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Noël J. Cortés Collection of French Manuscripts

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1173

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of manuscript letters, writings, and documents, mostly in French, by writers, artists, historians, and philosophers, including Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Paul Morand, and George Sand.

Dates

  • 1760 - 1927

Creator

Language of Materials

Chiefly in French; some material in Italian and English.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from David J. Holmes on various funds, 1989-1997.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by writer.

Extent

0.43 Linear Feet (1 box)

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.cortes

Additional Description

Noël J. Cortés, collector

Noël J. Cortés was born in Manila in 1907, and becamed a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1932. He was a medical doctor and lived in Philadelphia where he was affiliated with the Drexel Institute of Technology. He was a collector of manuscripts, books, and artworks.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

The collection is comprised of material formerly classed as Uncat MS Vault 548.

Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during basic processing.

This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Noël J. Cortés Collection of French Manuscripts
Status
Under Revision
Author
Beinecke Staff
Date
August 2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

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