Albert Schweitzer Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University (original) (raw)
Writings
Books
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More from the Primeval Forest - working copy with notes for revision and photographs
Essays
"Friede oder Atomkrieg"
"Erster Appell: Verzicht auf Versuchsexplosionen"
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Typescript - autograph
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Holograph notes
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Typescript - English translation
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Typescript with notes - French translation
"Zweiter Appell: Die Gefahr eines Atomkrieges"
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Typescript with notes - 4 copies, one bearing a signature
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Typescript with notes - French translation
"Dritter Appell: Verhandlungen auf höchster Ebene"
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Typescript with notes - 4 copies, one bearing a signature
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Typescript with notes - French translation
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"Für Japan"
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"Für Reform des Orgelbaus" 1927
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"Die Geziehungen zwischen und farbigen Rassen"
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"Jesus und wir" Jan. 23, 1906
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"Los von Unmenschlichkeit, los von Atomwaffen"
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"Nachtrag zu 'Orgelbaukunst'" Feb. 1927
"Paix ou Guerre Atomique"
"Peace or Atomic War"
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"Von Neuen Testament"
Notebooks
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[untitled] 1918-1919 - names, addresses, schedules, notes for lectures
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"Reise Herbst 1921 Reise Schweiz" 1921 - diary of the Switzerland trip
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"Reise nach Schweden Herbst 1921" 1921 - diary of a concert and lecture tour through Sweden
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[untitled] 1921 - names, addresses, memory aids, timetables, income tax calculations
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"Concert-r[?] Vortragsreise Schweden. Januar - April 1922 Reise Schweden-Berlin-Paris-England - Schweden" 1922 - notes from the concert and lecture tour
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"Reise England Früjahr 1922" 1922 - notes on programs, organs and people during a concert tour of England
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"Tournée in Dänemark Herbst 1922" 1922 - notes about lectures, sermons, concerts and organs; remarks about people and accommodations; plans for a trip to Germany
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[untitled] 1922 - addresses; comments about people, organizations, and contributors
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[untitled] 1922 - addresses; comments about people in England, Ireland, Canada and the United States
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"Reise nach Prag und München Januar 1923" 1923 - notes from a concert tour to Prague
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[untitled] 1923 - addresses; notes on construction, medical problems, supplies needed for Africa; comments on book reviews
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"Afrikareise Februar 1924" 1924 - detailed description of the trip from Bordeaux to Africa; addresses; notes on medical issues
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"Reise Schweden Herbst 27, Reise Dänemark Herbst 27 Rückkehr durch Deutschland Herbst 27" 1927 - notes on a concert tour through Sweden and Denmark
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"Reise Holland September 1927 Reise nach England September 1927" 1927 - notes on a concert tour through the Netherlands and England
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"Concerte Schweiz Herbst 1928" 1928 - addresses; descriptions of programs and organs on a concert tour through Switzerland
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"Concertreise Deutschland Herbst 1928" 1928 - addresses; descriptions of programs and organs on a concert and lecture tour through Germany
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"Reise Holland Früjahr 28, Reise England Früjahr 28, Rückkehr durch Holland Früjahr 28" 1928 - descriptions of programs and organs; notes about people; addresses
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"Notizbuch 1928" 1928 - notes about lectures and concerts in the Netherlands and England; poems; hymns; addresses; royalty statements; notes on tropical diseases; a list of lectures given at the University of Strassburg from 1902 to 1912
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"Concert und Vortrage Reisen in Elsass und Deutschland 1929_Januar bis Juni" 1929 - notes on programs, organs, people and accommodations; timetables; information about distribution of donations
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"Voyage Strassbourg - Lambaréné Nov.-Dec. 1929" 1929 - baggage list; addresses; expenses; notes during the voyage to Africa
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"Notizbuch 1929" 1929 - notes on daily events, incoming letters, and organs; poems; lists of books, clothing, medical supplies and potential personnel for Lambaréné; recipes; thoughts on the Apostle Paul
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"Comm[andes] médicam[ents] Hôpital Schweitzer 1930-1951" 1930-1951 - orders for medicine, medical instruments, and books
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"Notizbuch 1930" 1930 - hospital accounts; supplies; names; addresses; comments about people who have applied to work at the hospital; clippings; quotes; jokes
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"Therapeudische Notizen" 1930 - medical notes
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"Notizbuch 1931" 1931 - notes on hospital business matters; clippings; quotes; abstracts of letters; notes on the history of the church in Günsbach; plans for future lecture tours
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"1932 April Reise Holland Früjahr" 1932 - notes on a concert and lecture tour through the Netherlands
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"England Früjahr 1932" 1932 - addresses; comments on people, concerts and lectures; notes on the conferring of an honorary doctorate at Oxford
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"Paris - Berlin 1932 12 Nov." 1932 - addresses; appointments; notes about a meeting with Gerhard Hauptmann and Albert Einstein
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"Vorträge und Konzerte 1932 Deutschland" 1932 - lists of individuals and associations to be invited to concerts
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"Notizbuch 1932" 1932 - notes on salaries for doctors; travel notes from Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Scotland; remarks on concerts and interviews; some family research; a list of expenditures; thoughts on the Goethe centennial; ideas on philosophy; plans for meetings with Ina Seidel, Widor, Einstein, Gerhard Hauptmann and Cosima Wagner
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"Voyage à Paris 25_II_1933, 17 Avril 1934, 6_VII_1934" 1933-1934 - notes, names and addresses from the concert tour to Paris. (The page following the entries for April 18 and 19, 1933 has a note written by Marcel Dupréon which Schweitzer has written "for Rhena Schweitzer - autograph of Marcel Dupré.")
