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Contains a brief biographical sketch of Anna de Noailles by Antonin Fabre.

Fragment of a note asking to correct spellings for a proof.

From the notes of Dr. Catherine Perry: Postcard addressed to J. Pourfilet, containing a photograph of Anna de Noailles, seated, approximately age 30, pasted to the front. Under the photograph is a copy of a poem in a hand that is not hers, beginning, "L'arbre balance au vent sa feuille découpée." Along the sides is an inscription in Noailles' hand reading, "This portrait is not true to life!" and signed "Csse de Noailles."

Postcard reproducing a 1906 caricature by A. Barrère of Anna de Noailles holding a lyra and singing her verse. The image originally appeared in the magazine Fantasio, which ran from 1906-1937.

Reproduction of a photgraph of Noailles reclined on her bed, with an inscription in her hand reading, "Souvenir de Prégny 1925, Pour M. Joseph Robbe" and signed "Csse de Noailles."

From the notes of Dr. Catherine Perry: Portrait photgraph of Noailles mounted on heavy paper, with an inscription in her hand reading, "To my dear friend Doctor Yacoël. To the benefactor who has closely approached a mysterious heart!" This may refer to Dr. Joseph Yacoël (1889-19??).

Contains a photograph of Anna de Noailles, inscribed by her to an anonymous recipient.

Contains a photograph of Anna de Noailles inscribed by her to Jean Tenant.

Contains a copy of Anna de Noailles' Les Forces éternelles, published by Arthème Fayard, 1920.

Contains a copy of Noailles' book, Les Vivants et les morts inscribed "A Madame Scheikévitch, à ma chère Mâchinka, à la parfaite amie Anna."

Contains four manuscript fragments. One fragment mentions Madame Colette, another is a single line with Noailles' signature, the third is an unfinished poem, the fourth another single line poem with Noailles' signature.

Contains a manuscript draft of the poem, "Il fera longtemps clair..." later published in Noailles' Le Coeur innombrable in 1901.

Contains a manuscript draft of the poem, "Île-de-France," later published in Noailles' L’Ombre des jours in 1902.

From the notes of Dr. Catherine Perry: According to Claude Mignot-Ogliastri, this sonnet is the first Noailles wrote, “écrit un jour de beautemps,” perhaps February 1895. She sent it to Marcel Mielvaque. This manuscript might be the one that Mielvaque owned.

Contains six lines of verse from Les Forces éternelles (1920), signed Comtesse de Noailles.

Contains eight lines of verse from L'Ombre de jours (1902), signed Comtesse de Noailles. Introductory lines are in a different hand.

From the notes of Dr. Catherine Perry: Working copy of a poem in Noailles' hand with changes and corrections (published as "Pour Anatole France" in Le Confédéré on 17 October 1924 five days after his death).

Final line, in Noailles' hand with signature, from her poem "Il fera longtemps clair," published in the collection Le coeur innombrable (1907).

Photograph of Anna de Noailles reclined on her bed. On the back, a different hand has written "Ctesse de Noailles" and "about 1921-1923." It was found inside a copy of La Nouvelle Espérance (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1903), along with the visit card found in MSE/MD 2819-034.

Contains a notebook of unpublished early poetry written by Anna Brancovan (de Noailles). Accompanying the notebook is a small photograph of an unidentfied boy.

"Jorge Luis Borges e Miguel de Unamuno."