton Center must provide biographical and identifying information about themselves and their research and publication intents by completing Thomas Merton Center Form A.

Review (by: Brennan, Michael) in The Merton Seasonal 42.4 (Winter 2017): 36-37. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/42/42-4BrennanRevMerton.pdf

Review (by: Hart, Patrick, Br., O.C.S.O.) in Merton Seasonal 13:3 (Summer 1988): 18-20. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/13/13-3HartRevDaggy.pdf

Review (by: Lyons, Heather) in Merton Journal [UK] 12.2 (Advent 2005): 48-49. http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/12/12-2LyonsRevMerton.pdf

Completed for licenciate, Comillas Universidad Pontificia, Madrid, Spain, 2019. https://repositorio.comillas.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11531/37868/DEA001212.pdf

Completed for doctorate, Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky, 2018. https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=tdc

Completed for doctorate, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2001. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/10542

Completed for doctorate, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014. https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/27077/27077.PDF

Review (by: Pramuk, Christopher) in Merton Seasonal 32:1 (Spring 2007): 28-31. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/32/32-1PramukRevApel.pdf

Review (by: Pearson, Paul M.) in Merton Journal [UK] 7.1 (Easter 2000): 58-59. http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/07/7-1PearsonRevAprile.pdf

Review (by: Andujar, Jose F.) in The Merton Annual 37 (2024): 241-243. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/AndujarRevCannon241-243.pdf

Review [ANNUAL] by (Emma McDonald Kennedy.) of A Retreat with Thomas Merton: A Seven-Day Spiritual Journey in Merton Annual 37 (2024): 239-241. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/KennedyRevWaal239-241.pdf

Review [ANNUAL] by (Tarr, Kathleen) of The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation.. in The Merton Annual 37 (2024): 243-247. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/TarrRevFinley243-247.pdf

Review (by: Weis, Monica) in The Merton ANNUAL 37 (2024): 231-236. https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/37/WeisRevMeegan231-236.pdf

This subseries contains book reviews about the given Merton-related title. In a small number of cases, there are other materials such as manuscripts and proofs.

Review (by: Pearson, Anne) in The Merton Seasonal 49.1 (Spring 2024): 49-51. https://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/49/49-1PearsonRevVinski.pdf

Review in The Merton Seasonal 50.1 (Spring 2025): 39-40. https://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/50/50-1MontaldoRevVu.pdf