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Selected French Sources in Microform

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Literature

Title Description Holdings Call No.
Journal des Scavans Perhaps the oldest literary journal in Europe - disappeared during the Revolution 1665-1792, 1797
(janv.-juin)
(101 reels)
Micfilm S-333
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Journal des Savants The government revived the earlier journal under this title. 1816-1962 (111 reels)

Holdings after 1962 are in print. See AS 161 .J7

Micfilm S-334
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Le Theatre de la Revolution et de l'Empire. A selection of 132 plays of both historical and literary interest. 167 fiche & guide Micfich 358
Revue de Paris avr.1829 - 14 juin 1845
(30 reels)
Micfilm S-1007
Revue de Paris One of the most important literary reviews of the period. oct.1851-15 janv.1858
(16 reels)
Micfilm S-1008
Litteraire An independent weekly literary review in which leading literary figures, artists, and musicians wrote and were written about. 23 mars.1946-12 oct. 1978 (43 reels) Micfilm S-428
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History and Civilization

Title Description Holdings Call No.
Dreyfus Affair in the Making of Modern France From the Dreyfus Collection at the Harvard College Library. (most materials are in French). "Contains a high percentage of the total number of titles listed in the Desachy bibliography, the reference standard for books and pamphlets bearing upon the Affair through 1904." 66 reels and guide Micfilm 7233

See publisher's reel guide arranged alphabetically by subject.
French Royal and Administrative Acts, 1256-1794 More than 16,000 pamphlets which document the financial and political administration of France from the late 13th century to the end of the monarchy. 59 reels & guide Micfilm 1465
Archives Parlementaires de 1787 a 1860, receuil complet des debats legislatifts et politiques des chambres francaises. Debates of the French national legislative bodies Ser.1:
v.1-82 (1787-1794)
Ser.2:
v.1-106 (1799-1836/37)
(2363 fiche)
Micfich S-18
Journal officiel. Official record of the parliamentary debates, laws, and government documents of France.
1869-1917; 1925-1931
(debates of the lower house only)
Micfich S-52
Journal officiel. Official record of the parliamentary debates, laws, and government documents of France. 1918-1924; 1932-1940
(debates of the lower house only)
Miccard S-4
Journal Officiel. Official record of the parliamentary debates, laws, and government documents of France. 1881-to current
(All material except the lower house debates of 1881-1940)

Index available 1871 - current

Micfilm S-228
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Dictionnaire des Parlementaires Francais ... A listing of all the members of French assemblies and all the French ministers from May 1, 1789 until May 1, 1889, with their names, civil status, service records, political actions, etc.
    5 reels
Micfilm 1363
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Title Description Holdings Call No.
French Political Pamphlets, 1547-1648 A collection of pamphlets which deal with the religious, political, and social issues, including the assassinations of Henry III and Henery IV, and the convening of the Estates-General in 1614-1615. See also publisher's description 86 reels no subject index
Set is hronologically arranged following the format of the Lindsay and Neu bibliography.
Micfilm 1107
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French Revolutionary Pamphlets
French materials from many sources covering the period from 1789 to 1800. Micfich S-63 and Miccard S-2
Mazarinades: Collection of 17th century French Civil War Tracts in the Houghton Library Collection, Harvard University 2291 fiche Micfich 354
Mazarinades: Collection of French Political Pamphlets from the Lockwood Library, State University of New York at Buffalo 435 fiche Micfiche 355
La Condition ouvriere en France au XIXe siecle. More than 100 works, mostly factual studies of the social and economic conditions of the working class in France during the 19th century.

Set includes both official publications and sociological studies written by doctors, economists, and other private individuals.

