Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section C.2:

Secular journal of Thomas Merton, The

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  When William Blake told somebody his poems were dictated to him by the angels, he did not mean that

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1941?

Number of pages:  144

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Holograph corrections by Merton. Typed from journals entries. The original of this copy was given by Merton to Catherine Doherty.

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (file box)

Item 2 - 

First Lines:  The fact that these pages are being published after a lapse of twenty years may require a few words

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft (alternate)

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1959?

Number of pages:  177

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Holograph corrections by Naomi Burton Stone. Probably typed before 1959 from Catherine Doherty's copy.

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)

Item 3 - 

First Lines:  The fact that these pages are being published after a lapse of twenty years may require a few words

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon with holograph notation

Date:  no-month no-day, 1959

Number of pages:  161

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  One note in pen by Merton, "Censor II," likely a copy of the manuscript for the second censor.

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)

Item 4 - 

First Lines:  The fact that these pages are being published after a lapse of twenty years may require a few words

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  Setting copy

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1959

Number of pages:  164

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Publisher's and/or printer's corrections.

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)