A Few Choice Letters from the Crocker-de Limur Collection

Howard W. Gunlocke Rare Book and Special Collections Room

This selection of letters comes from a recent gift of Mrs. Mary Weinmann and Mr. Charles de Limur,consisting of papers of French diplomat Andre de Limur (1890?-1971); papers of Ambassador Aime Joseph de Fleuriau, French Ambassador to Great Britain (1924-1933); French documents from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana concerning political matters in France in the 1790s; and oversized printed proclamations by the French Government during World War 1. The exhibit features diplomatic, historical, and literary letters and documents from the extensive collection.