Atkinson Foundation: Albert Schweitzer Letters Collection

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Atkinson Foundation: Albert Schweitzer Letters Collection

Collection number: GTU 2006-8-01

Graduate Theological Union Archives

Graduate Theological Union

Berkeley, California
Processed by:
Graduate Theological Union Archives Staff
Date Completed:
2006
Encoded by:
David Stiver
© 2013 Graduate Theological Union. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Atkinson Foundation: Albert Schweitzer Letters Collection
Dates: 1956-1964
Collector: Atkinson Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.)
Collection Size: .1 linear feet (6 folders)
Repository: The Graduate Theological Union. Library.
Berkeley, CA 94709
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.
Physical location: Small Collections Box 17, ff 17-22, 5/G/1
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English French

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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

Atkinson Foundation: Albert Schweitzer Letters Collection, Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Atkinson Foundation, San Mateo, California.

Processing Information

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.

Biography / Administrative History

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.

Scope and Content of Collection

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.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965--Correspondence.
Silver, Ari--Correspondence.
Preminger, Marion Mill--Correspondence.
Grant, Donald K.--Correspondence.
Atkinson Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.)
Missionaries, Medical--Gabon--Lambarene--Correspondence.
Missions to lepers--Gabon--Lambarene--Correspondence.
Hospitals--Gabon--Lambarene.
Lambarene (Moyen-Ogooue, Gabon)--Missions--Correspondence.

Genres and Forms of Material

Correspondence.

Index Terms Related to this Collection

Silver, Ari.
Preminger, Marion Mill.
Grant, Donald K., recipient.