Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts of Related Collections:

Series 60: Mumford, Lewis. "Pioneers In Mechanization ['How the Benedictine (and Cistercian) monasteries of medieval Europe were pioneers in use of machinery…']" Chapter 12 of The Myth of the Machine by Lewis Mumford, 263-272 [with Merton's marginalia].


Box# - Folder#:  2 -

Item#:  1

Creator:  Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

Date or Range:   no-day no-month 1967

First Lines:  CHAPTER TWELVE [-] Pioneers in Mechanization [-] 1: THE BENEDICTINE BLESSING [-] Now we come to one of the curious paradoxes of history

Sub-Type:  Booklet

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Number of pages:  10

Language:  English

Notes:  Marginalia: contains underlining and other marks by Thomas Merton. From cover of copy: "How the Benedictines (and Cistercian) monasteries of medieval Europe were pioneers in use of machinery for the balanced life of work/prayer/leisure.