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| Title: | Balzac Research Collection of E. Preston Dargan |
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| Size: | .5 linear ft. (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Balzac Research Collection consists of photostats of selected manuscripts from five Balzac novels assembled by Edwin Preston Dargan (1879-1940), Professor of Romance Languages and Literature at the University of Chicago. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Balzac Research Collection of E. Preston Dargan, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The Balzac Research Collection consists of photostats of selected manuscripts from five Balzac novels assembled by Edwin Preston Dargan (1879-1940), Professor of Romance Languages and Literature at the University of Chicago from 1911 until his death. The collection is a product of the comprehensive study of Honor
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Le Prêtre Catholique [Curé de Tours]. Holograph manuscripts, including miscellaneous pages from the novel, notes by Dargan, biographical information on Balzac. Photocopy, 32 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | La Veille Fille [Curé de Tours]. Miscellaneous holograph pages from the novel. Photocopy, 3 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Curé de Tours. Miscellaneous holograph pages from the novel with government citation. Photocopy, 10 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Scènes de la Vie Privée, "La Bourse." Corrected proofs. Photocopy, 36 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Scènes de la Vie Privée, "Les Devoirs d'une Femme," "Les Célibataires." Miscellaneous holograph pages from the novel with criticism and corrected proofs. Photocopy, 19 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | La Vie de Provence-Illusions Perdues, "Les Deux Poètes." Corrected proofs of miscellaneous pages from the novel. Photocopy, 19 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | La Recherche de l'Absolu. Miscellaneous holograph pages from the novel. Photocopy, 5 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Le Secret des Ruggieri. Page 2 of MS. Photograph with two negatives. |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Business documents, undated. Photocopy, 10 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Business documents, 1848. Photocopy, 13 leaves. |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Contracts, 1847. Photocopy, 3 leaves. |