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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Box
Title
18th-19th Century Correspondence of French Authors, Historians and Celebrities
Date(s)
Extent
29 folders
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Material in folders 1-9 came to Cushing Library in a three-ring binder with the handwritten spine title "Juliette L. Adam." Material in folders 10-13. from a binder titled "Juliette Adam." Juliette Adam(b. 1836 in Verberie[Oise], d. 1936, Callian[Var]), also known by her maiden name Juliette Lambert, was a French author and feminist. Material in folders 14-18 from a binder titled "Letters by all sorts to Emile Augier." Material in folders 19-25 from a binder titled "letters to E. Augier." Guillaume Victor Emile Augier(b. 1820 Valence, Drome, d. 1889), grandson of Pigault Lebrun, was a French dramatist. Material in folders 26-29 from a binder titled "Louis Bertrand," with note "Louis Bertrand (1866-1941): Acad Francaise romancier etc., Afrique du nord-Algerie etc. (prof a Alger)" on verso of front cover.
14/1: 9 letters.
14/2-3: 1 letter on two sheets, originally pinned together.
14/4: 15 letters.
14/5: 15 letters, notes and printed items, plus 1 envelope.
14/6: 11 letters, plus 1 envelope bearing possible collector notes.
14/7: 6 letters and notes originally paper clipped together with note saying "lettres et querelles entre Spuller et Mme Adam."
14/8: 2 business cards of Madame Edmond Adam bearing notes, 1 hand drawn caricature in color .
14/9: 1 printed item about "Lamber, Mme Adam" bearing her portrait, 1 newspaper clipping, with two accompanying notes on separate sheets.
14/10-12: 15 letters in each folder
14/13: Possible collector notes, listing names of possible correspondents, on 4 folded sheets; Photographic portrait of Mme J. Adam.
14/14-15: 15 letters in each folder
14/16: 15 letters, 2 business cards.
14/17: 15 letters.
14/18: 5 letters, 1 business card, 1 envelope (probably from dealer) titled "lettres adressees a emile augier, circa 65 pieces."
14/19: 15 letters, 1 business card, 1 photographic portrait of M. Lheritier.
14/20: 16 letters.
14/21: 16 letters, 1 business card.
14/22: 15 letters, 2 envelopes.
14/23: 15 letters, 1 business card.
14/24: 15 letters.
14/25: 3 letters, 1 envelope (probably from dealer) titled "lettres adressees a emile augier, 98 pieces."
14/26-28: 12 letters each folder, most with accompanying envelopes.
14/29: 6 letters, most with accompanying envelopes; 1 other manuscript ; 2 printed items
System of arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.