Scope and Contents
The Marguerite Moreno Papers consist of letters from Moreno to Gaston Baheux, an animateur of Parisian cabarets known as Tonton de Montmartre; other correspondence; journals, drafts of published writings, and unidentified writings; family photographs, photographs of Moreno, and theater and film production photographs of her and other actors; and a small amount of personal papers. The papers mainly concern Moreno's friendships and acting career, particularly during the 1930s-1940s, and her autobiographical writings, with some materials relating to her experiences as an acting teacher in Argentina and as a nurse during World War I.
Dates
- 1882 - 1949
- Majority of material found within 1914 - 1948
Creator
Language of Materials
Chiefly in French; some materials in Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Marguerite Moreno Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Autographes Demarest on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
Arrangement
Organized into four series: I. Correspondence, 1890-1949, undated. II. Writings, 1914-1915, undated. III. Photographs, 1892-1946, undated. IV. Other Papers, 1882-1948, undated.
Extent
2.72 Linear Feet ((7 boxes) + 1 portfolio)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The Marguerite Moreno Papers consist of letters from Moreno to Gaston Baheux, an animateur of Parisian cabarets known as Tonton de Montmartre; other correspondence; journals, drafts of published writings, and unidentified writings; family photographs, photographs of Moreno, and theater and film production photographs of her and other actors; and a small amount of personal papers. The papers mainly concern Moreno's friendships and acting career, particularly during the 1930s-1940s, and her autobiographical writings, with some materials relating to her experiences as an acting teacher in Argentina and as a nurse during World War I.
Marguerite Moreno (1871-1948)
Marguerite Moreno was a French theater and film actor. Born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau, she adopted her mother's name at the beginning of her career. Moreno was associated with Stéphane Mallarmé and the symbolist movement, and she was a member of the Comédie-Française, 1890-1903. During the 1890s she met the writer Colette, who became a friend and confidant. During 1908-1913, she taught at the conservatory in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Moreno served as a nurse in France during World War I, 1914-1915. By 1915 she was acting in films, and continued working in theater and film through the end of her life. In 1945, she performed the title role in Jean Giraudoux's La Folle de Chaillot.
Moreno was married to actors Marcel Schwob, 1900-1905, and Jean Daragon, 1908-1923. In the 1920s, she acquired La Source bleue, her home in Touzac (Lot), where she lived with her nephew and companion Pierre Bouyou, an actor who adopted the name Pierre Moreno.
Moreno was married to actors Marcel Schwob, 1900-1905, and Jean Daragon, 1908-1923. In the 1920s, she acquired La Source bleue, her home in Touzac (Lot), where she lived with her nephew and companion Pierre Bouyou, an actor who adopted the name Pierre Moreno.
Processing Information
A vendor description listing contents of some correspondence, writings, and other materials is filed in Box 1.
- Actors -- France
- Actors -- France -- 20th Century
- Argentina -- Social life and customs
- Baheux, Gaston, 1897-1966
- Daragon, Jean
- Diaries -- France -- 20th Century
- Film stills -- France -- 20th Century
- Lot (France)
- Morand, Eugène, 1855?-1930
- Moreno, Marguerite, 1871-1948
- Moreno, Pierre
- Motion pictures, French
- Nurses -- France -- Diaries
- Photographs -- France -- 20th Century
- Printemps, Yvonne, 1894-1977
- Schwob, Marcel, 1867-1905
- Silent films -- France
- Theater -- Argentina
- Theater -- France
- Théâtre de la ville (Paris, France)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- France
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, French
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French
- Title
- Guide to the Marguerite Moreno Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Karen Spicher
- Date
- 2010 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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New Haven, CT 06511
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