François-Jules Harmand papers, 1845-19561845-1922
Collection Number: 3481
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
François-Jules Harmand papers, 1845-1956 1845-1922
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3481
Abstract:
Personal and official correspondence; autobiographical notes and diaries; medical
reports concerning French Navy personnel; photographs; diplomatic reports; archaeological,
botanical, and ethnographic accounts concerning Southeast Asia and its people; and
documents pertaining to the Tonkin expedition (1873) led by Francis Garnier, in which
Harmand participated, including numerous maps and drawings, some by Harmand, reports
and journals, and a genealogical table of the Vietnamese royal family Nguyêñ. Speeches,
military intelligence reports and maps, and contemporary copies of the Annamite Proclamation
of June 8, 1883, and the Ultimatum of the Convention of Hué (1883) with Harmand's
commentary; also included are reports concerning political, economic, and social conditions
and a proposal for establishing a French telegraphic line; letters, which Harmand
acquired while consul in Bangkok, to M. Blancheton, an earlier French consul to Siam,
from the French trader and explorer, Jean Dupuis, who was also a member of the Garnier
expedition, and notes detailing the development of French interest and influence in
Southeast Asia (author, unknown, n.d.) are included. Additional diplomatic documents
consist of photographs and dispatches concerning military affairs and cultural traditions
in India (1885-1890); a photograph album and dispatches both sent and received while
Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan (1894-1906);
Creator:
Harmand, François-Jules, 1845-1921.
Quanitities:
4.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
François-Jules Harmand was a physician in the French Navy, natural scientist, Commissioner
of the Republic to Vietnam and Laos and consul to Thailand, India, Chile, and Minister
Plenipotentiary to Japan.
Personal and official correspondence; autobiographical notes and diaries; medical
reports concerning French Navy personnel; photographs; diplomatic reports; archaeological,
botanical, and ethnographic accounts concerning Southeast Asia and its people; and
documents pertaining to the Tonkin expedition (1873) led by Francis Garnier, in which
Harmand participated, including numerous maps and drawings, some by Harmand, reports
and journals, and a genealogical table of the Vietnamese royal family Nguyêñ. Speeches,
military intelligence reports and maps, and contemporary copies of the Annamite Proclamation
of June 8, 1883, and the Ultimatum of the Convention of Hué (1883) with Harmand's
commentary; also included are reports concerning political, economic, and social conditions
and a proposal for establishing a French telegraphic line; letters, which Harmand
acquired while consul in Bangkok, to M. Blancheton, an earlier French consul to Siam,
from the French trader and explorer, Jean Dupuis, who was also a member of the Garnier
expedition, and notes detailing the development of French interest and influence in
Southeast Asia (author, unknown, n.d.) are included. Additional diplomatic documents
consist of photographs and dispatches concerning military affairs and cultural traditions
in India (1885-1890); a photograph album and dispatches both sent and received while
Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan (1894-1906);
a proposal and accompanying letter (ca. 1900) in English by Sun Yat-sen requesting
support for an effort to free southern China from Manchu dynastic rule; and a few
letters discussing events in Chile (1890-1891) and efforts to aid Russians imprisoned
in Japan (1904-1905). Also included are newspaper clippings concerning political and
scientific interest and activities; diplomas, certificates, and a record of his military
service; and documents regarding the donation of his library to the University of
Strasbourg. Additional correspondents include L. Pierre, a personal friend, members
of the family of Francis Garnier, Admiral Marie-Jules Dupré, Admiral Peyron, General
Alexandre-Eugene Bouët (1833-1887), Sir John Strachey (1823-1907), Alexandre E.J.
Yersin (1860-1943), and Dr. H. Vergniaud, a fellow participant in the Garnier expedition.
The papers are primarily in French and Southeast Asian languages.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
François-Jules Harmand papers, #3481. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
François-Jules Harmand papers, #3481. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Blancheton, M.
Bouët, Alexandre-Eugene, General, 1833-1887.
Dupré, Marie-Jules, Admiral.
Dupuis, Jean.
Garnier, Francis, 1839-1973.
Peyron, Admiral.
Pierre, L.
Strachey, John, Sir, 1823-1907.
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925.
Vergniaud, H.
Yersin, Alexandre E.J., 1860-1943.
Garnier family.
Nguyêñ family.
University of Strasbourg
Places:
Japan.
Vietnam -- Civilization -- European influences.
Vietnam -- History -- 1858-1945.
Asia, Southeastern -- History.
France -- Navy.
