Collection of correspondence with Edith Wharton and others, including Hamilton Aidé, Anna Bahlmann, Bernard Berenson, Walter Berry, William Morton Fullerton, Percy Lubbock, and abbé Arthur Mugnier. The collection features approximately 172 pieces of correspondence from Edith Wharton, consisting of autograph letters, notes, and postcards, signed, dating from 1909 to 1931, as well as sixteen pieces of correspondence from Bélugou to Wharton. Selected letters between Wharton and Bélugou were assembled by Claudine Lesage and published as Lettres à l'ami français (Paris: M. Houdiard, [2001]). Accompanied by several black-and-white photographs of Bélugou and others.
Description:
Chiefly in French; some materials in English, Spanish and German., Léon Bélugou (1865-1934), French educator., and Purchased from Priscilla Juvelis Inc. on the Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. Fund, 2002.
Subject (Name):
Aïdé, Hamilton, 1826-1906, Bahlmann, Anna Catherine, Bélugou, Léon, 1865-1934, Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959, Berry, Walter, 1859-1927 , Fullerton, William Morton, 1865-1952, and Lesage, Cla
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets, American--20th century--Archives
Folder contains a note from J. H. Raphael to "Admiral Goodall," 1808 September 29, on stationery of "État d'Hayti," the breakaway republic ruled by Henri Christophe.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Colonies--Administration, France--Colonies--America, Haiti--Early works to 1800, Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804, Haiti--Politics and government--1791-1804, Martinique, and West Indies, French
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of notes concerning the French nobility. The manuscript begins with genealogical histories of various French noble houses, including those of Lorraine; Savoy; Languedoc; Luxembourg; and Orleans. Other entries in the manuscript include an account of the French royal family; a list of the French nobility; and copies of letters of 1602 from Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon to King Henri IV and from the King to the authorities of the Dauphine about Bouillon. The collection also contains a number of entries in English, including a travel diary recording a journey from Blois to La Rochelle and an essay in English about the Swiss alliance with France. Dos-a-dos appears a list of Biblical kings.
Description:
Binding: full limp parchment; gilt decoration., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Text begins from both ends. Pagination provided by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Court and courtiers., France--Description and travel., France--Foreign relations--Switzerland., France--Kings and rulers., and Switzerland--Foreign relations--France.
Subject (Name):
Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne,--Duc de,--1555-1623. and Henry--IV,--King of France,--1553-1610.
Subject (Topic):
Genealogy--France., Nobility--France., and Travelers' writings, English.
Two drafts of Chopin's Le dernier roman du monde (Editions Cyanuur, 1970). One draft, typescript, typescript carbon, and autograph manuscript, corrected. Second draft, typescript, corrected, includes leaves of concrete poetry not present in the other draft. Accompanied by a printed volume of the work.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century--Archives and Concrete poetry, French