Albert Schweitzer Center

Organizational records, correspondence, memorabilia relating to the Albert Schweitzer Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.

Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Records includes Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Records (office files, board of directors records, financial records, programs and projects, and publications); Albert Schweitzer Hospital records (communications, medical reports, publications, hospital construction including photographs, blueprints, and financial records, U.S. A.I.D. grant, subject files); Association internationale de l'Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (communications, subject files, publications); Albert Schweitzer Center records (communications and publications); Schweitzer Memorabilia (Albert Schweitzer documents, Helene Schweitzer documents, Schweitzer-related materials, material by and about Schweitzer in various languages). Correspondents include Erica Anderson, Theodor Binder, Jorge Bird, Julius Seelye Bixler, E. Gaine Cannon, Frank Catchpool, Norman Cousins, A.R.T. Denues, Lee and Dottie Ellerbrock, Ford Foundation, Maurice Frey, Lawrence Gussman, Hermann Hagedore, Jerome Hill, Homer A. Jack, Charles Joy, George T. Keating, Reinhard N. Lahde, Leif Erikson Foundation, Charles Lowe, Hans Margolius, Emmy Martin, Louis Mayer, William Maul Measey, William Larimer Mellon, Joseph F. Montague, Edouard Nies-Berger, Simon Obame-Bikoro, Leslie Paffrath, Laura Person, R.P. Dominique Pire, Fergus Pope, Thomas D. Rees, Myrta Ross, Ali Silver, Ruth Sloan, Keith Smith, Isaac N.P. Stokes, Margaret S. Tenbrinck, Paul Dudley White, Andre Wick, V. McKinley Wiles, and Elizabeth L. Young.

Bloom, Lynn Z., 1934-

Collection of research material amassed by Lynn Z. Bloom for and during the writing of her 1972 biography of Dr. Spock.

Cragin, Charles H. (Charles Hartwell), 1817-1887.

Papers of the American genealogist, physician; collection includes correspondence, principally of family members; bills, writings, and printed material

Davenport, Manuel.

Manuel Davenport's materials relating to Albert Schweitzer

Dufek, George J. (George John), 1903-

The career of Admiral George John Dufek (1903-1977) in the U.S. Navy included work with the U.S. Antarctic Service (1939-1941), Arctic Task Force 68 (1946), Antarctic Operation Highjump (1946-1947) and Arctic Task Force 80 (1948). After 1955 Dufek commanded Operation Deep Freeze, which provided support for US IGY research programs, and in 1956 he became also U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer. After retiring in 1959 he became Director of the Mariners' Museum in Virginia. Cf. Peter J. Beck, Polar Record, v. 23, no. 145 (1987). The collection includes clippings, photographs, official reports, draft speeches, personal and official correspondence, articles, and scrapbooks. Files relating to Operation Deep Freeze include chronologies, record books, reports, photographs and scrapbooks. There is also some material relating to Dufek's other Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, however these operations are less fully documented.

Engel, Leonard, 1916-1964.

American journalist, aviation writer, editor and author. Collection includes correspondence, writings, subject files, personal files and audiotapes.

Falsen, Marguerite de

Correspondence, photographs, and printed material related to the American anthropologist and author

Furholmen, Erik.

Patent information, technical reports, publicity, company data, product data; bulk relates to Chicago Molded Plastics Corporation and some of its products.

Jenkins, C. Francis (Charles Francis), 1867-1934

Book Vision by Radio, and two original photographs, among the earliest transmitted by radio

Johnson, Douglas Wilson, 1878-1944.

American professor of geography and geology at Columbia University. Collection contains correspondence (1907-1938); clippings (1919-1940); photographs; scrapbook material (1897-1943); manuscript articles, and book reviews.

Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932.

American mineralogist, gemologist, Vice-President of Tiffany's, member and officer of numerous scientific societies, and author of books and articles on gems. Collection contains correspondence, clippings and photographs.

Liss, Edward, 1891-1967.

American pediatrician and child psychologist. Collection includes manuscripts, printed material and photographs.

Lys, Claudia de.

American anthropologist, author. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, drafts and manuscripts for publication, photographs, news releases, printed material. Writings and research material on customs, folklore, palmistry, and superstition.

McCaul, Ethel Rosalie Ferrier, 1867-

Papers of the English nurse during the Boer War and Russo-Japanese War. Collection includes correspondence (1901-1937); manuscripts and other material relating to her 1904 trip to Japan and Manchuria; memorabilia.

Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999

Papers of the American anthropologist. Collection contains book manuscripts (1943-1967); published and printed material (1929-1967), including articles by and about Montagu; book reviews.

O'Geran, Graeme.

Autographs of the first 41 presidents of the United States (Washington through George H. W. Bush) and a few of other notable individuals (among them Edison, Ford, and Firestone). Signed items include letters, documents and photographs.

Quinn, Alfred O.

Photos and print materials concerning the 1946 atomic weapons tests for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll.

Reitzer, Johanna M.

Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, printed material.

Singer, Philip, 1925-

Correspondence, writings, and research material of medical anthropologist and filmmaker Philip Singer. Collection includes a substantial amount of audio- and videorecordings.