Reference code: GB-0033-CSU-D20
Title: British Teilhard Association Archive
Dates of creation: 1918-2003
Extent: 6 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: British Teilhard Association
Language: English and French
The British Teilhard Association was founded in 1965 to promote the study of the works, thought and teaching of the priest-scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. (1881-1955), who believed in a dynamic universe moving towards ultimate
completion in a cosmic centre of convergence known as the “Omega Point”. The Association organised conferences and lectures, workshops and seminars; assisted students with bursaries; and published books and cassettes
by and about Teilhard. Local groups of the Association were established in towns and cities to help its membership obtain a deeper understanding of Teilhard's philosophy but the organisation also had a global outlook, with affiliation to the
Fondation Teilhard de Chardin in Paris and as a founder member of the European Teilhard de Chardin Centre established in 1989, as well as having close ties with Teilhardians in America, Canada, Australia, India and elsewhere. The Association
disbanded in December 2017, although it still maintains a web presence.
Website of the British Teilhard Association:
www.teilhard.org.uk
Trustee accounts and correspondence; papers relating to various redrafts of its constitution; AGM, council and executive meeting minutes; secretary's papers including membership correspondence; annual lectures and conferences; papers relating to
the Association's connection to the European Teilhard de Chardin Centre, and correspondence and lists of its various publications, both audio and printed.
Donated by Peter Cox, former secretary, 1 April 2019, Acc No Misc.2018/19:100.
Stored privately
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from pg.library@durham.ac.uk and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright
owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
Clean duplicates have been removed
No further accruals expected
Official recordsD20/A 1 September 1988 - 30 August 1996
Papers of the Trustees of the British Teilhard Association, mostly correspondence on bequests from deceased members, the winding up of the association, and general administrative matters
2 files
D20/B 6 April 1965 - 1995
Papers of the British Teilhard Association constitutions, including drafts of the various revisions of the constitution
1 file
D20/C 3 January 1986 - 25 April 1998
Papers of Annual Council Meetings and Annual General Meetings, including minutes and associated papers:
(1) 3 January 1966 - 2 July 1973
(2) 19 January 1974 - 29 November 1986
(3) May 1987 - 25 April 1998
2 files and 1 volume
D20/D 24 March 1966 - 8 October 1996
Papers of executive meetings, including minutes and associated papers:
(1) 24 March 1966 - 20 March 1974
(2) 25 June 1974 - 28 October 1981
(3) 4 January 1982 - 20 September 1990
(4) 24 January 1991 - 27 July 1998
(5) 9 June 1988 - 8 October 1996 (Correspondence)
3 volumes and 2 files
D20/E 12 May 1981 - 1999
Secretaries' files, including:
2 files
D20/E1 12 May 1981 - 1999
Secretaries' papers, mostly administrative matters on the management of the Association
1 file
D20/E2 1995 - 1998
Membership correspondence, mostly enquiries and membership renewals
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent
1 file
ConferencesD20/F 1971 - 2003
Papers of the British Teilhard Association annual lectures and conferences, including correspondence on their organisation, programmes and transcripts of talks:
(1) 1971 - 1994
(2) 14th Annual Conference (1995)
(3) 15th-16th Annual Conferences (1996 - 1997)
(4) 17th Annual Conference (1998)
(5) 18th Annual Conference (1999)
(6) 19th-20th Annual Conferences (2000 - 2001)
(7) 21st-22nd Annual Conferences (2002 - 2003)
7 files
D20/G 10 January 1983 - 18 July 2000
European Teilhard de Chardin Centre Papers, mostly papers of European conferences including correspondence on their organisation, programmes and transcripts of talks:
(1) 1983 - 1988
(2) 1989 - 1990
(3) 1991 - 1993
(4) 1994 - 2000
4 files
PublicationsD20/H1 8 July 1918
Typescript draft of a publication by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin entitled
“The Priest”
1 file
D20/H2 [late 20th century]
Papers, mostly lists, concerning publications of and by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, as well as lists of audio cassettes of his talks
1 file
D20/H3 [?2000]
Word-processed transcripts of issues of
The Teilhard Review, Summer 1996 - Winter 1971/2, Spring 1982, Summer 1993
6 files
D20/H4 January 1996 - 13 September 1999
The British Teilhard Association Newsletter, nos. 1-6
1 file
D20/H5
Printed material in this collection can be located in the Durham University Library catalogue by searching “British Teilhard Association Library”
