Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1886 | Born |
| circa 1904 | Studied law at the University of Paris and Arabic at the École Supérieure des Langues Orientales Vivantes |
| 1906 | Accompanied a relative to the United States, where he remained for more than one year |
| 1907 | Gave French lessons to Waldo Gifford Leland of the Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| 1908 | Engaged by Waldo Gifford Leland as his assistant on the French Mission of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Historical Research |
| 1908-1910 | Served in French Army |
| 1910 | Returned to work for Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| 1913 | Engaged by the Library of Congress to supervise the transcription of French documents |
| 1914 | Recalled by French Army |
| 1919 | Released from the French Army Resumed work for the Carneige Institution of Washington and the Library of Congress |
| 1922 | Terminated work with the Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| 1928 | Retained on salaried basis by the Library of Congress, European Mission, as principal research assistant |
| 1936 | Employment by the Library of Congress terminated with temporary discontinuance of the French copying program |
| 1936-1967 | Engaged in private research in French libraries and archives |
| 1938 | Delivered a series of lectures in New York, N.Y., on the American War of Independence |
| 1955 | Engaged by Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, to undertake a survey of materials relating to America acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale since the late 1920s |
| 1973 | Died |