Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Sign of Jonas, The

Item 1 - [1 - University of Kentucky]

First Lines:  On Sunday, that is, on New Year's Day, I took one of the two twin raincoats that hang in the grand

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  6

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Pages 21, 22, 25, 26, 41, and 42. Copied from the University of Kentucky Special Collections, added 1/2013.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - [2 - Verso of "Proposal for improving the theological curriculum, Gethsemani Seminary - 1950."]

First Lines:  17 [-] This, then, is the beginning of my conversion. And now, you who read this, pray to God

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript

Date:  September 29, 1949

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Dated "Feast of St Michael and All Angels, 1949." Reflection does not appear in published Sign of Jonas or published journal. Original on verso of another file from Sub-Section E.1, "Proposal for improving the theological curriculum, Gethsemani Seminary - 1950."

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 3 - [3 - Verso of "Proposal for improving the theological curriculum, Gethsemani Seminary - 1950."]

First Lines:  2 [-] that procede from Him. This life that flows cut from Christ and vivifies the whole Church is

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Likely not from Sign of Jonas but seems to be from a similar date as item 2 in this file. Original on verso of another file from Sub-Section E.1, "Proposal for improving the theological curriculum, Gethsemani Seminary - 1950."

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 4 - [4a - Giroux donation]

First Lines:  Author's Note The title, The Whale and the Ivy, comes from the Book of Jonas.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from Patrick Samway Papers (H.18).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 5 - [4b - Giroux donation]

First Lines:  THE SETTING. (to come before the prologue) This book, which is a collection of personal

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  3

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from Patrick Samway Papers (H.18).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 6 - [4c - Giroux donation]

First Lines:  PART I - SOLEMN PROFESSION (December 1946-- December 1947) This Journal begins in December, 1946.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from Patrick Samway Papers (H.18).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 7 - [4d - Giroux donation]

First Lines:  Insert A- When you enter a Cistercian monastery you spend some time as a postulant. After

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from Patrick Samway Papers (H.18).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 8 - [5 - The Whale and the Ivy]

First Lines:  JANUARY 1950 January 1st. Yesterday afternoon, New Year's Eve, I was sitting by the ruined horse

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  4

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from the St. Bonaventure University archives.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6