Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica11.MWalB02125 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 23, 2021. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA URL: https://findingaids.brandeis.edu/ Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica11.MWalB02125 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 5 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Lipschutz guide to the collection ................................................................................................................ 6 Correspondence, essays, and manuscripts .................................................................................................. 7 Newspaper clippings and ephemera .......................................................................................................... 10 Photographs ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Anatole France draft manuscript "L'anneau d'améthyste" ........................................................................ 29 - Page 2 - Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica11.MWalB02125 Summary Information Repository: Brandeis University Creator: Lipschutz, Léon Title: Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica ID: 11.MWalB02125 Date [inclusive]: 1796-1934 Physical Description: 2.00 Linear Feet Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes, 2 clamshell boxes, 1 oversize folder other_unmapped Physical Description: 2.00 Linear Feet Language of the French Material: Text [other]: 4 man boxes, 2 clamshell boxes, 1 os folder Abstract: This collection is arranged in five series; within each series, the items are ordered as they originally arrived at Brandeis, matching the ordering found within Mr. Lipschutz's guide. The five series are as folows: 1. Lipschutz guide to the collection, undated 2. Correspondence, essays, and manuscripts, 1796-1948 3. Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1894-1948 4. Photographs, [1894-1906, est.] 5. Anatole France's draft manuscript L'anneau d'amethyste, [1897-1899, est.] For more information about each series, please consult the series descriptions in the box and folder listing. Preferred Citation Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica, 1796-1934, Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents The bulk of the items in this collection relate to the Dreyfus Affair in France during the 1890s and early 1900s. These materials include newspaper clippings, cartoons, books, and studio photographs of many - Page 3- Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica11.MWalB02125 of the key players in the Affair. Particularly well represented are anti-Semitic newspaper clippings and caricatures, which characterize the anti-Dreyfus movement. The collection also contains some correspondence between the major figures involved in the Affair, notably Georges Clemenceau and Émile Zola. In addition to the Dreyfus materials, the collection contains a number of documents related to the Jewish community in France between the French Revolution and World War II. These items include essays on particular French Jewish communities, correspondence dealing with Biblical translation, and Hebrew- French coin collecting. Léon Lipschutz, who compiled this collection and donated it to Brandeis in 1970, wrote an annotated finding aid that describes each piece in varying degrees of detail. This document provides the researcher with historical commentary and analysis on both the Dreyfus Affair and the French Jewish community. The collection includes the Lipschutz finding aid in the original French and a translation into English completed in March 2009. The majority of the correspondence in this collection has been transcribed in French and translated into English. Researchers may compare original documents to their corresponding transcriptions and translations to assess accuracy of interpretation and discernment of difficult-to-read handwriting. Please contact the Department for access to these materials. The digitization of this collection was made possible through the generosity of Betty J. Gluck and in honor of Abraham Bleich. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA URL: https://findingaids.brandeis.edu/ Conditions Governing Access Access to the collection is in accordance with the policies of the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University. Please contact the department for more information. - Page 4- Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica11.MWalB02125 Conditions Governing Use Requests to reproduce or publish material from the collection should be directed to the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University. Source of Acquisition Donated by Léon Lipschutz. ^ Return to Table of Contents Related Materials Related Materials Dreyfus material at Brandeis includes roughly 150 books about the Dreyfus Affair, ranging from 1847-1996 (most of which were published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries) donated as part of this and other collections, which have been integrated into the Brandeis library collection. Many of these books have been outlined briefly in the Lipschutz guide; these and more on the subject can be found by searching the Library's online catalog under the subject heading Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. Brandeis has scanned many of these books and uploaded them to the Internet Archive, where they can be read online and downloaded. Special collections also holds two rare publications related to the Dreyfus Affair collection: "Histoire d'un innocent," [call number Rare + DC 354.9.H84] a Dreyfusard telling of the Dreyfus Affair and "Le Peril juif,"[call number Rare ++ DC354.9 .P7] an anti-jewish propaganda work by Édouard Drumont, leader of the antisemitic movement in France and publisher of a daily antisemitic newspaper called La Libre Parole. Both of these publications were donated to Brandeis in 2018 by David Godine in honor of Ron Liebowitz. ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Antisemitism -- France • France -- Politics and Government -- 1870-1940 • France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940 • Jews -- France • Lipschutz, Leon - Page 5- Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica11.MWalB02125 • Lipschutz, Leon, donor • Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929 • Zola, Emile, 1840-1902 • Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 -- Bibliography • Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 • Brandeis University Collection Inventory Lipschutz guide to the collection, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents Léon Lipschutz, who compiled this collection and donated it to Brandeis, wrote a guide to the collection in which he describes each piece in varying degrees of detail. This document provides the researcher with historical commentary on both the Dreyfus Affair and the French Jewish community. The collection includes the Lipschutz finding aid in the original French and a translation into English completed in March 2009. Box 1 Box 1 Folder 1 Box 1 Folder 1 Lipschutz guide to the collection, and supplements, 84 pages Box 1 Folder 1 Folder 2 Box 1 Folder 2 Notice sur une collection Dreyfusienne, 1/2 p. Box 1 Folder 2 Collection Lipschutz: Dernieres Acquisitions, 2 p. Box 1 Folder 2 Addendum 1: Trois lettres inédites de Clemenceau sur l'affaire Box 1 Folder 2 Dreyfus Addendum 2: Georges Clemenceau: "L'amnistie", 4 p. Box 1 Folder 2 Addendum 3: Anatole France, 4 p. Box 1 Folder 2 Addendum 4: La Vie illustree, 2 p. Box 1 Folder 2 Addendum 5: Une Protestation d'Emile Zola, 3 p. Box 1 Folder 2 Addendum 6: La Libre Parole, 2 p. Box 1 Folder 2 Addendum 7: Repertoire des Seances du Parlement consacrées Box 1 Folder 2 à l'Affaire Dreyfus dans les livres de Paul Marin, 3 p. Addendum 8: Liste des ouvrages particulierement rares et Box 1 Folder 2 precieux figurant dans la collection Lipschutz, 3 p. Folder 3 Box 1 Folder 3 Lipschutz Index: Handwritten notes Box 1 Folder 3 - Page 6- Léon Lipschutz collection of Dreyfusiana and French Judaica11.MWalB02125 ^ Return to Table of Contents Correspondence, essays, and manuscripts, 1796-1948 Date: 1796-1948 Scope and Contents Arranged alphabetically by author, these documents range chronologically from 1796 to 1948, with the majority composed between 1880 and 1920. About one-half of the documents refer to events surrounding the Dreyfus Affair. The rest relate broadly to French