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	Dr. Roest wrote quite a few articles for Theosophical journals, including a monthly column called "The Greater American Plan" in [[The American Theosophist (periodical)\|''The American Theosophist'']]. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists:		Dr. Roest wrote quite a few articles for Theosophical journals, including a monthly column called "The Greater American Plan" in [[The American Theosophist (periodical)\|''The American Theosophist'']]. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists:
	* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Pieter+K+Roest&s=author 47 articles by Pieter K Roest]'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Pieter+K+Roest&s=author 47 articles by Pieter K Roest]'''.
	* '''[~~http~~://~~www.austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=PK+Roest&~~method=perfect&header~~=~~field4~~ 9 articles as PK Roest]'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=+PK+Roest&s=author 9 articles as PK Roest]'''.
	* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Pieter+Kornelis+Roest&s=author 1 article as Pieter Kornelis Roest]'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Pieter+Kornelis+Roest&s=author 1 article as Pieter Kornelis Roest]'''.
	* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Dr.+PK+Roest&s=author 1 article as Dr. PK Roest]'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Dr.+PK+Roest&s=author 1 article as Dr. PK Roest]'''.

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	=== Theosophy and Theosophical Society ===		=== Theosophy and Theosophical Society ===

	Dr. Roest wrote quite a few articles for Theosophical journals, including a monthly column called "The Greater American Plan" in [[The American Theosophist (periodical)\|''The American Theosophist'']]. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists ~~43 articles under the name~~ [~~http~~://~~www.austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=Pieter+K+Roest&~~method~~=~~perfect&header=field4~~ Pieter K Roest]~~, 8 articles under the name~~ [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=PK+Roest&method=perfect&header=field4 PK Roest]~~, 1 as~~ [~~http~~://~~www.austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=Pieter+Kornelis+Roest&~~method~~=~~exact&header=field4~~ Pieter Kornelis Roest] ~~and 1 more as~~ [~~http~~://~~www.austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=PK+Roest~~%2C+Dr~~&~~method~~=~~perfect&header=field4~~ Dr. PK Roest].		Dr. Roest wrote quite a few articles for Theosophical journals, including a monthly column called "The Greater American Plan" in [[The American Theosophist (periodical)\|''The American Theosophist'']]. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists:
			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Pieter+K+Roest&s=author 47 articles by Pieter K Roest]'''.
			* '''[http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=PK+Roest&method=perfect&header=field4 9 articles as PK Roest]'''.
			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Pieter+Kornelis+Roest&s=author 1 article as Pieter Kornelis Roest]'''.
			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Dr.+PK+Roest&s=author 1 article as Dr. PK Roest]'''.

	Books and pamphlets included:		Books and pamphlets included:

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Personal life

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	On August 2, 1961, Pieter Roest married the widow of a Navy officer, '''Margaret Ann Cloes Norcross''', in King County, Washington. She was a singer and voice teacher, with a daughter and a son. The couple lived in Los Altos, Santa Clara County, California.<ref>State of Washington Marriage Record. Reference Number: kingcoarchmc252628. Filed August 3, 1961.</ref> She was born August 14, 1920 in Pinehurst, Washington and died March 20, 2008 in Portland, Oregon.<ref>Death notice.''The Oregonian'' March 29, 2008 .</ref> In December 1967 the couple divorced.<ref>California Divorce Index, 1966-1984.</ref>		On August 2, 1961, Pieter Roest married the widow of a Navy officer, '''Margaret Ann Cloes Norcross''', in King County, Washington. She was a singer and voice teacher, with a daughter and a son. The couple lived in Los Altos, Santa Clara County, California.<ref>State of Washington Marriage Record. Reference Number: kingcoarchmc252628. Filed August 3, 1961.</ref> She was born August 14, 1920 in Pinehurst, Washington and died March 20, 2008 in Portland, Oregon.<ref>Death notice.''The Oregonian'' March 29, 2008 .</ref> In December 1967 the couple divorced.<ref>California Divorce Index, 1966-1984.</ref>

