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La Nouvelle Societe d'Edition, and 19th-20th Century Miscellaneous
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48 folders
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Material in folders 1-11 came to Cushing Library in a three-ring binder with the handwritten spine title "NSE," i.e., La Nouvelle Societed'Edition, a circa 1928-1944 Parisian publishing house. Material in folders 12-16 from a binder titled "H. Benazet, M. Ternand, H. Faroux, L. Porguerol, P. Lafitte, E. Gril, A. Lantere, E. Pourcherol, A. Renaudin, M. Le Guillerme, M Poinsignar, P. Chanlaine-NSE." Material in folders 17-19 from a binder titled "Andre Geiger, Edison Marshall tr-ly [translator of?] Louis Postif, F. Mallex-Zeven tr-ly [translator of?] Maurice, Remon, Speyer, Foucault, Sinclair Lewis/Remon + J. Chabannes-NSE." Material in folders 20-24 from a binder titled "Foucault, Clairouin, Renaudin, Lucas, Pourcherol, Champly-NSE." Material in folder 25 from a binder titled "J. Thoret, L. Frank, F. Mazade-NSE." Material in folders 26-39 from a binder titled "Mss. varia." Material in folders 40-48 from a binder titled "Autographes, l.a.s., etc. 16e-20e s."
19/1: 3 letters by various authors to various addressees on Georgia, Texas and Kansas railroad company letterhead, 1890s.
19/2: Etienne Gril (translator into German of author Stephane Corbiere) letters, flyers, book contracts (7 items).
19/3: Jacques Chabannes jacket and some galley proofs of novel Microbe (17 sheets).
19/4: Andre Geiger letters, flyers, book contracts (12 items).
19/5: Andre Geiger and Barres Damas (sic?) manuscript (13 items).
19/6: Robert Dieudonne letters, dust jackets, book contracts (8 items).
19/7: Pierre Chanlaine letters, dust jackets, book contracts (9 items).
19/8: Unidentified manuscript, 4 sheets.
19/9: General Pouderoux letters, dust jackets, book contracts (9 items).
19/10: Fernand Mazade letters (5 items).
19/11: Bernard Nabonne letters, dust jackets, book contracts (12 items).
19/12: La Nouvelle Societed'Editioncorrespondence with its authors, dust jackets, book contracts (20 items).
19/13-15: La Nouvelle Societed'Editioncorrespondence with its authors, dust jackets, book contracts (24 items in each folder).
19/16: La Nouvelle Societed'Editioncorrespondence with its authors, dust jackets, book contracts (15 items).
19/17-18: La Nouvelle Societed'Editioncorrespondence with its authors, dust jackets, book contracts (25 items in each folder).
19/19: Unidentified manuscript that begins "Jacques Chabannes," possibly about La Nouvelle Societed'Edition authors, paginated 1-8, x, xii.
19/20: La Nouvelle Societed'Edition correspondence with its authors, dust jackets, book contracts (12 items).
19/21-22: La Nouvelle Societed'Editioncorrespondence with its authors, dust jackets, book contracts (25 items in each folder).
19/23: La Nouvelle Societed'Editioncorrespondence with its authors, dust jackets, book contracts (13 items).
19/24: Juliette Adam (6 items).
19/25: La Nouvelle Societed'Editioncorrespondence with its authors, dust jackets, book contracts (8 items).
19/26: Madame de Genlis (full name Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis, or Madame Brûlart, 1746-1830, French writer and educator), correspondence (15 items).
19/27: Francois Guillaume Ducray-Dumesnil (1761-1819, author), 2 manuscript, with accompanying catalog description.
19/28: Abbe de Chaulieu (1639-1720), 2 manuscript, 1 portrait, with accompanying collector's notes on 3 sheets.
19/29: Letter by Abbe Cazotte, with 2 other letters (dated 1783, 1709).
19/30: Folded dealer envelope marked "Collection of Genlis," with folded sheet marked "Genlis letters, etc."
19/31: Letter to Le Camus to Chevalier de Grignan, 1695, with accompanying collector's notes on 5 pieces of paper.
19/32: Two manuscript marked "Wm. Beckford assoc." (i.e., William Beckford association).
19/33: Unidentified letter about a voyage, numerous signatures, 1764.
19/34: Maria Theresa, Countess of Shrewsbury & Waterford, to Lady Newburgh, Undated, with accompanying catalog description.
19/35: Letter by de Besenval (sic?), Versailles, 1783.
19/36: Walter Chrysler to Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1937; Martin Kall to Cornelius Vanderbilt, Undated; Walter Brooks to Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1/22/1931, with typescript review of Palm Beach; Walter Brooks to Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1/26/1931; Thomas W. Wahl of Duluth, Minn., to Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1929; Top to Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1920.
19/37: Letter by Colonel de Moranzies, Regiment du Languedoc, 1767, with accompanying collector's notes on folded dealer sheet.
19/38: Unidentified manuscript, 1790, with xerox of same.
19/39: Two 18th-century letters, possibly related to accompanying collector's notes on 2 folded sheets.
19/40: Five letters from 1880s with illegible signatures.
19/41: Four letters by Adele Legouve, wife of poet Gabriel Legouve, with accompanying dealer description on folded sheet.
19/42: Letter, illegible signature, with envelope postmarked 1866.
19/43: Six letters by diplomat and orientalist Pierre-Jean-Marie Ruffin (1742-1824) to Barbie du Bocage, 1813-1821, with accompanying dealer description on folded sheet and collector's notes.
19/44: Unidentified letter to an editor, Undated
19/45: Unidentified manuscript, dated 8/5/1741.
19/46: Unidentified manuscript, dated 1/17/1786.
19/47: Unidentified manuscript, Undated
19/48: Unidentified manuscript, marked "1627 RLD."