Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section C.5:

Angelic mistakes : the art of Thomas Merton / Roger Lipsey; preface by Paul M. Pearson

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book owes much to its friends and to Thomas Merton's friends.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Page proofs

Date:  December 06, 2005

Number of pages:  208

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 2 - "How I pray is breathe" : Thomas Merton in the Hermitage Years

First Lines:  The 1960s are remembered as atime of irreversible change in the United States.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  5

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Draft of an essay for inclusion in the book.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 3 - DRAFT OF 7.07.05 Victor Hammer

First Lines:  There is a certain way to be an artist, now nearly lost, though I think always preserved and valued

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  June 06, 2005

Number of pages:  6

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Early draft of a book section on Victor Hammer.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 4 - Merton, Suzuki, Zen, Ink : Thomas Merton's Calligraphic Drawings in Context

First Lines:  In his memorial essay of 1967 honoring D. T. Suzuki, Thomas Merton wrote these layered, haunting

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  24

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Draft of an essay for inclusion in the book.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 5 - PROPOSAL Shapes, Powers, Flying Beasts : The Calligraphic Drawings of Thomas Merton By Roger Lipsey

First Lines:  Overview A conference at the Thomas Merton Center in December, 2004, gathered art historians

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, 2005?

Number of pages:  7

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Proposal document for Angelic Mistakes.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 6 - The Art of Thomas Merton Thirty-Four Images

First Lines:  A Preface to the Images The images in this portfolio were chosen from among hundreds in various

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Page proofs with black and white illustrations

Date:  December 13, 2005

Number of pages:  146

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  A study of 34 calligraphies by Thomas Merton with a reproduction of each piece, notes and bibliography; pages 57-190 of proof.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 7 - The Art of Thomas Merton Thirty-Four Images [draft section of full-page illustrations

First Lines:  A preface to the images The images in this portfolio were chosen from among many hundreds in various

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  48

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 8 - The Invisible Art of a Highly Visible Man

First Lines:  Illustrations Frontispiece portrait: Thomas Merton in the 1960s. Photograph by John Lyons.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  5

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  List of the book's illustrations.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 9 - The Invisible Art of a Highly Visible Man

First Lines:  It is the puzzling priviledge of this book to be the first extensive exploration of Thomas Merton's

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Computer printout with holograph notations

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  52

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Draft of an essay for inclusion in the book.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 10 - The Invisible Art of a Highly Visible Man

First Lines:  It is the puzzling priviledge of this book to be the first extensive exploration of Thomas Merton's

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Computer printout with holograph notations

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  52

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Draft of an essay for inclusion in the book.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 11 - Three studies

First Lines:  The long essay that opens this book encounters certain issues, people, and events of importance

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  50

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Draft of an essay for inclusion in the book. The three studies include: Friends, Unlikely Peers, and Exhibitions.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)