Doysié, Abel 1886-1973

Genealogical researcher, historian, and translator.

From the description of Abel Doysié papers, 1910-1967 (bulk 1920-1962). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449783

Biographical Note

• 1886: Born
• circa 1904: Studied law at the University of Paris and Arabic at the École Supérieure des Langues Orientales Vivantes
• 1906: Accompanied a relative to the United States, where he remained for more than one year
• 1907: Gave French lessons to Waldo Gifford Leland of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
• 1908: Engaged by Waldo Gifford Leland as his assistant on the French Mission of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Historical Research
• 1908 - 1910 : Served in French Army
• 1910: Returned to work for Carnegie Institution of Washington
• 1913: Engaged by the Library of Congress to supervise the transcription of French documents
• 1914: Recalled by French Army
• 1919: Released from the French Army Resumed work for the Carneige Institution of Washington and the Library of Congress
• 1922: Terminated work with the Carnegie Institution of Washington
• 1928: Retained on salaried basis by the Library of Congress, European Mission, as principal research assistant
• 1936: Employment by the Library of Congress terminated with temporary discontinuance of the French copying program
• 1936 - 1967 : Engaged in private research in French libraries and archives
• 1938: Delivered a series of lectures in New York, N.Y., on the American War of Independence
• 1955: Engaged by Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, to undertake a survey of materials relating to America acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale since the late 1920s
• 1973: Died

From the guide to the Abel Doysié Papers, 1910-1967, (bulk 1920-1962), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)