Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section C.3:

Alaskan journal of Thomas Merton

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  Dear Bob Daggy, Thank you for your letter of June 26th. I will be very grateful to you indeed

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript correspondence with holograph signature and notation

Date:  July 05, 1979

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Letter from a "Brother Peter" to Robert Daggy, curator of the Merton Center collection and editor of "The Alaskan Journal."

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 2 - 

First Lines:  Dear Bob, Harry and I want to take this opportunity to send you a second copy of The Alaskan Journal

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript correspondence and printed materials

Date:  May 08, 1989

Number of pages:  4

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Letter from Sandra Liddell Reese of book's publisher, Turkey Press (Isla Vista, CA) to Robert Daggy, book's editor.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 3 - 

First Lines:  ITINERARY Tuesday, September 17, Chicago to Anchorage

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  32

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 4 - 

First Lines:  NOTES 1. Monica Furlong allots one line to the Alaskan trip: "[He] made visits to Alaska

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript and computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  144

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 5 - 

First Lines:  COLOPHON: ROBERT E. DAGGY Born New Castle, Indiana Of Quaker and Dunkard [German Baptist Brethren]

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  3rd Draft

Copy Type:  Page proofs and typescript correspondence

Date:  November 12, 1986

Number of pages:  87

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)

Item 6 - 

First Lines:  Preface Books and articles about Thomas Merton continue to proliferate at a pace that keeps

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  4th Draft

Copy Type:  Xerograph of page proofs with holograph corrections and typescript correspondence

Date:  July 21, 1987

Number of pages:  69

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Photocopies of pages about which the publisher had questions with questions in margins and related correspondence.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4 (file box)