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"IVe Voyage à Lambaréné avec Brazza-Afrique 18 Marz - 22 April 1933" 1933 - diary of the 4th Africa voyage, including expenses, events, and addresses for letters of thanks
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"Listes des malades pour lesquelles il y a à établir une facture 1931" 1933 - a list of patients who had been billed in 1931; notes on Chinese and Indian languages
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"Notizbuch 1933" 1933 - notes for the upcoming trip to Africa; remarks on books and lectures; quotes; poems; accounts; addresses with personal comments; list of birthdays of the Schweitzer family; a speech in Latin for Oxford University; technical notes on organs and medicine
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"Voyage en Angleterre octobre 1934" 1934 - addresses, schedule and notes from the concert tour to England and France
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"Anfragen für Concerte Vorlesungen und Vorträge in England, zussamengestellt Reiseheften und Briefen - dazu Adressen" 1934 - addresses from England, with inquiries about and invitations for concerts and lectures
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[untitled] 1934 - addresses; book and medical supply orders; notes on philosophy and language; memoranda about lectures, medical treatments, and a planned trip to England; newspaper clippings; poems; an abstract of a letter from Mendelssohn
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"Vorträge in Schweiz Januar 1935" 1935 - notes from a lecture tour through Switzerland, with themes, appointments, addresses, and a list of donations
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"Départ pour Lambaréné. Docteur 5 février 1935" 1935 - notes from the 5th voyage to Africa, with a baggage list
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"Voyage en Angleterre - Herbst 1935 - Gifford - lectures II" 1935 - plans for the trip to England; notes; addresses; technical information about organs; notes on concerts and lectures; clippings; quotes; poems; lists of purchases and orders; names of candidates for Lambaréné; a list of recordings; a review of the year 1936
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"Voage[sic] Lambaréné - Lausanne aôut-septembre 1935" 1935 - notes from the 5th voyage to Africa, with a baggage list
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Diary from the 5th voyage to Africa, and from the voyage to Europe; 1935 - Addresses; comments about books; clippings; poems; notes on personnel matters; technical details about organs; thoughts on the philosophy of civilization; plans for future lecture tours
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"Vorträge + Konzerte Schweiz April - Mai 1936" 1936 - notes on programs, itinerary, and participating conductors and organizers; addresses; expenses of the concert and lecture tour through Switzerland
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[untitled] 1936 - notes on concerts and lectures; clippings; quotes; poems; lists of purchases and orders; names of candidates for Lambaréné; technical details about organs; a list of recordings; a review of the year 1936
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"Sur succession des ----- -----" 1937 - notes on preparations for the 6th voyage to Africa; addresses; comments on correspondence; quotes; poems; thoughts about philosophy; a diary of the voyage
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"Voyage sur --- Foucauld, Bordeaux-Port Gentil. Départ Afrique avec Foucauld (ancièn) 29_I_1937" 1937 - notes made on the 6th voyage to Africa, including names of the crew and a detailed baggage list
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"Uber werk bei --------" 1938 - diary from Lambaréné, including medical issues, personnel matters, addresses; information about donations; plans for the upcoming trip to Europe; a review of the year 1938
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"2 voyages. Voyage de retour Lambaréné - Günsbach janvier 1939 sur Asie (11_1 - 2_2_39) et retour Lambaréné 14_2_39" 1939 - notes on the two voyages; baggage list
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[untitled] 1939 - notes from two voyages (to and from Europe) and from a sojourn in Alsace, including information about supplies ordered; poems; notes on correspondence; clippings; lists of contributors; comments about the imminent outbreak of war in Europe
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"Calculs de la déclarations de l'impôt sur la revenu" 1940-1955 - customs forms; lists of supplies
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[untitled] 1940 - addresses; notes on correspondence, medical and personnel matters; expenditures; remarks about the war, including an extensive description of the 20 day seige of Lambaréné
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"Cahier des Editeurs 1941_1942_1943_1944_1953" 1941-1944, 1953 - addresses of editors, with notes about financial agreements
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[untitled] 1941 - addresses; a description of life at Lambaréné, including Hélène Schweitzer's arrival; quotes; recipes; notes on personnel matters; remarks about astronomy and gardening
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"Medizinische Notizen Heft III" 1942 - medical notes 1942 list of hospital personnel; poems; quotes; recipes; notes on medical issues; addresses, with comments about people; a review of the year 1942
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[untitled] 1943 - list of hospital personnel; poems; quotes; recipes; reminiscences; addresses, with comments about people; thoughts about religion; clippings; a review of the year 1943
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[untitled] 1944 - notes on daily events; addresses; recipes; personnel matters; quotes; remarks about the American capture of Strassburg; comments about a will; a review of the year 1944
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[untitled] 1945 - notes on daily events at Lambaréné; comments about the end of the war; notes on correspondence
