Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Contemplative life, The : its meaning and necessity

Item 1 - The contemplative life : its meaning and its necessity

First Lines:  There are six Trappist Monasteries in the United States. Two of these are one hundred years old,

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1949?

Number of pages:  13

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - The contemplative life : its meaning and necessity by Thomas Merton

First Lines:  There are six Trappist Monasteries in the United States. Soon there will be seven.

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  8

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 8