Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan, 1941-08-27

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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: 1941-08-27

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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 (4 pages/2 sheets). Written from Institut de Geo-Biologie, Rue Labrousse, Beijing. Reference(s) comingsand goings of friends in China, including Tillie Hoffman and Eleanore Tafel. References also to other friends, Paul and Francoise Raphael, Jacques Bardac, brother Joseph Teilhard de Chardin, Nirgidma Torhout, Max Begouen, Pierre Leroy, and Amadeus Grabau, among others. (p.145-46)

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

HOFFMAN, TILLIE - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

TAFEL, ELEANORE - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

RAPHAEL, PAUL & FRANCOISE - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

BARDAC, JACQUES - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, JOSEPH - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

TORHOUT, NIRGIDMA - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

BEGOUEN, MAX - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

LEROY, PIERRE - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

GRABAU, AMADEUS - REFERENCE 1941: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - CORRES. TO SWAN, LUCILE 1941 (08/27): Autographed Letter

SWAN, LUCILE - CORRES. FROM TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 1941 (08/27): Autographed Letter