Collection ID: LMC 1376
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Summary

Abstract:
The Fontane, M. mss., 1879-1891, are those materials related to interoceanic canals formerly in the library of Marius Étienne Fontane, 1838-1914.
Extent:
2 Boxes (2 standard)
Language:
Materials are in French .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Fontane, M. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Marius Etienne Fontane, 1838-1914, was at one time secretary-general of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique, an associate of Ferdinand de Lesseps, and author.

Scope and Content:

The Fontane, M. mss., 1879-1891, are those materials related to interoceanic canals formerly in the library of Marius Étienne Fontane, 1838-1914. The internal dates of some of the undated pieces would extend the time period to 1895.

The identification is made on the basis of handstyle, the common watermark of the papers among the materials, and the relationship to the quantity of books on the same subject acquired with the manuscripts from the same source.

Fontane's signature is inscribed on the front page of Histoire de Canal de Suez par Marius Fontane, Extraite de la Revue D'Économie Chrétienne, Paris, Cournol, Libraire Éditeur, 1864 (Lilly TC791 .F67 1864). A Xerox copy of the signature is filed with the collection.

Acquisition information:
Purchase. 1982.
Physical location:
Lilly - Stacks

Indexed Terms

Names:
Fontane, Marius, 1838-1914

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Fontane, M. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu