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Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Geist, Peter, III


Series 4, Ancillary Materials


Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1965-1966
Volume: 35 item(s); 149 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Geist, Peter, III".

Biography

Peter Geist writes from Matinicus Island, Maine and Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a professor of industrial design at Washington University in Saint Louis and designed books and corporate logos. Merton contacts him to design a books of pictures about Geth

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Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 Correspondence between Geist, Merton, and Monks of Gethsemani 22
2 Essays and Poems Sent by Merton to Geist 4
3 Manuscript Quotation Material by Merton 3
4 Ancillary Materials 6

Container List

Series#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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Series 4 #1.
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1959/no/no other   ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SAINT MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH [booklette by Peter Geist for Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in Saint Louis, Missouri] «detailed view»
Series 4 #2.
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1962/no/no other   Peter Geist Designs [book of designs, many corporate logos, etc., by Peter Geist] «detailed view»
Series 4 #3.
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1965/no/no other   ENCOUNTER AND QUESTIONS [-] Life is made of encounters. A true encounter stimulates questions [2 copies (one with outer cover and one without) of Monastic Life at Gethsemani, designed by Peter Geist] «detailed view»
Series 4 #4.
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1967/02/27 other[x]   Firms are Placing Greater Emphasis On Their Trademark Identification By CURT MATTHEWS Of the Post- [photocopy of an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the work of Peter Geist] «detailed view»
Series 4 #5.
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2020/03/26 TLS to Center from Stella, Thomas A. I was sent the contents of this package by a friend whose father, Peter Geist, designed the book [letter accompanying donation of Peter Geist papers] «detailed view»
Series 4 #6.
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2020/04/08 TLS to Center from Stella, Thomas A. I just came across the enclosed letter from Merton to Peter Geist that I failed to include [letter with an additional letter found since March 26, 2020 donation] «detailed view»

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