Adam Hérold Collection of Materials Relating to the Sino-French War in Tonkin

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FOLDER 1	Twenty-one manuscript maps, charts, plans, and an order
FOLDER 1		[Handwritten draft of announcement, order, or edict]
FOLDER 1			Item: 1
			Address to officers, subofficers, soldiers, and marines of the garrison at T[uyen] Q[uan], possibly signed
FOLDER 1		Face ouest de la citadelle [Tuyen-Quan] le lendemain du siege, March 3, 1885
FOLDER 1			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 2
			Pencil drawing, ground view of the citadel
FOLDER 1		Tuyen Quan. Distances du mamelon de la Citadelle aux points environnants les plus importants, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:10,000
			Item: 3
			Manuscript map, black ink with highlights in blue pencil; paper folded with slight tears
FOLDER 1		Travaux d'approche contre la place de Tuyen-Quang [sic] au moment de l'arrivee de la colonne, March 3, 1885
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:5,000
			Item: 4
			Manuscript map, brown, red, and green ink with blue wash highlights; paper folded with some older restoration of the folds. Legend identifies covered trenches, mines, former blockhouses, batteries, mortars, and locations of mortars along ramparts
FOLDER 1		Tuyen-Quan, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:1,000
			Item: 5
			Manuscript plan of the citadel at Tuyen-Quan, purple ink and black pencil, with highlights in red and blue pencil; paper folded, some tearing at folds, older restoration. Drawing includes officers' quarters, administrative buildings, barracks, hospital, as well contour lines indicating some level of elevation. In upper left-hand corner, cross section diagram entitled Coupe a-b
FOLDER 1		Ban-Yen-Nien, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 6
			Manuscript plan of fort at Ban-Yen-Nien, brown and red ink, black pencil; folded with slight tears. Plan includes fortifications, pagodas, bridges, cemeteries (one the "Annamite cemetery"), and a market; dotted lines leading from the fort to various structures and places indicate distances between fort and those locales
FOLDER 1		Ban-Yen-Nien. 1887, 1887
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:50,000
			Item: 7
			Manuscript plan, black and red ink, blue and green wash; trace of ties or clips in corners of paper. Plan shows rivers, roads, cultivated fields, settlements, and the French fort; structures outlined in red ink
FOLDER 1		Kep, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:80,000
			Item: 8
			Manuscript map of Kep, black and red ink, highlights in blue and green pencil; paper folded. Plan portrays area aound Kep as far as the Song-Thuon River. Contour lines depict elevation in parts of the map. Fort at Kep and other buildings in red. Legend includes "Distances from the Fort at Kep to Blockhouse Triboulez (then Planté and Duché)
FOLDER 1		Ban-Chu, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:10,000
			Item: 9
			Manuscript plan, pencil, blue pencil, black and red ink on graph paper; folded with tears. Plan depicts rivers, cultivated fields (rice, potato, and corn) towns, and elevation by contour lines
FOLDER 1		Poste de Dong-Song No. 1, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:5,000
			Item: 10
			Manuscript map, black and red ink, with blue watercolor, on graph paper; folded and "rousseurs." Map shows Song-Hoa River, streams, the post with structures in red, roads, and elevation by contour lines. A keyed legend provides information on purpose and use of post buildings
FOLDER 1		[Poste de Dong-Song) No. 2 croquis joint á la lettre de 2e Brigade du 31 octobre 1887 Project primitif, October 31, 1887
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:2,500
			Item: 11
			Manuscript plan, black and red ink, and blue watercolor on graph paper; folded, with slight tearing. Plan depicts post buildings and Song-Hoa River. Keyed legend identified post buildings: Chief of post's house, lodging for European officers, lodging for indigenous officers, stables, post and telegraph, prison, kitchen, wine cellar, and food storage
FOLDER 1		Mine du fer du canton d'Hu-Tu, Rive droite du Song-Ki-Kong á 7 km de Na-cham, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:5,000
			Item: 12
			Manuscript plan, black and red ink, with touches of green wash on tracing paper; paper torn in places. Plan shows river, tracks, elevation by contour lines, rice fields, and locations of the mine, blast furnaces, and caves
FOLDER 1		(Itinéraire de Dong-Dang a That-Khe), n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:200,000
			Item: 13
			Manuscript plan on two sheets, black and red ink, with touches of blue and brown wash on tracing paper; partially torn. Plan shows route along Song Ki-Kong River, vegetation, and relief
FOLDER 1		Itinéraire de Pho-vi a Dong-But, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:50,000
			Item: 14
			Manuscript map, brown and red ink, with touches of blue and green pencil, on fine linen; folded with some spots. Shows route from Dong-But to Pho-vi, as well as locations of settlements, Chinese forts, passes, and elevation by contour lines. A note by one of the passes reads "difficult slope"
FOLDER 1		Itinéraire de Quang-Tong á Dinh-Lap par la porte de Qui Ma, 1889
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:50,000
			Item: 15
			Manuscript map, black, blue and red ink on tracing paper; folded papers, tears, missing text s.e. corner. Map illustrates route from Quang-Ton to Dinh-Lap. Includes rivers, streams, the boundary line with China at the bridge of Qui-Ma, former and current villages, camps, and locations of hills. A note reads "Villages whose names are underlined are entirely destroyed. Numbers in parentheses indicate number of houses (in a given village)." Indicates villages along the Song-Tha-Lo River that have been destroyed.
