Series 4: Personal Records /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039091 25 boxes 1912-1964 May 27 Scope and Contents

The Personal Records series contains material relating to Sylvia Beach's personal activities. It includes awards and honors received, appointment books and calendars, travel files, financial information, and files relating to her homes in France.

 Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by topic.

 Awards and Distinctions /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039957 3 boxes 1912-1959 Certificate Granting Sylvia Beach the Title of Knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honor /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040471 1 box 1938 August 6 154 Legion D'Honneur /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040472 3 folders 1938 92 2-4 University of Buffalo Honorary Degree /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040473 2 folders 1959 92 5-6 University of Buffalo Honorary Degree /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040474 1 folder 1959 93 1 Gold Cross of Mercy /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040475 1 folder 1912 93 2 Scope and Contents

Medal in a small box with an inscription in Serbian, "For Tending the Wounded and the Sick 1912." Also includes a small ornament with the letters "SB."

 Bourré /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039958 1 box 1940-1962 Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040476 1 folder 1940-1945 93 3 Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040477 1 folder 1950-1962 93 4 Postcards /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040478 1 folder undated 93 5 Inventories and Invoices /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040479 2 folders 1956-1957 93 6-7 Les Déserts / La Féclaz /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039959 2 boxes 1937-1962 Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040480 6 folders 1937-1962 93 8-13 Invoices and Accounts /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040481 5 folders 1950-1962 94 1-5 Photographs and Invoices /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040482 1 folder 1938-1947 94 6 Photographs /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040483 1 folder 1962 94 7 General Assembly and Council /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040484 1 folder 1960-1961 94 8 Letterhead and Corresponding Woodblock /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040485 1 folder 1951 94 9 Appointments, Addresses, Calendars /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039960 9 boxes 1916-1962 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040486 1 folder 1916-1917 95 1 Scope and Contents

Includes postcards of Spain.

 Appointments and Diary Notes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040487 1 folder 1919 95 2 Scope and Contents

Includes opening of Shakespeare & Company.

 Appointments and Calendars /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040488 1 folder 1919-1920 95 3

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 Appointments and Calendars /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040489 1 folder 1926-1929 95 4 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040490 1 folder 1930-1932 95 5 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040491 1 folder 1933-1935 95 6 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040492 1 folder 1935-1955 95 7

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 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040493 1 folder 1936-1939 96 1 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040494 1 folder 1940-1945 96 2 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040495 1 folder 1946 96 3 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040496 1 folder 1947-1948 97 1 Address Books /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040497 1 folder 1948 97 2 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040498 1 folder 1949 97 3 Appointments and Calendar /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040499 1 folder 1950-1951 97 4 Appointments and Stock Book /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040500 1 folder 1952-1953 98 1 Appointments and Address Books /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040501 1 folder 1954 98 2 Appointments and Address Books /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040502 1 folder 1955 98 3 Appointments and Address Books /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040503 1 folder 1956 99 1 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040504 1 folder 1956-1959 99 2 Scope and Contents

Includes publications.

 Appointments and Address Books /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040505 1 folder 1957 99 3 Appointments and Address Books /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040506 1 folder 1958 99 4 Appointments and Address Books /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040507 1 folder 1958-1959 100 1 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040508 1 folder 1958-1960 100 2 Appointments and Calendars /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040509 2 folders 1959 100 3-4 Partial Diary and Notes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040510 1 folder 1959 100 5 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040511 1 folder 1959-1962 101 1 Appointments and Calendars /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040512 1 folder 1960 101 2 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040513 1 folder 1960-1962 101 3 Appointments, Address Books, Calendars /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040514 2 folders 1961 101 4-5 Appointments and Calendars /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040515 1 folder 1961-1962 102 1 Appointments, Address Books, Records of Books Purchased, and Calendar /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040516 1 folder 1962 102 2 Appointments /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040517 2 folders undated 102 3-4 Calendar Notes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040518 1 folder undated 103 1 Finances /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039961 4 boxes 1916-1962 Law Offices of Scott & Burton /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040519 1 folder 1938 December 6-1939 August 11 103 2 Scope and Contents

Regarding an inheritance from the estate of William Millier.

 Law Offices of Musser W. Gettig /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040520 1 folder 1948 103 3 Scope and Contents

Regarding an inheritance from the estate of John Blanchard, trustee.

 Princeton Bank and Trust /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040521 2 folders 1945-1961 103 4-5 Scope and Contents

Also contains statements from the Bank of New York.

