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Ancien Régime

French Political Pamphlets, 1560-1653
Microphoto Division, Bell & Howell Co.
1560–1653

Set of 27 microfilm reels reproducing the collection in the Newberry Library. The set includes ephemeral materials that reflect the politics of a period of religious wars and the establishment of the absolute monarchy.
Repertoire Chronologique et Analytique des Arrêts du Conseil des Dépêches, 1611-1710
Service international de microfilms
1611–1710

French Revolution (1789-1799)

Ambassadorial and secret service reports on revolutionary and Napoleonic France
Harvester Press
1781–86

CRL owns part I of this set (PRO class FO 27, volumes 1–20), covering 1781–86.
Collection de Documents Inédits Sur l'Histoire Économique de la Révolution Française
IDC (Brill)
1789–92

This is a microfiche collection of printed documents on the social and economic conditions prevalent in France preceding and during the revolution of 1789. These documents were assembled by eminent historians and published in Paris, 1906–53. The documents include the “cahiers de doleances,” the minutes of committees on agriculture and commerce from 1789 to 1792, the “Biens Nationaux.”

CRL owns the first collection (1906-1952) of the "French Revolution" set from IDC (Brill). 
French Revolution: Critical and Historical Literature
Falls City Microfilm

A microfilm set based on a number of bibliographies: this is a continuing project with shipments of microfilm received periodically. Individual titles are analyzed, and records appear in CRL’s online catalog.
French Revolutionary Materials, Maclure Collection, University of Pennsylvania
Research Publications

Microfilm of Maclure’s collection, consisting of materials arranged in order by subject, about electoral, judicial, educational, and administrative topics, as well as commercial, fiscal, agricultural, colonial, and technical questions and all aspects of the revolutionary period. Many serials are included.
Paris Pendant la Réaction Thermidorienne et Sous le Directoire
Cerf
1794–99

Microfiche of documents printed from July 28, 1794, to Nov 10, 1799, and assembled by eminent historians from 1883 to 1923. The documents are from the series Collection de documents relatifs à l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution français.

Government publications

Annuaire Statistique de la France
Imprimerie nationale; Presses universitaires de France
1933–65
Journal Officiel de la République Française
1789–

The Journal Officiel is the official gazette of France. It appears daily, except for Mondays and holidays and contains texts of national laws and decrees, important administrative orders and proclamations, and parliamentary debates and committee reports. After 1881, the Journal was published in several parts: 1.) Lois et Decrets; 2.) Debats Parlementaires, which contains A. Senat, and B. the Assemblee Nationale; 3.) Documents Administratifs; 4.) Impressions; 5.) Avis et Rapports du Conseil Economique et Social. The indexes (Tables) are published annually. All of CRL's holdings of the Journal Officiel are cataloged.

