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Guide to the Ida Treat Bergeret Papers, 1889-1978

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Collection Summary

Repository: Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator: Bergeret, Ida Treat, 1889?-1978
Title: Ida Treat Bergeret Papers,
Dates: 1889-1978
Quantity: 4.3 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Abstract: Papers reflect her personal and professional life and include travel diaries and notes, manuscripts and published versions of her articles and stories on China, Russia, Tahiti, Abyssinia, Djibouti, and the Red Sea slave trade, 1928-1967; correspondence with her two of her three husbands, Paul Vaillant-Couturier and Andre Bergeret; letters from Wolfgang Wolff written from Tahiti, 1934-1939; correspondence with her literary agent Marie Rodell, 1965-1967, and with the New Yorker and other publishers and editors; 86 letters from her friend Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1926-1952, and correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements, 1968, pertaining to Chardin's book Letters to Two Friends, 1926-1952; notes, clippings, and scrapbooks concerning her experiences in London during World War II, 1943-1945; manuscripts and publications by other authors; letters and articles of Simone and Max Begonen; and family and personal photographs.
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Biographical Note

Ida Treat was born in Joliet, Illinois, in 1899 and attended Western Reserve University. After earning a doctorate in letters at the University of Paris she returned in 1913 to Western Reserve, where she taught romance languages for the next seven years. In the 1920s she went back to France, where she lived as a writer and journalist for more than twenty years. While working as a correspondent for Paris Vu in the 1930s, she traveled throughout Europe, China, and the South Pacific. Her articles and stories appeared in United States periodicals such as The Nation, The New Yorker, Harpers, and The Saturday Evening Post. She was married She was married three times, to Raymond O'Neil, Paul Vaillant-Couturier and André Bergeret. In her writing she used the name Ida Treat.

In 1948 Ida Treat Bergeret came to Vassar as Professor of English. She retired in 1954 after more than five years of teaching writing courses. When she died in 1978, her colleague and friend, Barbara Swain said that "she had freedom and adventure in a way that might make her a choice for a feminist model today. But she wouldn’t like that very much. She was always too independent for playing roles."

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Scope and Content Note

Papers reflect her personal and professional life and include travel diaries and notes, manuscripts and published versions of her articles and stories on China, Russia, Tahiti, Abyssinia, Djibouti, and the Red Sea slave trade, 1928-1967; correspondence with her two of her three husbands, Paul Vaillant-Couturier and Andre Bergeret; letters from Wolfgang Wolff written from Tahiti, 1934-1939; correspondence with her literary agent Marie Rodell, 1965-1967, and with the New Yorker and other publishers and editors; 86 letters from her friend Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1926-1952, and correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements, 1968, pertaining to Chardin's book Letters to Two Friends, 1926-1952; notes, clippings, and scrapbooks concerning her experiences in London during World War II, 1943-1945; manuscripts and publications by other authors; letters and articles of Simone and Max Begonen; and family and personal photographs.

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Access

This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.

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Subject Headings

Names:

  • Begonen, Max
  • Begonen, Simone
  • Bergeret family
  • Bergeret, Andre
  • Rodell, Marie
  • Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
  • Vaillant-Couturier, Paul, 1892-1937
  • Wolff, Wolfgang

Organizations:

  • New Yorker
  • Vassar College--Faculty

Subjects:

  • Publishers and publishing
  • Slavery--Middle East
  • Women authors
  • Women college teachers
  • Women travelers
  • Women--Diaries
  • World War, 1939-1945--England--London

Places:

  • Abyssinia--Description and travel
  • China--Description and travel
  • Djibouti--Description and travel
  • Ethiopia--Description and travel
  • London (England)--Description and travel
  • Middle East--Description and travel
  • Soviet Union--Description and travel
  • Tahiti--Description and travel

Document Types:

  • Diaries
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks

VCL Categories:

  • Literature and Writing
  • Slavery and Antislavery
  • Travel
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Encoding Information

Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke November 2006.

Last updated March 2024.

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Preferred Citation

Ida Treat Bergeret Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

Originial processing date unknown. Last updated February 2013.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ida Treat Bergeret.

Anchored Heart manuscript in Box 7 was a gift of the Hot Springs County Library, 2013.

