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Éditions Gallimard, 1939-2014 (mostly 1939-1988)

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Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

comprenant les lettres des Gallimard (Gaston, Claude, Robert) et différents directeurs de la maison des années 40 à 80 33 lettres de Gaston Gallimard 1 lettre de Raymond Gallimard 27 lettres de Claude Gallimard et 5 lettres de Colette Duhamel-Gallimard 60 lettres de Robert Gallimard, neveu de Gaston G (+ copie de lettre dactylographiée de RC pour la pléiade) 1 lettre d'Antoine Gallimard à Marie-Claude Char 2 lettres de Marcel Arland 23 lettres de René Bertelé collection « le point du jour » 4 lettres de Queneau 3 cartes-lettre de Jean Paulhan lettre de Pineau-Valencienne 1 Brice Parain 6 lettres de Suzanne Agnely (secrétaire Albert Camus voir dossier Camus) 14 lettres Festy 20 Jacqueline Bour + Leone Nora (service de presse) Dionys Mascolo (droits étrangers) 2 lettres Suzanne Deybach (droits annexes) 3 lettres Ania Chevalier (droits étrangers) 10 lettres de Georges Lambrichs Jacques Cotin (Pléiade) Michel Deguy Eduard Caen (service commercial) André Fermigier (collection poésie) 2 lettres de Jacques Cotin (Pléiade) 1 France Huser (entretien Pléiade) lettre Marcel-Edouard Fourrier (affaire contre librairie Gallimard) 8 lettres de Roland Saucier gérant librairie Gallimard (années 30-40) avec carton invitation 11 lettres de Jean Roudaud (Pléiade) dont 4 lettres adressées à Marie-Claude de Saint Seine (future Mme Char) 14 Jean-Claude Mathieu (Pléiade) dossier concernant nouvelles réimpressions de la Pléiade, échange de lettres entre Geneviève Meyer (service Pléiade) et Marie-Claude Char 1 lettre Bertrand Poirot-Delpech LE POINT DU JOUR. 1946-1958: René Bertelé 3 lettres

Also includes correspondence relating to Bibliothèque nationale de France: 56 lettres 30 lettres d'Antoine Coron (expo BN – Musée Campredon, Carpentras, Isle sur Sorgue) Réserve BN 2 lettres d'André Miquel, administrateur général 15 lettres de Georges Le Rider, administrateur général 5 lettres de Françoise Woimant, conservateur un bulletin de l'exposition Staël 1 lettre de J.P. Seguin conservateur en chef 1 lettre Dominique Bozo Palais de Tokyo 2 lettres avec réponse dactylographiée de RC refus de publication

Arrangement

Similar to the chronological run of correspondence, the letters of identified individuals are primarily in chronological order.

Collection History

Appraisal

No materials were removed from the collection during 2018 and 2022 processing beyond routine appraisal practices.

Processing Information

The papers on the French Resistance was processed by Faith Charlton with assistance from Julia English '19 and Matthew Oakland '20 in 2018. Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in 2018. Folder inventory added by Julia English '19 and Matthew Oakland '20 in 2018.

The correspondence was processed by Kelly Bolding, Faith Charlton, and Amy C. Vo in 2022. Finding aid updated by Kelly Bolding, Faith Charlton, and Amy C. Vo in 2022. During 2022 processing, archivists did some minor sorting and interfiling of unsorted letters in the Correspondence series. While materials were removed from binders, most were left in the enclosures (sleeves) in which they were housed at the time they arrived at the library.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

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:

Éditions Gallimard; René Char Papers, C1599, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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