 Bank of New York /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040522 1 folder 1953-1959 104 1 Lloyds & National Provincial Foreign Bank Limited -Paris /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040523 1 folder 1946-1961 104 2 Miscellaneous Bank Statements /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040524 1 folder 1916-1961 104 3 Tax Business /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040525 2 folders 1953-1957 104 4-5 Tax Business /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040526 3 folders 1956-1959 105 1-3 Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040527 2 folders 1959-1962 105 4-5 Scope and Contents

Papers relating to the sale of Shakespeare & Company material to Princeton University and University of Buffalo. Also includes a Christmas card mentioning Jack Hemingway.

 Stocks and Dividends /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040528 1 folder 1952-1954 105 6 Stocks and Dividends /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040529 2 folders 1952-1960 106 1-2 Travel /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039962 5 boxes 1916-1962 Scope and Contents

Contains travel arrangements, itineraries, and mementos from Sylvia Beach's travels.

 Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

 France /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040530 3 folders 1916-1940 106 3-5 Scope and Contents

Includes postcards and invoices from Hotel Beaujolais.

 Madrid /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040531 1 folder 1917 106 6 New Jersey /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040532 1 folder 1946 107 1 New York /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040533 1 folder 1953 107 2 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040534 1 folder 1953 June 2 107 3 New York /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040535 1 folder 1956 107 4 United States /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040536 2 folders 1959 107 5-6 Switzerland /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040537 1 folder 1960 107 7 Ireland /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040538 3 boxes 1960-1962 James Joyce Tower Correspondence and Related Material /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041908 2 folders 1960-1962 107 8-9 James Joyce Tower Dedication Speech /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041909 1 folder 1962 June 16 108 1 James Joyce Tower Media /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041910 1 folder 1962 108 2 James Joyce Tower Notes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041911 1 folder undated 108 3 News Clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041912 1 folder 1962 108 4 Travel Arrangements /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041913 1 folder 1960 108 5 Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041914 1 folder 1960 108 6 Mementos /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041915 1 folder 1960 108 7 Mementos /repositories/5/archival_objects/1041916 4 folders 1962 109 1-4 Greece /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040539 1 folder 1961 110 1 Combourg /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040540 1 folder undated 110 2 American Express /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040541 1 folder undated 110 3 World War II /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039963 3 boxes 1939-1945 Official Documents /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040542 1 folder 1939-1945 110 4 Miscellaneous Notes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040543 1 folder 1940 110 5 News Clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040544 1 folder 1940-1945 110 6 News Clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040545 3 folders 1940-1945 111 1-3 Wartime Brochures and Flyers /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040546 1 folder 1940-1945 112 1 Posters /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040547 1 folder 1940 112 2 Magazine Articles on Sylvia Beach /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039964 3 boxes 1923 March 11-1964 May 27 Aftenposten /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040548 1 folder 1934 June 16 112 3 "American Women Engaged in Unusual Activities" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040549 1 box 1934 April 8 154 Flair /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040550 1 folder 1950 March 27 112 4 Holiday /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040551 1 box 1952 March 154 New Yorker /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040552 1 folder 1935 February 18 112 5 Paris Comet /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040553 1 folder 1929 112 6 "Paris No Place For a Minister's Daughter?" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040554 1 box 1923 March 11 153 Punch /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040555 1 folder 1964 May 27 112 7 Vanity Fair /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040556 1 folder 1931 December 112 8 Miscellaneous /repositories/5/archival_objects/1039965 5 boxes 1917-1962 Stephen Tuttle, Birthday Song for Sylvia /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040557 1 box 1934 March 14 155 Volunteer Service /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040558 1 folder 1917-1918 112 9 Membership Cards /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040559 1 folder 1933-1947 112 10 Presents Sent /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040560 1 folder 1936-1961 112 11 Mail Sent and Received /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040561 2 folders 1946-1956 112 12-13 Calling Cards /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040562 1 folder undated 113 1 Invitations /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040563 1 folder 1962 113 2 Envelopes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040564 2 folders 1921 June 11-1962 September 13 113 3-4 Notes and Signs /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040565 1 folder 1961-1962 113 5 Who's Who of American Women /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040566 1 folder 1937-1960 113 6 Photo of Sylvia Beach's Grave /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040567 1 box undated 154 Miscellaneous /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040568 2 folders undated 113 7-8 Shipping Tube, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040569 1 box undated 153 Matting Label from Pencil Drawing /repositories/5/archival_objects/1040570 1 box undated 153