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Series List

Series I. Correspondence to Bergeret from de Chardin

Series II. Correspondence to Bergeret from Paul Vaillant-Couturier

Series III. Correspondence to Bergeret from Various Individuals

Series IV. Correspondence to Bergeret from Others

Series V. Fan Mail

Series VI. General Correspondence to Bergeret

Series VII. Correspondence from Bergeret to Various Individuals

Series VIII. Unpublished Manuscripts by Bergeret

Series IX. Other Manuscripts by Bergeret

Series X. Published Manuscripts by Bergeret

Series XI. Published Articles by Bergeret

Series XII. Translations and Reviews by Bergeret

Series XIII. Manuscripts by Others

Series XIV. Articles by Others

Series XV. Poetry by Others

Series XVI. Articles By and About Teilhard de Chardin

Series XVII. Clippings

Series XVIII. Financial Papers

Series IXX. World War II

Series XX. Printed Material

Series XXI. Diaries

Series XXII. Biographical: Ida Treat Bergeret

Series XXIII. Drawings

Series XXIV. Photographs and Scrapbooks

Container List

Series I. Correspondence to Bergeret from Teilhard de Chardin

Folder 1.1 1926 Apr 26
Folder 1.2 1926 May 3-23
Folder 1.3 1926 Jun 2-11
Folder 1.4 1926 Jun 25 - Jul 19
Folder 1.5 1926 Aug 6 - Sep 15
Folder 1.6 1926 Oct 12 - Nov 14
Folder 1.7 1926 Nov 28 - Dec 25
Folder 1.8 1927 Jan 22 - Mar 24
Folder 1.9 1927 Apr 6 - May 11
Folder 1.10 1927 May 24 - Oct 2
Folder 1.11 [1927] Nov 30 - [1933] Oct 7
Folder 1.12 [1933] Oct 20 - 1934 Jun 30
Folder 1.13 1934 Aug 18 - 1935 [Paris]
Folder 1.14 1935 [Paris] - 1935 Sep 18
Folder 1.15 1936 Jan 22
Folder 1.16 1936 Oct 30 - 1937 Jun 28
Folder 1.17 1937 Aug 15 - 1948 Mar 7
Folder 1.18 1948 Mar 16 - May 26
Folder 1.19 1948 Jul 8 - Dec 3
Folder 1.20 1949 Jul 19 - 1950 Jul 25
Folder 1.21 1950 Aug 30 - 1952 Oct 14
Folder 1.22 1926 Apr 26 - Jun 11 (photocopy)
Folder 1.23 1926 Jun 25 - Sep 15 (photocopy)
Folder 1.24 1926 Oct 12 - Dec 25 (photocopy)
Folder 1.25 1927 Jan 22 - Apr 20 (photocopy)
Folder 1.26 1927 Jul 4 - Aug 27 (photocopy)
Folder 1.27 1927 Jul 24 - [1933] Oct 7 (photocopy)
Folder 1.28 [1933] Oct 20 - 1934 Nov 17 (photocopy)
Folder 1.29 1934 Dec 31 - 1935 Sep 18 (photocopy)
Folder 1.30 1936 Jan 22 - 1937 Jun 28 (photocopy)
Folder 1.31 1937 Aug 15 - 1948 Apr 16 (photocopy)
Folder 1.32 1948 Apr 19 - 1948 Dec 3 (photocopy)
Folder 1.33 1949 Jul 19 - 1950 Jul 25 (photocopy)
Folder 1.34 1950 Aug 30 - 1952 Oct 14 (photocopy)

Series II. Correspondence to Bergeret from Paul Vaillant-Couturier

Folder 1.35 1921-1924 (9 letters)
Folder 1.36 1926 Jul 13 - [1927 Nov 9?] (4 letters, 2 postcards)
Folder 1.37 1928 Jan 28 - Oct [19?] (6 letters, 1 fragment)
Folder 1.38 1929 Feb 26 - Mar 18 (12 TS)
Folder 1.39 1930 Jun 2, 1934 (3 letters, 2 fragments, 1 telegram)
Folder 1.40 1934, 1937 (5 letters, 1 telegram)
Folders 1.41-1.51 undated (106 letters, 16 frag., 3 drawings)
Folders 1.52-1.56 undated (36 TS)

Series III. Correspondence to Bergeret from Various Individuals

Folder 1.57 Begouen, Simone and Max, 1951 Sep 9 - 1954 Sep 26
Folder 1.58 Begouen, Simone and Max, 1954 Jan 15 - 1957 Nov 17
Folder 1.59 Begouen, Simone and Max, 1958 Feb 2 - 1960 Oct 10
Folder 1.60 de Cizancourt, Annick, 1966 Apr 2 - 1968 Dec 26
Folder 1.61 de Cizancourt, Annick, 1969 Feb 9 - 1973 Feb 5
Folder 1.62 de Cizancourt, Joël, 1965 Jan 24 - Nov 22
Folder 1.63 de Cizancourt, Joël, 1966 Jan - Dec
Folder 1.64 de Cizancourt, Joël, 1967 Jun 10 - Jul 11
Folder 1.65 de Cizancourt, Joël, 1968 Feb 15 - Dec 27
Folder 1.66 de Cizancourt, Joël, 1969 Sep 8 - Dec 21
Folder 1.67 de Cizancourt, Joël, 1970 [Feb 21?] - Aug 29
Folder 1.68 de Cizancourt, Joël, 1972 Dec 8 - 1973 Jan 18
Folder 1.69 Michel, Dr. François, undated
Folder 1.70 Rodell, Marie, 1965 Apr 27 - 1967 Apr 26
Folder 1.71 Treat, Francis H. [father], 1922 Aug 15 - Dec 19
Folder 1.72 Treat, Francis H., 1923 Jan 3 - Nov 7
Folder 1.73 Treat, Francis H., 1924 Jan 8 - Oct 22
Folder 1.74 Treat, Francis H., 1925 Jun 14 - 1927 Jan 12
Folder 1.75 Treat, Francis H., 1928 Mar 8 - 1929 May 15
Folder 1.76 Treat, Grace D. [sister], 1930 Jan 12 - 1970 Aug 27
Folder 1.77 Treat, Grace D., undated
Folder 1.78 Treat, Dorothy A. [sister], 1963 May 1
Folder 4.1 Wolff, Wolfgang, 1934
Folder 4.2 Wolff, Wolfgang, 1935
Folder 4.3 Wolff, Wolfgang, 1936
Folder 1.79 Wolff, Wolfgang, 1937-1946
Folder 1.80 Family members [unidentified], 1969 Dec 26 - 1973 Jan 5
Folder 1.81 Family members, undated
Folder 1.82 Family members, undated