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"Déclaration de Revenues 1946_1947_1948_1949_1950_1951_1952_1953_1954" 1946-1954 - income tax returns
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"Medizinische Notizen Heft IV" 1946-1950 - medical notes 1946 addresses; excerpts from correspondence; poems; recipes; notes about Jean Paul Sartre and about the Strassbourg-Basel railroad line; lecture notes; clippings; a review of the year 1946
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"11 Adresses importants 21 lettres à ecrire" 1947-1948, 1953-1954 - addresses and notes about correspondence to be answered
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[untitled] 1947 - addresses; notes on books; quotes; poems; clippings; comments about construction projects at Lambaréné
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"Reise Schweiz 2_11_48" 1948 - addresses, with comments about people
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[untitled] 1948 - notes about daily events and politics; addresses; comments about people and correspondence; historical dates in African history; history of the Schweitzer family; poems; lecture invitations; concert programs
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"Voyage en Amérique 22_6_49" 1949 - addresses; comments about people; and other notes from the U.S. trip
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"Voyage en Amérique 22_6_1949 Günsbach Alsace" 1949 - notes about the U.S. trip; lists of addresses
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"Voyage Scandinavie-Hollande 8_9_1949" 1949 - notes about the trip through Scandinavia and the Netherlands; addresses; timetables; comments about people
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"Paris octobre 1949" 1949 - short notes; addresses from the trip to Paris
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"Départ 28 octobre 1949 Brazza pour Lambaréné" 1949 - addresses; short notes
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"Voyage Suisse 1949" 1949 - addresses, with comments about people; other notes from the trip to Switzerland
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Daily events in Alsace 1949 - notes about Bach and Goethe in preparation for the U.S. trip; addresses; poems; quotes; excerpts from letters; comments on books
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A diary from Lambaréné 1950 - including comments on greetings for Schweitzer's 75th birthday; names of candidates for Lambaréné; quotes; clippings; historical notes; recipes; a list of authors and actors banned from East Germany
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"Voyage Lambaréné-Günsbach par Foucauld quittant Bordeaux le 19 juin 51" 1951 - notes from the trip to Europe, including addresses; a list of baggage; a detailed description of the voyage
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"Frankfurt 16_9_51" 1951 - mostly a list of addresses
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"Paris 22_9_51" 1951 - short notes on schedules and people
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A diary from Lambaréné, 1951 - including notes about medical issues, politics, and religion; excerpts from letters about book and recording contracts; comments about the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship; clippings; various notes from the trip to Europe
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"Voyage Bordeaux - Lambaréné sur Foucauld. Départ 28_11_52" 1952 - notes form the voyage, including information about people, addresses, and a list of baggage
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"Voyage Lambaréné - Alsace par Foucauld 5-23 juillet 1952" 1952 - notes from the voyage, including a list of baggage, the names of the crew
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"Liste der im Jahre 1952 beantworteten Briefe" 1952 - a list of letters answered in 1952
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"Paris 1952" 1952 - names; addresses; comments about people
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[untitled] 1952 - notes on daily events; orders; excerpts from books; poems; timetables; comments about people
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"Medizinische Notizen" 1953 - medical notes
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[untitled] 1953 - addresses; notes about daily events at Lambaréné and in the world; quotes; notes on medical issues and personnel matters; orders; comments about correspondence. Also included are Schweitzer's comments about the message from the Nobel committee notifying him of his selection as recipient of the Peace Prize
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"cahiers spéciaux des calculs des Revenus en: 1954_1955_1956_1957_1958_1959_1960_1961_1962_1963_1964_1965." 1954-1965 - a list of income by year
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"Affaire Réduction Impôts des Français en USA à 15% calculs à présenter lettre Paris 18 sept." 1954-1958 - records of income in the United States
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"Oslo 1954" 1954 - addresses
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"Général LeClerc - Voyage Günsbach - Lambaréné. Embarquement 10 déc. 1954. Port-Gentil 27 déc. 54" 1954 - notes from the voyage, including a list of baggage 1955 "Voyage Angleterre automne 1955" addresses, with comments about people
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"Voyage Paris automne 1955" 1955 - notes from the trip to Paris and Switzerland
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"Cahier 1955" an extensive diary, including poems, reminiscences, notes about medical issues and incoming letters 1955
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"Notes médicales 1956_1957_1958. Et Esquires de Commandes" 1956-1958 - orders for medical supplies
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"Commandes et envois de sont genre attendées et arrivés" 1956-1957 - addresses, with comments about people
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[untitled] 1956 - extensive diary with personal thoughts and poems
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"Voyage Lambaréné - Bordeaux sur Brazza 2-20 aôut 1957" 1957 - notes from the voyage to Europe, including addresses; a list of baggage
