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First lines: "1. What do you think, as a poet and Trappist monk, of our technological world? What advances.."

First lines: "Like Bernanos and Camus Simone Weil is one of those brilliant and independent French thinkers who.." Contents: Note on title page "please return" by Merton. Transferred from Sub-Section D.5..

First lines: "Like Bernanos and Camus (to mention no more than two) Simone Weil is one of the clear.." Contents: Draft contains earlier subtitle: "Pacifism and prophecy in Simone Weil".

First lines: "Like Bernanos and Camus Simone Weil [sic] is one of those brilliant and independent French thinkers.." Contents: 5 copies..

First lines: "La spiritualité anglaise trouve sa source dans Saint Augustin et Saint Benoit, et c'est à cette.."

First lines: "Le grand siècle de la théologie et de la "dévotion" anglicaines est le dix septième,.."

First lines: "THE ANGEL: Now hear the light of the sun upon your window and fall back from your sin of ice,.." Contents: Pages labelled "JW 7" and "JW 6.".

First lines: "[holograph insert] The much advertised "Death of God" -.." Contents: Labeled "Advent 1965" / copied from Syracuse University..

First lines: "Die Engel sind unsere Brüder und Dienstgefährten in einer welt von Freiheit und Gnade..."

First lines: "The Angels are our brothers and fellow servants in a world of freedom and of grace..." Contents: Labeled "Advent 1965".

First lines: "The Angels are our brothers and fellow servants in a world of freedom and of grace..." Contents: Labeled "Advent 1965".

First lines: "Preamble: on God's grace and our own work. Vocation. Twofold call: to contempl. life / to renew.."

First lines: "Preliminaries: 1. One must learn how to meditate. There are «was» of meditation..." Contents: 3 copies..

First lines: "Eric Gill, that free and outspoken prophet of sacred art in the twentieth century, gave a very sound.."

First lines: "The certainty of Christian hope lies beyond passion and beyond knowledge. Therefore we must.." Contents: 3 copies..

First lines: "The certainty of Christian hope is beyond passion and beyond knowledge. Therefore we must always.." Contents: Missing page 5.

First lines: "ADVENT "Art thou he who is to come or look we for another?" These are the words of John.." Contents: 3 copies..

First lines: "Dessa ord äro Johannes Döparens före hans död I Herodes fängelse, riktade till Kristus, herre över.."

First lines: "Yesterday Sister Luke and I were talking about the religious life, its problems, etc., and I thought.."

First lines: "1. It would seem to me that the adaptation required today is twofold. Far from being a simple.."

First lines: "1. It would seem to be that the adaptation required today is twofold. Far from being a simple.." Contents: 2 copies. Labeled "Strictly Confidential.".

First lines: "There is one exception to St Bernard's rule that every perfect soul combines in itself the vocation.." Contents: Not one of the three original articles from Collectanea, it was added as the final chapter of the book-length text of "Action and Contemplation" (pp. 79-88 in «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard» and pp. 127-145 in «Marthe, Marie et Lazare»)..

First lines: "A curious error of the monk Joachim of Flora, condemned by Alexander IV in 1255, bears.." Contents: The third of three articles published Collectanea (pp. 59-78 in «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard» and pp. 85-111 in «Marthe, Marie et Lazare»). The last part of this essay is divided into a new chapter in the French, "Chapitre IV. L'union de l'Action et de la Contemplation" (the division begins on p. 72 of the «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard», after note 148, and continues to the end of the essay (French edition pp. 113-126)..

First lines: "We have seen (17) that the monastic community, in all its integral perfection, is made up of men who.." Contents: The second of three articles published Collectanea (pp. 45-58 in «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard» and pp. 57-84 in «Marthe, Marie et Lazare»)..

First lines: "In his ninth sermon on the Canticle of Canticles, St. Bernard describes the apostolic fruitfulness.." Contents: The first of three articles published Collectanea. The manuscript is untitled. It appears in English as "Action in the Monastic Life" (pp. 38-44 in «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard» and pp. 43-57 in «Marthe, Marie et Lazare»)..

First lines: "Before we approach the subject of this book, which is St Bernard's doctine on the Active and.." Contents: Not one of the three original articles from Collectanea, it was added as the first chapter of the book-length text (pp. 22-37 in «Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard» and pp. 17-42 in «Marthe, Marie et Lazare»)..

First lines: "I - Action and Contemplation. Before we approach the subject of this book, which is St Bernard's.." Contents: Copied from Sub-Section D.5. Contains five sections..

First lines: "The community is divided into three classes- the «officiales fratres» (Cellarers etc) engaged.."

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.

Completed for senior thesis, Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky, 2022.

Completed for master's degree, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1976.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

Completed for bachelor's degree, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 2005.

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.

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.

Completed for master's degree, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, 2004.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Completed for bachelor's degree, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1997.

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Completed for doctorate, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz, West Germany, 1986.

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Completed for master's degree, University of Vermont, Vermont, 1950.

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Completed for master's degree, North Carolina State University, Raliegh, North Carolina, 1993.

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Completed for master's degree, California State University, Dominguez Hills, California, 2004.

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Completed for master's degree, Université Paul Verlaine, Metz, France, 2009.

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This records series contains drawings by Merton given to James Laughlin (some at Harvard University).

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Completed for master's degree, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, Canada, 1971.

Completed for doctorate, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2003.

Completed for doctorate, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 1983. The item makes reference to Thomas Merton without being entirely about Merton.

Completed for master's degree, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1982.

Completed for master's degree, Universitetet i Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, 2011.

Completed for master's degree, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, 1999.

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Completed for master's degree, Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland, 2001.

Completed for master's degree, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, 2017.

Completed for master's degree, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2012.

Completed for doctorate, Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, California, 1990.

Completed for doctorate, Duquesne University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 2004. The item makes reference to Thomas Merton without being entirely about Merton.

Quotation: "I have read Portrait of the Artist which is certainly a remarkable fine book, and the best thing I have read in a long time, only not so fine as Ulysses of course, but that is all written in words of fire."

Quotation: "I have read Portrait of the Artist which is certainly a remarkable fine book, and the best thing I have read in a long time, only not so fine as Ulysses of course, but that is all written in words of fire."

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.

Completed for master's degree, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2016.

Completed for doctorate, Fordham University, New York, 1974.

This Sub-Section includes Merton's handwritten personal diaries and journals, as well as his reading notebooks or working notebooks. His journals have been published in their entirety. Small sections of the notebooks have been quoted in various works, but the notebooks have not on the whole been published. The notebooks range in date from 1946-1968.

Completed for master's degree, University of Malta, Malta, 2019.

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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.

Completed for doctorate, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1998.

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.