Summary
Abstract
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. This collection includes biographical materials, bibliographical materials, clippings, correspondence, and manuscripts. This collection includes a substantial amount of correspondence between Jean Giraudoux and journalist Isabelle Montérou, with whom he was romantically involved. It also includes a holographic copy of the poem La Maison du Bergerby Alfred de Vigny
Dates
- Creation: circa 1895-1999
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1939-1943
Extent
2 Linear Feet (Housed in 1 Paige box and 2 Hollinger boxes)
Background
Collection Overview
This collection includes biographical information, bibliographical information, correspondence, manuscripts, and translations of letters relating to French author Jean Giraudoux. The majority of this collection is Giraudoux's correspondence with Isabelle MOntérou and transcriptions of their correspondence. Also included are manuscripts and galley proofs, including Entrée à Saverne, Film, Intermezzo, L'Apollon de Bellac, La Folle de Chaillot, and Pour Lucrèce. This also includes typescripts of several war-time speeches and the transcript of an interview of Giraudoux by Isabelle Montérou (1939).
The biographical and bibliographical materials include letters about Giraudoux to LeSage from Serge Groussard, André Maurois, Paul Morand, and Franz Toussaint, a manuscript describing Giraudoux's last years by LeSage and Lucie Heymann, an interview with Heymann, assorted newspaper clippings and printed matter, and LeSage's bibliography, L'Oeuvre de Jean Giraudoux (1958). Also included is a holograph copy by Giraudoux of Vigny's Maison du Berger and photographs of Giraudoux and two theatrical productions.
Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Penn State University Libraries catalog via the link above. Archival collections may be housed in offsite storage. For materials stored offsite, please allow 2-3 business days for retrieval.
Other Finding Aids
An item-level inventory of the Isabelle Montérou collection is available in the collection file.
Custodial History
Penn State University purchased these materials from several dealers. The complete custodial history of this collection is unknown.
Processing Information
State College resident Lucie Heymann originally inventoried and transcribed the Isabelle Montérou collection in 1975. Photocopies of the transcriptions are included in the collection. Unknown Special Collections staff processed the remainder of the collection. As the original collection description had been lost, Lexy deGraffenreid reprocessed the collection in Fall 2020 using the hybrid arrangement and description workflow due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the approval of the Head of Collections Services, she removed published books with individual receiving flyers from the collection to be cataloged individually. She retained the original processing order, folder titles, and curatorial information within the collection to document all archival intervention of the materials and because this information was already available to patrons. She inventoried the collection at the folder-level and added all minimum required notes.
Using These Materials
Repository Details
Part of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library Repository
104 Paterno Library
Penn State University
University Park 16802 USA
(814) 865-1793
spcollections@psu.edu
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Photocopies of original materials may be made available for research purposes at the discretion of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library. Photocopies or reproductions of original materials may be subject to fees as outlined by the Pennsylvania State University Libraries reproduction policies.
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Patrons seeking advice on the availability of unpublished materials for publication should consult relevant copyright law and laws of libel.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jean Giraudoux collection, 02342, Eberly Family Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University.
- Title
- Guide to the Jean Giraudoux collection
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Prepared by Special Collections Library faculty/staff. Revised by Lexy deGraffenreid in February 2021.
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021: Finding aid re-writted by Lexy deGraffenreid following collection reprocessing
- 2022: Lexy deGraffenreid added items in Box 3