Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section C.2:

Edifying cables

Item 1 - [1] Edifying cables; or, Heroic liturgies of misunderstanding

First Lines:  Lament of Ortega. The crowd has revolted. Now there are bathrooms everywhere.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript and typescript carbon with holograph corrections and additions

Date:  September no-day, 1966

Number of pages:  54

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Bound as: "Edifying Cables. First draft. 1967." Noted "First version" in Merton's handwriting.

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)

Item 2 - [2] Edifying cables; or, Heroic liturgies of misunderstanding

First Lines:  Lament of Ortega. The crowd has revolted. Now there are bathrooms everywhere.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript and typescript carbon with holograph corrections and additions

Date:  no-month no-day, 1967?

Number of pages:  46

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Bound as: "Edifying Cables. Two drafts. 1967." Note in Thomas Merton's handwriting to Gene [Meatyard?]: "This is a book I mentioned in my letter. It needs a cover. If you feel like illustrating the whole thing... ?"

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)

Item 3 - [3] Edifying cables; or, Familiar liturgies of misunderstanding

First Lines:  You, Reader, need no prologue. Do you think these Horatian Odes are all about you?

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  3rd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript and typescript carbon with holograph corrections and additions

Date:  no-month no-day, 1967

Number of pages:  54

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Bound as: "Edifying Cables. Two drafts. 1967."

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)