Thomas Merton Collection

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
03b Review: "Spiritual Journey." Item 1952-05-22
05d Review: "A 'New' Merton In Lively Diary." Item 1953-02-05
06a Review: "Noted Trappist Proves He Has Much To Offer All Faiths In 'Sign of Jonas'." Item 1953-02-08
06b Review: "Trappist Thomas Merton Recalls 6 Monastery Years." Item 1953-02-08
06c Review: "The World of Books." Item undated
10a Review: "American Monk Tells of Quest For Total Immersion Into God." Item 1953-02-08
15a Review: "Monk's Journal Tells Unique Life." Item 1953-02-15
16c Review: "Journal of Father Louis." Item undated
17a Review: "In the Belly of a Paradox." Item 1953-02-21
17b Review: "merton's Journal." Item 1953-02-22
19b Review: "What's What in Books." Item 1953-03-05
19c Review: "New 'Journal' Draws Praise." Item 1953-02-22
20a Review: "Fr. Louis Climbs Great Mountain." Item 1953-03-08
21a Review: "Day by Day Inside a Monastery." Item 1953-03-28
22d Review: "Reviews in Brief:." Item 1953-04-23
#2 1963-10-15, HLS to Merton, 'I have often been on the point of writing, but other things have always interfered. ' Item 1963 October 15
#8 1964-12-31, HLS to Merton, 'It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know' Item 1964 December 31
#9 1965-05-22 (#01), TALS[x] from Merton, 'Please believe that I am covered with the most utter confusion. I knew I owed you a' Item 1965 May 22
#11 1966-07-11, HLS to Merton, 'This letter is principally to say that I am going to be in the states next year from' Item 1966 July 11
#14 1967-01-14, TLS[x] from Merton, 'I hope this will meet you in New York and find you well and ready for action. ' Item 1967 January 14
#15 1967-01-27, HLS to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter. I have now heard from my friends in Louisville' Item 1967 January 27
#22 1967-08-29, HLS to Merton, 'This is just to ask one thing. I had planned to come to Gethsemani after Easter' Item 1967 August 29
#23 1967-09-15, TLS[x] from Merton, 'I have two letters of yours to answer, and the first one is the second. There is no' Item 1967 September 15
#24 1967-09-27, TALS to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter which was extremely encouraging from more points' Item 1967 September 27
#27 1968-02-05, HLS to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter and the article, which I have glanced through. ' Item 1968 February 5
#29 1968-03-21, HLS to Merton, 'Here is the first draft of the translation of Ana Griffiths' poems. It's the only' Item 1968 March 21
#30 1968-03-24, TLS[c] from Merton, 'The hermitage looks like this even today-- though we are supposed to be in 'spring'.' Item 1968 March 24
#39 1972-10-26, TLS to Center from Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, and Sr. Bridget, 'Thank you for your letter of August 7th about my correspondence with Thomas Merton. ' Item 1972 October 26
#44 undated (#02), other, 'The Reverend Arthur MacDonald Allchin (known as Donald to his' Item undated
#45 undated (#03), other, 'These pages include summary-notes of the Allchin letters with the dates of the' Item undated
#1 1967-11-18, other, 'When Seabury Press decided to do Camus' 'The Plague' for its Religious Dimensions in' Item 1967 November 18
#2 1968-02-09, TLS to Merton, 'I thought you'd like to know that everyone in New York now knows about your fields' Item 1968 February 9
028 "Alvares, Marcos Maria de, Fr., O.F.M." correspondence Record subgroup 1954
031 "Amps, Zachary, Br., O.C.S.O. (Br. M. Bernadine)" correspondence Record subgroup 1961-1968
#5 1967-04-11 (#02), TN to Merton, 'According to our record (of this year} we have not sent anything to the reverse side' Item 1967 April 11
