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Sub-Section H.7: Hart Working Files

Record Series: 2: Accession 2.

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Received May 2016 from the former office of Br. Patrick Hart.

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Arrangement and Processing Notes:

Original order of files maintained but new groupings of folders were created where identifiable groupings of files were kept together. Some full issues of periodicals were removed from Accession 1 (reference copied and in file) and transferred to Sub-Section D.7.

Container List

Box#-FF#Item#DateNotesFirst Lines
2 - 1 1939-1952 Novitiate Journal, 1941-52 (includes 6 poems), 14 pages, photocopy from Columbia University; and Notebook 1939-44 [notes from New York and Kentucky], 62 pages, photocopy from Columbia University «»
2 - 2 1939; 1992 Transcription (Oct. 23-29, 1939) and copies of original holograph notebook from 1939 (pp. 141-150), with letter of Oct. 30, 1992 from Michael Downey to Patrick Hart «»
2 - 3 1947-1948 Manuscript of The Sign of Jonas, Volume I (March 8, 1947 through October 10, 1948), typed manuscript, ca. 100 pages (transcription by Sr. Therese Lentfoehr), photocopy from Columbia University «»
2 - 4 1948-1949 Manuscript of The Sign of Jonas, Volume II (October 10, 1948 through August 1949), typed manuscript, ca. 75 pages (transcription by Sr. Therese Lentfoehr), photocopy from Columbia University «»
2 - 5 1949-1951 Manuscript of The Sign of Jonas, Volume III (November 1949 through April 22, 1951), typed manuscript, ca. 75 pages (transcription by Sr. Therese Lentfoehr), photocopy from Columbia University «»
2 - 6 1983 Manuscript (Hart's typescript) of The Inner Experience by Thomas Merton, 81 pages (transcription by Sr. Therese Lentfoehr), photocopy with photocopied handwritten corrections «»
3 - 1 1953-1968 Novitiate Petition Records September 1953 through January 1963, Novitiate Conference Notes, and original letter to Draft Board RE: Richard J. LeBlanc, 1968 (not written by Merton). «»
3 - 2 Notes from Merton to Fr. Augustine Wulff, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey. «»
3 - 3 1957-1969 Original correspondence with Fr. Raymond Flanagan and James Laughlin (verso of same letter); certificate and literature of Catholic Near Easter Welfare Association; notes to novices and to Dan Walsh; and letter from John Howard Griffin to Dom Celestino Say, O.S.B. «»
3 - 4 1958-1962 Merton correspondence with (photocopy unless noted): Gregorio Lemercier, Riccardo Lombardi, Gabriel Sortais, James Fox, Napoleón Chow, Fr. Anselm, O.C.S.O., Circular Letter, Marie Tadie (carbon) «»
3 - 5 1958-1962 Merton correspondence with (photocopy unless noted): Chrysogonus Waddell, Albert Derzelle (carbon), Jean Leclercq, New Year's 1968 circular letter to friends, Naomi Burton Stone, Gregory Zilboorg, Gregorio Lemercier, Rachel Carson, Jaime Andrade, Marcella van Bruyn, Cecilia Corsanego, Naomi Burton Stone, and Robert Giroux «»
3 - 6 1958-1965 Merton correspondence with (all photocopies): Robert Lax, Ad Reinhardt, Ed Rice, Naomi Burton Stone, Sr. Johanna, Czeslaw Milosz, Helen Wolff, D.T. Suzuki, James Laughlin, and Robert Giroux. «»
3 - 7 1962-1968 Merton correspondence with (photocopies unless noted): James Morrissey, Agnes Gertrude Stonehewer Merton (Aunt Kit), Dorothy Day, Fr. Tarcisius Conner (James Conner), Douglas Steere, Illtud Evans, Ed Rice, Jacques Maritain, Naomi Burton Stone, Henry Miller, Br. Gabriel (Fr. Gabriel Bunge), two (unaddressed) Christmas cards with text chosen and handwritten by Merton, and Merton's circular letter of New Year's 1968 (three mimeographed copies). «»
