Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan, 1938-09-12

File — Box: 1, Folder: 104

Identifier: 57268

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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: 1938-09-12

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 (2 pages/1 sheet). Written from Beijing. Reference(s) to travelling with Pierre Leroy and Maurice Trassaert to Kobe, Japan, and to prospect of visiting with Joseph and Mrs. Grew in Tokyo. References also to meetings with other friends, before leaving China, including Jacques Bardac, Paul and Francoise Raphael, Amanda (Peggy) Boyden, Helen Burton, Amadeus Grabau, and Mayo Newhall. Also mentions receiving requests from editors in Paris to publish his essay, "Le Milieu Divin." (p.117-118)

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BARDAC, JACQUES - REFERENCE 1938: Autographed Letter

RAPHAEL, PAUL & FRANCOISE - REFERENCE 1938: Autographed Letter

BOYDEN, AMANDA (PEGGY) - REFERENCE 1938: Autographed Letter

BURTON, HELEN - REFERENCE 1938: Autographed Letter

GRABAU, AMADEUS - REFERENCE 1938: Autographed Letter

NEWHALL, MAYO - REFERENCE 1938: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - CORRES. TO SWAN, LUCILE 1938 (09/12): Autographed Letter

SWAN, LUCILE - CORRES. FROM TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 1938 (09/12): Autographed Letter

"MILIEU DIVIN, LE" BY TEILHARD DE CHARDIN - REFERENCE 1938: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - "MILIEU DIVIN, LE" - REF. 1938: Autographed Letter