Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Form Correspondence -- 20th century Creator Leduc, Violette, 1907-1972

General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, 1502-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 120 boxes and 67.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Violette Leduc Manuscripts and Correspondence with Simone de Beauvoir, 1945-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear feet and 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of nearly 300 letters from Simone de Beauvoir to Violette Leduc documenting their literary friendship spanning four decades, along with 23 notebooks containing manuscript drafts of Leduc's autobiography, La Bâtarde (1964).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]