3 - 8 1959 "Report in regard Fr. M. Louis (Thomas MERTON), of O.L. of Gethsemani, U.S.A. (Order of the Cistercians S.O.), by dom James FOX, Abbot of O.L. of Gethsemani." Regarding Thomas Merton's desired indult to leave the Trappists. Submitted in Rome, November 19, 1959. (Carbon copy and photocopy.) «»
3 - 9 1968 Four black and white photographs of Dom Jean Leclercq, O.S.B., and Thomas Merton at Gethsemani Abbey and in Bangkok, Thailand. In a folder labelled, "Franchebourd [sic] MW-UC [-] ET: Richard Seagranves" [i.e., M. Andre Frachelbourd, O.S.C.O. and Richard Seagraves]. «»
3 - 10 1968 Camaldoli correspondence (original letters to Patrick Hart [1986] photocopies of letters with Merton and Dom James Fox [1953-1955]): letters from Fr. Michael Farrell, E.C., of the Camaldoli of the Sacro Eremo Tuscolano, Frascati, Italy; letters from James Fox and Thomas Merton to Dom Maurizio Levy-Duplatt; and letters from Levy-Duplatt to Merton and to James Fox. «»
3 - 11 1946-1953 Merton correspondence with Fr. Francis W. Sweeney, S.J., of Boston College. «»
3 - 12 1956-1968 Merton correspondence with (photocopies unless noted): Mother Myriam Dardenne, O.C.S.O.; Fr. Peter [no surname]; unidentified priest; Brs. Harold Kohl, Brian Palmer, and Erasmo Leira; unknown Trappist abbot; and mimeograph of letter to "Censor no 2" (Fr. Thomas Aquinas Porter, O.C.S.O.). «»
3 - 13 1956-1968 Extra letters for possible inclusion by Patrick Hart in a "3rd volume" of Merton letters. Merton correspondence with (photocopies and typed translations): Br. Bernard Collins, O.C.S.O.; Fr. Peter-Thomas Rohrbach, O.C.D.; Fr. Urban Voll, O.P.; translations of letters from French to English of Dom Columban Bissey, O.C.S.O.; and annotated typescript by Patrick Hart of Dom Frederick Dunne's biography. «»
3 - 14 1961-1966 Merton correspondence with (all photocopies): Evora Arca de Sardiña (Evora Arca Sardinia). Original letter from Evora Arca de Sardiña to Br. Patrick Hart. «»
3 - 15 1956-1968 Merton correspondence with (all photocopies): Mother Angela Collins, O.C.D.; Sr. Emmanuel de Souza e Silva, O.S.B.; Fr. Francis Sweeney, S.J.; Dom Maurizio Levy-Duplatt, E.C.; and Sr. Angela Conway, O.P. «»
3 - 16 1966 Merton correspondence with (all photocopies): Ian Petit, O.S.B. «»
3 - 16 1966 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Fr. Norbert Gorrissen, O.C.S.O. Letter from Br. Patrick Hart to Mrs. Van Bruyn (relative of Dame Marcella Van Bruyn, O.S.B.?). «»
3 - 18 1966 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Fr. Dismas Sexton, O.F.M.; Fr. Antoine, O.C.S.O.; Fr. Reginald Redlon, O.F.M.; Mother Margaret Mary, C.H.C.; Fr. R. J. Batten, O.P.; Fr. Lambert, O.C.D. «»
3 - 19 1966-1968 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Sr. Cecilia, O.C.S.O.; Fr. Sigler; Sr. Nivard; Sr. Marie-Bernarde, O.P.; Sr. Maria Assumpta; and Sr. Janet, R.S.M. «»
3 - 20 1951 Merton correspondence with (photocopies / original signed letters and carbons moved to Section A): Naomi Burton Stone; Dom James Fox; and Robert Giroux. «»
3 - 21 1960 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Fr. Hubert (Rev. John Reiser); Perry Knowlton; Mr. Garrison; Jacques Maritain; and Marie Tadié. «»
3 - 22 1967 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Fr. Linus Doerner, O.C.S.O. and Fr. Barnabas (Patrick Henry Reardon). «»
3 - 23 Merton correspondence with (photocopy): Fr. Tarcisius Conner (Fr. James Conner); and copy of "GOVERNMENT IN RELIGIOUS LIFE: THE COUNCIL'S TEACHING," Conference by Ladislaus Orsy, S.J. «»
3 - 24 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Pope John XXIII; Sr. Bernadette; Br. James, O.C.S.O.; Br. Victor Richert, O.C.S.O.; Fr. Rohrbach; and Sr. Ruth Adelaide, S.C. «»
3 - 25 1950, 1983 Original royalties statement (1950) and letter from Fr. William H. Shannon to Br. Patrick Hart (1983). «»
