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040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_edacs
_dDLC
072 7 _aG
_2lcmd
100 1 _aSheldon, Mary French,
_d1847-1936.
245 0 0 _aMary French Sheldon papers,
_f1885-1938.
300 _a1,350
_fitems.
300 _a7
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a2.8
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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 Includes fictional writings, translations of works including Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert, and an unpublished work relating to the Congo.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.
544 _3Negative nitrate films
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 _3Commemorative medal
_etransferred to
_aSmithsonian Institution.
545 0 _aAuthor, lecturer, and explorer. Also known as May French Sheldon.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009287
600 0 0 _aAlbert
_bI,
_cKing of the Belgians,
_d1875-1934
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStanley, Henry M.
_q(Henry Morton),
_d1841-1904
_vCorrespondence.
651 0 _aAfrica
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xDescription and travel.
656 7 _aAuthors.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aExplorers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aLecturers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aFlaubert, Gustave,
_d1821-1880.
_tSalammbo.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009287
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009287.3
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_d40014