- Scope and Contents
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The Solange Clésinger-Sand papers contain correspondence, writings, and other papers. Correspondence consists of letters to and from Solange Clésinger-Sand and third-party letters between family members and others. Notable correspondents with Clésinger-Sand include the following friends, family, and family friends: Nazli and Wacyf Azmy, Éduoard Bourdet, General Cantilli, Alphonse Guérin, Amélie Grille de Beuzelin, Maurice Sand, Charles Poncy, Samuel Rocheblave, and Jules Troubat. Writings include complete manuscripts for the early "Les roses et une fauvette..." (1834), "Histoirettes pour les toute petits," and a travelogue entitled "Une visite à Charon", in addition to a number of drafts for incomplete projects, including the play "Sélim," a theatrical adaptation of L'Uscoque, a novel by George Sand, entitled "Orio Soranzo," and a novel, [On Thora]. Writings also include manuscript notes and fragments. Other materials include artwork, clippings, financial and legal records, notebooks, photographs, and papers relating to a property in Cannes, named Villa Malgrétout, purchased by Clésinger-Sand in 1869. Photographs include portraits of Clésinger-Sand, Alfieri di Sostegno, Jean-Baptiste (Auguste) Clésinger, Charles Poncy, and Fernand de Préaulx.
- Conditions Governing Access
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The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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The Solange Clésinger-Sand Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
- Immediate Source of Acquisition
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Purchased from Amazones on the Edith and Richard French Fund, 2009, and on the Frederick W. Hilles Fund, 2012.
- Arrangement
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Organized into three series: I. Correspondence, 1849-1899. II. Writings, 1834-1862. III. Other Material, 1852-1952.
- Dates
- 1834 - 1952
- Extent
- 3.43 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
- Related Names
- Clésinger-Sand, Solange, 1828-1899
- Language of Materials
- French