Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. Correspondence and documents concerning the Dreyfus Affair: Guide.

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Judaica 1.3
Title: Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. Correspondence and documents concerning the Dreyfus Affair,
Date(s): 1889-1931.
Quantity: 2 boxes (1 linear foot)
Abstract: Correspondence of Captain Alfred Dreyfus and his lawyer, Fernand Labori, as well as photographs and other documents concerning the controversy over Dreyfus' treason conviction.

Acquisition Information:

*59M-80

Purchased with the Director's fund from Georges Heilbrun, 76 rue de Seine, Paris 6e; received: 1959 Dec. 16.

Historical Note

The Dreyfus Affair was the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Captain Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), a French general staff officer. Fernand Labori was his lawyer.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

I. Letters

II. Documents

Scope and Content

Includes autograph letters from Alfred Dreyfus to various correspondents, as well as autograph letters from Fernand Labori to Constant Coquelin, from Marie Georges Picquart to Fernand Labori, from Emile Zola to Fernand Labori. Other correspondents include Maurice Bouchor, Emile Chautemps, Georges Clemenceau, Lucie Dreyfus, Marie Charles Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Yves Guyot, and Joseph Reinach, among others. Also includes two manuscript copies in unidentified hands of regulations covering Dreyfus's imprisonment, a manuscript log book in various hands of the first-year of his imprisonment, a photograph of the prison on Devil's Island, and a photograph portrait, postcard and inscribed carte-de-visite of Alfred Dreyfus. Also contains telegrams, inscribed carte-de-visites, envelopes, and a clipping.

