John Maudgridge Snowden Allison papers 1771-1943

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John Maudgridge Snowden Allison papers 1771-1943

1771-1943

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0033

Author and professor of history at Yale University. Correspondence, teaching materials and research files including original letters and documents by French political figures of the 18th and 19th century. Among these are François Guizot, Alphonse Larmartine, King Louis Philippe, Chrétien Malesherbes and Adolphe Thiers. Also a promissory note by Talleyrand and documents signed by Louis XVI. Among his personal correspondents are Léon Allégret, Henri Focillon, Henri Malo, Richard L. Tighe, Chauncey Brewster Tinker, Gilbert M. Troxell and Henri Peyre. Two-thirds of the papers are made up of teaching materials and include lectures and lecture notes, student papers, card files and essays, articles and reviews on French history. Included also are papers relating to his army service during World War I and an extensive correspondence with his mother from his school days through World War I.

5 linear feet (19 boxes, 1 folio)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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