Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan, 1954-10-03

File — Box: 2, Folder: 93

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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: 1954-10-03

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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/2 sheets with postmarked envelope). Written from New York. With references to their lasting friendship: "...I think we have reached, you and me, this new constructive type of friendship, -- where everything is strength and peace in a closer presence and approach of God..." Also news of his recent trip to France, possibility of the publication of his work on "Man" by a friend, Jean Piveteau, from La Sorbonne, and meetings with friends Max and Simone Begouen, as well as with his cousin Marguerite Teilhard-Chambon. (p.291)

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

PIVETEAU, JEAN - REFERENCE 1954: Autographed Letter

BEGOUEN, MAX & SIMONE - REFERENCE 1954: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD-CHAMBON, MARGUERITE - REFERENCE 1954: Autographed Letter

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - CORRES. TO SWAN, LUCILE 1954 (10/03): Autographed Letter

SWAN, LUCILE - CORRES. FROM TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 1954 (10/03): Autographed Letter