Thomas Merton Collection

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
#25 1955-07-24 (#02), other Ahern to Merton, '1. The new translation must read smoothly and yet follow the text closely. It must' Item 1955 July 24
#26 1955-09-05, TALS Ahern to Merton, 'It was very good to hear from you, and to know that you will carry on with the' Item 1955 September 5
#01 1960-03-11, TALS Akers to Merton, 'We are traveling around this part of the country, these days. Bob is making' Item 1960 March 11
#08 1964-11-21, TL[c] Akers from Merton, 'It has been good to hear from you and to see the postcards with which you share your' Item 1964 November 21
#10 1965-01-29, TALS Akers to Merton, 'Due to the introduction of friends we had a very memorable visit which I wanted to' Item 1965 January 29
#12 1970-10-05, TALS Akers from Center to Akers, Sibylle, 'We are writing to you regarding your correspondence with the late Thomas Merton. ' Item 1970 October 5
#01 1960-11-18 (#01), TLS Alexeieff to Merton, 'Tout ce qui touche B.Pasternak me touche et intéresse Ainsi, sans en faire un' Item 1960 November 18
021 "Alice, M., Sr., O.S.B." correspondence Record subgroup 1967, 1970
#02 1967-10-16 (#01), TLS Alice from Merton, 'I am in the middle of the semi-hopeless task of trying to get through the piled up' Item 1967 October 16
#06 undated, HN Alice, 'Sister Alice thought this might be' Item undated
#01 1963-07-04, TLS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'It was a pleasure to receive your letter. Certainly you will be very welcome at the' Item 1963 July 4
#03 1963-10-21, HLS Allchin from Merton, 'Thanks for your letter. I find the proposal to do an introduction on Isaac for' Item 1963 October 21
#06 1964-01-04, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'Please forgive me for not writing before. I have meant to, over and over again, but' Item 1964 January 4
#08 1964-12-31, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know' Item 1964 December 31
#09 1965-05-22 (#01), TALS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'Please believe that I am covered with the most utter confusion. I knew I owed you a' Item 1965 May 22
#10 1965-05-22 (#02), TL[c] Allchin from Merton, 'Please believe that I am covered with the most utter confusion. I knew I owed you a' Item 1965 May 22
#15 1967-01-27, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter. I have now heard from my friends in Louisville' Item 1967 January 27
#17 1967-04-04, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I was taught at home (and also at […] perhaps?) that one ought always to write Thank' Item 1967 April 4
#18 1967-06-16 (#01), TLS[x] Allchin from Merton, 'So many things to thank your for. It seems a long time since your visit, when the' Item 1967 June 16
#24 1967-09-27, TALS Allchin to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter which was extremely encouraging from more points' Item 1967 September 27
#31 1968-03-26, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter. We shall aim to be at the monastery by about' Item 1968 March 26
#32 1968-04-17, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I have been meaning to write for a long time to say, How good that was. I did enjoy' Item 1968 April 17
#37 1971-02-16, HLS Allchin to Center from Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, 'I must apologize for never replying before this to your letter about the letters of' Item 1971 February 16
#45 undated (#03), other Allchin, 'These pages include summary-notes of the Allchin letters with the dates of the' Item undated
#01 1967-12-25, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'I am moved to write to you because of yr. article in Peace News of De. 22nd. The' Item 1967 December 25
#01 1967-06-26, TL Allen to Merton, 'At the time you passed through the gate of the Trappist monastery, and turned your' Item 1967 June 26
#01 1954-11-11, HLS Alvares to Merton, 'Magna cum laetitia et gratitudine,' Item 1954 November 11
#01 1967-07-02, TLS Alves de Araújo to Merton, 'Paz e Bem! Acabo de terminar a leitura de "Sementes de Destruição", versão' Item 1967 July 2
030 "Amici de Jesus, Marie, Sr., O.C.D." correspondence Record subgroup 1954
#04 1967-04-11 (#01), TN Amps from Merton, 'I intended to send the above some books but probably never put in the list. If you' Item 1967 April 11
#08 1967-07-19, TN Amps from Merton, 'Will you please send a copy of Seeds of Destruction AIRMAIL (paperback ok) to Miss' Item 1967 July 19
#12 undated-09-13, TN Amps to Merton, 'Father Dan asked me to tell you the news of Mrs. Tommy O'Callahan [sic] having a' Item undated September 13
#04 1959-07-23, TALS Anastácio to Merton, 'De B.H., onde estou com as nossas Monjas, e ficarei até, provàvelmente, o fim do' Item 1959 July 23
033 "Anderson, James Bruce" correspondence Record subgroup 1963-1964
#07 1964-09-26, TL[c] Anderson from Merton, 'Thanks for your note: I am relaying the information to Cardenal, Seminario de' Item 1964 September 26
#03 1965-03-06, TL[c] Anderson from Merton, 'Forgive me please for not answering sooner. You can doubtless guess that mail is' Item 1965 March 6
#01 1964-04-18, TL[c] Anderson from Merton, 'It was good to get your letter. I rather suspected that you were implicated in the' Item 1964 April 18
#05 1958-03-03 (#03), TALS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'Le agradezco mucho su carta, y voy a explicarle mis ideas para la obra propuesta, de' Item 1958 March 3
