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Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Geist, Peter, III


Series 2, Essays and Poems Sent by Merton to Geist


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 2 #1.
«All Series«
1966/03/no other by Merton NOTE. The following pages were originally written as a preface for the Japanese translation [mimeograph of "Love and Solitude," an essay by Thomas Merton dated March-April 1966 - likely sent with either 1966/05/13 or 1966/06/24 letters] «detailed view»
Series 2 #2.
«All Series«
1966/04/no other by Merton I lie on my hospital bed Water runs inside the walls And the musical machinery [mimeograph of "With the World in My Blood Stream," a poem by Thomas Merton dated April 1966 - likely sent with either 1966/05/13 or 1966/06/24 letters] «detailed view»
Series 2 #3.
«All Series«
1966/04/no other by Merton This is not going to be an easy tune to sing. To begin with, it is not one of the currently popular [mimeograph of "Apologies to an Unbeliever," an essay by Thomas Merton dated April 1966 - likely sent with either 1966/05/13 or 1966/06/24 letters] «detailed view»
Series 2 #4.
«All Series«
1966/07/11 other by Merton This variant of a classic Desert Father saying emphasizes that the most important thing for [mimeograph of "The Cell," an essay by Thomas Merton dated Feast of St Benedict 1966 (July 11, 1966) - likely sent with either 1966/05/13 or 1966/06/24 letters] «detailed view»

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