3 - 26 1952 Carbon copies of two letters from Abbot General Gabriel Sortais, O.C.S.O. to Merton: one dated September 25, 1952; and one undated. «»
3 - 27 1967-1968 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Fr. Anastasius Fettig, O.C.S.O.; and Br. Alban Herberger. «»
3 - 28 1982-1983 Correspondence regarding the publication of Merton's letters. Original letters between William H. Shannon, Br. Patrick Hart, and Anne McCormick. «»
4 - 1 1982-1983 Modern Biographical Sketches of Cistercian Blessed and Saints edited by a Monk of Gethsemani (Thomas Merton) [published as In the Valley of Wormwood]: preface, table of contents, and 26 pages of footnotes (see Sub-Section D.2 for full copy). «»
4 - 2 1960-1968; 1987 Correspondence between Mother Angela Collins, O.C.D. and Br. Patrick Hart; and Merton correspondence with Collins (photocopies and transcripts). «»
4 - 3 1988-1989 Essays about Thomas Merton submitted to Patrick Hart: "Thomas Merton: Firewatcher" by Lawrence Cunningham; "A Man of the Whole Hemisphere" by Robert E. Daggy; and "Recreated Innocence" by Michael Rukstelis. «»
4 - 4 1989 Homily for the Feast of Corpus Christi commemorating Thomas Merton, "Do This in Memory of Me." by Abbot Emeritus Flavian Burns, O.C.S.O., May 28, 1989 (holograph and three typed copies). «»
4 - 5 1987 Transcription of Merton lecture to Gethsemani community, "The Mystic Life", taken from the Electronic Paperbacks cassettes 1A and 1B (Track 169-4 from Gethsemani recordings, dated 1967/04/30 ). Transcription (30 pages) and letter by Carole Smith sent to Br. Patrick Hart. «»
4 - 6 1953-1968 Merton correspondence with (photocopies / originals transferred to Section A): Dom Jean Leclercq, O.S.B. «»
4 - 7 1950-1953 Early partial proofs of Survival or Prophecy, transcripts of handwritten letters, and photocopies of letters between Merton and Jean Leclercq. «»
4 - 8 1954-1955 Early partial proofs of Survival or Prophecy, transcripts of handwritten letters, and photocopies of letters between Merton and Jean Leclercq. «»
4 - 9 1956-1964 Early partial proofs of Survival or Prophecy, transcripts of handwritten letters, and photocopies of letters between Merton and Jean Leclercq. «»
4 - 10 1965-1967 Early partial proofs of Survival or Prophecy, transcripts of handwritten letters, and photocopies of letters between Merton and Jean Leclercq. «»
4 - 11 1968 Early partial proofs of Survival or Prophecy, transcripts of handwritten letters, and photocopies of letters between Merton and Jean Leclercq. One letter from Patrick Hart to Robert Daggy, 17 July 1999. «»
4 - 12 1962 Mimeograph of "An Exchange of Letters on Monastic Questions," Thomas Merton and Ronald Roloff, O.S.B. «»
4 - 13 1942; 1963-1967 Merton correspondence with Gethsemani monks (photocopies): Br. Frederic Collins, Fr. Thomas McMaster, Fr. Robert Anderson, and Fr. Linus (James Dodge - originals transferred to Section A). «»
4 - 14 1942; 1963-1967 Transcripts of letters from Merton which were deleted from the manuscript of The School of Charity (some of which were published in Seeds of Destruction or "The Cold War Letters." Included are some of Merton's letters to: Fr. Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B.; Fr. Godrey Diekmann, O.S.B.; Fr. Ronald Roloff, O.S.B.; Sr. Anita Wasserman, O.C.D.; Sr. Irene Marie of the Holy Spirit, O.C.D.; ; Fr. Philip Richert, O.C.S.O.; Fr. William McNamara, O.C.D.; and Sr. and Sr. Lillian and Sr. Mary Maurice, C.S.S.F. «»
4 - 15 1964-1987 Original 1973 letter from Phoebe Merton from Christchurch, New Zealand (Phoebe was married to Ronald Merton, first cousin of Alfred Merton, Thomas Merton's grandfather). Copies of letters with Dom Ignace Gillet, Dom John Morson, Basil Pennington with Jean Leclercq, ; correspondence with Br. Patrick Hart regarding publication of Merton's letters; draft list of letters for The School of Charity; and a copy of "My Campaign Platform for non-Abbot..". «»
