Maison française records, 1930s-2000s

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Series I: Eugene Sheffer records


Subseries I.1: Photographs



Box 1 Folder 1 WWII Liberation Exhibition with Jean-Paul Sartre, 1945


Box 1 Folder 2 Louis Aragon


Box 1 Folder 3 Jean-Paul Sartre


Box 1 Folder 4 Dwight D. Eisenhower


Box 1 Folder 5 Maurice Chevalier


Box 1 Folder 6 Marcel Marceau


Box 1 Folder 7 Eugene Ionesco


Box 1 Folder 8 Edith Piaf


Box 1 Folder 9 Andre Maurois


Box 1 Folder 10 Charles Boyer


Box 1 Folder 11 Eugene Sheffer at Maison Francaise


Box 1 Folder 12 Yves Montand and Simone Signonet


Box 1 Folder 13 Photographs - General


Subseries I.2: Biographical


Box 1 Folder 14 Scrapbook, 1960


Box 1 Folder 15 Director Emeritus, 1960


Box 1 Folder 16 Letter from Jean-Paul Sarfre, 1945-1965


Box 1 Folder 17 Vercors, Le Silene de la mer


Box 1 Folder 18 Interview, 1969


Box 1 Folder 19 Jeanne Pleasants interview


Box 1 Folder 20 Biographical information


Box 1 Folder 21 La Republique du Silence, 1947


Box 1 Folder 22 Memorabilia


Subseries I.3: Events


Box 1 Folder 23 Louise Bourgeois WWII Exhibition, 1945


Box 1 Folder 24 General de Gaulle Dinner, 1960


Box 1 Folder 25 Flyers

Series II: Directors' files


Box 1 Folder 26 Renovation, 1983-1992


Fundraising


Box 1 Folder 27 1972-1997


Box 1 Folder 28-29 1977-1978, 2 folders


Box 1 Folder 30 1980-1982


Box 1 Folder 31 1980-1984


Box 1 Folder 32-33 1980-1981, 2 folders


Box 1 Folder 34-36 1981-1982, 3 folders


Box 1 Folder 37 1981-1983


Box 1 Folder 38 1982-1983


Box 1 Folder 39-40 1983-1984, 2 folders



Box 2 Folder 1 1983-1984


Box 2 Folder 2 1984-1985


Box 2 Folder 3 1985-1986


Box 2 Folder 4 1986-1987


Box 2 Folder 5 1987-1988


Box 2 Folder 6 1988-1989


Box 2 Folder 7-8 1989, 2 folders


Box 2 Folder 9 1992


Box 2 Folder 10 1996-1998


Box 2 Folder 11 1998


Box 2 Folder 12 1998-2000


Box 2 Folder 13 2005-2006


General


Box 2 Folder 14 1965-1980


Box 2 Folder 15 1985


Box 2 Folder 16 1990


Box 2 Folder 17 1991


Box 2 Folder 18 1992


Box 2 Folder 19 1993-1994


Box 2 Folder 20 1995-1996


Box 2 Folder 21 2002-2004


Box 2 Folder 22 undated


Box 2 Folder 23 Alliance Program, 2001-2004


Box 2 Folder 24 April in Paris Ball, 1961-1979

Series III: Events


Subseries III.1: Calendars


Box 2 Folder 25 1974-1975


Box 2 Folder 26 1975-1976


Box 2 Folder 27 1976-1977


Box 2 Folder 28 1977-1978


Box 2 Folder 29 1978-1979


Box 2 Folder 30 1979-1980


Box 2 Folder 31 1980-1981


Box 2 Folder 32 1981-1982


Box 2 Folder 33 1982-1983


Box 2 Folder 34 1983-1984


Box 2 Folder 35 1984-1985


Box 2 Folder 36 1985-1986


Box 2 Folder 37 1986-1987


Box 2 Folder 38 1988-1989


Box 2 Folder 39 1989-1990


Box 2 Folder 40 1990-1991


Box 2 Folder 41 1991-1992


Box 2 Folder 42 1992-1993


Box 2 Folder 43 1993-1994


Box 2 Folder 44 1994-1995


Box 2 Folder 45 1995-1996


Box 2 Folder 46 1996-1997


Box 2 Folder 47 1997-1998


Box 2 Folder 48 1998-1999


Box 2 Folder 49 1999-2000


Box 2 Folder 50 2000-2001


Box 2 Folder 51 2001-2002


Box 2 Folder 52 2002-2003


