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Sympathy letters for victims of the Messina and Reggio earthquakes, 1908-1911.

Title: Sympathy letters for victims of the Messina and Reggio earthquakes, 1908-1911.

Album containing letters, poems and music sent in sympathy after theearthquakes at Messina and Reggio in December 1908.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

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Papers concerning the Dreyfus Affair, 1826-1908 and undated.

Title: Papers concerning theDreyfus Affair, 1826-1908 and undated.

Papers concerning the trial of French armyofficer Alfred Dreyfus.

ArchivalResource: 1box (.5 linear ft.)

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Grauer, Ben,. Ben Grauer collection on French political, legal, economic, and social history, 1582-1930.

Title: Ben Grauer collection on French political, legal, economic, and social history, 1582-1930.

Documents, manuscripts, letters, chapbooks, engravings, photographs, drawings, offprints, and clippings providing detailed documentation of French political, legal, economic, and social history from the 16th to early 20th century, especially focussing on local government administration and civil law from ca. 1790-1810. Documents include many on the administration of the Département du Nord and the departments of the Gironde and Isère in the 1790's, including certificates of baptism and other documents on questions of residence, and documents on the identification and arrest of emigrés from France. Also included are many legal documents ranging from 1629-1810, including opinions and verdicts in civil lawsuits; documents on issues of inheritance and succession; 18th-century marriage contracts and divorce papers; deeds to houses and land titles; and powers of attorney. Other documents include a military discharge dated 1582, military service and pension records, and other documents concerning the French army from 1710-1815. ? ?

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft.

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Ernest William Smith Papers TXRC94-A22., 1870-1976, (bulk 1890-1935)

Title: Ernest William Smith Papers 1870-1976 (bulk 1890-1935)

These papers consistprimarily of manuscripts, notes, photographs, correspondence, and memorabiliathat reflect the career of the British journalist. The majority of themanuscripts suggest the possibility of the preparation of a secondautobiography, tentatively entitled 'From Newsboy to War Correspondent: AnAnecdotal Retrospect of Fifty Years of Newspaper Life.' Also present arematerials Smith collected from his travels, related especially to his interestsin political movements and military history.

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Smith, Ernest William. Papers, 1870-1976 (bulk 1890-1935).

Title: Papers, 1870-1976 (bulk 1890-1935).

The Ernest Smith Papers, 1870-1976 (bulk 1890-1935), consist primarily of manuscripts, notes, photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia that reflect his career as a jounalist. The majority of the manuscripts suggest the possibile preparation of a second autobiography, tentatively entitled From Newsboy to War Correspondent: An Anecdotal Retrospect of Fifty Years of Newspaper Life. Also found here are several manuscripts and published versions of Smith's journalistic writings (1916-1930). The small body of correspondence, 1879-1931, relates to Smith's work as a journalist, as well as his editorial duties on the Revue des Revues (1890-1919), and as an editor and translator of works of Tolstoy and Rochefort. Significant correspondents include Sarah Bernhardt, Maxime Du Camp, Alexandre Dumas (fils), Kamel al-Husseini (Grand Mufti of Jerusalem), Henrik Ibsen, Maurice Maeterlinck, Helmut Graf von Moltke, Emile Ollivier, Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé), Henri Rochefort, Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstaia, Alexandra Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, and Jules Verne, among others. Among the personal papers are found materials that relate to Smith's work and travels as a journalist, especially memorabilia of the Dreyfus Affair (1894-1895), and the Boer War (1899-1902). These include early socialist/anarchist leaflets and newspapers, and photographs taken by Smith during the siege of Ladysmith (1899-1900). Also present are the souvenir booklet and photographic stills for the 1931 British International Pictures film, Dreyfus, for which Smith was an advisor.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (.82 linear feet).

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