	He passed away on July 11, 1968, a few months after he had been guest speaker at [[Krotona School of Theosophy]].		He passed away on [[July 11]], 1968, a few months after he had been guest speaker at [[Krotona School of Theosophy]].
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	Dr. Pieter K. Roest passed away suddenly but quietly at Wheaton. He had flown in from Ojai, California, only the day before to assist with the work at [[Olcott (campus)\|Olcott]] during the Convention and Summer School. He had seemed happy to be among old friends and familiar scenes, and perhaps if he head chosen the time and place to go, it would have been just as it was.<ref>"News and Notes: In Memoriam," ''The American Theosophist'' 56.8 (August, 1968), 198</ref>		Dr. Pieter K. Roest passed away suddenly but quietly at Wheaton. He had flown in from Ojai, California, only the day before to assist with the work at [[Olcott (campus)\|Olcott]] during the Convention and Summer School. He had seemed happy to be among old friends and familiar scenes, and perhaps if he head chosen the time and place to go, it would have been just as it was.<ref>"News and Notes: In Memoriam," ''The American Theosophist'' 56.8 (August, 1968), 198</ref>

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	The doctorate was awarded in sociology and anthropology, supervised by Dr. Ellsworth Faris.<ref>Lionel LaCaze, "Ellsworth Faris: an Outsider of the Chicago School? (From Waco to Chicago via Bolenge)," page 18. Available at [https://www.academia.edu/33855036/ELLSWORTH_FARIS_AN_OUTSIDER_OF_THE_CHICAGO_SCHOOL_FROM_WACO_TO_CHICAGO_VIA_BOLENGE_1?auto=download Academia.edu].</ref> The title of his doctoral dissertation was "White Magic and its Theories."<ref>"Doctoral Dissertations in Sociology granted by the University of Chicago 1895-1952". Available at [http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Timeline/Doctoral_dissertations_in_sociol.html Mead Project].</ref><ref>Dissertation is available in the at https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=G3148I040853O.188148&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!7678033~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Roest+Pieter+Kornelis&index=AUTHORP#focus University of Chicago Library].</ref> That period in Chicago was eventful. In addition to completing his degree, traveling to Europe, and being offered a teaching position by Mrs. Besant, Roest became the father of a baby boy on June 13, and he also began writing articles for Theosophical and professional journals.		The doctorate was awarded in sociology and anthropology, supervised by Dr. Ellsworth Faris.<ref>Lionel LaCaze, "Ellsworth Faris: an Outsider of the Chicago School? (From Waco to Chicago via Bolenge)," page 18. Available at [https://www.academia.edu/33855036/ELLSWORTH_FARIS_AN_OUTSIDER_OF_THE_CHICAGO_SCHOOL_FROM_WACO_TO_CHICAGO_VIA_BOLENGE_1?auto=download Academia.edu].</ref> The title of his doctoral dissertation was "White Magic and its Theories."<ref>"Doctoral Dissertations in Sociology granted by the University of Chicago 1895-1952". Available at [http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Timeline/Doctoral_dissertations_in_sociol.html Mead Project].</ref> That period in Chicago was eventful. In addition to completing his degree, traveling to Europe, and being offered a teaching position by Mrs. Besant, Roest became the father of a baby boy on June 13, and he also began writing articles for Theosophical and professional journals.

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	* '''"Balinese Religion."''' 1924.		* '''"Balinese Religion."''' 1924.
	* '''"Study of the Italian Peasant: Part IV"'''. ''Folklore''. 1925.		* '''"Study of the Italian Peasant: Part IV"'''. ''Folklore''. 1925.
	* '''''"White Magic and its Theories"'''''. Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, 1925.<ref>Dissertation is available in the at https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=G3148I040853O.188148&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!7678033~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Roest+Pieter+Kornelis&index=AUTHORP#focus University of Chicago Library].</ref>		* '''''"White Magic and its Theories"'''''. Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, 1925.
	* '''"The Australian People: How a Visiting Scientist Sees Them, Their Virtues and Vices, Thoughtless and Pleasure Seeking."''' ''The Mercury'' [newspaper] Monday, March 26, 1928. [described as being written after 6 months of study]		* '''"The Australian People: How a Visiting Scientist Sees Them, Their Virtues and Vices, Thoughtless and Pleasure Seeking."''' ''The Mercury'' [newspaper] Monday, March 26, 1928. [described as being written after 6 months of study]
	* '''''Principal Concepts of South Asia: Transcript of a Talk Given at the Foreign Service Institute, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1951'''''. Washington: Dept. of State, Foreign Service Institute, 1951. 37 pages.		* '''''Principal Concepts of South Asia: Transcript of a Talk Given at the Foreign Service Institute, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1951'''''. Washington: Dept. of State, Foreign Service Institute, 1951. 37 pages.

