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Theosophy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Robert T. Francoeur papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-860201
Content Description

Personal papers containing letters and documents relating to Francoeur's scholarship on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., and to the British and American Teilhard associations. Correspondents include George Barbour; Jeanne Mrotier; Walter Ong., S.J.; and a letter from Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan.

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Dates: 1938-1975

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Diane de Margerie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-930319
Content Description

Letters from Teilhard de Chardin to Diane de Margerie. Includes printed articles by and about Teilhard de Chardin. Four offprints bear inscriptions by Teilhard to Ambassador Roland de Margerie and his wife Jenny Fabre-Luce, parents of Diane de Margerie.

Diane de Margerie (b.1927), is a French writer and translator.

Dates: 1923-1975; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1955

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Walter Granger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-841101
Scope and Contents note The Granger - Teilhard de Chardin Collection consists of seventeen letters from Teilhard to Dr. Walter Granger of the American Museum of Natural History, plus one letter to Roy Chapman Andrews, scientist and explorer.The letters contain detailed accounts of Teilhard's paleological findings and scientific research, and his comments on the findings and writings of others in the field. These discussions include a number of allusions to research on Peking Man (Sinanthropos), as well...
Dates: 1924 - 1936

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Ellen and Mary Lukas Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-841023
Scope and Contents note The Lukas-Teilhard de Chardin Collection comprises the materials used by Ellen and Mary Lukas in the research for their book, Teilhard, a biography of the Jesuit paleontologist and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. These files consist of original letters, photographs, and photoreproductions of unpublished letters to and from Teilhard, his family, friends, and associates, along with some related printed materials.The material consists of correspondence to the Lukases from...
Dates: 1899 - 1956

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Francoise Raphael Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-850212
Scope and Contents note

The Raphael - Teilhard de Chardin Collection consists of thirty-seven letters, a manuscript drawing, two typed manuscripts, and a number of offprints on evolution and anthropology, all from the collection of Mrs. Francoise Raphael, an old friend of Teilhard from his early days in China. There is also a folder of black-and-white photographs.

Dates: 1938 - 1950

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Solange Soulie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-930101
Scope and Contents

Materials pertaining to Pierre Leroy, SJ, particularly relating to his book: "Un chemin non trace: Jesuite au XX siecle" (1992). Includes letters from Abbe Breuil, photographs of Leroy, and an early copy of "La messe sur le monde" by Teilhard de Chardin.

Dates: 1923 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1992

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Janetta Warre Collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030746823]
Identifier: GTM-110506
Scope and Contents

Source material collected by Warre for her exhibitions on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. 18 folders. Items of note include:

1. Copies of typescripts of reminiscences and published articles by Thomas King, SJ; Pierre Leroy, SJ; Solange Soulie; Leo Zonneveld, and Warre, among others.

2. Warre, Janetta, "Travelling with Teilhard de Chardin in Britain." (No publication date.)

3. Teilhard de Chardin Centenary Exhibition catalog, 1983. Inscribed by Warre.

Dates: 1955 - 2010