Overview
Literary papers of Franco-American poet and novelist, Anna Marie Duval-Thibault.
Dates
- Creation: 1880-1943
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in French and English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.5 linear feet (2 boxes)Includes: 2 autograph manuscript poetry notebooks; numerous autograph manuscript drafts of poems; autograph manuscript prose; copies of reviews of her work; clippings collected by Thibault; and other material. Correspondence is with both Anna Duval-Thibault and her husband, Onézime Thibault.
Biographical / Historical
Anna-Marie Duval-Thibault (1862-1958) was a Franco-American poet and novelist. She was born in Montreal, Canada in 1862, but when she was three years old, her parents emigrated to Troy, New York, then settled in New York City. She attended New York Normal College and later moved to Fall River, Massachusetts where, in 1888 at age 26, she married Onézime Thibault (c1862-1947). Thibault owned the French language newspaper in Fall River, L' Indépendent, which published her collection of poetry, Fleurs du printemps, and also her novel Les deux testaments : esquisse de moeurs Canadiennes, (first published as a serial, later as a volume), and other writings. They eventually had eight children, though only three lived to majority. In 1915 the family moved to San Diego, California. She died there at age 96 in 1958.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Correspondence
- II. Drafts of collected poems
- III. Other compositions and miscellany
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
55M-70. Gift of Frank P. Thibault; received: 1955.
General note
Please follow handling instructions as marked on fragile items.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Duval-Thibault, Anna. Anna Duval-Thibault literary papers, 1880-1943: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02630
Repository Details
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