Container List

Series: I. Letters
- (1) Belon, Paul. Telegram to [Georges Montorgueil]; Rennes, 8 Aug 1899. 1s.(1p.)
- (2) Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923. Telegram to [Mme Fernand] Labori; Paris, 6 Aug 1899. 1s.(1p.)
- (3) Bertulus, Paul. Inscribed carte-de-visite; Paris [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (4) Bouchor, Maurice, 1855-1929. A.L.s.to A[] Remade; [Paris, 21 Jan 1898] 1s.(4p.) env.
- (5) Bouchor, Maurice, 1855-1929. Inscribed carte-de-visite; [Paris, 1889] 1s.(1p.)
- (6) Bruneau, Alfred, 1857-1934. A.L.s.to []; [Paris] 21 Mar 1898. 1s.(1p.)
- Chautemps, Emile. 2 telegrams to Georges Montorgueil:
  - (7) Paris, 8 Sep 1896. 1s.(1p.)
  - (8) Same, 8 Sep 1896. 1s.(1p.)
- (9) Chautemps, Emile. A.L.s.to Directeur, Le Figaro; Paris, 9 Sep 1896. 1s.(1p.)
- (10) Chautemps, Emile. 2 inscribed cartes-de-visite; [Paris, n.d.] 2s.(2p.)
- Clémenceau, Georges, 1841-1929. 3 letters to Fernand Labori:
  - (11) Paris, 18 Aug 1899. 1s.(1p.) telegram.
  - (12) Same, 6 Nov 1899. 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (13) Same, 31 Dec 1899. 1s.(2p.) env.
- (14) Cochin, Denys, 1851-1922. A.L.s.to [] Oyon; Paris [28 Jun 1899] 2s.(8p.) env.
- (15) Demange, Edgar. A.L.s.to [Georges Montorgueil]; Montfort-l'Amaury, 31 Oct 1897. 1s.(3p.) env.
- (15A) Demange, Edgar. A.L.s.to []; [Paris] 28 Nov 1897. 1s.(2p.)
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. 11 letters to Commandant, Iles de Salut:
  - (16) Iles de Salut [2 Apr 1895] 1s.(1p.)
  - (17) Same, 15 Apr 1895. 1s.(1p.)
  - (18) Same [20 May 1895] 1s.(1p.)
  - (19) Same, 6 Jun 1895. 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (20) Same, 4 Jul 1895. 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (21) Same, 11 Jul [1895] 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (22) Same, 14 Aug 1895. 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (23) Same, 17 Sep 1895. 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (24) Same, 7 Oct 1895. 1s.(1p.)
  - (25) Same [n.d., 1895] 1s.(2p.)
  - (26) Same [n.d., 1895] 1s.(1p.)
  - (27) 3 env. not associated with letters.
- (28) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. A.L.s.to [Edgar Demange]; [Rennes] 27 Aug [1899] 1s.(1p.)
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. 7 letters to Fernand Labori:
  - (29) [Rennes] 19 Aug 1899. 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (30) [Ville d'Avry, 20 Dec 1899] 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (31) Carpentras, 3 Feb 1900. 1s.(3p.)
  - (32) [N.p.] 30 Jun 1900. 1s.(1p.)
  - (33) [Colosay] 30 Jun 1900. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (34) [Paris, 5 Dec 1900] 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (35) [Same] 10 Oct 1902. 1s.(1p.)
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. 5 letters to [Dr ] Oyon:
  - (36) Paris, 19 Jul 1906. 1s.(1p.)
  - (37) [Same, 18 Sep 1908] 1s.(1p.) env.;
    carte-de-visite.
  - (38) [Zone Nord] 20 Jul 1915. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (39) Paris, 4 Sep [1919] 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (40) [Paris, n.d.] 1s.(1p.) env.
- (41) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. A.L.s.to [] Sauret; [Montmorency, 1 Jul 1916] 1s.(1p.) env.
- (42) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. A.L.s.to Director, Paris Journal; [Paris] 30 Dec 1909. 1s.(2p.)
- (43) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. A.L.s.to Director, Paysan de France; Paris [28 Oct 1901] 2s.(2p.) env.
- (44) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. A.L.s.to [General ]; Wengen, 14 Aug 1908. 1s.(1p.)
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. 4 letters to unidentified persons:
  - (45) [Paris] 26 May 1907. 1s.(1p.)
  - (46) [Same] 31 Oct 1912. 1s.(1p.)
  - (47) [Same] 4 Apr [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  - (48) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (49) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. Note [of interview with Du Paty de Clam, 31 Oct 1894] MS.(unidentified hand); [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
  Transcribed from minute written out by Dreyfus himself.
- (50) Dreyfus, Lucie (Hadamard) A.L.s.to [unidentified editor]; Paris, 11 Dec 1897. 1s.(4p.)
- (51) Dreyfus, Mathieu. A.L.s.to [Mme ] Labori; Paris, 10 Nov 1923. 1s.(1p.) env.
  With this are 2 inscribed cartes-de-visite.
- (52) Du Paty de Clam, Ferdinand Mercier. A.L.s.to []; Versailles, 8 Jan 1903. 1s.(3p.)
- (53) Duruy, Georges, 1853-1918. A.L.s.to [Dr ] Oyon; Paris, 20 Jun 1899. 1s.(1p.) env.
- (54) Duruy, Georges, 1853-1918. A.L.s.to []; Paris, 6 May 1899. 1s.(4p.)
- (55) Esterhazy, Marie Charles Ferdinand Walsin, comte, 1847-1923. A.L.s.to [General ]; Paris, 26 Nov 1895. 1s.(1p.)
  An excuse for having missed a review.
- (56) Faure, Sebastien, 1857-or 8-1942. A.L.s.to []; Paris, 2 Dec 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  Arrangements for a Dreyfusard meeting.
