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France -- Politics and government

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Académie française autograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1339
Overview: Correspondence and other documents signed by circa 200 members of the Académie française, 1637-1926 and undated, assembled by an unidentified collector, possibly American autograph collector Howes Norris, Jr. (1867-1938), of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Most are autograph letters, signed; other contents include literary writings, legal documents, and a few documents concerning administration of the Académie française. Many are accompanied by descriptions from vendor catalogs, engraved...
Dates: 1637-1926, bulk 1750-1900
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Académie française autograph collection

Collection of Jean Genet Drafts and Proofs

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1739
Overview: The collection consists of manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts as well as galley and page proofs for works by Jean Genet, 1952-1982, including Le Bagne, Le Balcon, Les Nègres, and Le Langage de la muraille: cent ans jour après jour. It also contains manuscripts with sketches by the author and artworks on paper by others, including two hand-colored lithographs by Alberto...
Dates: 1952-1982
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of Jean Genet Drafts and Proofs

French Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 224
Overview: An artificial collection of correspondence, manuscripts, volumes, and miscellanea relating to France, 1115-1941.
Dates: 1115-1941
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > French Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection

Walter L. Pforzheimer collection of historical manuscripts

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Call Number: GEN MSS 838
Overview: The Walter L. Pforzheimer Collection of Historical Manuscripts contains approximately 500 manuscript documents, circa 1370s-1870s, consisting of letters, legal documents, and other manuscripts written or signed by European heads of state, government, diplomatic, military or church officials, or literary authors. Most materials are French, including documents signed by French royalty and nobility, 14th-18th centuries. Many French manuscripts date from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars,...
Dates: circa 1370-1960s, bulk 1500-1830
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Walter L. Pforzheimer collection of historical manuscripts

Ulysse Rouchon collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 873
Overview: This collection consists of documents, manuscripts and pamphlets related to the history, culture and government of the Department Haute-Loire in France and to the city of Puy.
Dates: 1571-1957
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Ulysse Rouchon collection