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Finding aid created by: Raz Reuel Nesher
Date: April 26, 2022
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| 26 Apr 22 | collection processed (RRN) |
| 18 Aug 22 | polished collection, updated finding aid (RMH) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Sergent, Jean |
| Title: | Jean Sergent Papers |
| Dates: | 1918-1964 |
| Quantity: | 2.25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Writings, correspondence, and published articles of the French author and novelist. |
| Language: | French |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Jean Sergent (dates unknown) was a French author and novelist. He served as curator and director of Maison de Victor Hugo in Paris. His published output, other than his 1946 novel les Marches du ciel, appears primarily to have been exhibition catalogs and articles in the world of art.
The Jean Sergent Papers are arranged into three series: correspondence, printed materials, and writings.
Correspondence contains letters from various people; the majority of letters are to and from Sergent's mother between 1918 and 1921.
Printed materials consist of three published articles relating to Sergent's work as curator of Maison de Victor Hugo written by Sergent. A particular topic of interest explored in these articles appears to have been Hugo's work as a visual artist.
The bulk of the collection is the Writings. This series has been organized into three sub-series based on different stages of the writing and editing process: article drafts, manuscripts, and proofs. Article drafts includes drafts of various articles submitted by Sergent between 1934 and 1964. Included with some of the drafts are letters of acceptance or rejection from the editors of the respective publications. One extensively researched article about Victor Hugo's drawings includes a reproduction of Hugo's drawing Le phare. Manuscripts is the largest, consisting of unedited manuscripts (handwritten and typed) of his novels and short stories, many with handwritten revisions and additions. All of these are unpublished works, aside from Sergent's 1946 les Marches du ciel. The Proofs contains proofs with handwritten revisions.
Correspondence, printed materials, and article drafts are arranged chronologically. Manuscripts and proofs are arranged alphabetically.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Brown, John, 1800-1859.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 -- Exhibitions.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 -- Homes and haunts.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
Sergent, Jean.
Associated Titles
Les marches du ciel.
Subjects
Authors, French.
Literature -- France -- Societies, etc.
Novelists, French.
Places
Guernsey.
Place Vendôme (Paris, France)
Place des Vosges (Paris, France)
Genres and Forms
Articles.
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Manuscripts for publication.
Novels.
Proofs (printed matter)
Short stories.
Occupations
Art critics.
Historians.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Jean Sergent Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Jean Sergent, 1964 and 1967.
Correspondence
Printed materials
Writings
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence 1918-1919, 1929, 1934-1937, 1945, 1952-1953, 1955-1957, 1959, 1963-1964 | ||||||||||
| Printed materials | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Published articles 1955, 1959 undated | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Article drafts | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Article drafts 1934, 1936, 1943, 1947, 1952, 1955-1959, 1962, 1964 undated (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | L'eau se perd qui ne coule au fleuve 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Un jour comme un autre undated (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | les Marches du ciel 1946 or before - hand-written (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | les Marches du ciel 1946 or before - typed (5 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | les Marches du ciel 1946 or before - fragments (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Qui perd sa vie... undated - hand-written, part 1 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Qui perd sa vie... undated - hand-written, part 1 (6 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Qui perd sa vie... undated - hand-written, part 2 (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Qui perd sa vie... undated - typed, part 1 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Qui perd sa vie... undated - typed, part 1 redactions | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Qui perd sa vie... undated - typed, part 2 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Qui perd sa vie... undated - typed, part 2 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Si vieillesse pouvait 1964 - unedited (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Short stories undated (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Proofs | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Description sommaire d'Hauteville-House Maison de Victor Hugo a Guernesey et notice historique undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | le Dessins de Victor Hugo 1955 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | l'Hotel Lauzan 1956 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | les Marches du ciel 1946 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | les Marches du ciel 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Notice sur trois dessins de Victor Hugo: Le Pendu ou John Brown 1952 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Preface to La Marionette en France exhibition catalog 1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | le Tabac: l'Art et la Curiositè 1937 | ||||||||||