Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan, 1940-07-17

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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: 1940-07-17

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 Institut de Geo-Biologie, Rue Labrousse, Beijing. Reference(s) to dining and meeting with friends, including Paul Raphael, Pierre Leroy, Jeanne Mollard, Henry Vetch, Helen Burton. Also news of the health of Marguerite Teilhard-Chambon. (p.140-41)

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

RAPHAEL, PAUL - REFERENCE 1940: Autographed Letter

LEROY, PIERRE - REFERENCE 1940: Autographed Letter

MOLLARD, JEANNE - REFERENCE 1940: Autographed Letter

VETCH, HENRY - REFERENCE 1940: Autographed Letter

BURTON, HELEN - REFERENCE 1940: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD-CHAMBON, MARGUERITE - REFERENCE 1940: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - CORRES. TO SWAN, LUCILE 1940 (07/17): Autographed Letter

SWAN, LUCILE - CORRES. FROM TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 1940 (07/17): Autographed Letter