American Friends of Lafayette Records, 1930-1997.

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American Friends of Lafayette Records, 1930-1997.

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Documents the activities of the American Friends of Lafayette (AFL), a society dedicated to the memory of the Marquis de Lafayette, and devoted to the study of his life. The material covers the various activities of the society, from its founding at Lafayette College in 1932, to activities such as its annual participation at the Fourth of July ceremony held at Lafayette's grave in Paris. A large portion of the records are in the form of correspondence, dealing with such issues as membership, annual meetings, publications, finances, etc. There are also extensive records containing correspondence between AFL founder Stuart Wells Jackson and long-time AFL member and Lafayette historian Louis Gottschalk. This correspondence most often deals with questions Jackson had regarding materials in his private Lafayette collection. Many of these materials eventually came to the Lafayette College Marquis de Lafayette Collections.

10.5 linear ft. (12 boxes)

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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

American Friends of Lafayette

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Lafayette College is the official headquarters for the American Friends of Lafayette, and has been the repository of the society's collection since 1940. From the description of American Friends of Lafayette Records, 1930-1997. (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 47772280 ...

Jackson, Stuart W. (Stuart Wells), 1875-

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Stuart Jackson has been president of Stuart W. Jackson, Inc., his insurance firm, since it was founded in 1915. He is president of Institut Français de Washington, the scope and purpose of which is to promote the study of French civilization, history, literature, and art in the United States. He is also president of the American Friends of Lafayette, whose principal object is to promote historical research dealing with the life and times of General Lafayette and French participation...

Gottschalk, Louis Reichenthal, 1899-1975

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Historian. From the description of Letters, 1935-1948. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 701239783 Historian. A.B., Cornell University, 1919; A.M., 1920; Ph. D., 1921. Instructor in history, University of Illinois, 1921-23; assistant professor, University of Louisville, 1923-25; associate professor, 1925-27. Associate professor of history, University of Chicago, 1927-35; professor, 1935-64; chairman of the History Department, 1937-1942. From the descripti...