- (57) Galliffet, Gaston Alexandre Auguste de, 1830-1909. A.L.s.to [Francis] Charmes; Paris, 20 Sep 1899. 4s.(4p.)
  Enclosing the text of Galliffet's general order on the Dreyfus case, "L'incident est clos," for publication in the Révue des Deux Mondes.
- (58) Galliffet, Gaston Alexandre Auguste de, 1830-1909. A.L.s.to []; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- Giry, Arthur, 1848-1899. 2 A.L.s.to []:
  - (59) Paris, 26 Jan 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (60) Same, 30 Mar 1898. 1s.(1p.)
- Grimaux, Edouard, 1835-1900. 4 A.L.s.to []:
  - (61) Paris, 16 Jan 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (62) Same, 12 Feb 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (63) Same, 26 Feb 1898. 1s.(3p.)
  - (64) Same, 21 Mar 1898. 1s.(1p.)
- Guyot, Yves, 1843-1928. 9 A.L.s.to Georges Hervé:
  - (65) [Paris] 3 Jan 1898. 1s.(2p.) postcard.
  - (66) [Same] 10 Jan 1898. 1s.(2p.)
    carte-de-visite.
  - (67) [Same] 16 Jan 1898. 1s.(2p.) env.;
    carte-de-visite.
  - (68) Same, 1 May 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (69) Same, 21 Jun 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  - (70) [Same, 10 Jun 1899] 1s.(2p.)
  - (71) [Same] 14 [Jun 1899] 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (72) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  - (73) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (74) Henry, Hubert Joseph, 1847-1898. A.L.(s."Hermance") to Auguste Bastian; [Paris] 3 Jan [1896] 1s.(2p.)
  "Hermance" was a name frequently assumed by Henry.
- (74A) Hild, Joseph. A.L.s.to []; [n.p.] 14 Jul [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (75) Ibels, Henri Gabriel, 1867- A.L.s.to [unidentified editor]; [n.p.] 25 May [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- Judet, Ernest, 1851- 2 A.L.s.to []:
  - (76) [Paris] 23 Nov 1923. 1s.(1p.)
  - (77) [Same] 2 Dec 1923. 1s.(2p.)
- Labori, Fernand, 1860-1917. 7 A.L.s.to Constant Coquelin:
  - (78) [Paris, 12 Dec 1898] 1s.(2p.)
  - (79) [Same, 1 Jan 1899] 1s.(2p.)
  - (80) [Same, 24 Jan 1899] 1s.(2p.)
  - (81) [Same, 4 Feb 1899] 1s.(2p.)
  - (82) [Same, 4 Mar 1899] 1s.(2p.)
  - (83) [Same] 2 Jan 1901. 1s.(4p.)
  - (84) Les Marguerites [n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
- (85) Labori, Fernand, 1860-1917. A.L.s.to []; [Paris] 12 May 1901. 1s.(1p.)
  carte-de-visìte.
- (86) Lazare, Bernard, 1865-1903. A.L.s.to [unidentified editor]; Paris [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (87) Longuet, Charles. A.L.s.to []; [Paris] 3 Apr 1898. 1s.(2p.)
- (88) Massip, A. A.L.s.to []; Paris, 7 Dec 1899. 1s.(1p.)
- (89) Maurras, Charles, 1868-1952. [Au signe de Flore:] L'affaire Dreyfus et la Ligue de la patrie française. TS. with autograph revisions; [n.p., ca.1931] 85f.(85p.)
- (90) Mercier, Auguste, 1833-1921. A.L.s.to [unidentified editor]; Paris, 19 Jan 1900. 1s.(2p.)
  with 2 cartes-de-visìte.
- (91) Moineaux, Georges, 1860-1929. A.L.(s.Courteline) to []; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- Monod, Gabriel, 1844-1912. 3 A.L.s.to Georges Montorgueil:
  - (92) Paris, 26 Apr 1899. 1s.(2p.)
  - (93) Versailles, 26 Apr 1899. 1s.(4p.)
  - (94) Same, 20 Sep 1899. 1s.(3p.) env.
- Morhardt, Mathias, 1863- 2 MS.L.s.to Director, Droits de l'homme:
  - (95) [Paris] 3 Sep 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (96) [Same] 28 Sep 1898. 1s.(2p.)
- (97) Mornard, Henri. A.L.s.to []; Paris, 18 May 1903. 1s.(1p.)
  With an inscribed carte-de-visìte.
- (98) Painlevé, Paul, 1863-1933. A.L.s.to []; Gris Nez, 13 Aug [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (99) Perreux, A. A.L.s.to []; [n.p.] 1 Mar [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (100) Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. A.L.s.to [Constant] Coquelin; Paris, 15 Dec 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  With an inscribed carte-de-visìte.
- (101) Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. A.L.s.to Fernand Desmoulins; Paris, 21 Jul [1902] 1s.(2p.)
- Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. 8 letters to Georges Hervé:
  - (102) Paris, 15 Sep 1898. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (103) Same, 9 Oct 1898. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (104) Same, 30 Oct 1898. 1s.(4p.) env.
  - (105) Same, 12 May 1899. 1s.(3p.) env.
  - (106) Same, 22 Sep 1899. 1s.(3p.) env.
  - (107) Same, 2 Apr 1900. 1s.(3p.) env.
  - (108) Same, 8 Apr 1901. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (109) Same, 5 Dec 1906. 1s.(1p.)
- (110) Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. A.L.s.to [Mme J ] Juiet; Paris, 6 Oct 1899. 1s.(2p.)
- Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. 11 letters to Fernand Labori:
  - (111) Paris, 16 Aug 1898. 1s.(3p.) env.
  - (112) Same, 23 Sep 1898. 1s.(4p.) env.
  - (113) Same, 26 Sep 1898. 1s.(4p.) env.
  - (114) Same, 28 Apr [1899] 1s.(4p.) env.
