Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Gustave Flaubert letter
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0303
Abstract
Gustave Flaubert (1821 – 1880) was a French novelist. The collection consists of a letter from Flaubert, and a translation of the letter, in which Flaubert declines a luncheon date. Date unknown. Supporting documentation is also included, dating from 1912.
Dates:
undated; 1912 April 3
Found in:
Special Collections
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Gustave Flaubert letter
J. (James) Lewis May
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This series and its subseries consist of letters, manuscripts, and photographs of authors and writers of note collected by Professor Richard Macksey (1931-2019), who worked in what is now the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University from 1958 until his formal retirement in 2010. Professor Macksey was a noted bibliophile and in addition to collecting rare titles and editions, he also collected correspondence and manuscripts by noted French and...
Dates:
1653 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1980
Miscellaneous manuscripts collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0034
Abstract
This is a collection of single item manuscripts or small groupings of materials, 1730s-1983 and undated. This collection includes signatures of Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson; letters from Jefferson Davis, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Gustave Flaubert, James Madison, James Monroe, George Moore, Edgar Allen Poe, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roger Brooke Taney, Queen Victoria, George Washington, and Woodrow Wilson. There are photostats...
Dates:
1730s-1983 and undated
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- photographs 1