  • Gazette nationale, ou le Moniteur universel. May 1789–1810 (#12018082)
  • Moniteur Universel. 1811–68
  • France. Journal officiel de l'Empire Française. 1868–Sept. 4, 1870
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Sept. 5, 1870–1920
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Lois et decrets. [A. Senat]. 1921–73 (The holdings for Jan. 4, 1941–August 25, 1944, when the French capital was at Vichy, are incomplete.)
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Debats parlementaires. [B] Assemblee nationale. Nov. 29, 1946–72
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Debats parlementaires. [B] Chambre des deputes. 1921–July 10, 1940
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Debats parlementaires. [B] Conseil de la Republique. 1946–58
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Debats parlementaires. [B] Senat. 1921-July 10, 1940, Dec. 10, 1958–1970
  • France. Assemblee national, 1871-1942. Chambre des deputes. [C] Debats parlementaires. 1881–1920
  • France. Assemblee national, 1871-1942. Chambre des deputes. [C] Documents parlementaires. 1881–1938, and index
  • France. Assemblee national, 1871-1942. Senat. [C] Debats parlementaires. 1881–1920, and index
  • France. Assemblee national, 1871-1942. Senat. [C] Documents parlementaires. 1881–1920, and index
  • France. Assemblee consultative provisoire, 1943-1945. [C] Documents. Nov. 7, 1944–Aug. 3, 1945, and index
  • France. Assemblee national constituante, 1945-1946. [C] Documents. Nov. 6, 1945–Apr. 26, 1946
  • France. Assemblee national constituante, June-Oct. 1946. [C] Documents. June 11–Oct. 5, 1946, and index
  • France. Parlement (1946- ) Assemblee national. [C] Documents parlementaires. Nov. 28, 1946–June 3, 1958, and index
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Debats parlementaires. [C] Conseil de la Republique. Dec. 25, 1946–Oct. 4, 1958, and index
  • France. Parlement (1946- ) Conseil de la Republique. [C] Documents parlementaires. Dec. 24, 1946–Sept. 26, 1957, and index
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Edition des documents de l'Assemblee national. [C] Annee. Apr. 26, 1960–May 23, 1969, and index
  • France. Journal Officiel. Documents de l'Assemblee national. [C] May 23, 1969–Mar. 23, 1971
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Avis et rapports du Conseil economique. [E] June 1947–May 1959, and index
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Avis et rapports du Conseil economique et social. [E] Dec. 1959–1973
  • France. Journal officiel de la France libre. Lois et decrets. Jan. 20, 1941–July 14, 1942, and index
  • France. Journal officiel de la France combattante. Lois et decrets. Aug. 28, 1942–Sept. 16, 1943, and index
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. June 10, 1943–Aug. 1944
  • France. Journal officiel de la Republique Française. Table. 1871–1970
Ministère des Affaires Étrangères. Archives diplomatiques
Paris: Service international de microfilms
1770–1860

CRL has acquired scattered holdings of archives of the French Foreign Ministry, including the Correspondence Angleterre for 1770–89 [catalog record], a considerable amount of diplomatic and consular correspondence with parts of northern Italy for the first half of the 19th century, and selected correspondence with other countries in Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

July Revolution (1830)

Les Révolutions du XIXe siècle
Editions d'Histoire Sociale
July 1830–April 1834

Facsimile reprint of 479 pamphlets published from July 1830 to April 1834 during the French Revolution.

Napoleonic Era (1799-1815)

Anti-Napoleonische Pamphlete
Georg Olms Verlag
1813–15

Collection comes from the Corvey Library (Fürstlichen Bibliothek Corvey) and consists of German-language pamphlets critical of Napoléon. These pamphlets in prose and verse, written from 1813 to 1815, offer an interesting glimpse of German sentiment toward this giant in French and European history.
Les Enquêtes des Préfets de l'Empire
Hachette/Clearwater
1795–1815

This set reproduces about 30,000 pages of local statistical studies compiled between 1795 and 1815.

Post-1944 political parties

Compt-Rendu Sténographiques des Congreś Nationaux
1944–60

CRL holds the proceedings and various miscellaneous publications issued in conjunction with the 1st–17th congresses (1944–60).
Compte Rendu Sténographique des Congreś Nationaux
Service international de microfilm
1945-1962

Microfilm includes the proceedings of the Petit congres of 1944 and 36e-59e congres, 1945–62.

Revolution of 1848

Collection on the Revolution of 1848 in France. Newspapers

CRL has microfilm of 134 newspaper titles published during the French Revolution of 1848. The individual titles are listed in CRL’s online catalog.
Newspapers of the French Revolution of 1848 from the British Library...
Primary Source Microfilm
1848

Collection of over 400 newspapers published in France during the 1848 revolution.
Pamphlets and Periodicals Relating to the French Revolution of 1848
1848

CRL has microfilm of 47 periodical titles and 71 pamphlets published in Paris during the Revolution of 1848. The individual titles are listed in CRL Catalog.


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