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Box 1

 Container

Contains 41 Results:

Thomas Merton to Dorothy Day, 1960-1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes typed letters to Jim Forest as well as photocopied correspondence to and from Dorothy Day, Pope Paul VI, Tom Cornell, John Heidbrink, Shonzo Hamai (Mayor of Hiroshima), and A.J. Muste.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1960-1961

Thomas Merton and Jim Forest, 1961-1967

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes typed letters to Jim Forest as well as photocopied correspondence to and from Dorothy Day, Pope Paul VI, Tom Cornell, John Heidbrink, Shonzo Hamai (Mayor of Hiroshima), and A.J. Muste.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1961-1967

Thomas Merton to Jim Forest, 1962-1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes typed letters to Jim Forest as well as photocopied correspondence to and from Dorothy Day, Pope Paul VI, Tom Cornell, John Heidbrink, Shonzo Hamai (Mayor of Hiroshima), and A.J. Muste.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1962-1968

Albi, Tarn, France, approximately 1980

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes images of Merton's childhood, his family and acquaintances, monastic life, and Gethsemani Abbey. Many of the photographs were used in Forest's Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton and Thomas Merton: A Pictorial Biography.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1980

Catherine de Hueck Doherty, approximately 1930

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes images of Merton's childhood, his family and acquaintances, monastic life, and Gethsemani Abbey. Many of the photographs were used in Forest's Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton and Thomas Merton: A Pictorial Biography.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1930

Clare College, Cambridge, approximately 1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes images of Merton's childhood, his family and acquaintances, monastic life, and Gethsemani Abbey. Many of the photographs were used in Forest's Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton and Thomas Merton: A Pictorial Biography.

Access Note

Slides require use of a light box provided by the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: approximately 1975

Friendship House, Harlem, New York, approximately 1930

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes images of Merton's childhood, his family and acquaintances, monastic life, and Gethsemani Abbey. Many of the photographs were used in Forest's Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton and Thomas Merton: A Pictorial Biography.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1930

Gethsemani Abbey, approximately 1970

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Photographs by Patrick Hart, Ron Seitz, and Jim Forest.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1970

Jim Forest, approximately 1980

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Includes a photograph of Forest meeting Pope John Paul II.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1980

Mass card featuring Thomas Merton, 1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Photograph by John Howard Griffin.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1979

Merton at his hermitage, contact sheets, approximately 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Photographs by Jim Forest.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1965

Merton's belongings, approximately 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Merton's sandals, a stole worn by Pope John XXIII and given to Merton, and a bronze cross given to Merton by Pope Paul VI

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1965

Merton's hermitage, approximately 1965

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Photographs by Jim Forest and Ron Seitz.

Access Note

Negatives in shared box 1274 are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs in box 1 are available for access.

Dates: approximately 1965

Merton's wake, funeral, and grave, 1968

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Photographs by Dom Cees Tholens and Patrick Hart.



Content notice

Includes images of Merton's dead body lying in state.

Access Note

Negatives in shared box 1274 are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs in box 1 are available for access.

Dates: 1968

Merton with others, 1939-1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Merton with Daniel Berrigan, SJ, Bob Cumare, the Dalai Lama, Miguel Grinberg, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Patrick Hart, Robert Lax, Jean Leclercq, John Harvard Yoder, and others

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1939-1968

Owen and Ruth Jenkins Merton, approximately 1920

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Thomas Merton's parents. Also includes a photograph of "Old Curiosity Shop," a painting by Owen Merton.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1920

Tom Cornell, approximately 1965

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes images of Merton's childhood, his family and acquaintances, monastic life, and Gethsemani Abbey. Many of the photographs were used in Forest's Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton and Thomas Merton: A Pictorial Biography.

Access Note

Negatives in shared box 1274 are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs in box 1 are available for access.

Dates: approximately 1965

Thomas Merton, 1915-1968

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Photographs by Jim Forest, Tenzin Geshe, John Howard Griffin, Ruth Merton, Ed Rice, Philip Stark, and Dom Cees Tholens.

Access Note

Negatives in shared box 1274 are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs in box 1 are available for access.

Dates: 1915-1968

"The Advent Mystery", 1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Primarily prose works written by Merton between 1963 and 1968, as well as some poetry, translations, and Merton's MA thesis. Some manuscripts feature editorial comments by Merton and Forest. Subjects addressed include philosophy (Western and Eastern), Catholic theology and practice (primarily monasticism, prayer, and social awareness), contemporary social and political issues, and literature.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1963

"Aids to Mental Prayer", undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Primarily prose works written by Merton between 1963 and 1968, as well as some poetry, translations, and Merton's MA thesis. Some manuscripts feature editorial comments by Merton and Forest. Subjects addressed include philosophy (Western and Eastern), Catholic theology and practice (primarily monasticism, prayer, and social awareness), contemporary social and political issues, and literature.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

"And the Children of Birmingham", poem, approximately 1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Primarily prose works written by Merton between 1963 and 1968, as well as some poetry, translations, and Merton's MA thesis. Some manuscripts feature editorial comments by Merton and Forest. Subjects addressed include philosophy (Western and Eastern), Catholic theology and practice (primarily monasticism, prayer, and social awareness), contemporary social and political issues, and literature.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1963

"The Answer of Minerva: Pacifism and Resistance in Simone Weil", before 1965 March

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Primarily prose works written by Merton between 1963 and 1968, as well as some poetry, translations, and Merton's MA thesis. Some manuscripts feature editorial comments by Merton and Forest. Subjects addressed include philosophy (Western and Eastern), Catholic theology and practice (primarily monasticism, prayer, and social awareness), contemporary social and political issues, and literature.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: before 1965 March

"Answers on Art and Freedom", before 1963 October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Primarily prose works written by Merton between 1963 and 1968, as well as some poetry, translations, and Merton's MA thesis. Some manuscripts feature editorial comments by Merton and Forest. Subjects addressed include philosophy (Western and Eastern), Catholic theology and practice (primarily monasticism, prayer, and social awareness), contemporary social and political issues, and literature.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: before 1963 October

"Anthology of Irish Poetry", 1964 September

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Primarily prose works written by Merton between 1963 and 1968, as well as some poetry, translations, and Merton's MA thesis. Some manuscripts feature editorial comments by Merton and Forest. Subjects addressed include philosophy (Western and Eastern), Catholic theology and practice (primarily monasticism, prayer, and social awareness), contemporary social and political issues, and literature.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1964 September

"Apologies to an Unbeliever", 1966 April

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Primarily prose works written by Merton between 1963 and 1968, as well as some poetry, translations, and Merton's MA thesis. Some manuscripts feature editorial comments by Merton and Forest. Subjects addressed include philosophy (Western and Eastern), Catholic theology and practice (primarily monasticism, prayer, and social awareness), contemporary social and political issues, and literature.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 April