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Rene Boylesve research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 589
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The material in this collection consists of papers from the files of Andre M.G. Bourgeois, Professor of Romance Languages, at Rice University, concerning the life of Rene Boylseve, with particular reference to poems, written by him to Betty Halperine during the World War I. Correspondents include Betty Halperine (Rene Boylesve's mistress 1914-1926), Jeanne Armand Calliat, and Marie Mors-Boylesve (sister of Rene Boylseve).

Dates

  • 1950-1967

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

Rene Boylesve was the pseudonym of Rene-marie-auguste Tardiveau, a French novelist noted for his social histories set in the Touraine region of west-central France. He was elected to the French Academy in 1918.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Overview

The material in this collection consists of papers from the files of Andre M.G. Bourgeois, Professor of Romance Languages, at Rice University, concerning the life of Rene Boylseve, with particular reference to poems, written by him to Betty Halperine During the First World War. Rene Boylesve was the pseudonym of Rene-marie-auguste Tardiveau, a French novelist noted for his social histories set in the Touraine region of west-central France. He was elected to the French Academy in 1918. (2 boxes)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from June M. Bourgeois, September 2011.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Rene Boylesve research materials, 1950-1967
Status
Completed
Author
Lee Pecht, Alan Bath, Mary Tobin
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
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