Call Number:

C1097

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Citations should be as follows: J. J. Jusserand Collection, Box #, Folder #, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1905-1924 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century and Typescripts--20th century

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence and a typescript of J. J. Jusserand, French author and ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925.

Jean Jules Jusserand was a French diplomat and author. He was ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925. A close friend of every U.S. President during that period, he did much to promote friendly Franco-American relations and to win the United States to the Allied side in World War I. Jusserand was also a noted scholar; his works include English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (tr. 1889), Shakespeare in France (1898), and With Americans of Past and Present Days (1916), the first work on U.S. history to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize.

The collection consists of correspondence and a typescript of J. J. Jusserand while he was French ambassador to the United States. The correspondence includes three letters to Dean Andrew Fleming West at Princeton University, one letter to Charles Scribner, and a letter to "My dear chargé," containing extracts of General Lafayette's letter (12/21/1784) to General Washington. The typescript, which contains holograph corrections and annotations, is titled "How We Revisited France." It describes France before and after World War I and the help it received from the United States in fighting the Germans and later in rebuilding after the war.