Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Forty-three signatures : an exhibit of drawings

Item 1 - Forty-Three Signatures - an exhibit of drawings

First Lines:  Dear Fr Irenaeus. Many thanks for the poem of Fr Henry. Very fine, and they bring back many memories

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript with holograph notation

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copy of title page from St. Bonaventure University archives containing a handwritten note from Merton to Fr. Irenaeus Herscher, O.F.M.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - Forty-Three Signatures - an exhibit of drawings

First Lines:  Since judgments are usually based on comparisons and since opportunities for comparison

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  5

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Artist's statement and names of drawings, double-spaced with title page.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 3 - Forty-Three Signatures - an exhibit of drawings

First Lines:  Since judgments are usually based on comparisons and since opportunities for comparison

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  March 08, 1965

Number of pages:  4

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Title page states that this is for the exhibit at Marquette University, March 8-24, 1965. It also states the sale price and proceeds to go to scholarship fund.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 4 - Notes by the Artist - Forty-Three Signatures

First Lines:  Since judgments are usually based on comparisons and since opportunities for comparison

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Artist statement and names of drawings, single-spaced and wider margins to fit on two sides of a single sheet.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 5 - Notes by the Artist for an Exhibit of Drawings

First Lines:  Since judgments are usually based on comparisons and since opportunities for comparison

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph with holograph notations

Date:  December no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  3

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Merton notes, "(Louisville. Nov-Dec. 1964)".

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 6 - Notes by the Artist for an Exhibit of Drawings

First Lines:  Since judgments are usually based on comparisons and since opportunities for comparison

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1967?

Number of pages:  6

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Early program, "Notes by the Artist for an Exhibit of Drawings" (listing 26 pieces), corrected for exhibit of 43 drawings (some added and some from the 26 replaced which were sold).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 7 - Signatures: notes on the author's drawings

First Lines:  Since judgments are usually based on comparisons and since opportunities for comparison

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  2 copies. Artist statement but no names of drawings, single-spaced and wider margins to fit on two sides of a single sheet.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6