Box 1
Container
Contains 20 Collections and/or Records:
Mexican, French, Italian views (including churches, castles, public squares)
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Original letters from Charlotte of Belgium, chiefly as Carlota, Empress of Mexico; papers of Felix Eloin, Maximilian’s chef du cainet civil, containing letterpress copybooks, letters, memoranda, and notes by, to, and about Eloin. Also includes photographs, engravings, and drawings of Charlotte, of Mexico City, and of members of the Mexican military. Published materials include broadsides, decrees, and newsclippings regarding Maximilian’s reign in Mexico. Mexican sheet music from 1859-1908 and...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Drawings of unidentified interior with figures, color drawing of Maximilian’s crest, b/w photograph of Maxilimilian’s Mexican saddle
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Original letters from Charlotte of Belgium, chiefly as Carlota, Empress of Mexico; papers of Felix Eloin, Maximilian’s chef du cainet civil, containing letterpress copybooks, letters, memoranda, and notes by, to, and about Eloin. Also includes photographs, engravings, and drawings of Charlotte, of Mexico City, and of members of the Mexican military. Published materials include broadsides, decrees, and newsclippings regarding Maximilian’s reign in Mexico. Mexican sheet music from 1859-1908 and...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Reproductions of paintings
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Original letters from Charlotte of Belgium, chiefly as Carlota, Empress of Mexico; papers of Felix Eloin, Maximilian’s chef du cainet civil, containing letterpress copybooks, letters, memoranda, and notes by, to, and about Eloin. Also includes photographs, engravings, and drawings of Charlotte, of Mexico City, and of members of the Mexican military. Published materials include broadsides, decrees, and newsclippings regarding Maximilian’s reign in Mexico. Mexican sheet music from 1859-1908 and...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Photographs, engravings, drawings, and prints of Charlotte and family, and Col. Pedro Gonzales
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Original letters from Charlotte of Belgium, chiefly as Carlota, Empress of Mexico; papers of Felix Eloin, Maximilian’s chef du cainet civil, containing letterpress copybooks, letters, memoranda, and notes by, to, and about Eloin. Also includes photographs, engravings, and drawings of Charlotte, of Mexico City, and of members of the Mexican military. Published materials include broadsides, decrees, and newsclippings regarding Maximilian’s reign in Mexico. Mexican sheet music from 1859-1908 and...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Charlotte to grandparents, 1846-1865 (53 als)
Sub-subseries — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Charlotte's letters as Princess of the Belgians span the period 1846-1865, and are addressed principally to her grandmother, exiled Queen Marie Amélie of France. The letters written in 1864 and 1865 dwell on Maximilian's acceptance of the Mexican throne and of political and military matters in Mexico. There are also letters (1850-1866) to her grandfather, King Louis Philippe; to her uncle, the Duc de Nemours; from Marie Amélie; and from Charlotte's brother, Philippe, Comte de Flandres. The...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Charlotte to Felix Eloin, 1864-1865, n.d. (36 als and memos)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Charlotte's letters as Princess of the Belgians span the period 1846-1865, and are addressed principally to her grandmother, exiled Queen Marie Amélie of France. The letters written in 1864 and 1865 dwell on Maximilian's acceptance of the Mexican throne and of political and military matters in Mexico. There are also letters (1850-1866) to her grandfather, King Louis Philippe; to her uncle, the Duc de Nemours; from Marie Amélie; and from Charlotte's brother, Philippe, Comte de Flandres. The...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Charlotte to Uncle (Duc de Nemours), 1855-56 (8 als)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Charlotte's letters as Princess of the Belgians span the period 1846-1865, and are addressed principally to her grandmother, exiled Queen Marie Amélie of France. The letters written in 1864 and 1865 dwell on Maximilian's acceptance of the Mexican throne and of political and military matters in Mexico. There are also letters (1850-1866) to her grandfather, King Louis Philippe; to her uncle, the Duc de Nemours; from Marie Amélie; and from Charlotte's brother, Philippe, Comte de Flandres. The...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Charlotte to the Countess Maria Agnazia Lutzow Teulada (June 16, 1862)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Charlotte's letters as Princess of the Belgians span the period 1846-1865, and are addressed principally to her grandmother, exiled Queen Marie Amélie of France. The letters written in 1864 and 1865 dwell on Maximilian's acceptance of the Mexican throne and of political and military matters in Mexico. There are also letters (1850-1866) to her grandfather, King Louis Philippe; to her uncle, the Duc de Nemours; from Marie Amélie; and from Charlotte's brother, Philippe, Comte de Flandres. The...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Charlotte’s manuscripts/writings, c. 1856, 1869
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Charlotte's letters as Princess of the Belgians span the period 1846-1865, and are addressed principally to her grandmother, exiled Queen Marie Amélie of France. The letters written in 1864 and 1865 dwell on Maximilian's acceptance of the Mexican throne and of political and military matters in Mexico. There are also letters (1850-1866) to her grandfather, King Louis Philippe; to her uncle, the Duc de Nemours; from Marie Amélie; and from Charlotte's brother, Philippe, Comte de Flandres. The...
Dates:
1846 - 1927
Re: Charlotte’s madness and death, 1866-1927 (7 als)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Charlotte's letters as Princess of the Belgians span the period 1846-1865, and are addressed principally to her grandmother, exiled Queen Marie Amélie of France. The letters written in 1864 and 1865 dwell on Maximilian's acceptance of the Mexican throne and of political and military matters in Mexico. There are also letters (1850-1866) to her grandfather, King Louis Philippe; to her uncle, the Duc de Nemours; from Marie Amélie; and from Charlotte's brother, Philippe, Comte de Flandres. The...
Dates:
1846 - 1927