#10 1958-05-14, TLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'Since you understand English well, I can write to you in that language and thus save' Item 1958 May 14
#11 1958-07-08, HLS[x] Andrade to Merton, 'No he podido contestar a sus cartas mi agradecerle por el envío de su' Item 1958 July 8
#13 1958-07-18 (#02), TL Andrade from Merton, 'If I were free to do what I thought best myself, or if I could get permission to do' Item 1958 July 18
#16 1958-11-12, HLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'Circunstancia espacialísimas me han impedido escribí a usted dando' Item 1958 November 12
#30 1961-02-09 (#01), TLS[x] Andrade from Merton, 'It is already over a month since I received your good letter. It was my intention' Item 1961 February 9
037 "Andrea, Sr., S.L." correspondence Record subgroup 1967
#03 1960-12-12, TLS[x] Andrews from Merton, 'It was indeed a pleasure to get your kind letter. I had been thinking of writing to' Item 1960 December 12
#06 1961-02-13, HLS Andrews to Merton, 'I am deeply grateful for the pamphlets and the little book you so kindly sent me. ' Item 1961 February 13
#07 1961-08-22, TL[c] Andrews from Merton, 'It is a terribly long time since you last wrote and since you sent the little book' Item 1961 August 22
#11 1961-12-21 (#02), transcript Andrews from Merton, 'Forgive please this very long delay in thanking you for the copy of Shaker' Item 1961 December 21
#13 1962-09-20, TLS[x] Andrews from Merton, 'Probably my silence is the result of a more or less frantic effort to preserve some' Item 1962 September 2
#16 1963-11-19, HLS Andrews to Merton, 'Though I have not written you of late, you have constantly been in my thoughts --' Item 1963 November 19
#17 1964-01-21, HLS Andrews to Merton, 'I have been reading with the greatest interest your article on The Shakers in' Item 1964 January 21
#20 1964-03-13, TL[c] Andrews from Merton, 'The Tree of Life has arrived, and indeed has been on the wall for some time. It' Item 1964 March 13
#21 1964-03-19, TLS Andrews to Merton, 'Your letters do us so much good. The one just received was a true Easter gift! ' Item 1964 March 19
#23 1964-04-05, TLS[x] Andrews from Merton, 'The ms has reached me and I want to say it is safe and that I will get to it and to' Item 1964 April 5
001 Absurdity in sacred decoration. Series See Subseries and Item description.
D1 Published Essay Subseries 1960
D1 Published Essay Subseries circa 1953
E1 Manuscript Section of Book/Pamphlet Subseries 1980
#1 Manuscript. Action and contemplation in St. Bernard. (1st Draft). [2110] Item
#3 Manuscript. Action and contemplation in St. Bernard. (2nd Draft). [1717] Item
D1 Published Essay Subseries 1947
#2 Published material. Active and contemplative orders. [2334] Item 1947-12-05
004 Adaptation of the monastic life: some personal observations. Series See Subseries and Item description.
D2 Mimeographed Essay Subseries unpublished
007 Adoration of the shepherds (Merton drawing used for cover art). Series See Subseries and Item description.
D1 Published Essay Subseries 1963
E1 Manuscript Essay Subseries 1963
#1 Manuscript. Advent. [1721] Item 1963 (approximate)
#1 Notes. Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167. [0275] Item
E1 Manuscript Essay Subseries unpublished
013 Alaska and California schedule notes, 1968 [found in book with marginalia]. Series See Subseries and Item description.
014 Alaska conferences. Notes. Series See Subseries and Item description.
E1n Manuscript Notes Subseries unpublished
016 Albert Camus and the Church. Series See Subseries and Item description.
D1 Published Essay Subseries 1966
#1 Published material. Albert Camus and the Church [Polish]. [2432] Item 1996-03-10
E1 Manuscript Essay Subseries 1967
E1n Manuscript Notes Subseries unpublished
E1 Manuscript Review (Review of «Anglican Devotion» by Charles James Stranks.) Subseries 1964
E1 Manuscript Review (Review of «English Spirituality» by Martin Thornton.) Subseries 1964
#1 Manuscript. Answer of Minerva, The: pacifism and resistance in Simone Weil. [1725] Item
#1 Manuscript. Answer of Minerva, The: pacifism and resistance in Simone Weil. (1st Draft). [0015] Item
#2 Manuscript. Answer of Minerva, The: pacifism and resistance in Simone Weil. (1st Draft). [2137] Item
#1 Notes. Answer of Minerva, The: pacifism and resistance in Simone Weil. [0826] Item
#3 Manuscript. Answers for Hernan Lavin Cerda. (2nd Draft). [0019] Item 1967-08
026 Answers on art and freedom. Series See Subseries and Item description.
#1 Published material. Answers on art and freedom. [2352] Item 1965
028 Answers on prayer and action. Series See Subseries and Item description.
#2 Manuscript. Answers to T. McDonnell. (2nd Draft). [0027] Item 1967-10
D2 Mimeographed Essay Subseries 1966
#2 Manuscript. Apologies to an unbeliever. [1729] Item 1966-04
#3 Manuscript. Apologies to an unbeliever. [1728] Item 1966-04
#1 Manuscript. Apologies to an unbeliever. (1st Draft). [0030] Item 1966-03
032 Approach to creativity, An. Series See Subseries and Item description.
#2 Manuscript. Art and morality. (2nd Draft). [0037] Item 1967 (approximate)
E1n Manuscript Notes Subseries unpublished
035 Art irlandais, L'; by Françoise Henry. Review. Series See Subseries and Item description.
E1 Manuscript Review (Review of «Art irlandais, L'» by: Henry, Fraçoise, 1902-1982.) Subseries 1964
036 Art of prayer, The: an Orthodox anthology; compiled by Igumen Chariton of Valamo. Notes. Series See Subseries and Item description.
#1 Notes. Articles etc. in the Oakhamian (by Thomas Merton). [0040] Item