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Authors, French -- 19th century

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alphonse Daudet Collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 231
Overview: Letters from Daudet to Henry Ceard (mentions Emile Zola and Alfred de Vigny), Estes and Lauriat, and Paul Ginisty of Odeon Theater, among others. Also includes a bound manuscript volume, partly in Daudet's handwriting and signed by him, entitled "Histoire de mes livres I. Fromont jeune et risler aîné."
Dates: 1860-1899
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alphonse Daudet Collection

Camille Doucet correspondence

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1554
Overview: Collection of circa 11,000 letters addressed to Camille Doucet (1812-1895), director of the Superintendance générale des théâtres de France and member of the Académie française, from upwards of 1150 correspondents. It offers rich documentation of the French arts and letters in the second half of the 19th century and, in particular, of Doucet’s influence over French theater in his capacity as head of the administration of theaters in the imperial government of Napoleon III between 1853 and 1870,...
Dates: 1832-1920, bulk 1850-1895
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Camille Doucet correspondence

Victor Hugo collection

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Call Number: GEN MSS 412
Overview: Collection contains letters to and from Victor Hugo, as well as holographs of writings by Hugo. Correspondence includes letters to Hugo from Juliette Drouet, Aleksandr Herzen, comte Léopold Hugo, Jules Janin, Jean Toussaint Merle, and Jules Michelet. Letters from Hugo include letters to Laure Junot, duchesse d'Abrantès, A. de Beauchesne, Alexandre Dumas, and Almire Gandonnière. Writings contain holograph drafts of fragments of several works, including poems from Châtiments and Toute la...
Dates: 1816-1876
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Victor Hugo collection

Solange Clésinger-Sand Papers

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Call Number: GEN MSS 755
Overview: Collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers documenting the life and work of Solange Clésinger-Sand. Correspondence consists of letters to and from Clésinger-Sand and third-party letters between family and others. Notable correspondents include the following friends, family, and family friends: Éduoard Bourdet, Alphonse Guérin, Amélie Grille de Beuzelin, Maurice Sand, Charles Poncy, Samuel Rocheblave, and Jules Troubat. Writings by Clésinger-Sand include complete...
Dates: 1834-1952
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Solange Clésinger-Sand Papers