Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan, 1943-04-13

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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: 1943-04-13

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 (folio). Written from Beijing. With reference(s) to the degenerating situation in China due to the war (WWII); the deaths of Paul Raphael and brother Gabriel Teilhard de Chardin; house detention by Japanese occupational force of colleagues Henry Houghton, Leighton Stuart, and Trevor Bowen. (p.158-9)

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

RAPHAEL, PAUL - DEATH: REFERENCE 1943: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, GABRIEL - DEATH: REFERENCE 1943: Autographed Letter

HOUGHTON, HENRY - REFERENCE 1943: Autographed Letter

STUART, LEIGHTON - REFERENCE 1943: Autographed Letter

BOWEN, TREVOR - REFERENCE 1943: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - CORRES. TO SWAN, LUCILE 1943 (04/13): Autographed Letter

SWAN, LUCILE - CORRES. FROM TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 1943 (04/13): Autographed Letter