Box 3
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Saugrain Family Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 657
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of handwritten copies of 18th-century French literary works by such authors as Condillac, Florian, and Voltaire. It was donated to Saint Louis University by Frederick Saugrain, son of early St. Louis settler Dr. Antoine Francois Saugrain. Either or both of these men may have been the copyist of the pieces preserved here, which perhaps served as educational aids at a time when both books and schools were in short supply in the Mississippi Valley. This...
Dates:
1744-1933
Guillaume Vade, circa 1764-1770s
Series — Box: 3, Folder: 20
Identifier: 657-5
Scope and Contents
Tales of Guillaume Vade with preface by his cousin Catherine Vade. Also contains extracts from miscellaneous works of Voltaire.
Dates:
circa 1764-1770s
Saugrain Biography, 1883-1933
Series — Box: 3, Folder: 23
Identifier: 657-7
Scope and Contents
Biographical sketches of Dr. Antoine Francois Saugrain, father of Frederick Saugrain (donor of this collection). These sketches are included in this collection because they have some relevance to the scope of the collection.
Dates:
1883-1933
"William Tell", 1801
Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Identifier: 657-4-7
Scope and Contents
William Tell, The Bold Swiss by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794), together with his discourse before the French Academy, his life by L.F. Jauffret, and various poetry.
Dates:
1801
"L'Histoire de France." 1226, 1744
Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 21
Identifier: 657-6-1
Scope and Contents
L'Histoire de France, through 1226.
Dates:
1744
"L'Histoire de France." 1643, 1744
Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 22
Identifier: 657-6-2
Scope and Contents
L'Histoire de France, through 1643.
Dates:
1744