The Thomas Merton Archives at St. Bonaventure University

[Manuscript]

St. Bonaventure University ms.51)
2 vols. (198 p. each) ; 26 x 20 cm.
1938.
Cloth spine, paper cover, composition style notebooks ("National" brand).
Vol.1: 33 pages blank ; Vol.2: 109 pages blank.
Text in pencil and ink.
Inside front cover of vol.1: "Notes on William Blake. Thomas Merton. 548a West 114^th St. Un.4-8418"
Subject: Research notes on William Blake, partly in preparation for his M.A. thesis entitled, "Nature and Art in William Blake, an Essay in Interpretation" completed February 1939.

Provenance: Presumably given to Fr. Irenaeus Herscher when Merton was preparing to enter the Trappist Order in December of 1941.

Described by PJS