1215 fiche

 

NOTE An introduction and overview of the entire collection is also in Per/Micro Room - Z 7165 .F8P43

Titles cataloged separately.
List of all titles with microfiche call numbers is available behind the Per/Micro Room service desk.
La Condition ouvriere, volume II. A companion to the first La Condition Ouvriere collection which contains additional sources from the 19th century, plus material on the 16th through the 20th centuries. Titles cataloged separately
La Revolution industrielle francaise, 1810-1870: statistiques, enquetes, expositions, documents. An extensive collection of source material concerning France's emergence as an industrialized nation. 531 fiche & guide Micfich 1086
Les Congres socialistes francais, 1876-1914. Set contains the minutes of all the French socialist congresses up to 1914. Also included are several supplementary documents, one of note is: Les Congres ouvriers en France de 1876 a 1897 by Leon Seilhac. 208 fiche & guide Micfich 515
Archives Diplomatiques (France)
Guerre 1914-1918
Diplomatic and consular history between France and the United States. 1 reel Micfilm 5969
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Archives Diplomatiques (France)
Guerre 1939-1945
Foreign relations with Great Britain and United States. 14 reels Micfilm 5987
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Archives Diplomatiques (France)
Serie A-Paix
Peace treaties, World War, 1914-1918. 84 reels Micfilm 5988
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France. Ministere des affairs etrangeres.
Archives diplomatiques. Europe, 1918-1940
Foreign relations between France and Belgium. 11 reels Micfilm 5651
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France. Ministere de affaires etrangeres.
Archives diplomatiques. Europe, 1918-1929.
Foreign relations between France and Germany concerning the Saarland 5 reels Micfilm 5655
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France. Ministere des affaires etrangeres. Archives diplomatiques. Papiers d'agents- Seydoux. Diplomatic papers of Jacques Seydoux, 1870-1929. 16 reels Micfilm 5667
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Les Tracts de mai 1968. Political activity of college students in France in 1968. 391 fiche & guide Micfich 2553
  • United States. Department of State Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of France, 1910-29.
  • 162 reels
    Guide available in Gov't Information Resources
    GIR Micfilm 1610
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  • Despatches from United States ministers to France, 1789-1906.
  • 120 reels
    Guide available in Gov't Information Resources
    GIR Micfilm 14 IVY STACKS

    Linguistics

    Title Description Holdings Call No.
    Archives de la linguistique francaise 1500-1900. A collection of more than 1,500 rare treatises, dictionaries, and reference works of value for the study of French linguistics. 6,844 fiche & guide Micfich 356

    Newspapers

    Title Description Holdings Call No.
    Journaux ephemeres de la periode de la Revolution. A collection of more than 90 newspapers which appeared during the early years of the French Revolution. 7 reels & guide Micfilm S-368
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    Journaux ephemeres. A collection of 162 newspapers which were published in France during the 1848 revolution. 14 reels & guide Micfilm S-731
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    Le Figaro Current issues also received in Newspaper Room. Reels for 1854- 1973 Micfilm N-FR3
    La Gazette de France 61 reels for years: 1631-1805 Micfilm N-FR5
    Le Temps Reels for Apr.25, 1861-Nov.1942 Micfilm N-FR1
    Le Monde.
    [Current issues also received in Newspaper Room]
    Reels for 1944 - current
    Micfilm N-FR2
    Le Monde, Index analytique. Year by year print index available for 1944-51, 1958, 1965-1968, 1987 to current. See "Indexes & Guides" section. (AI21.M58) Periodicals Microforms Room.

    General Reference

    Title Description Holdings Call No.
    Archives biographique francaises Biographical entries based on 180 most important French biographical reference works published between 17th and 20th century. Includes coverage of France and French speaking countries. 1,065 fiche

    Index in Alderman Reference
    CT 144 .I53 1988 (4 vols)

    Micfich 2015
    Archives biographiques francaises II Biographical entries based on 122 most important French biographical reference works published between 19th and 20th century. 644 fiche Micfich 2015a
    Inventaire des Archives du Ministere des affaires etrangeres Catalog of archival resources for French foreign affairs. 172 fiche & guide Micfich