			filed in drawer under call number G8021 .S1 coll .H4 Herold vault
FOLDER 1		Itinéraire de Chi-Ma á Dinh-Lap, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 16
			Manuscript plan, black, blue, and red pencil, and brown ink; several folds in paper, small tear in middle. Plan shows route from Chi-Ma to Dinh-Lap, villages (some with number of houses), and elevation by countour lines
FOLDER 1		Plan de la Citadelle, n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:4,000
			Item: 17
			Manuscript plan, brown and red ink, with blue pencil. Plan includes lengthy legend concerning the defense of the citadel indicating sentry posts and the composition of officers and men guarding each them
FOLDER 1		(Plan d'une place forte), n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 18
			Unamed mansucript plan, brown and red ink, with touches of blue pencil; folded paper, traces of former folds. Indicates five sentry posts and their lines of sight from the police post
FOLDER 1		Reconnaissance des 25 et 26 Mars 1887, March 27, 1887
FOLDER 1			Scale: 1:50,000
			Item: 19
			Manuscript plan, black, red, and blue ink with areas of brown wash. Shows the area reconnoitered in the vicinty of Kap-Ke, Na-loc, and Ban-tao; also indicates the presumed Chinese border, and two Chinese fortified locations
FOLDER 1		(Sketch/Diagram of the area around Qui-ma), n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 20
			Manuscript sketch in pencil and black ink. Indicates the amount of time needed to travel between the villages of Qui-Ma and Ai-La; also includes annotations regarding the number of men in each village along the route
FOLDER 1		(Folder with 15 unfinished charts/plans), n.d.
FOLDER 1			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 21
			15 charts of different sizes, most executed in pencil on graph paper
FOLDER 2	Two printed maps on China paper, one of which is in Chinese characters with manuscript annotations in ink and pencil; maps are on folded paper
FOLDER 2		(Carte en caractères Chinois), n.d.
FOLDER 2			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 1
			Manuscript chart, black and red ink, with annotations in black pencil. Gives the names of villages and rivers in an unidentified area in the Roman alphabet; paper folded.
FOLDER 2		(Carte en caractères Latins), n.d.
FOLDER 2			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 2
			Manuscript chart, black ink, with touches of grey wash, red and blue pencil. Plan appears to show routes among villages in the vicinity of Mau Son Mountain, Lang Son Province, in northeastern Vietnam near the border with China. First village name on the top left of the map is Na Chi, which may be the border crossing point. The river depicted likely is the Song Ky Cung. Map identifies number of houses and inhabitants in each village. Source map may have been a Vietnamese map
FOLDER 3	Seven stencilled printed maps, four of Bac-Ninh and vicinity and three of Sontay and vicinity
FOLDER 3		Croquis par reseignements d'après une carte annamite (route de Bac-Ninh) dessine par Mr. le Lt. Goldschoen […] C.A.C.en Cf. sous le direction de Mr. le Lt. Colonel Badens Cf. d'Etat Major No. 6, November 30, 1883
FOLDER 3			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 1
			Printed map, folded, depicts canal, villages, roads, and hills (with note concerning ease with which one can ascend each hill)
FOLDER 3		Croquis par reseignements dessine par Mr. le Lt. Goldschoen […] C.A.C.E.C. sous la direction de Mr. le Lt. Colonel Badens, Chef d'Etat Major No. 4, November 26, 1884
FOLDER 3			Scale: ca. 1:35,000
			Item: 2
			Printed map, folded, depicts the citadel of Bac-Ninh and surrounding villages, the Song Cau River, roads, hills, a Chinese post, and locations of flood plains. Legend on map identifies buildings within the citadel, i.e., royal pagoda, store rooms, prison, tower, barracks, etc. Note on the map indicates that the "fortification of Bac-Ninh in this sketch is shown at a larger scale than other features [on this map]"
FOLDER 3		Croquis de Bac-Ninh dressé le Lieutenant Launay sous la direction et d'après les plans Annamites recueillis par Mr. le Lt. Colonel Badens, Chef d'Etat Major, (1884)
FOLDER 3			Scale: 1:10,000
			Item: 3
			Printed map, folded, illustrates the citadel of Bac-Ninh and its environs, including villages, the Song Cau River, roads, hills, positions of outposts and batteries, and flood plains. Also includes two cross-sections of the citadel.