#11 1968-02-07, TN from Merton, 'Could you please send to this library, free of charge, the following: New Seeds of' Item 1968 February 7
#13 undated-11-19, TN to Merton, 'Because I 'worked out' Saturday afternoon, I was unable to take care of your request' Item undated November 19
#6 1963-12-01, TL[c] from Merton, 'No, I am afraid that the murder of President Kennedy has left me inarticulate. If' Item 1963 December 1
#7 1964-09-26, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your note: I am relaying the information to Cardenal, Seminario de' Item 1964 September 26
#1 1963-05-28, TL[c] from Merton, 'Things do not seem to be too encouraging, in your life, do they? I am sorry to hear' Item 1963 May 28
#3 1965-03-06, TL[c] from Merton, 'Forgive me please for not answering sooner. You can doubtless guess that mail is' Item 1965 March 6
#5 1966-01-17, HLS to Merton, 'In July I sent you a letter which I suspect got lost, as the South American mail' Item 1966 January 17 (date approximate)
#7 1958-03-27, TALS[x] from Merton, 'Le agradezco mucho su carta del 18, y tengo mucho gusto en decirle antesde todo que' Item 1958 March 27
#9 1958-04-18, TALS[x] to Merton, 'Recibí hace algunos días sus estimables cartas del 27 y 31 de marzo las cuales no ha' Item 1958 April 18
#16 1958-11-12, HLS[x] from Merton, 'Circunstancia espacialísimas me han impedido escribí a usted dando' Item 1958 November 12
#18 1958-11-20 (#01), TL from Merton, 'I am grateful to you for your long and interesting letter, and for your thoughtful,' Item 1958 November 2
#19 1958-11-20 (#02), TALS[x] from Merton, 'I am grateful to you for your long and interesting letter, and for your thoughtful,' Item 1958 November 2
#21 1959-02-06, TALS[x] from Merton, 'Your wonderfully welcome letter and the pictures came on my birthday and I was very' Item 1959 February 6
#22 1959-02-16, TLS[x] from Merton, 'By now you should have received my reply to your letter, with the' Item 1959 February 16
#24 1959-03-06, TLS[x] from Merton, 'I was glad to get your letter and am replying immediately to say that we would like' Item 1959 March 6
#26 1959-04-19 (#01), TALS[x] from Merton, 'The statue finally arrived safely three days ago and is now installed in the' Item 1959 April 19
#27 1959-04-19 (#02), TLS[x] from Merton to Julio Endara, 'La estatua de la Santísima Virgen y el Niño por Jaime Andrade ha sido recibida e' Item 1959 April 19
#32 1964-08-21, TLS to Merton, 'Discúlpeme usted que de tarde en tarde le escriba unas letras. Mis actividades no' Item 1964 August 21
#35 undated, other[x], '1. [-] JAIME ANDRADE AND HIS SCULPTURE: 'THE VIRGIN AND THE CHILD' [-] Jaime' Item undated
#1 1958-01-07, other, 'PROJECT PROPOSAL / «Title»: THE ARTS OF THE SHAKERS / An exhibition of' Item 1958 January 7
#2 1960-11-29, HLS to Merton, 'Word has reached me that you are writing a book on the religion of the Shakers, to' Item 1960 November 29
#5 1961-01-17, TL[c] from Merton, 'This morning I received a good long letter from Shirley Burden in California and' Item 1961 January 17
#12 1962-08-06, HLS to Merton, 'Please do not think that because I have not written that I have not had you often in' Item 1962 August 6
#13 1962-09-20, TLS[x] from Merton, 'Probably my silence is the result of a more or less frantic effort to preserve some' Item 1962 September 2
#14 1962-12-13, HCS to Merton, 'The song you particularly liked, «Decisive Work», did not have, in my book, the' Item 1962 December 13
#16 1963-11-19, HLS to Merton, 'Though I have not written you of late, you have constantly been in my thoughts --' Item 1963 November 19