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"Voyage Bordeaux - Lambaréné déc. 1957 Brazza" 1957 - travel documents; a baggage list
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"Lambaréné 1957" 1957 - addresses, with comments about people
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"Voyages en 1957" 1957 - addresses, with comments about people
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[untitled] 1957 - addresses, with comments about people; notes on daily events and personnel matters; clippings with notes about atomic testing issues; financial records; excerpts from correspondence
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"Devant liste des lettres pressées" 1958-1959 - addresses; excerpts from correspondence; a list of exchange rates for various currencies
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[untitled] 1958 - addresses; excerpts from correspondence; notes on daily events
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[untitled] 1958 - extensive notebook from Lambaréné, with clippings; comments on current events and history; notes on personnel and patients; poems; excerpts from correspondence
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"Voyage en Europe de aôut à fin novembre" 1959 - addresses; schedule; a list of baggage; comments about people and accommodations
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"Voyage Bordeaux - Port Gentil sur Général Leclerc 9 dec.-27 dec. 1959" 1959 - a list of baggage; some comments on people
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"Cahier 1959" 1959 - addresses; clippings with comments
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"Notices 1959" 1959 - clippings, with comments on a wide variety of subjects
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"Zeitungsnachrichten und gedanken über Atom problem" 1959 - notes on world events; clippings, with comments
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[untitled] 1959 - notes on daily events; addresses, with comments about people
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[untitled] 1959 - (cover missing) clippings, with a few comments
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[untitled] 1960 - addresses; comments about people and contributions
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[untitled] 1960 - mostly clippings, with comments
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"Atom. nouvelles sur la question" 1961 - clippings, with comments
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"Cahier 1961" 1961 - clippings, with comments; quotes; poems
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"Lettres et affaires 1961" 1961 - some clippings; notes on correspondence
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"Ausschnitte in Atomsachen 1962" 1962 - clippings, with comments, mostly concerning nuclear testing and the Cuban Missile Crisis
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"Cahier 1962" 1962 - mostly clippings, with comments
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"1) Courrier 1962 2) Notices sur affaires 1962" 1962 - notes on correspondence; a list of expenses
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"Notizbuch für Hosentasche" 1962 - addresses with comments about people; contributions
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"Lettres envoyés 1963" 1963 - a list of letters answered
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"Nouvelles et notices Notizbuch" 1963 - clippings, with comments covering a variety of subjects
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"Atom Waffen Sachen und Politik" 1964 - clippings, with comments
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"Taschen Notizbuch" 1964 - daily events; notes on correspondence and donations
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"Notizbuch 1965" 1965 - a few clippings, with comments
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[untitled] 1965 - mostly clippings, with comments; a few addresses
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"Medizinische Notizen Heft II" undated - medical notes
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"Medicaments Suisse" undated - list of medication available from Swiss medical supply firms
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"Medicaments USA" undated - list of medication available from U.S. medical supply firms
Program notes
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Draft of program notes for November 28, 1920 organ concert at Fraümunster, Zürich - holograph manuscript, printed program, and English translation
Scripts
"Albert Schweitzer" - a film biography
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Notes for director Jerome Hill
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Shooting scripts with notes 1953, undated (3 folders)
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"Skizzen des Film, notizen für Erica" Oct. 26, 1953
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"Text zu den Bildern" Dec. 1954
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"Text zu den Günsbachszenen" undated
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"Text zu den szenen in Günsbach" undated
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Miscellaneous notes 1963, undated (3 folders)
Sermons
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Lambaréné Jun. 22-Sept. 28, 1930
Short Story
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"Moderne Berufe - der Wanzenzüchter" undated
Speeches
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"Goethe als Denker und Mensch"
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"Message pour la centenaire/ de deBrazza/ de la naissance fêté à Alger le 15 fevrier " 1952
Miscellaneous
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"Der Stromschnellen-Fetisch von Theodor Steimen"
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"Meddelanden från Professor Albert Schweitzer" 1928, 1945
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Notes on atomic weapons testing and disarmament 1960, 1961, undated (9 folders)