4 - 16 1957-1967 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Dom Gabriel Sortais and Dom Columban Bissey «»
4 - 17 1959-1967; 1986 Merton correspondence with (photocopies): Mother Michael of Christ the King, O.C.D.; Dame Maria Blanca Olin; Dame Marcella van Bruyn; Fr. Teresius; Thomas Thompson (Br. William); Edmund Wasserman; Fr. Walter; Marilyn Ward (Sr. Albert); Fr. Gregory Borgstin; Fr. Robert Anderson; Fr. Phillip Rickart, O.C.S.O.; Sr. Karl; Fr. Keith; Sr. Mary Norbert Korte, O.P.; Br. Jerome, C.F.X.; Sr. Mary Margaret; and Sr. Mary St. Thomas. Also included were news clippings about Jaime Andrade; correspondence between Br. Patrick Hart and Fr. Bill Shannon regarding the published letters; and a handwritten rating of various letters for publication. «»
4 - 18 1964-1968; 1986 Merton correspondence with priests, religious, and former novices (photocopies and transcripts); and a letter from Fr. Frans Huiting, O.S.B. to Br. Patrick Hart «»
4 - 19 1964-1968; 1986 Merton correspondence with priests, religious, and former novices (photocopies and transcripts); and "Exercises to Help Bring the Body under Control of the Spirit" (photocopy) «»
4 - 20 1964-1968; 1986 Merton correspondence with priests, religious, and former novices (photocopies and transcripts); and "A Ruler's Examination of Conscience" (mimeograph) «»
5 - 1 1954 Spirit duplicator copy of "Sanctity in the Epistles of St. Paul. Scripture Course-- O.L. of Gethsemani, 1954," 111 pages «»
5 - 2 1964 Mimeograph of "Anthology of Irish poetry," 23 pages «»
5 - 3 1954 Spirit duplicator copy of "Modern biographical sketches of Cistercian Blessed and Saints, Book IV," 317 pages (Br. Patrick Hart's copy #1) «»
5 - 4 1954 Spirit duplicator copy of "Modern biographical sketches of Cistercian Blessed and Saints, Book IV," 317 pages (Br. Patrick Hart's copy #2) «»
5 - 5 1961 Mimeograph of "An Introduction to Christian mysticism (from the Apostolic Fathers to the Council of Trent)," 170 pages (Br. Patrick Hart's copy) «»
5 - 6 1950-1968 Jean Leclercq correspondence (photocopies, originals transferred to Section A, part 1 of 3); manuscript of Leclercq's article "Contemplation Revisited" (later published Buddhist-Christian Studies Vol. 11 (1991), pp. 285-288); and copies of correspondence with Dom James Fox and Dom Ignace Gillet. «»
5 - 7 1950-1968 Jean Leclercq correspondence (part 2 of 3) «»
5 - 8 1950-1968; 1985-1999 Jean Leclercq correspondence (part 3 of 3); articles on the Merton-Leclercq correspondence by Patrick Hart ("A Monastic Exchange of Letters" and "A Monastic Correspondence"); and one letter from Hart to Rev. Fr. Michel [possibly Dom Michel Jorrot, O.S.B.] «»
6 - 1 1985 Letter from Patrick Hart to Anne McCormick and first chapter title page from manuscript of The School of Charity (3 copies) «»
6 - 2 1966; 1987 Correspondence between Sr. Elaine Michael Bane, O.S.F. and Br. Patrick Hart; and article by Merton, "Franciscan Eremitism" published in The Cord 16.12: 356-364 «»
6 - 3 1944-1958; 1991-1996 Photocopies order form from Columbia University for typed manuscript of "The Sign of Jonas" (circa 150 pages); photocopies of letters from St. Bonaventure University from Mark Van Doren to Fr. Thomas Plassman, and two from Merton to Fr. Irenaeus Herscher; photocopy of "Monastic Courtesy" by Merton (20 pages); and "Living amongst a crowd," poems by Chris McDonnell «»
6 - 4 1941 and 1947 Photocopy of handwritten sections of "The Whale and the Ivy" from Columbia University and a photocopy of the "Brown Journal" from St. Bonaventure University «»
6 - 5 1976 List: "Books with Marginalia Delivered to the Thomas Merton Collection, Bellarmine College from the Abbey of Gethsemani, Trappist, Kentucky, in July, 1976" (14 pages, roughly 360 items sent) «»
