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MS Judaica 1

Papers concerning the Dreyfus Affair: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b, pf
Call No.: MS Judaica 1
Title: Papers concerning the Dreyfus Affair,
Date(s): 1826-1908 and undated.
Quantity: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Papers concerning the trial of French army officer Alfred Dreyfus.

Acquisition Information:

*57JM-1.

Lee M. FriedmanCollection of Judaica; received: 1957.

Historical Note

Alfred Dreyfus was a French army officer who was tried for treason in 1894 and imprisoned on Devil's Island.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence, writings, notes, legal documents, record books, photographs, drawings, and other material relating to the Dreyfus affair, as well as a logbook of the first year of Dreyfus's imprisonment on Devil's Island, 1895-1896. Contains visiting cards, autographs, telegrams, photographs, political cartoons, and drawings. Among the legal documents are contracts, passes, affidavits, regulations, and summons. Correspondents include Alfred Dreyfus, Emile Zola, Georges Duruy, Fernand Labori, Marie Georges Picquart. Contains manuscripts of articles and books by Zola, Leon Bloy, Maurice Barres, and Georges Clemenceau. Also contains notes on the Zola trial by Zola and Labori.

Container List

(1) Bernstein, Henry, 1876-. A.L.s. to [Ernest] Vaughan; Brussels, 25 Aug 1900. 1s.(4p.)

(2) Billot, Jean Baptiste, 1828-1907. A.L.s. to [ ] Chincholle; Paris, 22 Jun 1897. 1s.(2p.)

(3) Bruchard, Henry de. A.L.s. to [ ] Chincholle; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)

(4) Charpentier, Armand, 1864-. A.L.s. to Henry Houssaye; Paris, 30 Sep 1898. 1s.(3p.) env.

(5) Chincholle, Raymond. A.L. (unsigned) to [Alfred] Dreyfus; [Paris, 1906] 1s.(1p.) card, with env.
Sent to Gen. Auguste Mercier for forwarding; Mercier refused to forward it, endorsing it "Le commandant Dreyfus est inconnu."

(6) Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929. L'affaire Dreyfus [and other short pieces on the case] A.MS. (unsigned); [Paris, n.d.] 21f.(21p.)

(7) Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929. Le chef d'état major Boisdeffre et son jésuite ordinaire. A.MS. (unsigned); [Paris, n.d.] 10s.(10p.)

(8) Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929. La politique impolitique. A.MS. (unsigned); [Paris, n.d.] 7s.(7p.)

(9) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. A.L.s. to [Deniel]; Iles du Salut, 12 Apr 1895. 1s.(1p.) env.
Deniel was commandant of Devil's Island.

(9a) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. T.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 7 Dec 1908. 2s.(3p.)

(10) Dreyfus, Nathan ben Mayer. [Engagement contract with Mme. Weill of Strassburg] D.s.; [n.p., 1 Nov 1826] 1s.(1p.)
In Yiddish.

(11) Dreyfus, Nathan ben Mayer. [Marriage contract] D.s. (on vellum); [Auffholtz, 1827] 1s.(1p.)
In Yiddish.

Duruy, Georges, 1853-1918. 44 A.L.s. to Gaston Calmette:
- (12) Bagnères de Bigorre, 4 Aug 1892. 1s.(2p.) env.
- (13) [Paris, Nov 1893] 1s.(2p.)
- (14) [Same?] 25 Dec 1893. 1s.(2p.)
- (15) [Same] 24 Dec 1894. 1s.(2p.) env.
- (16) [Same, Jan 1895] 1s.(2p.)
- (17) [Same] 3 Feb 1895. 1s.(3p.) env.
- (18) [Same] 17 Mar 1895. 1s.(2p.)
- (19) [Same] 4 Jun 1895. 1s.(2p.)
- (20) [Same, Jun 1895] 1s.(2p.)
- (21) Bagnères de Bigorre, 21 Sep 1895. 1s.(4p.)
- (22) Paris, 6 Dec 1895. 1s.(3p.)
- (23) [Same] 16 Dec 1895. 1s.(1p.)
- (24) [Same, 1895] 1s.(2p.)
- (25) [Same] 12 Dec 1896. 1s.(2p.) env.
- (26) [Same] 1 Jan 1897. 1s.(2p.)
- (27) Same, 27 Feb 1898. 1s.(3p.)
- (28) [Same] 27 Feb 1898. 1s.(2p.)
- (29) Same, 1 Mar 1898. 1s.(2p.)
- (30) Same, 14 Mar 1898. 1s.(2p.)
- (31) Same, 7 Feb 1899. 1s.(2p.)
- (32) Same, 15 Mar 1899. 1s.(2p.)
- (33) Same, 30 Mar 1899. 1s.(4p.)
- (34) Same, 6 May 1899. 1s.(4p.)
- (35) Same, 19 May 1899. 1s.(4p.)
- (36) Same, 26 Mar 1901. 1s.(2p.)
- (37) [Same] 23 Jan [1902] 1s.(2p.)
- (38) [Same] 17 Feb [1902] 1s.(2p.)
- (39) Same, 21 Feb 1902. 1s.(4p.)
- (40) [Same, Mar 1902. 1s.(2p.)
- (41) Same, 25 Jun 1906. 1s.(2p.)
- (42) [N.p.] 28 Nov [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (43) [N.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (44) [Paris, n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (45) [N.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (46) Paris [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (47) [N.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (48) [Paris, n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (49) Contrexéville, 16 Jul [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (50) [Paris, n.d.] 1s.(2p.) card.
- (51) Same, 9 Feb [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (52) Same, 5 Dec [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (53) [Same, n.d.] 1s.(2p.) card.
- (54) Same [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
- (55) [N.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.)

(56) Duruy, Victor. Inscribed card; [Paris, n.d.] 1s.(1p.)

(57) Esterhazy, Marie Charles Ferdinand Walsin, comte, 1847-1923. A.L.s. to [ ]; Rouen, 15 Oct 1895. 1s.(2p.)

(58) Esterhazy, Marie Charles Ferdinand Walsin, comte, 1847-1923. La réplique d'Esterhazy. A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.)

(59) Gobert, Alfred. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 21 May 1903. 2s.(3p.)
Reproducing from memory the tears in the bordereau.

(60) Gohier, Urbain Degoulet, called, 1862-1951. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 27 Apr 1899. 1s.(1p.)

(61) Gourmont, Remy de, 1858-1915. Les metamorphoses du vampire. A.MS.s.; [Paris, 17 Jun 1899] 10s.(10p.)
Published in the Revue du Mois in the Mercure de France.

(62) Gourmont, Remy de, 1858-1915. Nietzsche et l'affaire Dreyfus. A.MS.s.; [Paris, 15 Sep 1899] 10s.(10p.)
Published in the Revue du Mois in the Mercure de France.

(63) Labori, Fernand, 1860-1917. A.L.s. to [ ]; Samois, 3 Oct 1897. 1s.(2p.)
With this is a card of acknowledgement inscribed for Labori by another hand.

Leblois, Louis, 1854-1927. 2 MS.L.s. to Charles Chincholle:
- (64) Paris, 14 Dec 1898. 1s.(1p.) env.
- (65) Same, 9 May 1899. 1s.(2p.)

(66) Loüys, Pierre, 1870-1925. A.L.s. to [ ]; Le Caire, 5 Feb 1897. 1s.(3p.)
On Zola and the case.

(67) Loüys, Pierre, 1870-1925. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
On the origins of the case.

(68) Mirbeau, Octave, 1850-1917. A.L.s. to [ ]; [Paris, n.d.] 1s.(1p.)

(69) Molinier, Auguste, 1851-1904. A.L.s. to [ ]; [Paris? n.d.] 1s.(1p.)

