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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Frederic Spiegelberg papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0631
Physical Description:
45.25 Linear Feet
(16 boxes) + 25 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1916-1994
Date (bulk): 1936-1994
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 of Material:
Undetermined .
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.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Religion -- Study and teaching.