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Articles by Walter Littlefield relating to the Dreyfus Affair

Collection — Box: 1 [31151034438071], Folder: 23

Identifier: MS-0821

Overview This collection includes two disbound articles by Walter Littlefield regarding the Dreyfus Affair, published in Munsey's Magazine between 1898 and 1929. Walter Littefield, 1867-1948, was an American author and journalist.

Found in: Special Collections

Clermont-Tonnerre letters

Collection — Box: 1 [31151030056117]

Identifier: MS-0362

Overview The collection is formed by 13 letters written in French, 1832-1836, as well as their analysis by Dr. François Velde, who discovered the letters in 1993. The letters are part of the correspondence of the Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, a minister in the French government of Charles X, and Marie-Caroline, duchesse de Berry, daughter-in-law of King Charles X.

Found in: Special Collections

Correspondance adressee a Berthe Schuster, marraine de guerre [Correspondence addressed to Berthe Schuster, war godmother]

Collection — Box: 1 [31151030118974]

Identifier: MS-0736

Overview Starting in the spring of 1915, during World War I, some women in unoccupied France volunteered for the role of "war godmothers," marraines de guerre. To provide the moral support these men, so-called "war orphans," could not receive from their families, women in unoccupied areas became their pen pals. Berthe Schuster was one of these war godmothers and lived during the war on 51 Malakoff Avenue in Paris. This collection includes 124 pieces of correspondence, including illustrated letters,...

Found in: Special Collections

Edouard Laboulaye lectures

Collection

Identifier: MS-0075

Overview Édouard-René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye was a French businessman, lawyer, author, professor and politician born in Paris January 18, 1811. The collection consists of two volumes entitled "Constitution des États-Unis" containing 59 lectures written in French and delivered by Laboulaye at the Collège de France. Most were delivered in 1862-1863.

Found in: Special Collections

Elizabeth Daum diary

Collection — Box: 1 [31151030051670]

Identifier: MS-0162

Overview This collection consists of the diary of Elizabeth Daum, which provides an account of Miss Daum's trip to Europe by ocean liner, July to October, 1926. Elizabeth Daum resided in Scranton, PA in 1926. Her travel diary indicates she was an unmarried, young adult who made a trans-Atlantic crossing to Europe in 1926. Other biographical information of Miss Daum has not been found.

Found in: Special Collections

Eugène Rosambeau lithograph, depicting female soldiers of “Les Amazones de la Seine”

Collection — Box: 1 [31151034438071], Folder: 17

Identifier: MS-0813

Overview This collection consists of an original color lithograph entitled “Les Amazones de la Seine,” created and signed by Eugéne Morsabeau Rosambeau in 1870. The print depicts a group of a dozen Prussian soldiers brought to surrender by members of the “Amazones de la Seine,” a French female military faction during the Siege of Paris (1870-1871).

Found in: Special Collections

French caricature folio: “Un Chapelet de Bêtises”

Collection — Container: 1 [31151030142230]

Identifier: MS-0770

Overview This item is a folio of caricature sketches created in France in 1861. There is currently no biographical information on the creator.

Found in: Special Collections

French government-issued ration cards from the Siege of Paris

Collection — Container: 1 [31151030142453]

Identifier: MS-0797

Overview Likely distributed by the République française, French government, these three ration cards are from the 1870 to 1871 Siege of Paris. One meat ration card from the 9th arrondissement (district) and two subsistence cards for bread, groceries, oil, and chocolate from the 6th arrondissement.

Found in: Special Collections

French or German "Naughty Hold-to-the-light" cards

Collection — Box: 1 [31151030134492]

Identifier: MS-0705

Overview Copied from dealer description: [Erotic Art] A Set of 8 1920s French or German Naughty 'Hold-to-the-Light' Cards. An interesting set of 8 'hold-to-the-light' cards with French & German instructions stamped at the top, featuring ladies in various states of undress doing various things with various props. One features Josephine Baker in her banana dress. The effect of the hold to the light feature is oddly unimpressive. 8 cards. 3.5"x5.5". Minor soil, light wear.

Found in: Special Collections

Handbill advertising services of "Audiger, libraire"

Collection — Box: 1 [31151030133460]

Identifier: MS-0695

Overview Handbill advertizing the services of a Monsieur Audiger, a French bookseller active in the early 19th century.

Found in: Special Collections

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