FOLDER 3		Carte par Renseignements Comprenant Hanoï. Bac-Ninh, Haï Dzuong, dressée par Mr. le Lieut.Schillemans officier d'ordonce. du Gènèral Bichot, February 7, 1884
FOLDER 3			Scale: 1:100,000
			Item: 4
			Printed map, folded with tear, depicts the foritified towns of Hanoi, Bac-Ninh, and Haï Dzuoung and their environs, including rivers, roads, villages, and hills
FOLDER 3		Facsimile d'un Plan Annamite de Sontay fourni par Mr. le Lt. Colonel Badens Chef d'Etat Major dessiné par le S. Lt. Launay (No. 5), n.d.
FOLDER 3			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 5
			Printed map, folded, copied from a Vietnamese plan, illustrating Sontay and its citadel. Also shows the Song Cau and Song Tech Giang rivers, roads, adjacent villages, vegetation, and relief, the last three features being represented pictorially. A legend notes the locations of canon, villages with gates, roads, and bamboo hedge rows. Features on map appear rough and stylized, perhaps imitating Vietnamese cartographic customs
FOLDER 3		Copie d'une carte Annamite (Sontay). Executed par le Lt. Goldschoen Off. d'O du C.A.C.E.C. et le S. Lt. Launay sous la direction et d'aprés les pland recueillis par Mr. le Lt. Colonel Badens, Chef d'Etat Major No. 7, December 1, 1883
FOLDER 3			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 6
			Printed map, folded, copied from a Vietnamese map, depicting the town and citadel of Sontay, the Fleuve Rouge, nearby villages, roads, canals, and hills by contours
FOLDER 3		Copie d'une Carte Annamite (Day Sontay) executée par le Lt. Goldschoen. Off. d'O du C.A.C.E.C. et le sous Lt. Laumay sous la direction et d'apres les renseignements et plans recueillis par Mr. le Lt. Colonel Badens Chef d'Etat Major No. 7 bis, December 1, 1883
FOLDER 3			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 7
			Printed map, folded, copied from a Vietnamese map, depicting villages, roads, and streams near the intersection of the Fleuve Rouge and Day Fleuve
FOLDER 4	Eight maps, one manuscript and seven printed
FOLDER 4		(Map of extreme northeast Vietnam), n.d.
FOLDER 4			Scale: n.s.
			Item: 1
			Manuscript map, folded, in blue, red, and black ink on linen. Shows various routes, among them one along the Song-Pho-Cu river from the Gulf of Tonkin to to Dinh Lap and Dong But; and the route from Tien Yen (and blockhouse) up the Song Tien Yen River to the Chinese border. Routes and villages are depicted in red ink, streams and rivers in blue ink. Map also identifies various islands in the Gulf of Tonkin: Ke Bao, Sangliers, Pirate, Cigales, and Singes. One dotted line bears an annotation "ligne de partage des eaux." Map also shows border with China and indicates several probable passes or crossing points across the frontier from Vietnam into China
FOLDER 4		Plan de la Ville de Hanoi. F.H. Scheider Imprimeur Editeur, Hanoi, n.d.
FOLDER 4			Scale: 1:10,000
			Item: 2
			Printed map, folded. Shows rivers, lakes, streets, railroad, railroad station, and some buildings. Includes a keyed legend, and some pencil notations. Map possibly dated 1901 or later, as location of 1901 exposition noted
FOLDER 4		Carte de la IXme. Région Avril 1888, April, 1888
FOLDER 4			Scale: 1:100,000
			Item: 3
			Printed map, folded. Depicts a portion of the Tonkin Gulf region from Haiphong in the east to the Red River (and Hanoi just beyond) in the west, and extends as far north as Sept-Pagodes and the Thai-Bin River. Map shows streams, rivers, roads, villages, cities, Vietnamese administrative divisions (phus and huyens), cantons and elevations (especially in the north). Printed at bottom of map: "Etat-Major des Troupes de l'Indochine Bureau Topographique"
FOLDER 4		Carte des postes du Tonkin, January, 1888
FOLDER 4			Scale: 1:1,000,000
			Item: 4
			Printed map. Depicts posts (military and/or postal) in Tonkin region. Postal names in capital letters. Also shows towns, cities, rivers, roads, trails, and a railroad line. Printed by le Service Géographique (Etat-Major de la Division)
FOLDER 4		Haï-Phong Feuille No. 8, December, 1886
FOLDER 4			Scale: 1:100,000
			Item: 5
			Printed map, folded. Shows the Gulf of Tonkin, and the town of Haiphong and its environs. Also includes streams, rivers, roads, and perhaps defenses or levees. Blue and brown pencil marks may also relate to military defense. Printed at bottom of map: "Imprimérie Zincographique du Service Géographique" and "Etant Chef du Service géographique, le Général Perrier"
FOLDER 4		Haï-Duong Feuille No. 8, December, 1886
FOLDER 4			Scale: 1:100,000
			Item: 6
			Printed map, folded. Depicts the region from Song-Dang Giang River in the east to Hai-Duong in the west, to Sept-Pagodes and Dong-Trieu in the north. Includes rivers, roads, villages, cities, and select elevations by contours
FOLDER 4		(Cao-Bong Region), n.d.
