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Thomas Merton
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St. Robert of Molesme and the Foundation of Cîteaux. Extract from Thomas Merton's "Cistercian History. Notes."
Handwritten notes by Thomas Merton on Citeaux and Saint Robert of Molesme likely used as an outline for teaching novices monastic history. This extract from a longer group of notes is Section 6 in "Cistercian History. Notes" from Merton Center Sub-Section E.1. -
The Annunciation excerpt from a manuscript of The Ascent to Truth
Page 397 of a manuscript of "The Ascent to Truth" corresponding to page 317 of the first published edition by Harcourt Brace in 1951. The manuscript has a draft title of "The Ascent to Light." -
"The Awakening of a New Consciousness in Zen," paper by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, review by Thomas Merton.
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Thomas Merton's handwritten notes on the book La philosophie bantoue (Paris, Présence africaine [1961]) by Fr. Placides Temples.
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1964-10-12: Letter from Thomas Merton to Chris McNair
Thomas Merton writes his condolences and sends his poem "Picture of a Black Child with a White Doll" to the father of Carol Denise McNair, one of the girls killed in the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Merton references, in the letter and his poem, the photographs by Chris McNair of his daughter published in LOOK magazine, March 24, 1964, pages 23-25. -
1962-02-17: Letter from Thomas Merton to Lewis Mumford
This item is only viewable at the Thomas Merton Center. -
1967-07-12: Letter from Thomas Merton to Lewis Mumford
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Reading notes by Thomas Merton (pages 18-19 from Reading Notebook 37) for Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks.
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1968-06-22: Letter to Ethel Kennedy from Thomas Merton after the assassination of Robert Kennedy
Thomas Merton offers Ethel Kennedy condolences following the assassination of her husband, Robert F. Kennedy. Merton encloses what he describes as a "rather touching letter from a total stranger in Brazil. Merton expresses shock regarding "Bobby's tragic immolation" and the hope for the country and for peace lost in his passing. Merton references their mutual friend, Fr. Dan Walsh. -
FA1964-03-08 - Photograph of Miguel Grinberg at Gethsemani Abbey, 1964 March 10.
Miguel Grinberg by Gethsemani sign.