(70) Mornard, Henry. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 16 Jun 1903. 1s.(1p.)

(71) Perrenx, Alexandre Bernard. MS.D.s.; Versailles, 23 May 1898. 1s.(1p.)
Power of attorney to Ernest Vaughan, in the suit in which Perrenx and Zola were co-defendants.

(72) Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 23 Dec 1897. 1s.(4p.)

Picquart, Marie Georges, 1854-1914. 6 A.L.s. to [Pierre Victor] Stock:
- (73) Paris, 7 Jul 1899. 1s.(1p.) env.
- (74) Same, 27 Sep 1899. 1s.(1p.)
- (75) [Same] 21 Oct 1899. 1s.(2p.)
- (76) Same, 25 Oct 1899. 1s.(2p.)
- (77) Same, 27 Nov 1899. 1s.(1p.)
- (78) Same, 3 Nov [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)

(79) Quesnay de Beaurepaire, Jules, 1838-1923. A.L.s. to [ ]; Le Mans, 9 Oct 1873. 1s.(4p.)

(80) Reinach, Joseph, 1856-1921. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(3p.)

(81) Rochefort-Luçay, Victor Henri, marquis de, 1831-1913. Inscribed card; [Paris, n.d.] 1s.(1p.)

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. 14 A.L.s. to Ernest Vaughan:
- (82) Paris, 16 Mar 1880. 1s.(1p.)
- (83) Same, 16 Oct 1893. 1s.(2p.)
- (84) [Same, 7 Jan 1898] 1s.(2p.)
- (85) Same, 25 Jan 1898. 1s.(1p.)
- (86) Médan, 9 Apr 1898. 1s.(2p.)
- (87) Same, 12 Apr 1898. 1s.(1p.) env.
- (88) Same [13 Apr 1898] 1s.(2p.) env.
- (89) [Paris, Apr 1898] 1s.(2p.)
- (90) Médan, 14 Jul 1898. 1s.(2p.)
- (91) [Same] 8 Sep 1898. 1s.(3p.) env.
- (92) [N.p.] 1 Jun 1899. 2s.(4p.) enclosure.
- (93) Paris, 26 Mar 1901. 1s.(1p.) env.
- (94) Paris, 16 Apr 1902. 1s.(1p.) env.
- (95) [N.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.) card.

(96) Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. MS.D.s.; Versailles, 23 May 1898. 1s.(1p.)
Power of attorney to Ernest Vaughan, in the suit in which Zola and Perrenx were co-defendants.

(97) Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Procès-verbal. A.MS.s.; [Paris, 1897] 14f.(14p.)
Published in Le Figaro.

(98) Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. A.MS.s.; [Paris? 1898?] 2s.(2p.) env.
P.2-3 only of a piece written for publication in Ernest Vaughan's L'Aurore. Evidently accompanied corrected proofs.

(99) Zurlinden, Émile, 1840-1929. A.L.s. to []; Paris, 26 Oct 1898. 1s.(1p.)

(100) Dasque, [ ] MS.L. (telegram) to [ ] Rouanet; [n.p.] 9 Sep 1899. 1s.(1p.)
Containing the news of the second conviction of Dreyfus.

(101) Labori, Fernand, 1860-1917. A.L.s. to [ ]; [Paris] 27 Mar 1903. 1s.(2p.)

(102) Bouton, V. Un peu plus de lumière sur l'affaire Dreyfus. MS. on vellum; Paris, Feb-Apr 1898. 29f.(57p.)
Red morocco binding (Gruel).

(103) Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. [Card of acknowledgment]
With this are cards of other persons prominent in the Dreyfus case. 11 pieces.

pf (104) Forain, Jean Louis, 1852-1931. Joseph à Dreyfus - "Fous le camp - tu nous trahirais!" Crayon drawings; [Paris, n.d.]
Matted and framed.

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