Box 2 Folder 53 2003-2004


Box 2 Folder 54 2004-2005


Box 2 Folder 55 2005-2006


Box 2 Folder 56 2006-2007


Box 2 Folder 57 undated


Subseries III.2: Publicity Materials


Box 2 Folder 58 1918-1920


Box 2 Folder 59 1960


Box 2 Folder 60 1971


Box 2 Folder 61 1972


Box 2 Folder 62 1975


Box 2 Folder 63 1976


Box 2 Folder 64 1977


Box 2 Folder 65 1978


Box 2 Folder 66 1979


Box 2 Folder 67 1980


Box 2 Folder 68 1981


Box 2 Folder 69 1982


Box 2 Folder 70 1983


Box 2 Folder 71 1984


Box 2 Folder 72 1985


Box 2 Folder 73 1986


Box 2 Folder 74 1987


Box 2 Folder 75 1988


Box 2 Folder 76 1989


Box 2 Folder 77 1990


Box 2 Folder 78 1991


Box 2 Folder 79 1992


Box 2 Folder 80 1993


Box 2 Folder 81 1994


Box 2 Folder 82 1995


Box 2 Folder 83 1996


Box 2 Folder 84 1997


Box 2 Folder 85 1998


Box 2 Folder 86 1999


Box 2 Folder 87 2000


Box 2 Folder 88 2001


Box 2 Folder 89 2002


Box 2 Folder 90 2003


Box 2 Folder 91 2004


Box 2 Folder 92 2005


Box 2 Folder 93 2006


Box 2 Folder 94 2007


Box 2 Folder 95 2008


Box 2 Folder 96 2009



Box 3 Folder 1-2 undated, 2 folders


Subseries III.3: Program Summaries


Box 3 Folder 3 1971-1972


Box 3 Folder 4 1972-1973


Box 3 Folder 5 1973-1974


Box 3 Folder 6 1974-1975


Box 3 Folder 7 1975-1976


Box 3 Folder 8 1976-1977


Box 3 Folder 9 1977-1978


Box 3 Folder 10 1978-1979


Box 3 Folder 11 1979-1980


Box 3 Folder 12 1980-1981


Box 3 Folder 13 1981-1982


Box 3 Folder 14 1982-1983


Box 3 Folder 15 1983-1984


Box 3 Folder 16 1984-1985


Box 3 Folder 17 1985-1986


Box 3 Folder 18 1986-1987


Box 3 Folder 19 1987-1988


Box 3 Folder 20 1988-1989


Box 3 Folder 21 1989-1990


Box 3 Folder 22 1990-1991


Box 3 Folder 23 1991-1992


Box 3 Folder 24 1992-1993


Box 3 Folder 25 1993-1994


Box 3 Folder 26 1994-1995


Box 3 Folder 27 1995-1996


Subseries III.4: Correspondence


Box 3 Folder 28 1977


Box 3 Folder 29 1978


Box 3 Folder 30 1979


Box 3 Folder 31 1980


Box 3 Folder 32 1981


Box 3 Folder 33 1982


Box 3 Folder 34 1983


Box 3 Folder 35 1984


Box 3 Folder 36 1985


Box 3 Folder 37 1986


Box 3 Folder 38 1988


Box 3 Folder 39 1989


Box 3 Folder 40 1990


Box 3 Folder 41 1991


Box 3 Folder 42 1992


Box 3 Folder 43 1993


Box 3 Folder 44 1994


Box 3 Folder 45 1995


Box 3 Folder 46 1996


Box 3 Folder 47 1997


Box 3 Folder 48 1998


Box 3 Folder 49 1999


Box 3 Folder 50 2001


Box 3 Folder 51 2002


Box 3 Folder 52 undated

Series IV: French Department newsletters


Box 3 Folder 53 1973-1974


Box 3 Folder 54 1974-1975


Box 3 Folder 55 1975-1976


Box 3 Folder 56 1976-1977


Box 3 Folder 57 1977-1978


Box 3 Folder 58 1978-1979


Box 3 Folder 59 1979-1980


Box 3 Folder 60 1980-1981


Box 3 Folder 61 1981-1982


Box 3 Folder 62 1982-1983


Box 3 Folder 63 1983-1984


Box 3 Folder 64 1984-1985


Box 3 Folder 65 1986-1987


Box 3 Folder 66 1987-1988


Box 3 Folder 67 1988-1989


Box 3 Folder 68 1989-1990


Box 3 Folder 69 1990-1991


Box 3 Folder 70 1991-1992


Box 3 Folder 71 1992-1993


Box 3 Folder 72 2003-2004


Box 3 Folder 73 2004-2005


Box 3 Folder 74 2005-2006

Series V: Photographs


