Skip to main content

Box 1

 Container

Contains 48 Results:

"Forty-three Signatures: An Exhibit of Drawings", 1965 March

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

Exhibit at Marquette University, 1965 March 8-24

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1965 March

To Merton about publications, 1947, 1967

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter to Merton from his literary agent, Naomi Burton.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1947, 1967

Between Dorothy Wayman and Merton, 1949-1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and work of Thomas Merton through articles, artwork, correspondence, essays, poems, prefaces, reviews, and other writings by Merton, as well as correspondence and writings about Merton pertaining to exhibitions and memorials.Merton’s writings include book reviews, essays, notes, monographs, poetry, prefaces, sermons, and translations, and are found in the collection as manuscripts, typescripts, mimeographs, and publisher’s proofs, many...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1949-1953

Between Terrence Connolly, SJ (University Librarian, Boston College) and Merton, 1949-1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and work of Thomas Merton through articles, artwork, correspondence, essays, poems, prefaces, reviews, and other writings by Merton, as well as correspondence and writings about Merton pertaining to exhibitions and memorials.Merton’s writings include book reviews, essays, notes, monographs, poetry, prefaces, sermons, and translations, and are found in the collection as manuscripts, typescripts, mimeographs, and publisher’s proofs, many...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1949-1955

Between Mary McNiff and Merton, 1960-1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence concerning the reproduction of Merton's portrait by artist Victor Hammer, Merton's research and other matters. Also includes signed copies of two Circular Letters (Pre-Lent 1968 and Fall 1968) and Merton's poem "The Prospects to Nostradamus."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1960-1968

To Dante Morgana, from Merton, 1961-1967

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and work of Thomas Merton through articles, artwork, correspondence, essays, poems, prefaces, reviews, and other writings by Merton, as well as correspondence and writings about Merton pertaining to exhibitions and memorials.Merton’s writings include book reviews, essays, notes, monographs, poetry, prefaces, sermons, and translations, and are found in the collection as manuscripts, typescripts, mimeographs, and publisher’s proofs, many...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1961-1967

Between Brendan Connolly, SJ (University Librarian, Boston College) and Merton, 1962-1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and work of Thomas Merton through articles, artwork, correspondence, essays, poems, prefaces, reviews, and other writings by Merton, as well as correspondence and writings about Merton pertaining to exhibitions and memorials.Merton’s writings include book reviews, essays, notes, monographs, poetry, prefaces, sermons, and translations, and are found in the collection as manuscripts, typescripts, mimeographs, and publisher’s proofs, many...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1962-1968

From Merton, 1962-1968

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

Correspondents identified by first name only

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1962-1968

Between Paul Moynihan (reference librarian, Boston College) and Merton, 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and work of Thomas Merton through articles, artwork, correspondence, essays, poems, prefaces, reviews, and other writings by Merton, as well as correspondence and writings about Merton pertaining to exhibitions and memorials.Merton’s writings include book reviews, essays, notes, monographs, poetry, prefaces, sermons, and translations, and are found in the collection as manuscripts, typescripts, mimeographs, and publisher’s proofs, many...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1964

To Mary R. Foster, from Merton, 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the life and work of Thomas Merton through articles, artwork, correspondence, essays, poems, prefaces, reviews, and other writings by Merton, as well as correspondence and writings about Merton pertaining to exhibitions and memorials.Merton’s writings include book reviews, essays, notes, monographs, poetry, prefaces, sermons, and translations, and are found in the collection as manuscripts, typescripts, mimeographs, and publisher’s proofs, many...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1965

Circular letters, 1967-1968

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

Multiple copies of each letter were printed and mailed to Merton's large circle of friends and associates as a way for him to keep up on correspondence without having to respond individually to every letter. In the circulars, he summed up key events in his life and recorded personal observations concerning religious and societal matters. Two of these copies have personalized handwritten notes from Merton.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1967-1968

Between Mary McNiff and Naomi Burton Stone, 1967-1971

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

About Merton and his work. Stone was Merton's literary agent.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1967-1971

Mary McNiff about Merton's work, 1968-1972

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Planning correspondence for an exhibition

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1968-1972

Between Mary McNiff and Patrick Hart, 1968-1977

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Patrick Hart was Merton's secretary. These letters begin by talking about Merton and his work, and later become personal between Hart and McNiff.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1968-1977

Portraits of Merton, 1941-1968, undated

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

Also depicted are the Dalai Lama and Patrick Hart. The photograph with the Dalai Lama was taken by Tenzin Geshe, the Dalai Lama's assistant.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1941-1968, undated

Merton with others at commencement day, St. Bonaventure College, 1941 June 8

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

Others include Larry Kenney, Denny Lane.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1941 June 8

Merton's ordination, 1949 May 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Also depicted are Robert Lax, Daniel Walsh, and Seymour Freedgood

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1949 May 26

Gethsemani Abbey calendars, 1960, 1966, 1974, 1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

The calendars feature images of the Abbey and monks within it, none of whom are identifiable. The 1974 and 1975 calendars are inscribed by Patrick Hart to Mary McNiff.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1960, 1966, 1974, 1975

Merton in his hermitage, 1966 October 7

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Also depicted are Jacques Maritain, Maurice Flood, Daniel Walsh, Elizabeth Manual, and J. Stanley Murphy. Photographs by John Howard Griffin.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 October 7

Christmas Homily notes, 1963

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

Incomplete works by Merton, such as marginalia, notes, and outlines.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1963

"Community of Pardon", conference notes, 1963

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

Incomplete works by Merton, such as marginalia, notes, and outlines.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1963

"Conjectures", notes, undated

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

Incomplete works by Merton, such as marginalia, notes, and outlines.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

"Epiphany", outline, undated

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

Incomplete works by Merton, such as marginalia, notes, and outlines.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

"Father Louis' Own Evaluation of His Books", approximately 1968

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

Incomplete works by Merton, such as marginalia, notes, and outlines.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1968

"God's Will: Fiat Voluntas Tua", outline, undated

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

Incomplete works by Merton, such as marginalia, notes, and outlines.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated