Manuscripts in Sub-Section C.2:
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Item 1 - [1a] THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE plan.
First Lines: Chapter I. The Seeds of Eternal Life. Man created for contemplation. Nature and grace. Adam.
Sub-Type: Manuscript
Draft:
Copy Type: Typescript carbon with holograph corrections
Date: December 03, 1948
Number of pages: 7
Additional authors/contributors:
Language: English
Notes:
Location: Archive - Stack 3 (file box)
Item 2 - [1b] THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE plan.
First Lines: Chapter I. The Seeds of Eternal Life. Man created for contemplation. Nature and grace. Adam.
Sub-Type: Manuscript
Draft:
Copy Type: Typescript with holograph corrections
Date: December 03, 1948
Number of pages: 4
Additional authors/contributors:
Language: English
Notes: Same as 1a above but with some pages missing. Seemingly the original typed pages with some corrections.
Location: Archive - Stack 3 (file box)
Item 3 - [1c] THE CLOUD AND THE FIRE
First Lines: When the first man sprang out of nothingness at the touch of God, his soul was a clear mirror that
Sub-Type: Manuscript
Draft:
Copy Type: Typescript with holograph corrections and additions
Date: December no-day, 1948
Number of pages: 48
Additional authors/contributors:
Language: English
Notes: 42 numbered pages in two chapters with four pages of handwritten endnotes, a title page, a one-page prologue. Some of the pages of citations are written on the verson of letters from Frank Bruce of Bruce publishing. Copies have been placed in the Bruce correspondence file.
Location: Archive - Stack 3 (file box)
Item 4 - [2] THE CLOUD AND THE FIRE
First Lines: When the first man sprang out of nothingness at the touch of God, his soul was a clear mirror that
Sub-Type: Manuscript
Draft:
Copy Type: Typescript carbon with holograph corrections
Date: December 21, 1948
Number of pages: 43
Additional authors/contributors:
Language: English
Notes: 42 numbered pages and title page. There was also an envelope marked "discontinued book" in Merton's hand. The envelope was sent from Liturgical Arts in Concord, NH and postmarked December 21, 1948.
Location: Archive - Stack 3 (file box)
Item 5 - [3]
First Lines: In the beginning God created heaven and the earth. The Spirit of God moved over the abyss.
Sub-Type: Manuscript
Draft:
Copy Type: Typescript
Date: no-month no-day, no-year
Number of pages: 12
Additional authors/contributors:
Language: English
Notes:
Location: Archive - Stack 3 (file box)