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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.
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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.
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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,...
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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