Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Proposal for improving the theological curriculum, Gethsemani Seminary - 1950

Item 1 - [1] PROPOSAL for improving the Theological Curriculum, Gethsemani Seminary-- 1950.

First Lines:  In order to have a better opportunity to cover the entire range of studies prescribed by the code,

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  October 01, 1949

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - [2] OUR LADY OF GETHSEMANI SEMINARY

First Lines:  Outline of expanded curriculum, 1950 ff.a. The Faculty. (subject to Rev. Father's rearrangement

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  October 01, 1949

Number of pages:  3

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Verso contains one typed page journal entry (or early section of The Sign of Jonas, "The Whale and the Ivy"), dated September 29, 1949, page 17 of fragment of unknown manuscript. Another typed page on verso, page 2, may be unrealated and is seemingly from a more theological essay or book. Copies filed with "Sign of Jonas" fragments in Sub-section E.1.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 3 - [3]

First Lines:  Dear Sister Helen Jean: This morning I got a nice note from Mother Luke, and I had been intending

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Thermofax of typescript

Date:  October 09, 1961

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Letter from Merton to Sr. Helen Jean Seidel, S.L. This reproduction of the signed letter was filed together with the following items on mental prayer. The original was part of the original Merton Collection accession. Original filed under "Seidel, Helen Jean" in Section A.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 4 - [4] ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI Suggestions for Monastic Formation Project.

First Lines:  1 General Principle: keep this program very flexible. Do not oblige anyone to take all the "courses"

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Thermofax of typescript

Date:  October 09, 1961

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Letter from Merton to Sr. Helen Jean Seidel, S.L. This reproduction of the signed letter was filed together with the following items on mental prayer. The original was part of the original Merton Collection accession. Original filed under "Seidel, Helen Jean" in Section A.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 5 - [5] NOVITIATE READING LIST 1963.

First Lines:  Novices and Postulants, in addition to reading the Bible once in their novitiate, and getting

Sub-Type:  Miscellaneous

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  no-month no-day, 1963

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Also copies under "Novitiate Reading List 1963" in Sub-Section D.2, Mimeographs.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6