Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan, 1936-09-24

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Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains correspondence from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan and from Claude Cuenot to Lucile Swan, most of which appear in The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin and Lucile Swan edited by Thomas M. King, SJ, and Mary Wood Gilbert (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1993). The pages on which the published letters appear are indicated in this finding aid in parentheses, e.g., (p. 20).

Dates

Creation: 1936-09-24

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: French

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains ALS in English from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan (foilio with postmarked envelope). Written from Beijing. Reference(s) to lunching with Jacques Bardac, meeting Amadeus Grabau, and being invited by a member of the Apostolic Delegation in China to write a report for the Vatican: "...My idea is to choose, as a title, "Reflexions sur la Conversion du Monde," ...and then to expose why (and how) we need to propose a new side of the "old" God, and a new type of worship (based on adventure and discovery." (p.62-63)

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BARDAC, JACQUES - REFERENCE 1936: Autographed Letter

GRABAU, AMADEUS - REFERENCE 1936: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - CORRES. TO SWAN, LUCILE 1936 (09/24-25): Autographed Letter

SWAN, LUCILE - CORRES. FROM TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 1936 (09/24-25): Autographed Letter