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Sub-Section H.15: David D. Cooper Papers

Record Series: 4: Manuscript: Thomas Merton's Art of Denial by David Cooper (first drafts)

Series Description

Manuscript in many early handwritten and typed drafts and scenarios.

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This manuscript has no associated subjects.

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Arrangement and Processing Notes:

This Sub-Section is divided into records series.

Container List

Box#-FF#	Item#	Date	Notes	First Lines
2 - 1		undated	Outlines of an order of chapter and division headings and abstracts of chapters.	«Folder title: Merton Manuscript: Chapter Scenario[s] (1984-1988)»
2 - 2		undated		«Folder title: Handwritten draft: Chapters 2 (Section 2), 3, and 4 with reference citations (revisions June and August 1987)»
2 - 3		undated	Correspondence (2 letters) and notes (1 page).	«Folder title: Early 3 Chapters: Milhaven Comment [John Giles Milhaven, Brown University] (1980)»
2 - 4		undated	Holograph manuscript.	«Folder title: Merton Book: Original Manuscript (First 3 Chapters)»
2 - 5		undated		«Folder title: Original typescript: Chapters 2 (section 2), 3, 4»
2 - 6		undated	Holograph letter to Cooper Hyatt H. Waggoner dated October 12, 1982 with notes on typed manuscript of book.	«Folder title: Waggoner - D. Cooper - Merton chapters.»
2 - 7		undated		«Folder title: Chapter 6 (Chapter 4, published version): "The Art of the Sacred." Holograph Copy.»
2 - 8		undated	Correspodence with Hyatt H. Waggoner and John Giles Milhaven and typescript with editorial notes.	«Folder title: Merton, Chapter 6: Waggoner (copy edit) - Milhaven»
2 - 9		undated		«Folder title: Merton, Chapter 6: Original typescript»
2 - 10		undated	Contains holographic notes and typescript of chapter six with editorial corrections.	«Folder title: Merton, Chapter 6»
2 - 11		undated		«Folder title: Chapters 7 and 8 (Section 1): Holographic draft»
2 - 12		undated		«Folder title: Chapters 7 and 8 (Section 1)»
2 - 13		undated		«Folder title: Chapter 9 (Chapter 7 published version)- Secularization of Thomas Merton: Modernity Reconciled, Holographic draft»
2 - 14		undated		«Folder title: Chapter 9 (Chapter 8 published version), Section 3: Radical Humanist and the Radical Critique»
2 - 15		undated		«Folder title: Chapter 9 (Chapter 7 published version)- Secularization of Thomas Merton: Modernity Reconciled, Research notes, outlines, etc.»
2 - 16		undated	Correpondence with the Merton Legacy Trust and correspondents of Merton's such as Naomi Burton Stone in order to secure rights to publish quoted materials.	«Folder title: [Label missing - Permissions requests]»
2 - 17		undated	The "Celebrate Merton '88" Committee and correspondence with William H. Shannon.	«Folder title: International Thomas Merton Society (1987-1988)»
2 - 18		undated		«Folder title: Epilogue (Young Man Merton: A Speculative Epilogue)»
2 - 19		undated		«Folder title: Prologue - "The Crisis of the Missing Years" - Cithara»

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