Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Atkinson Foundation: Albert Schweitzer Letters Collection
- Dates:
- 1956-1964
- Creators:
- Atkinson Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.)
- Abstract:
- The collection contains thank you letters from Albert Schweitzer to the Atkinson Foundation for monetary gifts to the general hospital and leper village in Lambarn, Gabon. There are five letters and two photographs with description, written between 1956-1964.
- Extent:
- .1 linear feet (6 folders)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English French
- Preferred citation:
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Atkinson Foundation: Albert Schweitzer Letters Collection, Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Five letters and two signed photographs from Albert Schweitzer with English translations. Letters are dated February 17, 1956; February 6, 1960; February 14, 1962; March 28, 1963; and January 8, 1964.
- Biographical / historical:
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Collection contains five letters and two photographs. Written between 1956-1964, these are thank you letters from Albert Schweitzer to the Atkinson Foundation for monetary gifts to the general hospital and leper village in Lambarn, Gabon. Four of the letters are addressed to Donald K. Grant at the Foundation. Each letter has a portion in English. One letter is written by Marion Mill Preminger, four by Ari Silver. Each letter then has a separate portion hand-written in French by Schweitzer. All letters have English translations. One photograph of the Ogoou River and Lambarn. One photograph of Schweitzer at the leper village.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Atkinson Foundation, San Mateo, California.
- Processing information:
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Albert Schweitzer was a theologian, author, musician, and medical missionary. In 1913, he founded a hospital in Lambarn, Gabon, in French Equatorial Africa to which he devoted his entire life. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.
- Physical location:
- Small Collections Box 17, ff 17-22, 5/G/1
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2013
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by David Stiver. Date of source: December 12, 2013.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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Atkinson Foundation: Albert Schweitzer Letters Collection, Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.
- Location of this collection:
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2400 Ridge RoadBerkeley, CA 94709, US
- Contact:
- (510) 649-2523/2501