Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section C.2:

Sign of Jonas, The

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  This book, which is a collection of personal notes and meditations set down during about five years

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1953

Number of pages:  393

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Bound as: "The sign of Jonas. Draft. 1953."

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)

Item 2 - 

First Lines:  I don't know what a diesel tractor is doing out on Sunday but I can hear it over the wall.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript and typescript carbon

Date:  no-month no-day, 1953

Number of pages:  164

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Bound as: "The sign of Jonas. Early draft. 1953."

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)

Item 3 - 

First Lines:  This was a year of transition. The publication of The Seven Storey Mountain at the end

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1953

Number of pages:  397

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Holograph corrections by editor and not by Merton. Red-leather bound box (with loose pages) titled: "The Sign of Jonas. Merton. Original manuscript."

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)