Series IV. Correspondence to Bergeret from others

Folder 1.83 A, undated
Folder 1.84 B, undated
Folder 1.85 C – E, undated
Folders 1.86-1.87 F, undated
Folder 1.88 G, undated
Folder 1.89 H – L, undated
Folder 1.90 M, undated
Folder 1.91 N – O, undated
Folder 1.92 P – R, undated
Folders 1.93-1.95 S, undated
Folder 1.96 T – Z, undated

Series V. Fan Mail

Folder 1.97 1941 Mar 25 - Nov 10
Folder 1.98 1941 Nov 19 - 1942 Feb 24
Folder 1.99 1942 Feb 24 - Dec 1
Folder 1.100 1948 Mar 29 - 1951 Mar 8
Folder 1.101 1954 Mar 12 - 1959 Jan 9
Folder 1.102 1959 Apr 4 - Jul 30
Folder 1.103 1959 Oct 14 - 1966 Dec 2
Folders 1.104-1.106 undated

Series VI. General Correspondence to Bergeret

Folder 6.107 from Publishers, 1948 Mar 29 - 1951 Jun 28
Folder 1.108 from Publishers, 1953 Feb 2 - 1957 Jan 29
Folder 1.109 from Publishers, 1941 Jun 5 - 1967 Oct 20
Folder 1.110 Letters of condolence - death of André Bergeret, undated
Folder 1.111 re: China, undated
Folder 1.112 re: "Bouillon", undated
Folder 1.113 re: André Bergeret and divorce, undated
Folder 1.114 re: André Bergeret and divorce, undated
Folder 1.115 re: New American Library, undated
Folder 1.116 re: New American Library, undated
Folder 1.117 re: Pearls, Arms and Hashish, undated
Folder 1.118 [unidentified], undated

Series VII. Correspondence from Bergeret to various individuals

Folder 1.119 [Armgard], [no year] Sep 24
Folder 1.120 Begouen, Simone, undated
Folder 1.121 de Cizancourt, Jöel and Annick, 1966 Mar 12, 1969 Mar 18
Folder 1.122 Vaillant-Couturier, Paul, undated
Folder 1.123 Vaillant-Couturier, Paul, undated
Folder 1.124 Vaillant-Couturier, Paul, undated
Folder 1.125 Vaillant-Couturier, Paul, undated
Folder 1.126 Vaillant-Couturier, Paul, undated
Folder 1.127 Rodell, Marie, 1965 May 16 - 1967 Jul 28
Folder 1.128 Vaillant-Couturier, Marie-Claude, 1937
Folder 1.129 Weil, Elsie, 1936 Dec 30
Folder 1.130 [unidentified], 1966 Jan 13

Series VIII. Unpublished Manuscripts by Bergeret

Folder 1.131 The Apple, undated (TS)
Folder 1.132 The Artists as Young Men, undated (TS)
Folder 1.133 Cordon Bleu, undated (TS)
Folder 1.134 The Enemy, undated (TS)
Folder 1.135 Master—And Dog, undated (TS)
Folder 1.136 The Monument, undated (TS, draft)
Folder 1.137 The Monument, undated (TS, draft)
Folder 1.138 The Monument, undated (TS, draft)
Folder 1.139 Dogs of War, undated (TS)
Folder 1.140 The Occupant, undated (TS, fragment)
Folder 1.141 A Piece of Research, undated (TS)
Folder 1.142 Rebuild the City, undated (TS)
Folder 1.143 The Spanish Neighbor, undated (TS)
Folder 1.144 untitled manuscript, undated (TS)

