Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, Vevey, 1858 August 13, 3 pages, in French with later typed English translation. To an unnamed girl.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated but circa 1858, 1 page, in French.
Autograph letter signed, Paris, undated but possibly 1850s, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, Montretout, 1862 October 24, 3 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1870 February 8, 1 page, in French. Gounod mentions work on Les Deux Reines and Polyeucte.
Photograph/carte-de-visite, London, 1873 or later.
Autograph letter signed, St. Cloud, 1878 October 1, 2 pages, in French and English.
Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1878 October 8, 1 page, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1879 November 26, 1 page, in French.
Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1880 April 15, 2 pages, in French, with envelope.
Autograph note signed, Paris, 1880 May 7, 1 page, in French.
Autograph manuscript, Homburg vor der Höhe, 1880 July 29, envelope addressed to Madame Mols-Brialmont, Nieuport-Bains [Belgium]. Two bars of piano music sketched on verso.
Autograph letter signed to Eugène Labiche, Paris-Monceaux, 1882 March 23, 2 pages, in French, with envelope.
Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1884 November 26, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, St. Cloud, 1886 July 2, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1887 May 11, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, Antwerp, 1887 June 30, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1888 February 11, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1891[?] March 31, 1 page, in French.
Autograph note signed to Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Paris, undated, 1 page, in French. A note introducing Mr. Bridge, the organist of Westminster Abbey, to Cavaillé, the illustrious French organ builder.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated, 1 page, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph manuscript, location unknown, undated, 4 pages, in French.
Autograph manuscript, location unknown, undated, 1 page, in English. Envelope addressed to Campbell Clarke.
Letters from Georgina Weldon to Charles Gounod:
Autograph letter signed, London, 1871 December 6, 3 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, London, 1872 March 30, 2 pages, in French/English. To Gounod (“mon petit rat chéri”).
Autograph letter signed, London, 1872 April 7, 2 pages, in French/English. To Gounod (“mon petit rat”).
Autograph letter signed, Gisors, 1896 October 19, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1901 March 3, 6 pages, in French.
Dates
- From the Collection: 1804-1950
Creator
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 3.45 Cubic Feet (4 flat boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 custom flat box, 3 document cases, 2 half-size document cases, 1 lidded box)
Language of Materials
French
Creator
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 (Person)
- Weldon, Georgina, 1837-1914 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu