Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Silent life, The

Item 1 - (New first Chapter for Living in Silence.) "The Silent Life"

First Lines:  1. Puritas Cordis. We have defined a monk as a man who leaves everything else in order to seek God.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1955

Number of pages:  10

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from the St. Bonaventure University archives.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - LIVING IN SILENCE (Silence in Heaven)

First Lines:  Table of Contents. Prologue-- What is a Monk? Part One: The Monastic Peace. 1- In Silencio

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of published material

Date:  September 22, 1955

Number of pages:  4

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from University of Kentucky Special Collections. Draft table of contents and blurb about book that would be published as The Silent Life with an accompanying letter addressed to Mrs. Pellegrini (see Sheila Cudahy correspondence).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 8