Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately 1000 items in four boxes. It is a collection of the personal papers and papers collected by Albert Gabriel Feuillerat, 1874-1952, professor of French at Yale University from 1929-1943 and professor of English literature at various American and French universities prior to that time. The papers were the gift of the estate of Albert Gabriel Feuillerat in 1953.
The collection is arranged in four groups as follows:
1. Personal papers of Professor Feuillerat which consist chiefly of letters by and to him, newspaper clippings, printed articles, correspondence with the Yale University Library, notes and miscellaneous items.
2. Material on Paul Bourget, 1852-1935, French novelist and critic and brother-in-law of Professor Feuillerat, which consists mainly of an unpublished and unfinished manuscript entitled Sans Dieu, ms copies of his theatrical chronicles published in Le Parlement, LETTERS TO Prof. Feuillerat concerning Bourget; and copies of letters with a few originals by Bourget.
3. Letters from various persons to various persons, collected by Prof. Feuillerat, with number and dates indicated (list on following pages)
4. Autographs and poems only, which are not included in the above groups, Barriére, Théodore, 1823-1877; Brulat, Paul, 1866-1925; Coppée Francois, 1842-1908; Du Boscage, marouis; Great; Manuel, Eugéne, 1823-1901; Pluvier, Edourard, 1821-De Pons.
Dates
- 1823-1949
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the estate of Albert G. Feuillerat, 1953.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 1 folio)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Personal papers, research materials, and autographs collected by Feuillerat in connection with his literary studies. A major portion of the papers consists of material on Paul Bourget, novelist and critic, as well as the brother-in-law of Feuillerat. Included are manuscripts by Bourget and correspondence by and about him. Among the writers of the holograph letters collected by Feuillerat are Jean François Victor Aicard, Paul Claudel, Alfred Stanislaus Langlois Des Essarts, Octave Feuillet, Alexandre Dumas, Ernest Aimée Feydeau, Paul Hervieu, Jean A. A. Jusserand, and Francis Steegmuller.
Biographical / Historical
Albert G. Feuillerat: educator; born in Toulouse, France; B.A., Lycée of Toulouse, 1891; M.A., University of Toulouse, 1896; Docteur des Lettres, University of Paris; professor, University of Rennes, 1901-1927; visiting professor at Harvard, 1923-1924, Columbia, 1927-1928, Yale, 1928-1929; Sterling Professor of French, Yale, 1929-1943, professor emeritus, 1943-1952.
List of Correspondents
- About, Edmond Francois Valentin, 1828-1885 (1)No date
- Adam, Juliette (Lamber) La Messine, 1836-1936 (1)no date
- Adam, Paul, 1862-1930 (1)1892
- Aicard, Jean Francois Victor, 1848-1921 (26)1865-1881
- Banville, Théodore Faullain de, 1823-1891 (1)no year
- Bataille, Henri, 1872-1922 (8)n.d and 1903
- Baring Maurice1903
- Bauer, Henri. (1)1908
- Bernard, Thales, 1821-1873 (4)1855-1864
- see also folio case
- Berryer, (Antoine Pierre, 1790-1868] (3)1851, 1868 & no date
- Bouchor, Maurice, 1855-1929 (2)1884
- Brieux, Eugéne, 1858-1932 (1)1916
- Cather, Willa Sibert, 1873-1947 (1)1929
- Claude1, Paul, 1868- (7)1929-1932
- Colet, Louise, 1808-1876 (1)1857
- Crépet, Jacques (1)1939
- Danielo, Julien (1)1858
- Daude, Ernest 1837-1921 (2)1870, no date
- Descaves, Lucien, 1871- (1)1903
- Deschanel, Emile, 1819-1904 (3)1871-1876
- Des Essarts, Alfred Stanislas1843-1880
- Langlois, 1811-1893 (15)
- Des Essarts, Emanuel, 1839-1909 (5)1876, 1885, n.d.
- Donnay, Maurice Charles, 1859- (4)1894, n.year
- Doumic, Rene, 1860- (5)1927-1932
- Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 (2)no date
- Duport, Paul, 1798-1866 (2)1835, 1843
- Duruy, Albert, 1844-1887 (1)no date
- Feuillet, Octave, 1821-1890 (15)1840-1874
- Forgeus, Paul Emile Durand, 1813-1884 (1)1837
- Feydeau, Ernest-Aime, 1821-1873 (1)no year
- Fréjaville, Gustave (2)1928,1930
- Gauthier-Villars, Henry, 1859-1931 (1)1893
- Marmier Xavier, 1809-1892 (1)no year
- Merrill, Stuart, 1863-1915 (5)1902, n.d.