Series IX. Other Manuscripts by Bergeret

Folders 2.1 - 2.16 Abyssinia - Red Sea – Djibouti, undated
Folder 2.17 Athens in the Morning, undated (MS)
Folder 2.18 Baby, undated (MS)
Folder 2.19 Back to Paris, undated (MS)
Folder 2.20 Bird Story (A Brittany Fable), undated (MS, fragment)
Folder 2.21 Bouillon, working copy, undated (MS)
Folder 2.22 Bouillon, working copy, undated (MS)
Folder 2.23 Brittany – Justice, undated (MS)
Folder 2.24 Camargue, undated (MS, fragment)
Folder 2.25 China: Friend in China, undated (MS)
Folder 2.26 China: Lin Chu-win, a New Chinese Star, undated (MS)
Folder 2.27 China: My Friend Hsu, undated (MS)
Folder 2.28 China: My Friend Hsu, undated (MS)
Folder 2.29 China: My Friend Hsu, undated (MS)
Folder 2.30 China: My Friend Hsu, undated (MS)
Folder 2.31 China: My Friend Hsu, undated (MS)
Folder 2.32 China: Miscellaneous Fragments, undated (MS)
Folder 2.33 China: Miscellaneous Fragments, undated (MS)
Folder 2.34 China: Missing Men, undated (MS)
Folder 2.35 China: Missing Men, undated (MS)
Folder 2.36 China: Missing Men, undated (MS)
Folder 2.37 China: Tsiang, undated
Folder 2.38 Early Chapters of a Biography, undated (TS)
Folder 2.39 Early Chapters of a Biography, pp 1-20, undated (TS)
Folder 2.40 Early Chapters of a Biography, pp 21-43, undated (TS)
Folder 2.41 Early Chapters of a Biography, pp 44-68, undated (TS)
Folder 2.42 Early Chapters of a Biography, pp 69-87, undated (TS)
Folder 2.43 Early Chapters of a Biography, pp 88-100, undated (TS)
Folder 2.44 Early Chapters of a Biography, pp 101-105, undated (TS)
Folder 2.45 [Early Chapters of a Biography? Notes], undated
Folder 2.46 Fille de Ferme, undated (MS)
Folder 2.47 Gavin, pp 1-25, undated (TS)
Folder 2.48 Gavin, pp 26-49, undated (TS)
Folder 2.49 Histoire d’Giseaux, undated (MS)
Folder 2.50 Un Hotel Pour Animaux, undated (TS)
Folder 2.51 John Bull, undated (TS)
Folder 2.52 Lois’s Diary, undated (MS)
Folder 2.53 Nation Preconcues de la France, undated (MS, fragment)
Folder 2.54 A New Status for Overseas France, undated (MS, fragment)
Folder 2.55 A New Status for France-Overseas, undated (TS)
Folder 2.56 People Who Have Given Up Hope, undated (MS)
Folder 2.57 Un Petit Poisson, undated (TS)
Folder 2.58 Politics and Fish, undated (TS)
Folder 2.59 Portrait of a Gentleman - Last of a Line, undated (MS)
Folder 2.60 Russia: Bread, undated (TS)
Folder 2.61 Russia: The Liquidation of the "Commune", undated (TS)
Folder 2.62 Russia: Moscow: Changes, undated (TS)
Folder 2.63 Russia: Picture Book, undated (TS)
Folder 2.64 Russia: Stettin, 1921 (TS)
Folder 2.65 Russia: Stettin, 1921 (TS)
Folder 2.66 Russia: A Tent on the Steppe (Despair), undated (MS)
Folder 2.67 Russia: Miscellaneous Fragments, undated
Folder 2.68 Saint Gonidec, undated (TS)
Folder 2.69 Les Singes d’Ivoire, undated (TS)
Folder 2.70 Souvenirs d’un Spéologue - Michel Bouillon, pp 1-30, undated (TS)
Folder 2.71 Souvenirs d’un Spéologue - Michel Bouillon, pp 31-60, undated (TS)
Folder 2.72 Souvenirs d’un Spéologue - Michel Bouillon, pp 61-89, undated (TS)
Folder 2.73 Souvenirs d’un Spéologue - Michel Bouillon, pp 90-110, undated (TS)
Folder 2.74 Souvenirs d’un Spéologue - Michel Bouillon, pp 70-90, undated (photocopy)
Folder 2.75 Souvenirs d’un Spéologue - Michel Bouillon, pp 91-110, undated (photocopy)
