| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| 1 | 1965/07/15 | TLS | from Merton | We are planning to put out a new book of pictures of the monastery, with a brief text. | |
| design of a book for Gethsemani Abbey / Sister Deborah, Sister of Loretto, Webster College, St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1 | 1965/07/23 | HLS | to Merton | I would be extremely happy to help with the design and production of your proposed picture book. | |
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| 1 | 1965/08/04 | HLS | from Merton | In answer to your questions about the book. 1) It will be black and white 2) I was thinking | |
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| 1 | 1965/09/21 | TALS | to Merton | After returning to St. Louis from our meeting, Milton Mild and I checked the photographs for the | |
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| 1 | 1965/09/25 (#01) | TLS | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter of the 21st. Cartainly [sic] it would be a good idea for Arthur | |
| Arthur Fillimore / "..personally I feel that 'the monk alone in prayer' bit has been overdone".. / supplying photographs |
| 1 | 1965/09/25 (#02) | TL[c] | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter of the 21st. Cartainly [sic] it would be a good idea for Arthur | |
| Arthur Fillimore / "..personally I feel that 'the monk alone in prayer' bit has been overdone".. / supplying photographs |
| 1 | 1965/10/05 | HLS | from Merton | The layout: is really fine. Just what I was hoping for and fine for our purpose. I have only two | |
| asking two changes: not to put cemetery on back cover as it seems to play into stereotype of Trappists and omitting a photo of a bearded brother with a bell that some in the community found humorous (maybe an inside joke) and not in keeping with the tone of the book |
| 1 | 1966/01/07 | TL[c] | from Merton | If you have seen the booklet, and I presume you have, you can understand that there is some | |
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| 1 | 1966/05/13 | TNS | from Collins, Frederic, Br., O.C.S.O. | When I came back from my visit with you I wrote Thomas Merton a note (that is the usual way we | |
| mentions Merton's condition recovering from surgery / Collins mentions this note accompanies some of Merton's essays and poems he is sending to Geist, including a "poem while recovering from his operation" (in the file is "With the World in My Bloodstream" and Geist references "The Great Men of Former Times" in a reply, but may have been sent with June 24 note / also in the file are essays, "Love and Solitude," "The Cell," and "Apologies to an Unbeliever") |
| 1 | 1966/06/24 | TNS | from Collins, Frederic, Br., O.C.S.O. | It was good talking to you on the phone just now. I have been trying to reach Jerry Schwartzel | |
| Collins mentions sending a poem by Merton and Geist references "The Great Men of Former Times" in his July 12 reply |
| 1 | 1966/06/28 | HLS | from Pius, Br., O.C.S.O. | The book finally showed up. Please check it over and return as soon as possible with your honest | |
| sending book sample from the printer for Geist's approval |
| 1 | 1966/07/04 | HLS | from Collins, Frederic, Br., O.C.S.O. | I had B. Raphael type this note as I was getting ready for a business trip to Calif. Father Abbot | |
| [brief typed note by Br. M. Raphael, O.C.S.O. with letterhead of Gethsemani Farms, see also letter to Geist of July 28, 1966] plans of Dom James Fox to send Br. Frederic Collins to new Trappist monastery in Santiago, Chile (Monasterio Sta Maria de Miraflores) - Collins first to travel to Trappist monastery at Vina, California (New Clairvaux Abbey) to learn about irrigation |
| 1 | 1966/07/12 | HLS | to Merton | I enjoyed your articles and poems sent to me by Brother Frederic. I like particularly the line "and | |
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| 1 | 1966/07/28 | TLS | from Raphael, Br., O.C.S.O. | Container Corporation, contrary to our verbal instructions, proceeded to make boxes #900 and 1300 | |
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| 1 | 1966/07/29 | HLS | from Collins, Frederic, Br., O.C.S.O. | Thanks for your last letter and the invitation to stay at your house. If my present plans work out | |
| [writing from Kansas City, Missouri, on letterhead of the Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, California] travel through St. Louis / color proof from Lou Garavoglia (sp?) |
| 1 | 1966/08/10 (#01) | other | from Merton | Printed Matter [-] Note enclosed | |
| [envelope in Merton's handwriting - seems to be sending "A Christian Looks at Zen" based on Geist's response, but the essay is not extant in the donated collection] |
| 1 | 1966/08/10 (#02) | HLS | from Pius, Br., O.C.S.O. | Thank you for the suggestions on the book. We made all the corrections and they were good ones. | |
| book is printed and on its way to bindery |
| 1 | 1966/08/29 | HLS | to Merton | Thanks much for "A CHRISTIAN LOOKS AT ZEN"[.] Who for the prospects and anticipations of | |
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| 1 | 1966/10/03 | HLS | from Pius, Br., O.C.S.O. | Enclosed is the picture book you worked on some months ago and almost by now forgotten. | |
| changes made / comparison to Shirley Burden's "God Is My Life" - "too poetic for me" |
| 1 | 1967/01/25 | TLS | from Athanasius, Br., O.C.S.O. | This is in the nature of a much delayed report on the mailer-brochure used in the 1966 Gethsemani | |
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| 1 | 1967/02/13 | TLS | from Athanasius, Br., O.C.S.O. | Thank you for your letter and the photographs, and miscellaneous material relating to the 1966 | |
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| 1 | 1968/01/01 | TALS | from Merton | Christmas mail was an avalanche this year: it always is, but more so in 1967. News from friends | Yes |
| [circulaor letter to "Friends" (see also "Circular Letters" file) labeled "NEW YEAR'S LETTER 1968"] |
| 2 | 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] |
| 2 | 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] |
| 2 | 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] |
| 2 | 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] |
| 3 | undated/no/no (#01) | HLS | by James, Bruno Scott | This is quite fascinating but for heaven's sake do not let it be published …. It is the unconscious | |
| [incomplete letter from Bruno S. James, addressing Merton in the third person, and discussing an unnamed Merton book - it is possible it discusses <i>The Sign of Jonas</i> and was mixed into the pages Merton sends Geist in this file - James was positive of the book in his book review but expresses reservations in this letter] |
| 3 | undated/no/no (#02) | other | by Merton | 4 .. could have done something more for him than just look at the holy picture and smile, and I was | |
| [selections from "The Whale and the Ivy," Part III of <i>The Sign of Jonas</i>, edited versions of Merton's personal journals from December 24, 1946 through August 3, 1947 sent to Peter Geist for possible quotation in <i>Gethsmani: A Life of Praise</i>] |
| 3 | undated/no/no (#03) | other | by Merton | My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know | |
| [excerpts from <i>Thoughts in Solitude</i> by Thomas Merton sent to Peter Geist for possible quotation in <i>Gethsmani: A Life of Praise</i>] |
| 4 | 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] |
| 4 | 1962/no/no | other | | Peter Geist Designs | |
| [book of designs, many corporate logos, etc., by Peter Geist] |
| 4 | 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 <i>Monastic Life at Gethsemani</i>, designed by Peter Geist] |
| 4 | 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 <u>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</u> about the work of Peter Geist] |
| 4 | 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] |
| 4 | 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] |
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