- Monselet, Charles, 1825-1888 (1)no date
- Normand, Jacques Clary Jean, 1848-1931 (1)no date
- Philipon, Charles, 1800-1862 (1)1836, n d.
- Prevott, Zoé (1)no date
- St. Marc Girardin, 1801-1873 (2)1845, n.d.
- Quiellé, Jeanne (1)1949
- Gautier, Mmme Judith, 1846-1917 (3)no date
- Gilkey, Robert (1)1949
- Granier de Cassagnac, Paul, 1843-1904 (1)no date
- Gregh, Fernand, 1873- (1)1919
- Guizault, A (1)no date
- Havet, Julien, 1853-1893 (1)1880
- Hennique, Léon, 1852- (1)1908
- Hermant, Abel, 1862- (2)1899, n.y.
- Hervieu, Paul, 1857-1915 (2)1901, 1910
- Huret, Jules, 1864-1915 (1)no date
- Janin, Jules Gabriel, 1804-1874 (1)no date
- Jouy, Victor Joseph Etienne de, 1764-1847(2)1823, n.d.
- Jusserand, JEAN A.A.
- Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890 (2)no date
- Lavedan, Henri Léon Emile, 1859-1940 (2)1896,1897
- Le Braz, Anatole, 1859-1926 (7)1897-1930
- Lemattre, Jules, 1853-1914 (1)no date
- Letourneur (1)no year
- Margueritte, Paul, 1860-1918 (1)no date
- Saint Mars, Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, vicomtesse, de, 1804-1872 (3)no date
- Saint-René-Taillandier, René Gaspard Ernest, 1817-1870 (2)1854-1871
- Sarcey, Francisque, 1827-1899 (2)1880, n.d.
- Scholl, Aufe lien, 1833-1902 (1)no date
- Scribe, Augustin Eugéne, 1791-1861 (1)1850
- Silvestre, Paul Armand, 1837-1901 (1)1895, n.d.
- Segretain, A.J. (1)1840
- Simon, Jules Francois, 1814-1896 (3)1848, 1872, n.d.
- Soulary, Joséphin, 1815-1891 (46)1857-1891
- Souvestre, Emile, 1806-1854 (2)1848, n.d.
- Souvestre, Nanine (1)1840
- Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, Charles Victor Maximilian Albert, vicomte, de, 1836-1907 (1)1873
- Sully-Prudhomme, René Francois Armand, 1839-1907 (1)1895
- Steegmuller, Francis, 1906- (2)1949
- Tinayre, Mme Marcelle, 1877- (1)[1918?]
- Vacquerie, Auguste, 1819-1895 (4)1888 & n.y.
- Valade, Léon, 1854-1884 (3)1872, n d.
- Viele-Griffin, Francois, 1864- (2)1893,1898 no date
- Villemain, Abel Francois, 1790-1870 (4)no date
- Villenave, Matthieu Guillaume, Thérése de 1762-1846 (1)1830
- Xau, Edmond Fernand (1)1889
- Berryer, (Antoine Pierre, 1790-1868] (3)1851, 1868 & no date
- Bouchor, Maurice, 1855-1929 (2)1884
- Brieux, Eugéne, 1858-1932 (1)1916
- Cather, Willa Siberia, 1873-1947 (1)1929
- Claude1, Paul, 1868- (7)1929-1932
- Colet, Louise, 1808-1876 (1)1857
- Crépet, Jacques (1)1939
- Danielo, Julien (1)1858
- Daude, Ernest 1837-1921 (2)1870, no date
- Descaves, Lucien, 1871- (1)1903
- Deschanel, Emile, 1819-1904 (3)1871-1876
- Des Essarts, Alfred Stanislas Langlois, 1811-1893 (15)1843-1880
- Des Essarts, Emanuel, 1839-1909 5)1876, 1885, n.d.