Box 3 Folder 75 XVIII Colloquium, 1980


Box 3 Folder 76 Didier Aaron, 1986


Box 3 Folder 77 Air France, 1993


Box 3 Folder 78 Ambassador Jacqes Andreani, 1995


Box 3 Folder 79 Myriam Anissimov, 1994


Box 3 Folder 80 20th Anniversary of Franco-American Treaty of Alliance, 1978


Box 3 Folder 81 Apollinaire Colloquium, 1980


Box 3 Folder 82 Artists, 1980


Box 3 Folder 83 Paul Austen, 1992


Box 3 Folder 84 Andre Baeyen, 1995


Box 3 Folder 85 Raymond Barre, 1982


Box 3 Folder 86 "Ben", 1982


Box 3 Folder 87 Ben Jalloun and Maryse Conde, undated


Box 3 Folder 88 Benefit Concert, 1993


Box 3 Folder 89 Benefit Reception for Maison, 1985


Box 3 Folder 90 Muriel Bloch Storytelling, 1981


Box 3 Folder 91 Pierre Boulez, 1986


Box 3 Folder 92 Louise Bourgeois, 1979


Box 3 Folder 93 Brassa, 1977


Box 3 Folder 94 Victor Brombert, 1980


Box 3 Folder 95 "Bureu", 1980


Box 3 Folder 96 Michel Butor, 1979


Box 3 Folder 97 Denise Cade, 1985



Box 4 Folder 1 Patrica Caine, 1993


Box 4 Folder 2 Renaud Camu, 1996


Box 4 Folder 3 Alain Carignon, 1992


Box 4 Folder 4 Edmonde Charles-Roux, 1981


Box 4 Folder 5 Elizabeth Childs and Kristen Powell, 1990


Box 4 Folder 6 Christo, 1978-1984


Box 4 Folder 7 Christo, 1988


Box 4 Folder 8 Cocteau Evening, undated


Box 4 Folder 9 Rovert Cohen, 1994


Box 4 Folder 10 Combes, di Rosa, Boignoud, Debne, 1982


Box 4 Folder 11 Maryse Conde, 1995-2002


Box 4 Folder 12 Jacques Cousteau, 1978


Box 4 Folder 13 S. de Beauvoir Colloquium, 1985


Box 4 Folder 14 de la Villesbrunne, undated


Box 4 Folder 15 François de Laboulaye, 1978


Box 4 Folder 16 Toni de Lesseps, 1978


Box 4 Folder 17 Philippe de Montebello, 1985


Box 4 Folder 18 Guy de Rothschild, 1983


Box 4 Folder 19 General Jacques Degas, 1979


Box 4 Folder 20 Dejeuners, 1979


Box 4 Folder 21 Derrida, 1969-1983


Box 4 Folder 22 Jacqueline Desrez and others, 1970s-1990s


Box 4 Folder 23 Jacqueline Desrez Concert, 1992


Box 4 Folder 24 Diderot Colloquium, 1984


Box 4 Folder 25 Beatrice Didier, 1979


Box 4 Folder 26 Jean Dupuy, 1983


Box 4 Folder 27 Jean Dupuy, undated


Box 4 Folder 28 Umberto Eco, 1996


Box 4 Folder 29 Ecole Normande Superieure Conference, circa 1995


Box 4 Folder 30 Elections, 1981


Box 4 Folder 31 Otis Fellows, 1963


Box 4 Folder 32 Pierre Force and others, 1976


Box 4 Folder 33 French in New York in NY during WWII, 1992


Box 4 Folder 34 Gisèle Freund, 1979


Box 4 Folder 35 Marc Fumaroli, undated


Box 4 Folder 36 Garence, undated


Box 4 Folder 37 Gérard Garouste, 1988


Box 4 Folder 38 Pierre Gazarian, 1984


Box 4 Folder 39 Alain Germain, 1978


Box 4 Folder 40 Alain Germain, 1983


Box 4 Folder 41 François Gilot, 1981-1990


Box 4 Folder 42 Valery Giscard d'Estaing, 1994


Box 4 Folder 43 A. J. Greimas, 1990


Box 4 Folder 44 Guiraud Reception, 1981


Box 4 Folder 45 Bernard Henri-Levy, Elie Wiesel, circa 1990


Box 4 Folder 46 Denis Hollier, Bernard Henri-Levy, 1991


Box 4 Folder 47 Joël Hubaut, 1983


Box 4 Folder 48 Claudine Hurwitz, 1994


Box 4 Folder 49 Eugène Ionesco, 1978


Box 4 Folder 50 Edmond Jabes, 1978


Box 4 Folder 51 Edmond Jabes, 1992