Folder 2.76 Summer in Brittany - Chapter I, undated (MS)
Folder 2.77 Tahiti: A-you: A Boy in Tahiti, pp 1-25, undated (MS)
Folder 2.78 Tahiti: A-you: A Boy in Tahiti, pp 26-37, undated (MS)
Folder 2.79 Tahiti: Beggarman – Thief, undated (MS)
Folder 2.80 Tahiti: The Covered Wagon: 1936, undated (TS)
Folder 2.81 Tahiti: Dead Islands, undated (TS)
Folder 2.82 Tahiti: Dead Islands The Giants Were Kinder, undated (TS)
Folder 2.83 Tahiti: The Giant Walks South, undated (TS)
Folder 2.84 Tahiti: The House on the Beach - Island Neighbors, undated (TS)
Folder 2.85 Tahiti: The House on the Beach - Chapter 2, undated (TS)
Folder 2.86 Tahiti: Land in the Pacific - The Giant Walks South, undated (MS)
Folder 2.87 Tahiti: Maison Close - Shutters?, undated (MS)
Folder 2.88 Tahiti: Music Under the Palms, undated (TS)
Folder 2.89 Tahiti: Papeete, Port of Call, undated (TS)
Folder 2.90 Tahiti: Peace in Tahiti, undated (TS)
Folder 2.91 Tahiti: Tahiti Remembered, pp 1-15, [1967] (TS)
Folder 2.92 Tahiti: Tahiti Remembered, pp 16-32, [1967] (TS)
Folder 2.93 Tahiti: Tahiti Story, undated (MS)
Folder 2.94 Tahiti: Tahiti - the Land, undated (TS)
Folder 2.95 Tahiti: Treasure Islanders, undated (TS)
Folder 2.96 Tahiti: The Tuamotus’ Big Holiday, undated (TS)
Folder 2.97 Tahiti: List of Illustrations for "The Tuamotus’ Big Holiday", undated
Folder 2.98 Tahiti: What X and Mme Say About R, undated (MS)
Folder 2.99 Tahiti: Unidentified Typescript, undated (TS)
Folder 2.100 Tahiti: Miscellaneous Fragments, undated (MS)
Folder 2.101 Tahiti: Miscellaneous Fragments, undated (MS)
Folder 2.102 The Tall Men, undated (MS)
Folder 2.103 Three Sailors, undated (TS)
Folder 2.104 Time and The Siren, undated (MS)
Folder 2.105 Top Flight, undated (MS)
Folder 2.106 Top Flight, undated (TS)
Folder 2.107 Top Flight: Notebook, undated
Folder 2.108 Wind, undated (MS)
Folder 2.109 Wind on the Acropolis, undated (MS)
Folder 2.110 Untitled Manuscript - Chapter 1, undated (MS)
Folder 2.111 Untitled Manuscript, undated (MS, fragment)
Folder 2.112 Untitled Manuscript, undated (MS, fragment)
Folder 2.113 Untitled Manuscript, undated (MS, fragment)
Folder 2.114 Untitled Manuscript, undated (MS, fragment)
Folder 2.115 Untitled Manuscript, undated (TS, fragment)
Folder 2.116 Miscellaneous Notes, undated
Folder 4.4 Bird Shooting in the French Pyrenees, [1945]
Folder 2.117 Histoire d’Giseaux, undated (MS)
Folder 4.5 Home to Brittany, undated (TS)
Folder 2.118 Nous qui Mourrons Peut-être un Jour..., pp 1-15, undated (TS)
Folder 2.119 Nous qui Mourrons Peut-être un Jour..., pp 16-30, undated (TS)
Folder 2.120 Nous qui Mourrons Peut-être un Jour..., pp 31-46, undated (TS)
Folder 2.121 Nous qui Mourrons Peut-être un Jour..., pp 47-61, undated (TS)
Folder 2.122 Nous qui Mourrons Peut-être un Jour..., pp 62-76, undated (TS)
Folder 4.6 Nous qui Mourrons Peut-être un Jour..., pp 78-90, undated (TS)
Folder 2.123 Nous qui Mourrons Peut-être un Jour..., pp 91-100, undated (TS)
Folder 4.7 Paris Gives the Tone..., undated
Folder 4.8 People of France, undated
Folder 4.9 The Press of Paris: 1945, undated
Folder 4.10 Prise d’Armes sur les Corvettes F.N.F.L., undated
Folder 4.11 Return to Paris, undated
Folder 4.12 Trout Fishing in the French Pyrenees, undated
Folder 4.13 Untitled Manuscript, undated (fragment)

