Johanna Reitzer Collection on Albert Schweitzer
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 23 Sep 2013
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 23 Sep 2013
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Reitzer, Johanna M. |
| Title: | Johanna Reitzer Collection on Albert Schweitzer |
| Dates: | 1949-1975 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear ft. (1 oversize box) |
| Abstract: | Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, printed material. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a German theologian, philosopher, musician, musicologist, doctor, surgeon, and medical missionary. He is best known for his writings on the historical Jesus and for his medical missionary work in Africa at his hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, which he operated for more than thirty years.
Johanna Reitzer was a professor of German at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The Johanna Reitzer Collection on Albert Schweitzer consists of correspondence and printed material.
Correspondence includes a few letters and postcards from Dr. Schweitzer as well as correspondence with associated organizations such as the Friends of Albert Schweitzer.
Printed material consists of a large scrapbook of clippings and some loose items (reprint of an article, typescript of a speech by Schweitzer, etc.)
No particular order.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
See also the Albert Schweitzer Papers.
Persons
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
Subjects
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
Places
Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué) -- Gabon.
Genres and Forms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Reprints.
Scrapbooks.
Occupations
Missionaries.
Physicians.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Johanna Reitzer Collection on Albert Schweitzer,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Paul Reitzer, 2013.
Correspondence
Printed material
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Schweitzer 1953-1954 - handwritten letters, inscribed postcards/photographs (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Other 1974-1975 - primarily Friends of Albert Schweitzer (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Scrapbook 1949-1969 - newspaper, magazine and journal clippings about Schweitzer and his work; a few black and white photographs (1 volume) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Miscellanous 1949, 1966, 1970 - typescript of lecture by Schweiterz on Goethe; reprint of "Albert Schweitzer: Aus Meinem Lebel"; photocopy of clipping (1 folder) | ||||||||||