Box 52

Scope and Contents A 19th-century commonplace book in French compiled by a writer who identifies himself as Charles Renard: the name is written throughout the book, and a note in the center reads “Fait par moi Charles Renard fait le 18 janvier 1836.” The contents are poems and songs, often with a religious flavor – Renard appears to have had some association with the Capuchin friars. Pen trials, drawings, and doodles in both pen and pencil are present throughout the volume – some perhaps by a younger child....