Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was an American writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Trappist, Kentucky, where he was known as Father Louis.
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, art work, audio cassette, printed materials by and about Thomas Merton.
The Thomas Merton Center is the official repository of Merton's artistic estate which includes over twelve hundred photographs and eight hundred drawings in addition to his writing. The Center archives over forty-five thousand Merton-related materials.
Founded to promote interest in and study of Thomas Merton and his concerns throughout the British Isles.
This article by Eric J. Scheske argues that Merton, Salinger, and Kerouac helped shape the youth movements of the 1960s and that they ended up contributing to the unrest of that era. [Touchstone Magazine]
(October 01, 2000)
Founded to promote interest in and study of Thomas Merton and his concerns throughout the British Isles.
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, art work, audio cassette, printed materials by and about Thomas Merton.
The Thomas Merton Center is the official repository of Merton's artistic estate which includes over twelve hundred photographs and eight hundred drawings in addition to his writing. The Center archives over forty-five thousand Merton-related materials.
This article by Eric J. Scheske argues that Merton, Salinger, and Kerouac helped shape the youth movements of the 1960s and that they ended up contributing to the unrest of that era. [Touchstone Magazine]
(October 01, 2000)
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