Series X. Published Manuscripts by Bergeret

Folder 2.124 "Christiane," The New Yorker, 1958 Nov 29 (TS)
Folder 2.125 "The Pigeon Loft", undated (TS, 19 p.)
Folder 2.126 "Sailor’s Wife", undated (TS, 20 p.)
Folder 2.127 "So Tall A Lady," The New Yorker, 1960 Jul 20 (TS)
Folder 2.128 The Anchored Heart, Harcourt Brace (book jacket), undated
Box 7 The Anchored Heart, Harcourt Brace, undated (TS)

Series XI. Published Articles by Bergeret

Folder 2.129 Another War Victim, The Nation, v. 118, no. 307, p. 738-39, 1924 Jun 25
Folder 2.130 Babar: The Winged Elephant, Tomorrow, p. 32-34, 1942 Sep
Folder 2.131 Back to France, Tricolore: News of France at War, v. 4, no. 8, Mar.-Apr. 1945, p. 106-127, 1945 Mar-Apr
Folder 2.132 Big Game, The New Yorker, p. 39-46, 1957 Oct 19
Folder 2.133 Billboard on the Rue de Longchamp, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 1941, 1941 Mar 1
Folder 2.134 Brittany Village, Tricolore, v. 4, no. 9, p. 138-, 1945 May
Folder 2.135 "Captain" Hildegard, The American Girl, p. 17-, 1930 Mar
Folder 2.136 China: La Dame T’ang, The Vassar Quarterly Review, v. 34, no. 3, p. 428-438, 1958 Summer
Folder 2.137 China: Interrogatoire de la Chine, Vu, p. 1-18, 1934
Folder 2.138 China: Interrogatoire de la Chine, Vu, p. 19-27, 1934
Folder 2.139 China: Interrogatoire de la Chine, Vu, p. 28-40, 1934
Folder 2.140 China: Interrogatoire de la Chine, Vu, p. 41-52, 1934
Folder 2.141 China: Interrogatoire de la Chine, Vu, p. 53-66, 1934
Folder 2.142 China’s New Zealand, The Delphian Quarterly, p. 6-12, 1942 Oct
Folder 2.143 La Civilization au Secours de la Sorcellerie, Vu, no. 158, p. 403-405, undated
Folder 2.144 The Clock, The New Yorker, undated
Folder 2.145 Continued Story, The Nation, p. 640-642, 1941 Dec 20
Folder 2.146 Escape from Djibouti, The Saturday Evening Post, 1942 May 9
Folder 2.147 Fear Beyond Reason, The New Yorker, p. 148-, 1955 Nov 12
Folder 2.148 Fifteenth of December, The Nation, v. 136, no. 3524, p. 58-59, 1933 Jan 18
Folder 2.149 Flash Flood, Holiday, v. 42, no. 4, p. 48-, 1967 Oct
Folder 2.150 France and Germany, Friends, The Nation, v.123, no. 3208, p. 688-689, 1926 Dec 29
Folder 2.151 France Comes Off the Bread Ration, Tricolore, v. 5, no. 4, p. 400+, 1945 Dec
Folder 2.152 France la Deuxième Patrie, Vogue, p. 40, 80, undated
Folder 2.153 A Free Frenchman Writes from the East, The Yale Review, p. 201-, including book reviews by Treat (fragment), [1941?]
Folder 2.154 The French Labor Split; After the French Elections, The Nation, v. 114, no. 2973, 28 June 1922, p. 783-786; v. 118, no. 3075, 11 June 1924, p. 673-674, 1922-1924
Folder 2.155 General de Gaulle Steps Down, The Nation, p. 194-195, 1946 Feb 16
Folder 2.156 Georges Bruyere...Notre Conscience Ouvrière, unidentified publication, undated
Folder 2.157 La Grotte Azilienne..., L’Anthropologie, v. 38, p. 15-, 1928
Folder 2.158 The Gun in the Corner, Tomorrow, p.15-17, undated
Folder 2.159 In a French Kitchen II, Homes and Gardens, p. 49, 64, undated
Folder 2.160 Insomnia and the Black Sheik, The New Yorker, 1950 Oct 21
Folder 2.161 Kassem ou la Croisiere Secrete, Vu, no. 95-97, 99-101, undated
Folder 2.162 The Legion in Paris - Is This America? The Nation, v. 125 , no. 3250, p. 421-422, 1927 Oct 19
Folder 2.163 The Little Family of Labo, The Vassar Quarterly Review, v.19, no. 3, p. 390-402, 1943 Summer
Folder 2.164 London in the Spring, The Nation, p. 629-630, 1943 May 1
Folder 2.165 The Lorraine Cross in Scotland, Tricolore, v.4, no. 6, 1945 Jan
Folder 2.166 Meeting Hitler’s Army, Harper’s Magazine, p. 472-484, undated
Folder 2.167 Meeting Mr. Saito, The Nation, p. 597-599, 1942 May 23
Folder 2.168 No Obligations, The Nation, p. 256-258, 1942 Feb 28
Folder 2.169 Note sur le Permien marin de Madagascar, extract from Comptes rendus des seances de l’Academie des Sciences, vol. 182, p. 1092, 1926 May 3
Folder 2.170 Nuages sur le Pacifique, parts 1-3, Vu, nos. 385-387, undated
Folder 2.171 Nuages sur le Pacifique, parts 4-6, Vu, nos. 388-390, undated
Folder 2.172 Nuages sur le Pacifique, parts 7-8, Vu, nos. 391-392, undated
Folder 2.173 Nuages sur le Pacifique, parts 9-10, Vu, no. 393-394, undated
Folder 2.174 Paris in the Morning, The Nation, p. 175-, 1946 Jan 17
Folder 2.175 Paris Looks at Everyman’s House, The Nation, p. 175-, 1946 Aug 17
Folder 2.176 The Pigeon Loft, The New Yorker, p. 95-, 1958 Mar 15
Folder 2.177 Prospecting for Buried Worlds, The Nation, v. 123, no. 3203, p. 528 -529, 1926 Nov 24
Folder 3.1 Reveillon in Paris, The Nation, p. 71-72, 1946 Jan 19
Folder 3.2 Sailing Forbidden Coasts, National Geographic, v. 60, no. 3, p. 356-372, 1931 Sep
Folder 3.3 Sailing Forbidden Coasts, National Geographic, v. 60, no. 3, p. 373-386, 1931 Sep
Folder 3.4 Sailor’s Wife, The New Yorker, p. 301, 1957 Jan 26
Folder 3.5 So Tall a Lady, The New Yorker, p. 26-, 1960 Jul 2
Folder 3.6 Sorcery in the Pyrenees, Travel (fragment), undated
Folder 3.7 The Third Monsieur, The New Yorker, p. 20-, 1954 Jul 31
Folder 3.8 To Celebes, The New Yorker, p. 152-, 1963 Oct 26
Folder 3.9 Watch Dogs of the High Seas, Travel, v. 80, no. 3, p. 4-, 1943 Jan
Folder 3.10 When Reindeer Roamed the Pyrenees, parts I and II, Scientific American, 1929 Dec, 1930 Jan
Folder 3.11 Young China Plans for the Future, Travel, p. 16-, [1936 Oct 1?]

