Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section B.6:

Seeds of destruction

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  for Mark - handle with care - happy new year [-] Tom

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Book with signature and inscription

Date:  no-month no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  328

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  First edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. Inscribed to Mark Van Doren. Donated by A.J. Flogge.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4

Item 2 - 

First Lines:  fr LOUIS

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Book with signature

Date:  no-month no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  328

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Contains Merton's stamp. Third printing, hardcover with dust jacket. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. Received from the Abbey of Gethsemani.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4

Item 3 - 

First Lines:  for Father Friederich [sic] with cordial greetings and best wishes [-] Thomas Merton

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Book with signature and inscription

Date:  no-month no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  328

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Second printing, 1964. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. Inscribed to Fr. Richard Friedrich.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4

Item 4 - 

First Lines:  own copy [-] f m Louis

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Book with signature and inscription

Date:  no-month no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  328

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  First edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. There is a scratched out inscription and another note and signature designating the book as Merton's for his own use. It was donated by Gethsemani Abbey July 1, 1976.

Location:  Archive - Stack 4