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ADHEOS periodicals and brochures
This collection contains French-language materials created by the French queer rights organization ADHEOS. Contents include three magazine issues, seven brochures, and a business card.
Alexandre Dumas handwritten note to François Buloz
American and European women performers carte de visite album
Amnesty International France periodicals and ephemera on LGBTI rights
A collection of French-language materials on LGBTI identity and rights produced by Amnesty International France. Contents include two magazine issues, four brochures, and a sticker.
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers
Camp de Mailly watercolor sketchbook
This watercolor sketchbook was created by a French soldier at Camp de Mailly during the summer of 1915. The sketchbook shows scenes of military camp life and the surrounding landscape.
Chez Marcilly Napoleonic era metal-bound appointment book
This collection consists of one Napoleonic era mother-of-pearl and gilded metal bound monthly appointment book, published in approximately 1810 by Chez Marcilly in Paris. It includes one metal writing instrument, and is ornately decorated. No biographical data is available on the creator.
Clermont-Tonnerre letters
The collection is formed by 13 letters written in French, 1832-1836, as well as their analysis by Dr. François Velde, who discovered the letters in 1993. The letters are part of the correspondence of the Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, a minister in the French government of Charles X, and Marie-Caroline, duchesse de Berry, daughter-in-law of King Charles X.
Copies of letters and papers concerning the "Affaire Carrouges," a Surrealist controversy also called the "Affaire Pastoureau"
This collection contains copies of seven documents created in the 1950s concerning the Surrealist turmoil originating from the ‘Affaire Carrouges’. In 1951, a conflict between Surrealists Henri Pastoureau and Michel Carrouges due to a disagreement about religion resulted in the fracturing of the French Surrealist movement for three months. There is representation from both sides of the conflict in this collection.
Correspondance adressee a Berthe Schuster, marraine de guerre [Correspondence addressed to Berthe Schuster, war godmother]
"Cryptographe ou cachet-scellé de Victor Chevalier" cryptography kit
David Simon Blondheim essay
This collection onsists of a 1922 essay by Johns Hopkins University philologist David S. Blondheim, titled "Eassai d'un Vocabulaire Comparatif des Parlers Romans des Juifs au Moyen Age."
Dreyfus Affair photograph album
This collection consists of an album of photographs relating to the Dreyfus Affair. The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal that divided France at the turn of the twentieth century, wherein Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish descent, was convicted for treason on uncertain grounds.
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris [National School of Fine Arts Paris] UP6 ephemera and photographs
The École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (National School of Fine Arts) in Paris succeeded the royal arts academies of pre-revolutionary France. The collection contains eight black-and-white photographs of the school in 1972 and ephemera concerning the creation of two new ateliers and a printing works at UP6 by the architect Jean-Paul Jungmann in 1972-74.
Edouard Laboulaye lectures
Édouard-René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye was a French businessman, lawyer, author, professor and politician born in Paris January 18, 1811. The collection consists of two volumes entitled "Constitution des États-Unis" containing 59 lectures written in French and delivered by Laboulaye at the Collège de France. Most were delivered in 1862-1863.
Émile Zola articulated caricature
An anti-Dreyfus articulated caricature printed on thin cardboard, depicting a soldier in red pants and cap plunging the writer Émile Zola into a barrel of molasses bearing the word "Vidange", with a brad fastener used to move the soldier's arm (and thereby the figure of Zola) up and down into the barrel. The text reads, "Zola dans la Mé...lasse!" Art by P. Dous-Y'nell (also known as P. Douzy-Nell and Paul Pierre Marie Joseph Doussinelle). Published by Léon Hayard.
Eugène Rosambeau lithograph, depicting female soldiers of “Les Amazones de la Seine”
This collection consists of an original color lithograph entitled “Les Amazones de la Seine,” created and signed by Eugéne Morsabeau Rosambeau in 1870. The print depicts a group of a dozen Prussian soldiers brought to surrender by members of the “Amazones de la Seine,” a French female military faction during the Siege of Paris (1870-1871).
French caricature folio: “Un Chapelet de Bêtises”
This item is a folio of caricature sketches created in France in 1861. There is currently no biographical information on the creator.
French government-issued ration cards from the Siege of Paris
Likely distributed by the République française, French government, these three ration cards are from the 1870 to 1871 Siege of Paris. One meat ration card from the 9th arrondissement (district) and two subsistence cards for bread, groceries, oil, and chocolate from the 6th arrondissement.
French or German "Naughty Hold-to-the-light" cards
Copied from dealer description: [Erotic Art] A Set of 8 1920s French or German Naughty 'Hold-to-the-Light' Cards. An interesting set of 8 'hold-to-the-light' cards with French & German instructions stamped at the top, featuring ladies in various states of undress doing various things with various props. One features Josephine Baker in her banana dress. The effect of the hold to the light feature is oddly unimpressive. 8 cards. 3.5"x5.5". Minor soil, light wear.
French prisoner of war journal from World War II titled "La Dernière Heure" ["The Last Hour"]
This collection includes three issues of a prisoner of war camp journal titled "La Dernière Heure," created in April, May, and July of 1943 by French internees at the Baltic port of Wismar.
G. Sternfeld Affaire Dreyfus postcards
A series of 12 numbered black-and-white postcards published by G. Sternfeld depicting scenes associated with the second trial of the Dreyfus affair. Depicted individuals include Alfred Dreyfus, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Godefroy Cavaignac, Henri Rochefort, Émile Zola, Fernand Labory, Georges Clemenceau, Auguste Scheurer-Kestner, and Georges Picquart. Contains two copies of card #3.
Gertrude Stein collection at Johns Hopkins University
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera associated with author Gertrude Stein.
Gustave Flaubert letter
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.
Handbill advertising services of "Audiger, libraire"
Handbill advertizing the services of a Monsieur Audiger, a French bookseller active in the early 19th century.