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Box 1

 Container
Call Number: MS 383

Contains 58 Results:

F-H, 1927 - 1937

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

Letters from Madeleine Guilloton and Richard Hochdörfer, as well as postcards marked [H.K.M. or H.K.B.] and a postcard addressed to Charlton Hinman, sender unknown.

Dates: 1927 - 1937

J, 1927-1931 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents

Includes a telegram from Jandi and letters from Madame Pierre Janet, Alfred Jeanroy, and Daniel Juvall.

Dates: 1927-1931 and undated

L-M, 1927-1930, 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

Letters from [F.] Labbé, Les Éditions G. Crès et Cie, C. Labouret, a postcard of the Sorbonne Dome from Maria, and a 1966 letter from S. and M. Moffat to Jane and Kadi Hinman with a clipping about the Hinman Collator.

Dates: 1927-1930, 1966

Marie-Louise, 1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents

Letters from Marie-Louise, a refugee from Paris, written to Vicky and forwarded to Jane, a benefactor.

Dates: 1941

Magitot, Madame Andree, 1932

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents

Letters written to "Chere Mademoiselle."

Dates: 1932

N-P, 1927-1928, 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents

Letters from Nan, Pension Villa Marigny (two signed by Pierre Estrade), and Xenia Perrouchine.

Dates: 1927-1928, 1964

Pissot, S., 1932, 1934

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents

Letters written to "Chere Mademoiselle."

Dates: 1932, 1934

Q-V, 1928, 1930, 1964 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 48
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Letters and cards from M. Quesney, Ferdinand Veillard, Mrs. Bruce Rockwell, and J. [Schymarimiting or Sehignan].

Dates: 1928, 1930, 1964 and undated

Various senders, 1928, 1935, 1938, 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 49
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Letters from various senders, some of whose signatures are illegible. Also includes a letter from Roberto de la Torre, and a 1938 response from the New York Tribune including a clipping about Sylvia Beach receiving the Legion of Honor.

Dates: 1928, 1935, 1938, 1965

Correspondence addressed to "Mademoiselle", 1928, 1932 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 50
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Letters from Docteur Gaston Baissette, Feral, Hélène, [J. or T.] Mari[sam], and G. [Payol or Pajol]

Dates: 1928, 1932 and undated

Various envelopes, 1931-1940, 1964, 1975 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 51
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Most of the empty envelopes are addressed to Jane van Meter [Hinman], but some are addressed to Shakespeare and Company. A 1940 letter addressed to Monsieur et Madame Emmanuel Chalandon was returned to sender because service was suspended.

Dates: 1931-1940, 1964, 1975 and undated

Blank French postcards

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents

Mostly postcards of French Cathedrals and religious art, as well as a Librairie Droz S.A. postcard with a list of books and a La Maison de Amis des Livres postcard with a photo of Adrienne Monnier in her bookshop.

Blank American postcards

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 54
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Postcards related to the Baltimore League of Women Voters, the Port Saíd nightclub in Washington, D.C., and a James McNeill Whistler etching.

Les Musiciens de Brême, 1942, 1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
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Color Grimm children's book with an inscription from Sylvia Beach, "Happy Birthday to Suki with love from Sylvia, Paris, 1953"

Dates: 1942, 1953

Les Années Vingt: Les Écrivains Américains a Paris et Leurs Amis, 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
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Inscription reads "For Jane with love from Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia"

Dates: 1959

Loose pages found folded in Les Années Vingt, March 22, 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 57
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"Letter from Paris" [New Yorker] article about The Twenties: American Writers in Paris and Their Friends.

Dates: March 22, 1959