FOLDER 4			Scale: 1:500,000
			Item: 7
			Printed map, shows villages, towns, streams, rivers, the border with China, and possibly the locations of two silver mines. Appears to the soutwest portion of a larger map
FOLDER 4		(Lao-Kay and Vinh-Thuy Region), n.d.
FOLDER 4			Scale: 1:500,000
			Item: 8
			Printed map, shows villages, towns, streams, rivers, and the border with China. Appears to be the southeast corner of a larger map
FOLDER 5	Two manuscript reports, printed on a hand press, published by the Division d'occupation du Tonkin et de l'Annam Etat-Major Service des Renseignements
FOLDER 5		Etude sommaire de la Région Est du Tonkin, October 15, 1886
FOLDER 5			Item: 1
			Created and printed in Hanoi, this eight-page report describes the "theater of operations" in the eastern part of Tonkin. Report includes some information on topography and hydrography of the region. References the fact that only a few rivers leading into the Gulf of Tonkin are navigable. Also includes a considerable amount information on Chinese pirates, such as the composition of pirate bands, their slaving activities, their interaction with sea pirates, their occupations as coolies or day laborers in China, and the names of their leaders. Report also has information on roads and routes, villages, and strategic locations
FOLDER 5		Etude de la Région nord du Tonkin, entre la route mandarine de Lang-Son et de la Haute-Rivière-Clarire, September, 1886
FOLDER 5			Item: 2
			Created and printed in Hanoi, this seventeen-page report deals with North Tonkin, a region that consisted primarily of Cao Bang Province and northern portions of Thui-Nguyen and Tuyen Quang provinces. The first part of the report contains a descriptive overview of each province, referencing its geography, orography, hydrography, climate, produce, population, administration, and pirates. The second part of the report concerns roads and distances in the provinces.
FOLDER 6	Le Pilori Indochinois, journal bi-hebdomadaire Républicain, Mercredi 9 Mars 1910, March 9, 1910
FOLDER 6		Bi-weekly republican newspaper published in Hanoi, likely added to the collection on account of an important article appearing in the March 9, 1910, supplement describing in detail the commemorative ceremonies surrounding the celebration of the 25th anniversary the Battle of Hoa-Moc and the deliverance of Tuyen-Quang
FOLDER 7	Eight items from the personal collection of Adam Hérold
FOLDER 7		Item: 1-8
		Eight personal items formerly in the possession of Adam Hérold, including the following: notices of final payment of salary as a member for the Légion d'Honneur (1909); notification of his retirement and pension (1909); a subscription to the second national defense loan (1916); a list of names and addresses of the survivors of the Battle of Tuyen-Quang; a letter of service (1920); a pamphlet containing suggested changes to regulations of 1829 regarding the cavalry (1847); and a membership renewal statement for the Société de la Légion d'Honneur (1936)
FOLDER 8	Two manuscript notebooks kept at the Poste de Ban-Yen-Nien
FOLDER 8		Two manuscript journals, essentially ledger books, kept for just over two years from April 1, 1886, to April 15, 1888. Both have several columns on every page with information on the name of the commanding officer; date of the mission or reconnaissance; purpose of each mission; "observations"; a break down of the number of men on each mission or reconnaisance and remarks on whether they were officers, Europeans, or indigenous; and a "historical account" of each mission. Varying amounts of information are given. Many entries are concise, giving little more information than who led the reconnaissance party, where it was headed, who was the commanding officer, how many men were involved, and the number of the party who were tirailleurs (riflemen). The frequent goal of missions seems to have been raiding villages in order to seek out and eradicate pirates, i.e. bandits. From those explorations and raids French forces became familiar with both the terrain and routes of communication via land and water to and from native villages in the Gulf of Tonkin
FOLDER 8		Poste de Ban-Yen-Nien. Journal du Poste. Période du 1er avril 1886 au 31 mars 1887 inclu
FOLDER 8			Item: 1
			Manuscript journal, thirty-two pages
FOLDER 8		Poste de Ban-Yen-Nien. Journal du Poste. Période du 1er avril 1887 au 15 avril 1888
FOLDER 8			Item: 2
			Manuscript journal, forty-four pages