Summary Information

Title: Noel A. Gillespie Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1891-1955, 1970-1972

Creator:

• Gillespie, Noel Alexander, 1904-1955

Call Number: Wis Mss UR; Micro 447

Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Noel A. Gillespie, a British anesthetist who became a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin. Included is correspondence by and relating to Dr. Albert Schweitzer, 1922-1952; letters from T. E. Lawrence, 1913-1921; and letters and diaries of Gillespie's mother, Emily Rieder, lecturer on the Middle East and on women's and humanitarian movements. Gillespie worked with Schweitzer in Africa in 1924 and wrote detailed letters to his mother during his months there. Also included are letters, 1970-1972, between editor William C. Haygood and scholars, mainly in Switzerland, concerning Schweitzer-Gillespie letters in the possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society and other institutions; including various publications relating to Schweitzer archives and societies.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000ur

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