Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan (copy), 1950-08-10

File — Box: 2, Folder: 62

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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: 1950-08-10

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: French

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains xerox copy of TLS in French from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan (1 page/1 sheet). Written from Paris, Teilhard reiterates his views on his relationship with Swan: "For almost twenty years, you have always helped me (and I have tried to help you) to go up toward an always more luminous and warm God..." Original letter located in the Mary Lukas-Teilhard de Chardin Collection (Box 2, Folder 16), Special Collections Division, Georgetown University Library.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - CORRES. TO SWAN, LUCILE 1950 (08/10)COPY: Typed Letter Signed

SWAN, LUCILE - CORRES. FROM TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 1950 (08/10) COPY: Typed Letter Signed