6 - 6 1983 "Remarks on Thomas Merton's Letters, To the Editor", statement by Henri Gibaud and signed by G. Marc'hadour, 10 July 1983, translators of French letters by Merton to Dom Gabriel Sortais, containing notes on style of Merton's French, translation notes, and translations of the first four extant letters from Merton to Sortais with corrections «»
6 - 7 1953-1966 Merton correspondence with priests and religious (photocopies), Squire through Viens «»
6 - 8 1964 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies and transcripts), Von Balthasar through Wagner «»
6 - 9 1959-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies of Sr. Anita Wasserman's letters from Merton, letters from Merton to her family and to Carmelites from her community), and one handwritten note from Sr. Anita Wasserman, O.C.D. (transferred to Section A) regarding her letters with Merton «»
6 - 10 1959-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Weidner through Winandy «»
6 - 11 1950-1966 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Damasus Winzen letters (one letter to Jean Leclercq) «»
6 - 12 1953-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Accioly through Burns «»
6 - 13 1964-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Carey through Collins «»
6 - 14 1964-1967 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Hildelith Cumming «»
6 - 15 1962-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Myriam Dardenne «»
6 - 16 1952-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (one original letter to Don Derivaux [transferred to Section A], and the rest photocopies), Derivaux through Duss «»
6 - 17 1951-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Emmanuel (Schuurmans) through Gilson «»
6 - 18 1964; 1986 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Norbert Gorrissen; original correspondence between Gorrissen and Patrick Hart «»
6 - 19 1967-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Aelred Graham «»
6 - 20 1953-1964 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Filiberto Guala «»
6 - 21 1964-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Halsey through Hardjawijata «»
6 - 22 1966-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (transcripts), Patrick Hart «»
6 - 23 1953-1967 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), Helen Jean (Seidel) through Mary Margaret (Mother Mary Margaret) «»
6 - 24 1958-1963 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), McCarthy through McDonnell «»
6 - 25 1949-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies), McNamara through Penido «»
7 - 1 1963-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies and one carbon [Pérez, transferred to Section A]), Pérez through Phillippe «»
7 - 2 1952-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies and one carbon [Porion, transferred to Section A]), Porion through Schroen «»
7 - 3 1952-1963 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (transcripts) Gabriel Sortais «»
7 - 4 1952-1963 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies) Gabriel Sortais «»
7 - 5 1964-1968 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies) with: Alfonso De Biasio Gliottone, John Morson, Sister C. ([cut] from ms of The School of Charity, pp. 751-2), Brother D., and Sr. Elaine Michael Bane «»
7 - 6 1964; 1988 Merton correspondence (continued) with priests and religious (photocopies) Charles Brandt, with original correspondence with Patrick Hart «»
7 - 7 1970 Merton collection box lists (partial) February 10, 1970; two copies of lists of Merton's holographic journals and working notebooks (both lists with handwritten notes) «»

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