Box 1

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. TLS, 1 p. Refers to: wishes for her continued recovery from health issues and discusses his ongoing research concerning human origins and a "reform" of the field anthropology.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. ALS, 1 p. Refers to: TdC's visit to Johannesburg and personal advice to Mme. Houdin.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. ALS, 1 p. Refers to: a situation between Mme. Houdin and her friend Andre as well as a decision to be made by her son Gerard. Also mentions his upcoming trip to Johannesburg.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. TLS, 1 p. Refers to: TdC's recent return from a visit to Maine. Also includes personal advice to Mme. Houdin and reference to her grandchild.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. TLS, 1 p. Refers to: Mme. Houdin's grandchild, "le petit Thierry."

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. TLS, 1 p. Refers to: TdC's life in New York.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. ALS, 1 p. Refers to: a letter received from Gerard and to a health scare of Mme. Houdin he mentioned.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. TLS, 1 p. Refers to: TdC's second planned trip to South Africa.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. ALS, 1 p. Refers to: TdC's sojourn in New York and includes mention of him missing his Jesuit friends at "Etudes" in Paris.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. ALS, 1 p. Refers to: TdC's visit to California.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 18 letters written by Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to a French acquaintance, Mme. R. J. Houdin (d. 1989). The correspondence is personal in nature, containing advice from Teilhard to Mme. Houdin relating to her friend Andre, her children Gerard and Corinne, and her grandchild Thierry. Written between 1951 and 1955, the correspondence also recounts Teilhard's life in New York, with some references to his various trips to South Africa and to California and Maine....

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. ALS, 2 p. Refers to: TdC's second trip through South Africa, 1953.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. ALS, 1 p. Refers to: Andre, her son Gerard's marriage, and his return to New York (from his Africa trip) in November.

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Contains correspondence from TdC to Mme. Houdin. TLS, 1 p. Refers to: TdC's experiences living in New York and the prospective Wenner-Gren Conference (June 9-20, 1952).