- Donnay, Maurice Charles, 1859- (4)1894, n.year
- Doumic, Rene, 1860- (5)1927-1932
- Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 (2)no date
- Duport, Paul, 1798-1866 (2)1835, 1843
- Duruy, Albert, 1844-1887 (1)no date
- Feuillet, Octave, 1821-1890 (15)1840-1874
- Forgeus, Paul Emile Durand, 1813-1884 (1)1837
- Feydeau, Ernest-Aime, 1821-1873 (1)no year
- Fréjaville, Gustave (2)1928, 1930
- Gauthier-Villars, Henry, 1859-1931 (1)1893
- Marmier Xavier, 1809-1892 (1)no year
- Merrill, Stuart, 1863-1915 (5)1902, n.d.
- Monselet, Charles, 1825-1888 (1)no date
- Normand, Jacques Clary Jean, 1848-1931 (1)no date
- Philipon, Charles, 1800-1862 (1)1836, n d.
- Prevott, Zoé (1)no date
- St. Marc Girardin, 1801-1873 (2)1845, n.d.
- Quiellé, Jeanne (1)1949
- Gautier, Mmme Judith, 1846-1917 (3)no date
- Gilkey, Robert (1)1949
- Granier de Cassagnac, Paul, 1843-1904 (1)no date
- Gregh, Fernand, 1873- (1)1919
- Guizault, A (1)no date
- Havet, Julien, 1853-1893 (1)1880
- Hennique, Léon, 1852- (1)1908
- Hermant, Abel, 1862- (2)1899, n.y.
- Hervieu, Paul, 1857-1915 (2)1901, 1910
- Huret, Jules, 1864-1915 (1)no date
- Janin, Jules Gabriel, 1804-1874 (1)no date
- Jouy, Victor Joseph Etienne de, 1764-[illegible] (2)1823, n.d.
- Jusserand, JEAN A.A.
- Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890 (2)no date
- Lavedan, Henri Léon Emile, 1859-1940 (2)1896,1897
- Le Braz, Anatole, 1859-1926 (7)1897-1930
- Lemattre, Jules, 1853-1914 (1)no date
- Letourneur (1)no year
- Margueritte, Paul, 1860-1918 (1)no date
- Saint Mars, Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, vicomtesse, de, 1804-1872 (3)no date
- Saint-René-Taillandier, René Gaspard Ernest, 1817-1870 (2)1854-1871
- Sarcey, Francisque, 1827-1899 (2)1880, n.d.
- Scholl, Aufe lien, 1833-1902 (1)no date
- Scribe, Augustin Eugéne, 1791-1861 (1)1850
- Silvestre, Paul Armand, 1837-1901 (1)1895, n.d.
- Segretain, A.J. (1)1840
- Simon, Jules Francois, 1814-1896 (3)1848, 1872, n.d.
- Soulary, Joséphin, 1815-1891 (46)1857-1891
- Souvestre, Emile, 1806-1854 (2)1848, n.d.
- Souvestre, Nanine (1)1840
- Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, Charles Victor Maximilian Albert, vicomte, de, 1836-1907 (1)1873
- Sully-Prudhomme, René Francois Armand, 1839-1907 (1)1895
- Steegmuller, Francis, 1906- (2)1949
- Tinayre, Mme Marcelle, 1877- (1)[1918?]
- Vacquerie, Auguste, 1819-1895 (4)1888 & n.y.
- Valade, Léon, 1854-1884 (3)1872, n d.
- Viele-Griffin, Francois, 1864- (2)1893,1898 no date
- Villemain, Abel Francois, 1790-1870 (4)no date
- Villenave, Matthieu Guillaume, Thérése de 1762-1846 (1)1830
- Xau, Edmond Fernand (1)1889
- Aicard, Jean, 1848-1921
- Autographs
- Bataille, Henry, 1872-1922
- Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947
- Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955
- Colet, Louise, 1810-1876
- Daudet, Ernest, 1837-1921
- Des Essarts, Alfred Stanislaus Langlois, 1811-1893
- Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
- Educators
- Europe
- Feuillerat, Albert, 1874-1953
- Feuillet, Octave, 1821-1890
- Feydeau, Ernest, 1821-1873
- French literature
- Hervieu, Paul, 1857-1915
- Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932
- Le Braz, Anatole, 1859-1926
- Literature -- History and criticism
- Simon, Jules, 1814-1896
- Soulary, Josʹephin, 1815-1891
- Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994
- Vacquerie, Auguste, 1819-1895
- Villemain, M., 1790-1870
- Villenave, M. G. T. (Mathieu Guillaume Thérèse), 1762-1846
- Yale University -- Faculty
- Yale University. Dept. of French
- Title
- Guide to the Albert Gabriel Feuillerat Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- April 1983
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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