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1959-12-18: Letter from Ernesto Mejía Sánchez to Thomas Merton Ernesto Mejía Sánchez was born in Nicaragua and lived his later life as a poet, essayist, literary critic, anthologist, and diplomat in Mexico. He can be placed with the "Generación del 40" and noted alongside other Nicaraguan poets, like Merton's friend Ernesto Cardenal and José Coronel Urtecho.
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Venerable Fulton Sheen at Gethsemani Abbey centenary, 1949 Footage from the Gethsemani Abbey centenary celebration on June 1, 1949. Footage contains images of Monsignor Fulton Sheen, Dom James Fox (Abbot of Gethsemani), and Earle C. Clements, governor of Kentucky, who both spoke at the celebration.
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Photograph of Joseph Zarrella in uniform, ca. 1943 Images of Joseph Zarrella in uniform for the American Field Service. ca. 1943
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Merton reads his curriculum vitae in his hermitage at Gethsemani, May 20th, 1967. Audio clip of Merton in his hermitage at Gethsemani, May 20, 1967
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Excerpt from Merton's final address as novice master before his permanent move to the hermitage, August 20, 1965
This excerpt is from Merton's final address as novice master before his permanent move to the hermitage. Beginning in April 1962 Thomas Merton's lectures to the novices, and then later to the community, were recorded. Merton describes "a life without care."
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Thomas Merton at the Gethsemani Abbey centenary in 1949
Footage of Thomas Merton at the Gethsemani Abbey centenary celebration in 1949.
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Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. No date (undated #1) Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton regarding an article in TIME magazine.
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Statement about Thomas Merton by James H. Forest. 1965 December 22 Statement issued by Forest on behalf of Thomas Merton regarding his present status as a Trappist monk.
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Memo to Thomas Merton and others from James H. Forest. 1967 May 2 Memo sent to Merton and others regardng a call for prominent concerned Catholics to write to the Papal Nuncio in Bogota, Colombia to help fund a proposed Ecumenical Congress.
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Card to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. No date, likely Christmas 1962 Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship.
