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Alfred Jeanroy Papers, 1727-1950

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0673
Bib ID 4078952 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Jeanroy, Alfred, 1859-1953
Title Alfred Jeanroy Papers, 1727-1950
Physical Description 21.5 linear feet (46 manuscript boxes)
Language(s) French .
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Arrangement

Arrangement

Listed.

Description

Scope and Contents

Professional and personal papers, as well as materials collected by, Sorbonne professor Alfred Jeanroy. Material in Professor Jeanroy's handwriting includes lengthy as well as brief manuscripts, lectures, preparatory notes for works planned, and material for new editions of published writings. Forty-one notebooks also comprise texts of lectures in his handwriting. Many of these deal with French poetry of the Middle Ages, some with linguistic subjects. There are manuscript notes showing continuous revision of these lectures. Boxes of personal papers include documents dating from 1727, marriage contracts, wills, military and legal parchments, and old family letters. Also, many manuscripts, some of them never published, by Madame B.A. Jeanroy; and several hundred pamphlets and seven books by Professor Jeanroy and his colleagues and contemporaries.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alfred Jeanroy papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Stechert. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--01/--/1955. Accession number--M-55-01.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/1989.

Revision Description

2020-04-21 EAD document created by CCR.

Subject Headings

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College teachers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Families -- France Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
France -- Genealogy Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
French literature -- Study and teaching Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
French literature -- To 1500 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
French poetry -- To 1500 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Jeanroy, B. A., Madame Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Linguistics Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Philologists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Poetry, Medieval Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Université de Paris -- Faculty Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women authors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Professor of Romance Literature and Philology at the Sorbonne.