Helfferich Collection on Albert Schweitzer, 1932-1981.
Overview
Collection compiled by Reginald H. Helfferich on Albert Schweitzer, including correspondence, writings, and photographs. The papers span 1932-1981.
Dates
- Creation: 1932-1981.
Access
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Extent
3 boxesThis collection consists of material collected by Reginald H. Helfferich regarding Albert Schweitzer. It includes Helfferich's correspondence with Hanna Oberman, who was the widow of a Dutch pastor and Schweitzer's helper since 1948; and Helfferich's correspondence with Ali Silver, who was a Dutch nurse and Schweitzer's secretary in Lambarene. There is also some correspondence between Helfferich and Schweitzer. There is a considerable amount of published material on and by Schweitzer, which includes newspaper and magazine clippings and journal articles. In addition, there are also photographs and postcards, the bulk of which center around Schweitzer's Lambarene hospital.
The collection also included the following books, which are now located in the Andover-Harvard Theological Library:
- Anderson, Erica, The Schweitzer Album, New York: Harper, 1965
- Anderson, Erica, The World of Albert Schweitzer: A Book of Photographs, New York: Harper, 1965
- Bahr, Hans Walter, Albert Schweitzer, 1966
- Helfferich, Reginald H., Albert Schweitzer, Oesumenifche Profile, 1958
- Kick, Richard, With Schweitzer in Lambarene, Philadelphia: Christian Education Press, 1959
- Langford, Gabriel, Albert Schweitzer, London: George Allen and Unwind, 1960
- Payne, Robert, The Three Worlds of Albert Schweitzer, New York: Thomas Nelson, 1957
- Schweitzer, Albert, Peace or Atomic War? New York: Henry Holt, 1958
- Schweitzer, Albert, Psychiatric Study of Jesus, Boston: Beacon, 1948
- Schweitzer, Albert, Strasburg Prediction, München: CHI. Beck, 1966
Biographical / Historical
Reginald H. Helfferich (1905-1981) graduated from Ursinus College in 1928 and the Theological Seminary of the University of Chicago in 1932. He served as pastor of Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church in Bath, England; and the Northeast Pennsylvania Synod of the United Church of Christ, the fifth generation of his family to do so. He served as executive secretary of the Commission on World Service; general secretary of the United Church Board for World Ministries; vice president of the Meals for Millions Foundation; and board chairman and founder of the Heifer International Foundation from 1949 to 1975. He made several trips to Albert Schweitzer's hospital in Lambarene, Africa, and brought donations from his church there. In 1961, Germany awarded him the Commander's Cross of the Order Merit, their government's highest decoration. Helfferich is also the co-editor, along with Asa K. McIlhaney, of Doorways and Dormers: In the Shadow of the Blue Mountain (1937).
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series I. Aprraised holdings
- Series II. Other holdings
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ruth E. Helfferich, 1984.
General note
This register follows the order and listing of the Appraisal Report.
The number after the slash in each entry in the following list indicates the box number, and the number in parentheses is the folder number.
- Title
- Helfferich Collection on Albert Schweitzer, 1932-1981: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00535
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.
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