02325cpcaa2200421 a 4500 mm 78039677 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 781211|||||||||||| eng mm 78039677 ms 61001491 DLC DLC dacs DLC G lcmd Sheldon, Mary French, 1847-1936. Mary French Sheldon papers, 1885-1938. 1,350 items. 7 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.8 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, writings, lectures, notes, address book, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers primarily concerning Sheldon's interest in Africa, particularly the Belgian Congo (later the Democratic Republic of Congo). Includes fictional writings, translations of works including Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert, and an unpublished work relating to the Congo. Correspondents include Henry M. Stanley; Albert I, King of the Belgians; and several of Albert's cabinet ministers. Negative nitrate films transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Commemorative medal transferred to Smithsonian Institution. Author, lecturer, and explorer. Also known as May French Sheldon. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009287 Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1875-1934 Correspondence. Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 Correspondence. Africa Description and travel. Congo (Democratic Republic) Description and travel. Authors. itoamc Explorers. itoamc Lecturers. itoamc Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Salammbo. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009287 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009287.3 40014 40014