Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Maison française records
Columbia University. Maison française
9704985
UA#0194
English
, French
.
8 Linear Feet
5 record cartons and 2 custom boxes
1930s-2000s
Restrictions on Access
All administrative records of the University are restricted for 25 years from the date of creation.
Restrictions on Access
The following boxes are located off-site: Box 1 through 5. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least two business in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Accrual
Additions are expected
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2012.2013.M055: Source of acquisition--Maison française. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/4/2012.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in seven series.
Biographical / Historical
Founded in 1913, the Maison française of Columbia University was the first French cultural center established on an American campus. Its mission is to promote interest in French and Francophone culture, history, literature, politics and society, to foster innovative scholarship, to enable exchange across disciplines and schools at Columbia and beyond, and to contribute to international and intercultural understanding.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Maison Française records; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Ilana Adleson. Finding aid written by Joanna Rios in August 2019.
Summary
This collection consists of photographs, correspondence, event materials, fundraising records, calendars, publicity materials, programs, newsletters, interviews, and records related to a renovation project. It includes two photograph albums/scrapbooks containing mostly photographs, plus a few documents, with 61 black and white photographs of events at the Maison française, such as the visits of Edith Piaf, Jean-Paul Satre, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer and Marcel Marceau.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963
Satre, Jean-Paul
Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972
Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
Marceau, Marcel
Columbia University. Maison française
Series I: Eugene Sheffer recordsSubseries I.1: PhotographsWWII Liberation Exhibition with Jean-Paul Sartre194511Louis Aragon12Jean-Paul Sartre13Dwight D. Eisenhower14Maurice Chevalier15Marcel Marceau16Eugene Ionesco17Edith Piaf18Andre Maurois19Charles Boyer110Eugene Sheffer at Maison Francaise111Yves Montand and Simone Signonet112Photographs - General113Subseries I.2: BiographicalScrapbook1960114Director Emeritus1960115Letter from Jean-Paul Sarfre1945-1965116Vercors, Le Silene de la mer117Interview1969118Jeanne Pleasants interview119Biographical information120La Republique du Silence1947121Memorabilia122Subseries I.3: EventsLouise Bourgeois WWII Exhibition1945123General de Gaulle Dinner1960124Flyers125Series II: Directors' filesRenovation1983-1992126Fundraising1972-19971272 folders1977-1978128-291980-19821301980-19841312 folders1980-1981132-333 folders1981-1982134-361981-19831371982-19831382 folders1983-1984139-401983-1984211984-1985221985-1986231986-1987241987-1988251988-1989262 folders198927-81992291996-199821019982111998-20002122005-2006213General1965-198021419852151990216199121719922181993-19942191995-19962202002-2004221undated222Alliance Program2001-2004223April in Paris Ball1961-1979224Series III: EventsSubseries III.1: Calendars1974-19752251975-19762261976-19772271977-19782281978-19792291979-19802301980-19812311981-19822321982-19832331983-19842341984-19852351985-19862361986-19872371988-19892381989-19902391990-19912401991-19922411992-19932421993-19942431994-19952441995-19962451996-19972461997-19982471998-19992481999-20002492000-20012502001-20022512002-20032522003-20042532004-20052542005-20062552006-2007256undated257Subseries III.2: Publicity Materials1918-1920258196025919712601972261197526219762631977264197826519792661980267198126819822691983270198427119852721986273198727419882751989276199027719912781992279199328019942811995282199628319972841998285199928620002872001288200228920032902004291200529220062932007294200829520092962 foldersundated31-2Subseries III.3: Program Summaries1971-1972331972-1973341973-1974351974-1975361975-1976371976-1977381977-1978391978-19793101979-19803111980-19813121981-19823131982-19833141983-19843151984-19853161985-19863171986-19873181987-19883191988-19893201989-19903211990-19913221991-19923231992-19933241993-19943251994-19953261995-1996327Subseries III.4: Correspondence197732819783291979330198033119813321982333198333419843351985336198633719883381989339199034019913411992342199334319943441995345199634619973471998348199934920013502002351undated352Series IV: French Department