Box 4 Folder 52 Jacques Julliard, 1981


Box 4 Folder 53 Kemal, 1988


Box 4 Folder 54 Alain Kirili and David Shapiro, 1979


Box 4 Folder 55 Henry Kissinger and Benoit d'Abouville, 1990


Box 4 Folder 56 Yves Klein Guggenheim, undated


Box 4 Folder 57 Julia Kristeva, 1979-1982


Box 4 Folder 58 Julia Kristeva, Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1988


Box 4 Folder 59 Julia Kristeva, 1995


Box 4 Folder 60 Diane Kurys, circa 1980



Box 5 Folder 1 La Comediae Française, 1979


Box 5 Folder 2 Philippe Labarthe, undated


Box 5 Folder 3 Landing in France 40th Anniversary, 1984


Box 5 Folder 4 Le Cid, 1979


Box 5 Folder 5 Le Clezio, 1993


Box 5 Folder 6 Joelle Leandre, 1982


Box 5 Folder 7 Hye-Sun Lee & André Baeyens, 1993


Box 5 Folder 8 Les Chaises (Ionesco), 1981


Box 5 Folder 9 Maison Francaise, 1980s


Box 5 Folder 10 Maison Inauguration, 1977


Box 5 Folder 11 Maison Inauguration, 1991


Box 5 Folder 12 Maison Original Townhouse, 1950s


Box 5 Folder 13 Louis Malle, 1988


Box 5 Folder 14 Pierre Malve, 1979


Box 5 Folder 15 Miscellaneous, 1970s-1990s


Box 5 Folder 16-17 Miscellaneous, 1980s, 2 folders


Box 5 Folder 18 Miscellaneous, undated


Box 5 Folder 19 Mitterand's France, 1982


Box 5 Folder 20 Montaigne Colloquium, 1980


Box 5 Folder 21 François Morellet, 1985


Box 5 Folder 22 David Noakes, 1992


Box 5 Folder 23 Robert Paxton, 1980s


Box 5 Folder 24 Bruno Peltre, 1992


Box 5 Folder 25 Petits Chanteurs, 1990


Box 5 Folder 26 Michel Pinte, 1985


Box 5 Folder 27 Marcelin Pleynet, 1994


Box 5 Folder 28 Marcelin Pleynet, undated


Box 5 Folder 29 Poetics Colloquium, 1980


Box 5 Folder 30 Anne Poirier, 1980


Box 5 Folder 31 Polyphonix, 1984


Box 5 Folder 32 Renée Radell & Christics, 1987


Box 5 Folder 33 Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1979


Box 5 Folder 34 Eric Rohmer, undated


Box 5 Folder 35 Yvette Roudy, 1982


Box 5 Folder 36 Nathalie Sarrante, 1986-1995


Box 5 Folder 37 Sartre Colloquium, 1981


Box 5 Folder 38 Eugene Sheffer, David Noakes, Jacqueline Desrez, 1977


Box 5 Folder 39 Philippe Sollers, 1978


Box 5 Folder 40 Sollers / Todorov / Motherwell / Intl. Colloquium, 1989


Box 5 Folder 41 Jacques Soppelea Lecture, 1991


Box 5 Folder 42 State Policy and Business Strategy, 1983


Box 5 Folder 43 Ellen Stewart, 1981


Box 5 Folder 44 Robbe Sullen, 1995


Box 5 Folder 45 Palome Toscani and Scott Braver, 1982


Box 5 Folder 46 Bernard Venet, 1979


Box 5 Folder 47 Bernard Vernier-Pallier, 1983


Box 5 Folder 48 Versailles Exhibit, 1981


Box 5 Folder 49 Eric Vincent, 1982


Box 5 Folder 50 Cull B. Wilson, 1990


Box 5 Folder 51 Marguerite Yourcenar, 1991

Series VI: Albums



Box 6 La Maison Francaise Scrapbook, 1930s



Box 7 Eugene Sheffer Photograph Album, circa 1948-1965

(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: Websites


Columbia Maison Francaise Centennial 1913-2013, 2013

(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 archive, 2011-2019

(The Maison Francaise's official website has been captured by University Archives web archive crawls since December 2011.)