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	The doctorate was awarded in sociology and anthropology, ~~and~~ the title of his doctoral dissertation was "White Magic and its Theories."<ref>"Doctoral Dissertations in Sociology granted by the University of Chicago 1895-1952". Available at [http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Timeline/Doctoral_dissertations_in_sociol.html Mead Project].</ref><ref>Dissertation is available in the at https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=G3148I040853O.188148&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!7678033~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Roest+Pieter+Kornelis&index=AUTHORP#focus University of Chicago Library].</ref> That period in Chicago was eventful. In addition to completing his degree, traveling to Europe, and being offered a teaching position by Mrs. Besant, Roest became the father of a baby boy on June 13, and he also began writing articles for Theosophical and professional journals.		The doctorate was awarded in sociology and anthropology, supervised by Dr. Ellsworth Faris.<ref>Lionel LaCaze, "Ellsworth Faris: an Outsider of the Chicago School? (From Waco to Chicago via Bolenge)," page 18. Available at [https://www.academia.edu/33855036/ELLSWORTH_FARIS_AN_OUTSIDER_OF_THE_CHICAGO_SCHOOL_FROM_WACO_TO_CHICAGO_VIA_BOLENGE_1?auto=download Academia.edu].</ref> The title of his doctoral dissertation was "White Magic and its Theories."<ref>"Doctoral Dissertations in Sociology granted by the University of Chicago 1895-1952". Available at [http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Timeline/Doctoral_dissertations_in_sociol.html Mead Project].</ref><ref>Dissertation is available in the at https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=G3148I040853O.188148&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!7678033~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Roest+Pieter+Kornelis&index=AUTHORP#focus University of Chicago Library].</ref> That period in Chicago was eventful. In addition to completing his degree, traveling to Europe, and being offered a teaching position by Mrs. Besant, Roest became the father of a baby boy on June 13, and he also began writing articles for Theosophical and professional journals.

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 During 1939 and 1940, Roest worked as a marketing specialist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture based in Salt Lake City, promoting a food stamp program that provided surplus food commodities to relief clients.
 <ref>"Committee Appointed to Assist Food Stamp Plan," ''Ogden Standard Examiner'' (June 18, 1940), 7.</ref><ref>"Random References," ''Ogden Standard Examiner'' (November 30, 1940), 2.</ref>
 == Postwar work in Japan ==

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	== Teaching and academic research ==		== Teaching and academic research ==

	Following a year in India teaching at [[Brahmavidya Ashrama]], Dr. Roest traveled in Australia and Java. He conducted studies about the aboriginal peoples in those places, lectured, and published papers. During the time in Australia, Roest became acquainted with [[Charles Webster Leadbeater]], and lived ~~in his home~~ for two years.<ref>"General Information for Detroit Free Press - Theosophical Leaders of International Standing." Typescript in Detroit Lodge Records. Records Series 20.02.08. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref> The second Roest son was born in 1929, in a location described broadly as "British East Indies."<ref>U. S. Census, 1940.</ref>. Roest accepted a position as instructor in social sciences department at the '''University of Toledo''', in Ohio, for the academic year of September 15, 1930 to June 16, 1931. He was paid $2000 for the year.<ref>Board of Directors minutes. University of Toledo University Archives. Per email from Barbara L. Floyd to Janet Kerschner on August 6, 2014.</ref>		Following a year in India teaching at [[Brahmavidya Ashrama]], Dr. Roest traveled in Australia and Java. He conducted studies about the aboriginal peoples in those places, lectured, and published papers. During the time in Australia, Roest became acquainted with [[Charles Webster Leadbeater]], and lived at [[The Manor]] for two years.<ref>"General Information for Detroit Free Press - Theosophical Leaders of International Standing." Typescript in Detroit Lodge Records. Records Series 20.02.08. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref> The second Roest son was born in 1929, in a location described broadly as "British East Indies," or Java.<ref>U. S. Census, 1940.</ref>. Roest accepted a position as instructor in social sciences department at the '''University of Toledo''', in Ohio, for the academic year of September 15, 1930 to June 16, 1931. He was paid $2000 for the year.<ref>Board of Directors minutes. University of Toledo University Archives. Per email from Barbara L. Floyd to Janet Kerschner on August 6, 2014.</ref>