  - (115) Same, 2 May 1899. 1s.(4p.) env.
  - (116) Same, 12 Sep 1899. 2s.(5p.)
    enclosing draft to President and Council.
  - (117) Same, 26 Sep 1899. 1s.(4p.)
  - (118) Same, 18 Oct 1899. 1s.(3p.)
  - (119) Same, 13 Apr 1902. 1s.(3p.)
  - (120) [Same] 13 Jul 1906. 1s.(2p.)
  - (121) Same, 1 Jan 1907. 1s.(2p.)
- (122) Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. A.L.s.to [] Oyon; Paris, 4 Aug 1899. 1s.(2p.) env.
  With an inscribed visiting-card.
- Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. 10 letters to unidentified correspondents:
  - (123) Paris, 28 May 1902. 1s.(3p.)
  - (124) Same, 9 Jun 1902. 2s.(3p.)
  - (125) Same, 6 Oct 1902. 1s.(3p.)
  - (126) Same, 9 Oct 1902. 1s.(1p.)
  - (127) [N.p.] 10 Jan 1904. 1s.(3p.)
  - (128) [N.p.] 8 Oct 1904. 1s.(2p.)
  - (129) [N.p.] 23 Oct 1904. 1s.(1p.)
  - (130) [N.p.] 26 Oct 1906. 1s.(1p.)
  - (131) Paris, 14 Jul 1907. 1s.(2p.)
  - (132) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- Pressensé, Francis de, 1853-1914. 7 letters to [Georges Montorgueil]:
  - (133) Paris, 28 Mar 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  - (134) Same, 9 Sep 1898. 1s.(3p.)
  - (135) Same, 19 Sep 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  - (136) Same, 19 Sep 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (137) Same [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  - (138) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  - (139) Paris [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (140) Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. Telegram to [Fernand] Labori; Paris, 18 Aug 1899. 1s.(1p.)
- Psichari, Jean. 2 A.L.s.to []:
  - (141) [Paris] 21 Mar 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  - (142) [Same] 16 Jun 1898. 1s.(1p.)
- (142A) Regis, Max. Nomination of seconds for duel with Lepic; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (143) Reinach, Joseph, 1856-1921. A.L.s.to [Gabriel?] Hemerdinger; [Paris, 1906] 1s.(1p.) card; env.
- (144) Reinach, Joseph, 1856-1921. T.L.s.to []; Paris, 3 May 1909. 1s.(1p.)
- (145) Réjane, 1857-1920. A.L.s.to [Fernand Labori]; [P;ris?] Sep 1899. 1s.(4p.)
- (146) Richard, Alphonse. A.L.s.to []; [Paris, n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- Sarrut, Louis, 1850- 2 A.L.s.to []:
  - (147) Paris, 19 Sep 1912. 1s.(2p.)
  - (148) Same [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
    With an inscribed carte-de-visìte.
- Schrader, F. 2 A.L.s.to []:
  - (149) Paris, 15 Feb 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (150) Same, 19 May 1898. 1s.(3p.)
- (151) Stock, Pierre Victor, 1861- A.L.s.to []; Paris, 14 Sep 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  Enclosing a clipping.
- (152) Trarieux, Ludovic, 1840-1904. A.L.s.to [Georges Montorgueil]; Paris, 17 Apr 1899. 1s.(2p.)
- (153) Trarieux, Ludovic, 1840-1904. A.L.s.to [] Richtensberger; Limoges, 29 Apr 1899. 1s.(1p.) env.
- Trarieux, Ludovic, 1840-1904. 2 A.L.s.to []:
  - (154) Paris, 12 Jul 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  - (155) Same, 20 Apr 1899. 1s.(1p.)
    With 2 cartes-de-visìte.
- (156) Vaughan, Ernest, b. 1841. A.L.s.to [Georges] Hervé; Paris, 6 Apr 1898. 1s.(1p.)
- (157) Weldon, Georgina. A.L.s.to []; London, 26 Feb 1898. 1s.(4p.)
- Zola, Emile, 1840-1902. 27 A.L.s.to Fernand Labori:
  - (158) Paris, 8 Apr 1898. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (159) Médan, 9 Apr 1898. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (160) Paris, 1 Jun 1898. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (161) Médan, 12 Jul 1898. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (162) Same, 14 Jul 1898. 1s.(3p.)
  - (163) [London] 22 Jul 1898. 1s.(3p.)
  - (164) [Same] 11 Aug 1898. 1s.(3p.) env.
  - (165) [Same] 19 Aug 1898. 1s.(4p.)
  - (166) [Same] 8 Sep 1898. 1s.(4p.)
  - (167) [Same] 9 Oct 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (168) [Same] 15 Dec 1898. 1s.(4p.)
  - (169) [Same] 31 Dec 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  - (170) [Same] 1 Feb 1899. 1s.(4p.)
  - (171) [Same] 14 Mar 1899. 1s.(4p.)
  - (172) [Same] 4 Apr 1899. 1s.(3p.)
  - (173) [Same] 11 Apr 1899. 3s.(6p.)
  - (174) Paris, 22 Jul 1899. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (175) Médan, 7 Aug 1899. 1s.(3p.) env.
  - (176) Same, 31 Aug 1899. 1s.(4p.) env.
  - (177) Same, 13 Sep 1899. 1s.(2p.)
  - (178) Paris, 19 Jan 1900. 1s.(1p.)
  - (179) [N.p.] 15 Feb 1900. 1s.(2p.)
  - (180) Paris, 3 Nov 1901. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (181) Same, 5 Jan 1902. 1s.(2p.)
  - (182) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  - (183) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  - (184) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
- (185) 4 envelopes, probably from the exile period.
- Letters from unidentified persons:
  - (186) Cayenne, 23 Nov 1897. 2s.(8p.)
  - (187) Lyon, 9 Jan 1899. 1s.(4p.)
  - (188) [Paris, 1898] 1s.(2p.)