Series XII. Translations and Reviews by Bergeret

Folder 3.12 "The House of Stupidity," by Alberto Savinio. Translated from Italian, undated (TS)
Folder 3.13 "Homer Barchetta," by Alberto Savinio. Translated from Italian, undated (TS)
Folder 3.14 "My Mother Does Not Understand Me," by Alberto Savinio. Translated from Italian, undated (TS)
Folder 3.15 Re: Alberto Savinio: Notes, undated
Folder 3.16 Review: Behind the Urals, by John Scott, Political Science Quarterly, v. 57, no. 4, p. 601-604, undated

Series XIII. Manuscripts by Others

Folders 3.17-3.29 Dorothy Treat: Report on the Geology of Boulder and Latimer Counties., undated
Folder 3.30 Dorothy Treat: Story of Owls, undated
Folder 3.31 [Simone Begouen?]: Letter from North Africa [Morocco?], undated
Folder 3.32 [Simone Begouen?]: Letter from North Africa [Morocco?], undated
Folder 3.33 Unidentified Manuscript, undated

Series XIV. Articles by Others

Folder 3.34 Aven, Mark: "On the Bridge", undated
Folder 3.35 Begouen, Max: "Dessins Abstraits et Figurations en ‘Perspective Tordue’", undated
Folder 3.36 Fournier, Willy: "Sauvetage", undated
Folder 3.37 Igolen, Georges: "Roses of the Dadès", undated
Folder 3.38 [Savinio, Maria?]: "Quadri ad Ago", undated
Folder 3.39 Tongue, Margaret: "Icharus and Dedalus, Walter on Monday,", undated
Folder 3.40 Walker, Joseph A.: Top Flight, undated
Folder 3.41 White, E.B.: Farmer White’s Brown Eggs, undated

Series XV. Poetry by Others

Folder 3.42 Tongue, Margaret: Poetry, undated
Folder 3.43 Tongue, Margaret: Poetry, undated
Folder 3.44 Miscellaneous Poetry, Ballads, etc., undated

Series XVI. Articles By and About Teilhard de Chardin

Folder 3.45 L’Afrique et les Origines Humaines, undated
Folder 3.46 Breuil: Le Père Teilhard et Son "Phenomene Humain", undated
Folder 3.47 Breuil, Abbe H. "Soixante ans de découvertes . . . ", undated
Folder 3.48 L’Energie Humaine, p. 1 – 17, undated
Folder 3.49 L’Energie Humaine, p. 18 – 40, undated
Folder 3.50 L’Energie Humain, p. 41 – 59, undated
Folder 3.51 L’Energie Humain, p. 60 – 69, undated
Folder 3.52 L’Humanité se muet-elle biologiquement sure elle-même?, undated
Folder 3.53 Une interpretation biologique plausible de l’Histoire Humain: la Formation de la "Noosphère.", undated
Folder 3.54 Introduction a la Vie Chretienne, undated
Folder 3.55 La Paléontologie et l’Apparition de l’Homme, undated
Folder 3.56 Le Pere Teilhard de Chardin, undated
Folder 3.57 Pour y Voir Clair. Réflexions sur Deux Formes Inverses d’Esprit, undated
Folder 3.58 Quelques Réflexions sur la Conversation du Monde, undated
Folder 3.59 Le rebondissement humain de l’évolution et ses conséquences, undated
Folder 3.60 Sauvons l’Humanité, undated
Folder 3.61 Science et Religion: Sont-elles incompatables?, undated
Folder 3.62 La Structure Phylétique du Groupe Humain, undated
Folder 3.63 La Structure Phylétique du Groupe Humain, undated
Folder 3.64 Les Unités Humaines Naturelles . . ., undated
Folder 3.65 Unidentified Typescript [Evolution], undated

Series XVII. Clippings

Folder 3.66 Primitive Hearths in the Pyrenees, undated
Folder 4.14 Reviews: The Anchored Heart, undated
Folder 4.15 Reviews: In France it was Spring, undated
Folder 3.67 Reviews: Pearls, Arms, and Hashish, undated
Folder 4.16 re: André Bergeret, undated
Folder 4.17 re: Paul Vaillant-Couturier, undated
Folder 4.18 re: Paul Vaillant-Couturier, undated
Folder 3.68 re: Teilhard de Chardin, undated
Folder 4.19 Miscellaneous Clippings, undated
Folder 4.20 Miscellaneous Clippings, undated
Folder 4.21 Miscellaneous Clippings, undated