	From Toledo the Roests went to Portland, Oregon, where he became an assistant professor of sociology at '''Reed College''', teaching sociology, psychology and related subjects. In 1933, Dr. Roest took a leave of absence to accept a position at the [[American Theosophical Society]] in Wheaton, Illinois.		From Toledo the Roests went in 1931 to Portland, Oregon, where he became an assistant professor of sociology at '''Reed College''', teaching sociology, psychology and related subjects. His position constituted the entire social studies department; he served in addition as the chairman of the Public Occasions Committee for the college. In 1933, Dr. Roest took a leave of absence to accept a position at the [[American Theosophical Society]] in Wheaton, Illinois.

	In 1947, after working at the Theosophical Society and in the Army, Dr. Roest accepted another position in education as acting principal of the '''Montezuma Mountain School for Boys''' in the Santa Cruz Mountains for a year.<ref>"Jean Marie Roest," obituary in ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' (December 17, 2004).</ref>.		In 1947, after working at the Theosophical Society and in the Army, Dr. Roest accepted another position in education as acting principal of the '''Montezuma Mountain School for Boys''' in the Santa Cruz Mountains for a year.<ref>"Jean Marie Roest," obituary in ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' (December 17, 2004).</ref>.

	[[File:Summer convention 1934.jpg\|right\|340px\|thumb\|Pieter K. Roest, center, with child. Detail from group photo of 1934 annual convention in Wheaton, Illinois. Left: Charles Luntz, Anita Henkel. Right: Rev. Edwin Beckwith, Daisy Hurd.]]		[[File:Summer convention 1934.jpg\|right\|340px\|thumb\|Pieter K. Roest, center, with child. Detail from group photo of 1934 annual convention in Wheaton, Illinois. Left: Charles Luntz, Anita Henkel. Right: Rev. Edwin Beckwith, Daisy Hurd.]]

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	The title of his doctoral dissertation was "White Magic and its Theories."<ref>"Doctoral Dissertations in Sociology granted by the University of Chicago 1895-1952". Available at [http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Timeline/Doctoral_dissertations_in_sociol.html Mead Project].</ref><ref>Dissertation is available in the at https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=G3148I040853O.188148&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!7678033~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Roest+Pieter+Kornelis&index=AUTHORP#focus University of Chicago Library].</ref> That period in Chicago was eventful. In addition to completing his degree, traveling to Europe, and being offered a teaching position by Mrs. Besant, Roest became the father of a baby boy on June 13, and he also began writing articles for Theosophical and professional journals.		The doctorate was awarded in sociology and anthropology, and the title of his doctoral dissertation was "White Magic and its Theories."<ref>"Doctoral Dissertations in Sociology granted by the University of Chicago 1895-1952". Available at [http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Timeline/Doctoral_dissertations_in_sociol.html Mead Project].</ref><ref>Dissertation is available in the at https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=G3148I040853O.188148&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!7678033~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Roest+Pieter+Kornelis&index=AUTHORP#focus University of Chicago Library].</ref> That period in Chicago was eventful. In addition to completing his degree, traveling to Europe, and being offered a teaching position by Mrs. Besant, Roest became the father of a baby boy on June 13, and he also began writing articles for Theosophical and professional journals.

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 In addition to these lecture tours, the Greater America Plan included development of a 100-page Lodge Handbook filled with useful information for organization, program planning, advertising, and other aspects of branch operations. <ref>Sidney A. Cook, "The Greater America Plan," ''The American Theosophist''22.10 (October 1934), 227.</ref> Glowing accounts came in from the lodges. They were invigorated by the new level of attention from Headquarters and by the opportunity to share their best ideas with other groups:
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