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Signed handwritten letter from Bernard-René Jourdan, Marquis de Launay, governor of the Bastille, to a Mr. Moreau regarding a building project with accompanying engraving of Launay

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-0805
Abstract

This collection is a handwritten letter, dated March 3, 1779, from the Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, governor of the Bastille, with an accompanying engraving of de Launay.

Dates: 1779 March 3

Société des Amis d’Isidore Isou correspondence

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0739
Abstract

The Société des Amis d’Isidore Isou, or the Friends of Isidore Isou, was organized in 1970s France to assist and support Isidore Isou (1925-2007), founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism. This collection primarily includes the society's earliest correspondence, which documents requests for financial contributions to the newly-formed group, spanning 1970 to 1972.

Dates: 1970 - 1972

Sophie Gay letters to Alexandre Guiraud

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0772
Abstract

This collection is a set of six letters from French author Sophie Gay to French poet Alexandre Guiraud written in 1822. Sophie Gay was a French author born in Paris, France in 1776. Alexandre Guirard was a French poet, dramatic author, and novelist born in Paris, France 1788.

Dates: 1822

Yvonne Ferrand-Weyher poetry chapbooks and autograph letter

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0884
Abstract

This collection consists of eight chapbooks and one letter written by French poet Yvonne Ferrand-Weyher between 1939 and 1949 about her experiences during World War II.

Dates: 1939 - 1949

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Century 21 Exposition (1962, Seattle, Wash.) 1
Century of progress international exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Columbus, Christopher 1
Comédie-Française 1
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Gay, Sophie, 1776-1852 1
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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910 1
Isou, Isidore 1
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) 1
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Lafon, Pierre, 1773-1846 1
Launey, Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de, 1740-1789 1
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Lemaître, Maurice, 1926- 1
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company 1
Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Luguet family 1
Luguet, René, 1813-1905 1
Mahérault, Marie Joseph François, 1795-1879 1
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Meriwether, Robert Lee, 1890-1958 1
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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) 1
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Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 1
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Roosevelt, Théodore, 1858-1919 1
Schuster, Berthe, active 1912-1919 1
Société des Amis d’Isidore Isou 1
Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, Charles, vicomte de, 1836-1907 1
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 1
Steward, Samuel M. 1
Tanner, Allen C., 1898-1987 1
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 1
Toklas, Alice B. 1
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 1
Walter, Albert U. 1
Wilson, Robert, 1922-2016 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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