#21 1964-03-19, TLS to Merton, 'Your letters do us so much good. The one just received was a true Easter gift! ' Item 1964 March 19
#26 undated (#03), other, '«SHAKER STUDIES AT SMITH»[:] «EXHIBITION, LECTURE, SYMPOSIUM,' Item undated
#28 undated (#05), other, '«Mount Lebanon» Two hundred years ago, Anne Lee, a Quaker of Manchester,' Item undated
#30 Undated (#07), other, 2 envelopes with some notes from Merton on one Item undated
#2 1964-07-23, TALS[x] from Merton, 'Here is the copy of the preface that I promised you the other day. I hope you will' Item 1964 July 23
#3 1964-08-18, HLS to Merton, 'Your most comforting letter-- followed by the beautiful preface to our book--' Item 1964 August 18
#5 1964-12-07 (#01), TALS to Merton, 'Thank you for your letter of October 30. Dover Publications, who have put out three' Item 1964 December 7
#6 1964-12-07 (#02), other, 'Dr. Edward Deming Andrews, Ted to his classmates, was born in Pittsfield, Mass.' Item 1964 December 7
#13 1983-02-11, TLS from Center to Andrews, Faith, 'I was delighted to receive your letter of February 7, enclosing three of the missing' Item 1983 February 11
#16 1983-06-25, other to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'The Bookstore is pleased to invite you to a Booksigning Party for Faith' Item 1983 June 25
#17 1983-07-12, HLS to Center from Andrews, Faith, 'Your letter from Pleasant Hill was a beautiful one. Now I must tell you of the' Item 1983 July 12
#1 1958-03-14, TLS to Merton, 'The Abbot General has asked me to inform you and Father Paul of Holy Ghost Abbey' Item 1958 March 14
#2 1958-07-11, HLS to Fox, James, 'A hasty note to apologize for having caused something in the nature of a minor' Item 1958 July 11 (date approximate)
#1 1965-07-17, TL[c] from Merton, 'I wish I had time to write you a good long letter about the problems of religious to' Item 1965 July 17
#1 1963-11-11 (#01), TL[c] from Merton, 'Sorry I did not see you when you were here. I did not even know you were here, and' Item 1963 November 11
#1 1963-07-04, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thank you for your good letter, which came an awful long time ago. But I think you' Item 1963 July 4
E1n Manuscript Notes Subseries unpublished
E1n Manuscript Notes Subseries unpublished
D5 Bound Essay Subseries no publication year
b Collected Essays (Monastic Compilation, Topical Volumes) Series 1933-1968
Ruether_excerpt Rosemary Radford Ruether interviewed by Paul Wilkes, an unused outtake from interviews for Merton, a Film Biography Item circa 1983
1989-2015 ITMS-Conference-Report-1989-2015_2022rev Item 2015-2022 View
2023-Program 2023 ITMS Conference Program Item 2023 View
1976-2000 The Merton Seasonal Index: vol. 1 (1976) to vol. 25 (2000) Series 2010
Ltrs: RtoJ p. 142-43 Bhagavad Gita. Series 1938-08-11
Visitors-By-DATE-Vn-4 Visitors-By-DATE-Vn-4 Item 2014 View
09b Review: "'Waters of Siloe' A Lucid Story of Life in Monastaries." Item undated-09-14
09c Review: "Books and Things." Item 1949-09-16
10c Review Item 1949-09-17
11c Review: "A Life of Prayer and Work." Item 1949-09-18
12 Review: "The Life of the Trappist." Item 1949-09-18
14b Review: "Insight Given Into Life of Trappist Monk." Item 1949-09-20
15b Review: "Merton's Book on Facts Of Trappist Life Better Than His Current Hit." Item 1949-09-22
16d Review: "Book Club's October Choice." Item 1949-09-29
17b Review: "Merton gives reasonss for monastic life." Item 1949-10-01
18a Review: "Thomas Merton Reports Again on Search for Life's Realities." Item 1949-09-25
18d Review: "Silent Message." Item 1949-10-02
19d Review: "The Waters of Siloe." Item 1949-10-01
21b Review: "Merton's 'Siloe', His New Book Is History of Trappist Order." Item 1949-10-09