Creator:
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Inclusive Dates:
1947- 1947
Abstract:
Papers of the physicist. Letter for Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, 1947;
and 11 p. undated research paper, "On Rotationally Symmetric Stationary Gravitational Fields," in German.
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Physicists.
Scientists.
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Physicists.
Physics.
Creator:
Leffingwell, Albert, 1845-1916
Inclusive Dates:
1896- 1897
Abstract:
The collection consists of original
home recordings on wax cylinders intentionally done by Dr. Albert Leffingwell to
preserve some family memories. Voices of three generations of family members are
recorded.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Cylinders (sound recordings)
Correspondence.
Subject:
Physicians.
New York State
Science and medicine
Personal recordings.
Physicians -- New York (State)
Vivisection -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Creator:
Albert Schweitzer Center
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Organizational records, correspondence, memorabilia relating to the Albert Schweitzer Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
Missionaries.
Musicians.
Theologians.
Music
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Creator:
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Inclusive Dates:
1905- 1993
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Articles.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Financial records.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Manuscripts for publication.
Medical records.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Professional papers.
Project files.
Publications.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Religion and philosophy
Science and medicine
Charities, Medical.
Endowments -- United States.
Voluntary hospitals -- Gabon.
Humanitarianism.
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
Peace -- Societies, etc.
Creator:
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
Inclusive Dates:
1896- 1965
Abstract:
Papers of the theologian, philosopher, physician, organist, and music scholar; born in Alsace, France. Founded a missionary hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon). Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for his advocacy of the brotherhood of nations. Collection includes correspondence (1901-1965); 123 notebooks (1918-1965); manuscript essays and lectures on religion, philosophy, and medicine; and sermons. Correspondence includes nearly 1400 letters between Schweitzer and wife Hélène Bresslau (1901-1939); 396 letters (1950-1965) written in German to Erica Anderson; 180 letters to daughter Rhena Schweitzer Miller; and 70 letters to various recipients, including 3 to Rudolf Bultmann. Notebooks document Schweitzer's daily life in Lambaréné, the diseases and stories of his patients, and the arrival of visitors to the mission. They also contain poems, quotations, excerpts from books on philosophy, religion, and history; clippings from French, German, English, and African newspapers; reports on world politics; and commentaries on himself and his work.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Essays.
Lectures.
Notebooks.
Sermons.
Subject:
Gabon -- Description and travel.
Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon)
Missionaries.
Musicians.
Physicians.
Theologians.
Music
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Humanists.
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions -- Gabon.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
Organists.
Philosophers.
Theologians.
Creator:
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
Inclusive Dates:
1949- 1949
Abstract:
speech given by Albert Schweitzer at the International Goethe Convocation in Aspen, Colorado
Type of Material:
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Authors, German -- 18th century.
Creator:
Bache, A. D.(Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Inclusive Dates:
1848- 1860
Abstract:
Papers of the American physicist, Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1843-1867. Grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Eight outgoing letters, including five to explorer and physicist I.I. Hayes; with one each to explorer Charles Wilkes and politician Millard Fillmore.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Physicists.
Scientists.
Science and medicine
Physicists, United States.
Scientists, Correspondence.
Creator:
Quinn, Alfred O.
Inclusive Dates:
1946- 1946
Abstract:
Photos and print materials concerning
the 1946 atomic weapons tests for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll.
Type of Material:
Bulletins.
Maps (documents)
Magazines (periodicals)
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Subject:
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands).
Nuclear engineering.
Military history
Science and medicine
Atomic bomb -- Testing.
Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Testing.
Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History.
Creator:
Evans, Anthony Walton White, 1817-1886.
Inclusive Dates:
1837- 1837
Abstract:
Letter from civil engineer Anthony Walton White Evans, describing his work surveying the "damnable" 30,000 acres of Montezuma and Cayuga swamps in central New York for the Erie Canal.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (N.Y.)
Surveyors -- New York (State)
New York State
Business and Industry
Science and medicine
Surveying -- New York (State)
Creator:
Lemke, Antje Bultmann.
Inclusive Dates:
1907- 2003
Abstract:
Research material and memorabilia relating to Albert Schweitzer and his work, amassed by Schweitzer admirer and collector Antje Bultmann Lemke; also some original Helene Schweitzer material including journals and correspondence
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Posters.
Portraits.
Research notes.
Subject:
Out of my life and thought: an autobiography.
The Albert Schweitzer-Helene Bresslau letters 1902-1912.
Archivists.
Librarians.
Biographers.
Biography
Science and medicine
Religion and philosophy
Missionaries, Medical.
Creator:
Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999
Inclusive Dates:
1929- 1987
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Book reviews.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Subject:
Anthropologists.
Science and medicine
Anthropologists -- United States.
Anthropology.
British Americans.
Physical anthropology.
Creator:
Barron, A.
Inclusive Dates:
1829- 1829
Abstract:
Folk remedy recipe for curing rickets in children
Type of Material:
Recipes.
Subject:
Science and medicine
Traditional medicine.