newsletters1973-19743531974-19753541975-19763551976-19773561977-19783571978-19793581979-19803591980-19813601981-19823611982-19833621983-19843631984-19853641986-19873651987-19883661988-19893671989-19903681990-19913691991-19923701992-19933712003-20043722004-20053732005-2006374Series V: PhotographsXVIII Colloquium1980375Didier Aaron1986376Air France1993377Ambassador Jacqes Andreani1995378Myriam Anissimov199437920th Anniversary of Franco-American Treaty of Alliance1978380Apollinaire Colloquium1980381Artists1980382Paul Austen1992383Andre Baeyen1995384Raymond Barre1982385"Ben"1982386Ben Jalloun and Maryse Condeundated387Benefit Concert1993388Benefit Reception for Maison1985389Muriel Bloch Storytelling1981390Pierre Boulez1986391Louise Bourgeois1979392Brassa1977393Victor Brombert1980394"Bureu"1980395Michel Butor1979396Denise Cade1985397Patrica Caine199341Renaud Camu199642Alain Carignon199243Edmonde Charles-Roux198144Elizabeth Childs and Kristen Powell199045Christo1978-198446Christo198847Cocteau Eveningundated48Rovert Cohen199449Combes, di Rosa, Boignoud, Debne1982410Maryse Conde1995-2002411Jacques Cousteau1978412S. de Beauvoir Colloquium1985413de la Villesbrunneundated414François de Laboulaye1978415Toni de Lesseps1978416Philippe de Montebello1985417Guy de Rothschild1983418General Jacques Degas1979419Dejeuners1979420Derrida1969-1983421Jacqueline Desrez and others1970s-1990s422Jacqueline Desrez Concert1992423Diderot Colloquium1984424Beatrice Didier1979425Jean Dupuy1983426Jean Dupuyundated427Umberto Eco1996428Ecole Normande Superieure Conferencecirca 1995429Elections1981430Otis Fellows1963431Pierre Force and others1976432French in New York in NY during WWII1992433Gisèle Freund1979434Marc Fumaroliundated435Garenceundated436Gérard Garouste1988437Pierre Gazarian1984438Alain Germain1978439Alain Germain1983440François Gilot1981-1990441Valery Giscard d'Estaing1994442A. J. Greimas1990443Guiraud Reception1981444Bernard Henri-Levy, Elie Wieselcirca 1990445Denis Hollier, Bernard Henri-Levy1991446Joël Hubaut1983447Claudine Hurwitz1994448Eugène Ionesco1978449Edmond Jabes1978450Edmond Jabes1992451Jacques Julliard1981452Kemal1988453Alain Kirili and David Shapiro1979454Henry Kissinger and Benoit d'Abouville1990455Yves Klein Guggenheimundated456Julia Kristeva1979-1982457Julia Kristeva, Alain Robbe-Grillet1988458Julia Kristeva1995459Diane Kuryscirca 1980460La Comediae Française197951Philippe Labartheundated52Landing in France 40th Anniversary198453Le Cid197954Le Clezio199355Joelle Leandre198256Hye-Sun Lee & André Baeyens199357Les Chaises (Ionesco)198158Maison Francaise1980s59Maison Inauguration1977510Maison Inauguration1991511Maison Original Townhouse1950s512Louis Malle1988513Pierre Malve1979514Miscellaneous1970s-1990s515Miscellaneous2 folders1980s516-17Miscellaneousundated518Mitterand's France1982519Montaigne Colloquium1980520François Morellet1985521David Noakes1992522Robert Paxton1980s523Bruno Peltre1992524Petits Chanteurs1990525Michel Pinte1985526Marcelin Pleynet1994527Marcelin Pleynetundated528Poetics Colloquium1980529Anne Poirier1980530Polyphonix1984531Renée Radell & Christics1987532Alain Robbe-Grillet1979533Eric Rohmerundated534Yvette Roudy1982535Nathalie Sarrante1986-1995536Sartre Colloquium1981537Eugene Sheffer, David Noakes, Jacqueline Desrez1977538Philippe Sollers1978539Sollers / Todorov / Motherwell / Intl. Colloquium1989540Jacques Soppelea Lecture1991541State Policy and Business Strategy1983542Ellen Stewart1981543Robbe Sullen1995544Palome Toscani and Scott Braver1982545Bernard Venet1979546Bernard Vernier-Pallier1983547Versailles Exhibit1981548Eric Vincent1982549Cull B. Wilson1990550Marguerite Yourcenar1991551Series VI: AlbumsLa Maison Francaise Scrapbook1930s6Eugene Sheffer Photograph Albumcirca 1948-19657Scope and Contents(Eugene Sheffer, director of the Maison Française from 1942 to 1966, created a photo album to document Maison visitors during his tenure. The album was donated by the Sheffer family and has been digitized by Columbia University Libraries. You can view the Eugene Sheffer Photograph Album online as part of the Columbia Maison Francaise centennial website.)
Series VII: WebsitesColumbia Maison Francaise Centennial 1913-20132013Scope and Contents(The Columbia Maison Francaise Centennial 1913-2013 website presents the expanded digital format of the exhibition Columbia Maison Française: Centennial 1913–2013: Celebrating a Century of French Culture and Ideas at Columbia University in New York, on display at the Columbia Maison Française, September 5 to October 30, 2013. The exhibition was curated by Shanny Peer and co-presented by the Maison Française and the university's Rare Book & Manuscript Library.)
Maison Francaise web archive2011-2019Scope and Contents(The Maison Francaise's official website has been captured by University Archives web archive crawls since December 2011.)