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Title:
Léon-François Hoffmann Collection on Haitian Literature
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0p096696t
Dates:
1936-2009
Size:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
Language:
French

Abstract

Consists of correspondence in French between Léon-François Hoffmann and Haitian poet René Depestre, including handwritten letters, faxes, and several other documents. Other additions include photocopies of correspondence between Haitian writer and politician Jacques Roumain and his wife Nicole Hibbert.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence in French between Léon-François Hoffmann and Haitian poet René Depestre, including handwritten letters, faxes, and several other documents. Other additions include photocopies of correspondence between Haitian writer and politician Jacques Roumain and his wife Nicole Hibbert.

Collection Creator Biography:

Hoffmann, Léon-François

Léon-François Hoffmann is a scholar of Haitian literature and culture and professor Emeritus in the Departments of French and Italian at Princeton University.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts at Yale University in 1953; a Master of Arts at Princeton University in 1955; and a Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1959. He was an instructor at Princeton University from 1968-2003.

His most famous work, Le Nègre romantique : personnage littéraire et obsession collective (Paris, Payot, 1973), was recognized by the French Academy. In 2003, Léon-François Hoffmann coordinated the edition of the complete works of Jacques Roumain.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Gift, 2006 (AM 2006-119). Gift, 2013 (AM 2014-18). Gift, 2016 (AM 2016-36). Gift, 2017 (AM 2017-107).

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

Additions processed by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in July 2016. Finding aid written by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in July 2016.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Léon-François Hoffmann Collection on Haitian Literature; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0p096696t
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1