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Call Number: SC0631
Creator:
Spiegelberg, Frederic, b. 1897
Title: Frederic Spiegelberg papers
Dates: 1916-1994
Bulk Dates: 1936-1994
Physical Description:
20.5 linear feet (16 boxes)
Summary: Collection includes correspondence, lecture notes, course materials, manuscripts, publications, photographs, newsletters,
and other materials. Some of the correspondence and publications are in German.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection was given to the Stanford University Archives by the estate of Frederick Spiegelberg in 1995. Addional materials
in accession 2011-184 were received from the California Institute of Integral Studies in August 2011.
Access: Materials are open for research use; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Frederic Spiegelberg Papers (SC0631). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Spiegelberg taught religious studies and other courses in Asian studies at Stanford from 1941 until his retirement in 1960.
He was voted a "great teacher" by the Student Executive Committee in 1950. Born in Germany, he obtained his doctorate at Tubingen
in 1922 and a theological degree from the German Lutheran Church in 1925; in 1937 he escaped Nazi Germany with the help of
Paul Tillich. Spiegelberg helped found the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco in 1950 and became its director
in 1951.
Collection includes correspondence, lecture notes, course materials, manuscripts, publications, photographs, newsletters,
and other materials. Some of the correspondence and publications are in German. Correspondents include Aurobindo Ghose, Amiya
Chakravarty, Paul Du Breuil, Frederick Franck, Raoul J. Fajardo, C. G. Jung, John Levy, Rollo May, Nyogen Senzaki, Swami Sivananda,
Paul and Hanna Tillich, and Alan Watts.
California Institute of Asian Studies.
Chakravarty, Amiya Chandra
Du Breuil, Paul
Fajardo, Raoul J.
Franck, Frederick, 1909-2006
Ghose, Aurobindo, 1872-1950
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961
Levy, John
May, Rollo
Pacific Coast Theology Group.
Senzaki, Nyogen
Sivananda, Swami
Spiegelberg, Frederic, b. 1897
Stanford University--Faculty.
Tillich, Hanna
Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965
Watts, Alan , 1915-1973
Religions --Study and teaching.