Series XVIII. Financial Papers

Folder 3.69 Banque de Bretagne, undated
Folder 3.70 Banque de Bretagne, undated
Folder 4.22 Contracts, undated
Folder 4.23 Contracts, undated
Folder 4.24 Contracts: The New Yorker, undated
Folder 3.71 Royalty Statements, undated

Series XIX. World War II

Folder 3.72 Cadran, undated
Folder 3.73 Clippings, undated
Folder 3.74 Documents and Miscellaneous Correspondence, undated
Folder 3.75 Invasion Diary, 1944 Jun 6 - Sep 2
Folder 3.76 Tricolore, vol. IV, no. 6, undated
Folder 3.77 Tricolore, vol. IV, no. 8, undated
Folder 3.78 Tricolore, vol. IV, no. 9, undated
Folder 3.79 Tricolore, vol. V, no. 4, undated
Folder 3.80 Miscellaneous Notes, undated

Series XX. Printed Material

Folder 3.81 Archives Internationales Claude Bernard re: Philippe Decourt, undated
Folder 3.82 Archives Internationales Claude Bernard re: Philippe Decourt, undated
Folder 3.83 First American tour of Mei Lan-Fang, undated
Folder 3.84 Hommage à Leon Moussinac, undated
Folder 3.85 Miscellaneous, undated

Series XXI. Diaries

Folder 3.86 Diary: Ida Treat Bergeret, 1926
Folder 3.87 Diary: Ida Treat Bergeret, 1943 Jan-Feb
Folder 3.88 Diary: Ida Treat Bergeret, London, 1944
Folder 3.89 Diary: Ida Treat Bergeret, 1950 Sep - Jun
Folder 3.90 Diary: Ida Treat Bergeret, 1953 Jun - 1957 Nov
Folder 3.91 Diary: Ida Treat Bergeret, 1953-1960
Folder 3.92 Diary: Ida Treat Bergeret, 1954-1958
Folder 3.93 Diary: Ida Treat Bergeret, circa 1977 Jun - Aug
Folder 3.94 Diary (?): notes, Ida Treat Bergeret "Mes lettres à Paul", undated
Folder 3.95 Diary: Dorothy Treat, 1961 Feb - Mar

Series XXII. Biographical: Ida Treat Bergeret

Folder 3.96 Autobiographical, undated
Folder 3.97 Clippings, undated
Folder 3.98 Obituary, undated
Folder 3.99 Résumé, undated
Folder 3.100 Miscellaneous, undated
Folder 3.101 Trips, undated
Folder 3.102 Trips, undated
Folder 3.103 Trips: notes, undated

Series XXIII. Drawings

Folder 5.1 Drawing by B. Palencio for Ida Treat, undated
Folder 5.2 Facsimile of drawing: "La Mère de Paul sur son . . . ", undated
Folder 5.3 Drawings: "Primitive Hearths in the Pyrenees", undated
Folder 5.4 Drawings: "Primitive Hearths in the Pyrenees", undated [see also box 24, folder 468]

Series XXIV. Photographs and Scrapbooks

Folder 5.5 André Bergeret, undated
Folder 5.6 Ida Treat Bergeret, undated
Folder 5.7 Ida Treat Bergeret, undated
Folder 5.8 Paul Vaillant-Couturier, undated
Folder 5.9 Paul Vaillant-Couturier, undated
Folder 5.10 Pére Teilhard de Chardin, undated
Folder 5.11 Treat Family, undated
Folder 5.12 Treat Family, undated
Folder 5.13 Treat Family, undated
Folder 5.14 Treat Family, undated
Folder 5.15 Treat Family, undated
Folder 5.16 Bouillon, undated
Folder 5.17 Bouillon, undated
Folder 5.18 China, undated
Folder 5.19 Djibouti, undated
Folder 5.20 [Early Chapters of a Biography], undated
Folder 5.21 "Primitive Hearths in the Pyrenees", undated
Folder 5.22 World War II [unidentified individuals], undated
Folder 5.23 Miscellaneous, undated
Folder 5.24 Miscellaneous, undated
Folder 5.25 Five (5) Tintypes, undated
Folder 6.1 Two (2) watercolors by Paul Vaillant-Couturier, undated
Box 6 One (1) photograph album, undated
Box 6 Two (2) scrapbooks, undated

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Details
Abstract

Papers reflect her personal and
professional life and include travel diaries and notes, manuscripts and published
versions of her articles and stories on China, Russia, Tahiti, Abyssinia, Djibouti,
and the Red Sea slave trade, 1928-1967; correspondence with her two of her three
husbands, Paul Vaillant-Couturier and Andre Bergeret; letters from Wolfgang Wolff
written from Tahiti, 1934-1939; correspondence with her literary agent Marie Rodell,
1965-1967, and with the and other publishers
and editors; 86 letters from her friend Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1926-1952, and
correspondence, contracts

Finding Aid Date
Dates: 1889-1978
Document Types
Collection Title
Ida Treat Bergeret Papers,