The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University



Finding Aids and Library Catalog Holdings


Click here for a separate list of Bibliographic Resources: including secondary sources, vade mecum, conference analysis, Merton Seasonal index, checklist bibliography, and a list of Merton's visitors by name.



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SECTION A: Correspondence

Correspondence list

Calendar View of Letters to and from Merton

Cataloged Holdings



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SECTION B: Books and Pamphlets - Published Materials

B.1: Books and Pamphlets by Thomas Merton

Cataloged Holdings

B3. Books about Thomas Merton

Cataloged Holdings

B.4: Ancillary Books

Cataloged Holdings

B.5: Marginalia Section

Finding Aids
List of Books with Merton's Marginalia

Cataloged Holdings

B.6: Books Signed and/or Inscribed by Merton (partial list, in progress)

Finding Aids
Books signed by Merton (search Bellarmine library catalog for additional entries)



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SECTION C: Books and Pamphlets - Manuscript Material

C.1: Holographic Journals and Reading Notebooks

Finding Aids
Book Citations in Merton's Journals
Index to Reading Notebooks

Cataloged Holdings
Published Journals

C.2: Manuscripts and Typescripts of Books and Pamphlets

Finding Aids
Listing of manuscripts by Thomas Merton at the Merton Center

C.3: Proofs of Books and Pamphlets – Galleys

Finding Aids
Listing of proofs for books by Thomas Merton at the Merton Center

C.4: Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations about Merton

Finding Aids
Indexes to theses and dissertations specifically about Thomas Merton
Indexes to theses and dissertations with reference to Thomas Merton
Cataloged Holdings

C.5: Other Proofs

Finding Aids
Listing of proofs for books about Thomas Merton at the Merton Center

C.6: Contracts for books and articles by Merton, foreign and domestic

Finding Aids
Listing of contracts for books by Thomas Merton at the Merton Center
Contracts file in Section A: Correspondence

C.7: Royalties Statements and Sales Summaries for Books by Merton, 1958-1969

Finding Aids
Listing of royalties statements for books by Thomas Merton at the Merton Center



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SECTION D: Opuscula - Published Material

D.1: Articles and Essays by Thomas Merton

Finding Aids
Listing of published articles and essays by Merton at the Merton Center

D.2: Mimeographed Material: Essays, Poems and Lecture Notes by Thomas Merton

Finding Aids
List of Mimeographed Essays, Poems and Lecture Notes

D.3: Poetry by Thomas Merton

Finding Aids
Poems by Thomas Merton

Catologed Holdings:
All published works of poetry by Merton
Collected Poems
In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems

D.4a: Articles and Essays about Merton

Cataloged Holdings: listed under the call number Merton Collection (Archive - D4a-z) and filed by author's last name.
(E.g., for an essay by Paul Bernadicou, look under "Archive - D4b".)

D.4b: Reviews of Works by and about Merton

Listing of reviews of works by and about Merton held at the Merton Center.

D.5: Collected Essays (Monastic Compilation)

Finding Aids
Alphabetical listing of all the essays from the 24 volume collection compiled at Gethsemani Abbey

Listing of 24 volume titles (collected into topical volumes) with links to the article names

D.6: Published Essays (Nelson Compilation)

Cataloged Holdings

D.7: Periodicals, Journals, Pamphlets used by Merton

Finding Aids
List of periodicals/essays used by Merton.
List of extra copies of periodicals.



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SECTION E: Opuscula - Manuscript Material

E.1: Articles, Essays, and Reading Notes by Thomas Merton

Finding Aids
List of Essays, Comments, Reading Notes, and Reviews

E.2: Poetry by Thomas Merton

Finding Aids
List of Manuscript Poems



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SECTION F: Works of Art and Audio-Visual Material

F.5: Audio Recordings

F.5a. Reel-to-Reel Tapes

Finding Aids
Audio and video finding aids with search feature
Index to Audio Recordings: Sorted by Reel Number (same numbering used for compact disks)

Cataloged Holdings
Holdings listed as Archive - Audio (all formats)

F.5b. Cassette Tapes

Finding Aids
Audio and video finding aids with search feature
Index to Audio Recordings: Sorted by Reel Number (same numbering used for compact disks)

Cataloged Holdings
Cataloged Holdings (Cassette)

F.5c. Compact Disks

Finding Aids
Audio and video finding aids with search feature
Index to Audio Recordings: Sorted by Reel Number

Cataloged Holdings
Cataloged Holdings (CD)

F.5d. Analog Long Play Record Disks

Finding Aids
Audio and video finding aids with search feature

Cataloged Holdings
Cataloged Holdings (LP)

F.6: Video Recordings

Finding Aids
Audio and video finding aids with search feature

Cataloged Holdings

F.7: Plays about Thomas Merton

Cataloged Holdings

F.8: Musical Settings

Cataloged Holdings



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SECTION G: Miscellaneous Material

G.2: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Merton's clothing (2015 donation)

G.4: Merton Seasonal, Merton Annual, and the ITMS Newsletter

Finding Aids
Contents of earlier volumes of The Merton Annual
Contents of the current volume of The Merton Annual with publication information
Contents of earlier issues of The Merton Seasonal
Contents of the current issue of The Merton Seasonal with publication information
Contents of earlier editions of ITMS Newsletter
Contents of the current edition of ITMS Newsletter

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Indexes of The Merton Seasonal and The Merton Annual
Articles by contributor for The Merton Seasonal and The Merton Annual
Listing of full text articles in The Merton Seasonal
Listing of full text articles in The Merton Annual

Cataloged Holdings
The Merton Seasonal
The Merton Annual
The Merton Journal



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SECTION H: Related Merton Collections

H.3: Owen Merton Collection

Cataloged Holdings

H.4: The Merton Project Files - Material from the PBS Documentary

Cataloged Holdings: this is not a record of the unedited movie reels themselves, but cataloged records for the finished video and transcripts

H.7: Hart Working Files

Finding Aids
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H.11: Delius Papers

Finding Aids
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H.12: Yoder Papers - The Spiritual Roots of Protest, Retreat 1964

Finding Aids
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H.13: Marie Charron Papers

Finding Aids
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H.15: David D. Cooper Papers

Finding Aids
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H.16: Ann Skakel Papers

Finding Aids
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H.17: Joseph Zarrella Catholic Worker Papers

Finding Aids
Click here for a finding aid for H17a, Accession 1 (Records Series headings only).
Click here for a full list of Catholic Worker newspapers in the collection.
Click here for a finding aid for H17b, Accession 2 (full folder descriptions).
Click here for a finding aid for H17c, Accession 3 (full folder descriptions).

Cataloged Holdings

H.18: Patrick Samway Papers, Editing the Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton Correspondence

Finding Aids
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H.21: Serge Bolshakoff's Manuscript, "Introduction to Wales"

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SECTION I: Miscellaneous Collections

I.1: Mother Teresa (1910-1997) and Lou Torok (1927-2000) Collection

Finding Aids
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I.2: Mother Teresa (1910-1997) and Bellarmine Collection

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