Series: II. Documents
- (189) France. Armée. Gouvernement militaire de Paris. Printed pass, completed in MS., for degradation of Dreyfus; 5 Jan 1895.
- (190) France. Armée. Gouvernement militaire de Paris. MS. pass for same.
- (191) Thémoin, Jules. MS.D.s.; Iles du salut, 12 Mar 1895. 1s.(2p.)
  Affidavit from captain of the ship Ville de Saint Nazaire, of delivery of Alfred Dreyfus to Devil's Island; attested by ship's doctor.
- (192) France. Administration pénitentiare. [Regulations covering Dreyfus's imprisonment] 2 MS. copies (unidentified hands, s. Bouchet); Iles du salut, 14 Apr 1895. 4f.(6p.) and 4f.(5p.)
- (193) France. Administration pénitentiaire. [Log-book of first year of Dreyfus's imprisonment] MS.(various hands); Ile du Diable, 12 Mar 1895- 2 Mar 1896. 98f.(195p.)
  Marbled boards, canvas spine.
- (194) Photograph of Dreyfus's prison on Devil's Island.
- (195) France. Cour d'appel de Paris. Summons for Octave Lebesque to appear in the Chambré-Reinach case; Paris, 24 Jan 1899.
- (196) France. Armé. Gouvernement militaire de Paris. Pass for [Georges] Hervé to interview Marie Georges Picquart (then under arrest); Paris, 3 Mar 1899. 2s.(2p.)
- (197) Diner des "Trois Marches." Printed announcement of dinner-meeting, addressed to [] Oyon; Ville d'Avray, 20 Dec 1899. 1s.(2p.) env.
  A Dreyfusard organization.
- (198) France. Printed ticket of admission for translation of Zola's ashes to the Panthéon; Paris, 4 Jun 1908.
- (199) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. Portrait (photograph); [n.p., post 1906]
  With postcard made from same portrait, and inscribed carte-de-visìte.

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