Resources for Merton Studies
This part of the site is designed to provide a central scholarly clearinghouse of sorts that can aid those interested in Thomas Merton with finding good resources online. While this list is in no way exhaustive, I hope that it might be of some help to others. If you have any suggestions for additional links or resources, please contact me. Thank you.
Merton Archive @ St. Bonaventure University:
This site is the work of the librarian and archivist at the Friedsam Memorial Library at St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, NY, where Thomas Merton taught in the late 1930s before entering the Trappist order. The site contains information about Merton’s work at Bonaventure and contains contact information for the Merton collection curator at SBU and a catalog of holdings.
The International Thomas Merton Society:
This is the official site of the ITMS. It contains many resources including an updated list of current Merton events and publications.
The Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland:
This is the official site of the TMS. It contains many resources including an updated list of current Merton events in Europe and publications that are related to this chapter.
The Merton Collection at Columbia University:
This is the listing of holdings at the library of Columbia University. Columbia is where Merton studied English in the 1930s.
Tom Merton-Ed Rice Correspondence Holdings at Georgetown:
This is the listing of holdings at the library of Georgetown University.
The Merton Collection at The National Catholic Library (UK):
This is a small collection of the Thomas Merton Society (TMS) that is stored at this library.
More To Come!