Guide to the Michael La Vean French documents collection C0078 Michael La Vean French documents collection

Guide to the Michael La Vean French documents collection C0078

Michael La Vean French documents collection


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Eron Ackerman

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0078
Title
Michael La Vean French documents collection 1751-1851
Quantity
3 Linear Feet, 7 boxes
Creator
La Vean, Michael
Location
no content
Language
English .
Abstract
The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

Public domain. There are no known restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Michael La Vean French documents collection, Collection C0078, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Michael La Vean in 2004.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009.


Biographical Information

Michael La Vean is an entrepreneur and medical device patent holder who studied Business Administration at George Mason University. He spent seven years in Rennes, France, and collects books and documents, especially those relevant to politics and the history of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century France.

Scope and Content

The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. It includes copies of legislation by the French constitutional monarchy and the evolving Republic; administrative correspondence and official records from Morbihan; a few London newspapers mentioning France; ten books, notably a 1797 edition of Three Memorials on French Affairs by Sir Edmund Burke; and other materials. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection.

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