Marquis de Lafayette Papers 1757 - 1990: A Finding Aid to the Microfilm of the Collection in Chateau La Grange
Creation Date
1997
Description
The microfilm is housed in Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library's Special Collections area. The Finding Aid prepared by the Library of Congress is the starting point for researchers using the collection. The Finding Aid, available on Reel #1 of the microfilm and on the Internet, is an outline, reel-by-reel, of the contents of the microfilm. The scope notes and content notes are in English; the contents of each reel are listed in French. The Library of Congress content list includes soldier and statesman. correspondence, letter books, writings, speeches, reports, minutes, notes, military records, financial and legal documents, family papers, broadsides, and other papers relating chiefly to the Marquis de Lafayette's military, political, and private life, as well as to French and American history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Subjects include Lafayette's involvement in the American Revolution and in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830, his imprisonment in Prussian and Austrian jails (1792-1797), and his dealings with French and American political figures and with leaders of revolutionary movements in other countries.
Name of Collection
Marquis de Lafayette papers, 1757 - 1990, A Finding Aid to the Microfilm of the Collection in Chateau La Grange
Name of Translator
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Divsion
Disciplines
French and Francophone Language and Literature
Keywords
French American History
Files
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Recommended Citation
Library of Congress, "Marquis de Lafayette Papers 1757 - 1990: A Finding Aid to the Microfilm of the Collection in Chateau La Grange" (1997). Lafayette Microfilm Collection: 1757-1990. 1.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/lafayettemfcollection/1
Comments
The researcher should be aware that the "Finding Aid" is not a complete listing of every document filmed. In addition to the "Finding Aid," there is a system of Folders which the researcher will find useful, available only on the microfilm. Each reel of microfilm is sub-divided into folders, following the Count's classification system. There are introductory notes to each folder, in French, which may be quite extensive, detailing the folder contents with comments on the more significant items. Many documents have been selectively transcribed and typed, in French, with extensive commentary and annotations. French history has been more thoroughly treated than American history.
It is apparent the task was left unfinished. There are notes throughout, that certain folders are "Not Filmed." Anyone needing access to material beyond what is contained in the microfilm, must apply to the Josée and René de Chambrun Foundation, which owns the papers at Chateau La Grange in France.