Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

House of prayer, The. Notes.

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  As a follow-up of the Monroe Conference on Contemplative Living in the Contemporary World

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of signed typescript correspondence

Date:  January 25, 1969

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  From Sr. Mary Aquin Chester, addressed "Dear Friends"

Language:  English

Notes:  Letter sent to accompany notes on Merton's lecture at the conference.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 13

Item 2 - First Conference by Thomas Merton

First Lines:  WHAT ARE WE SEEKING . . . What we DO will follow from what we want. Right from the beginning,

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  13

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 13

Item 3 - Thomas Merton on the House of Prayer

First Lines:  Thomas Merton's last days in the West were dedicated to the idea of establishing Houses of Prayer.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  7

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Brief introduction and transcript of notes on Merton's lecture (by Sr. Mary Aquin Chester?).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 13

Item 4 - Thomas Merton, A Liberated Man

First Lines:  Thoughts from Father Merton: "Today in the Church in community the thing is COMPASSION, not victory

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Various quotes from Merton at the conference arranged by the uncredited compiler (Sr. Mary Aquin Chester?) under various catagories.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 13