The Thomas Merton Archives at St. Bonaventure University

Comparison of entries from Thomas Merton’s manuscript Journal 1939-1940 to entries

from the publication The Secular Journal (1959)

By Paul J. Spaeth

This chart compares the dated entries in the manuscript journal source to those in The Secular Journal, and shows where there is a match both in date and in relation to subject matter. The matches are usually not a simple matter of transcription, but rather they involve editing from the manuscript source either by excerpting sections, or by reworking the text in part or as a whole.

Journal, 1939-1940

"Perry Street Journal"

(St. Bonaventure University ms. 48) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTRIES

PAGES

5/2/39

1

5/3/39

2

5/4/39

2

Missing

3-4

5/11/39

5

5/12/39

5-6

5/14/39

6-7

5/18/39

7-9

5/30/39

9-12

Missing

13-16

Drawings (5)

17-19

Partial Entry

20-22

6/1/39

23

Blank

26

Missing

27-28

8/24/39

29-30

8/29/39

31-34

Missing

35-36

Partial Entry

37-39

9/8/39

39-40

Missing

41-44

Partial entry

45

9/13/39

46-47

9/14/39

(2 entries)

48-50

Missing

51-62

9/26/39

63-64

Missing

65-68

Partial entry

69-75

9/30/39

76-77

10/1/39

78-85

 

 

  

Secular Journal

Pt. 1: Perry Street, N.Y.

Winter 1939-1940

ENTRIES

PAGES

10/1/39

86-91

10/1/39

5-6

10/4/39

92 

10/6/39

93-99

10/11/39 

11-13

10/9/39

100-108

10/9/39 

7-10

10/14/39

109-110

 

  

Missing

111-114

10/15/39

115-125 

10/15/39 

14-21

10/16/39

126-129 

 

  

10/19/39

130-131 

10/22/39

132-134

10/22/39 

22-23

Missing

135-136

 

 

 

 

 

  

Partial entry

137-143

10/23/39

144-146

10/29/39

147-152

10/30/39

153-154 

10/31/39

155-163

11/2/39

164-169 

11/2/39

24-25

11/8/39

170-171 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/16/39

171-174 

11/19/39

174-178 

11/20/39

179-181 

11/21/39

182-186 

12/8/39

187-192 

12/11/39

192-197 

12/14/39

198-202

12/17/39

202-210

12/18/39

211-216

12/19/39

216-220

12/20/39

220-224

12/21/39

225-227

1/4/40

228-235

1/5/40

235-244

Missing

245-268

Partial entry

269

1/13/40

270-277

1/14/40

277-281

1/18/40

282-284

1/23/40

285-287 

1/24/40

288-289

1/25/40

289-293

1/26/40

294

2/13/40

295-297

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