This collection contains seven documents from the 1950s concerning the Surrealist turmoil originating from the "Affaire Carrouges." All of the documents were duplicated from the originals by a mimeograph process. The original manuscript papers were written in 1951 by the Surrealists Henri Pastoureau, André Breton, Benjamin Péret, Maurice Henry, and Patrick Waldberg. It is unknown whether these specific Surrealists reproduced all of these particular documents in this collection, but it is likely, as at least one of the manuscript items was signed in handwriting by André Breton and Benjamin Péret.

The documents are letters, reminiscences, meeting minutes, and essays regarding the "Affaire Carrouges" and the actions of the perpetrators. Several of the items are many pages and conjoined by staples, while others are single pages. There is representation from both sides of the conflict in this collection.

Source: Gershman, Herbert S. “L'Affaire Pastoureau.” Yale French Studies no. 31 (1964): 154-158. Accessed April 6, 2018. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2929738