France -- Foreign relations -- 1870-1940.
India.
Siam.
China -- History.
Chile.
Subjects:
Manchus.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Personal Papers
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1862-1922 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Autobiographical notes
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1866-08-03 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Birth Certificate
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Personal, military, and professional certificates
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Handwritten report of his military activities describing 10 years along with medical
records
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Date Unknown |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Two letters
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1883-05-29 |
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Creator: Pierre, M. L.
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Creator: Mme. Harmand
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Saigon
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Harmand, Francois-Jules
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Mme. Harmand
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Pierre, M. L.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Letters and a newspaper clipping
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1902-01-13 |
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St. Etienne
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Garnier, Francis
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Letters and a notebook listing books of Harmand
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1922 |
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Mme. Harmand
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Garnier, Francis
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University of Strasbourg
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Diplomatic appointments and certificates
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Letters of introduction and recommendation
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Diplomas
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Certificates from academic societies
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Paper for the Medal of the Royal Court of Merit of Cambodia
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1907-04-13 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Set of cards on various subjects
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Covers wood, mushrooms, textiles, rice, etc.
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Set of cards on various subjects
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Covers wood, mushrooms, textiles, rice, etc.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Handwritten notes and a typewritten biography
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Undated |
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Creator: d'Hangouwart, Lieutenant-Colonel
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Newspaper Clippings
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Photos
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1862-1921 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Necrology
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Undated |
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Explorations in Southeast Asia
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1866-1883 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Notebook and cards with notes
|
1866 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Notebook with loose notes
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1867 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Notebook with loose notes
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Travel report
|
1874 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Notes and maps
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1875 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Letters of introduction
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Travel Reports
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1876 |
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Creator: Vergniaud, H.
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Notes
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1875-05-1875-06 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Notes
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1875-11-1875-12 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Notes
|
1876-01-1876-05 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Notes
|
1877-02-1877-04 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Notes
|
1876 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Two notebooks with nautical annotations and drawings
|
1875-1877 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Notes
|
1877-01-09-1877-01-31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Language studies with archaeological drawings
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Photos and Notes
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Report to the French Governor
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1876-1877 |
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Dupre, Admiral
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| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Report to the Minister of Education
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Notes from a zoological report to a minister
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1876-04 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Report to the director of a museum of natural history
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1876-04-20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Incomplete report
|
1876 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Notebook containing copies of telegrams
|
1883 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Notebook containing copies of telegrams
|
1883 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Notebook with drawings and loose notes
|
1875 |
|
Scope and Contents
Used for anthropological and ethnographic studies
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Anthropological notebook
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Zoological photos and drawings
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Notebooks of zoological notes
|
1875 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Genealogical table of the Vietnamese Royal Family, Nguyen
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Undated |
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Nguyen
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| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Letters
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1873-1874 |
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Creator: Dupuis, Jean
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Blancheton
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Siam
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| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Correspondence
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1870-1876 |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Correspondence
|
1877-1881 |
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Work on Natural History in France
|
1869-1881 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Fragmentary notes about the organization of Indochina
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Report on a projected railroad in Southeast Asia
|
1877-04-04 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Report on proposed business school for Indo-Chinese in Paris
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Report about the Island de Khong
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Report to M. Milnes- Edwards, scientific representative of the French government.
Attached is a proposal for a trip to Indochina
|
1881-07 |
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Creator: M. Milnes-Edwards
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France.
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Indochina
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Report on administration of the colonies
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
A confidential report by Harmand for an economic and scientific dictionary
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Notes - "Indochinese Races" with pencil drawings
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Notes for a lecture
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Instructions for missionaries going to Vietnam
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Undated |
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Vietnam
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
General notes about Vietnam, products, sketches, etc.
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Miscellaneous notes and a notebook about Vietnam
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Notes from a conference
|
1880 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Description of rice culture
|
1869 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Photos of rice paddies
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Photos of indigenous population
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
A notebook and a bibliography on Indochina
|
1880 |
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Consular appointment in Siam
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1881-1885 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Military reports and hand-drawn maps
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Report on the installation of a French telegraph line
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Notes concerning the border between Siam and Cambodia
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Receipts
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Various Notes
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Administrative documents and recommendations
|
1883 |
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Bangkok
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| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
A report concerning the French-Siamese question
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
A report concerning the political interests of France and England in Siam and Burma
|
1885 |
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Paris, France
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| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Notes documenting the French interest and influence in Siam
|
1881 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Newspaper clippings
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Reprint of Indochinese Affairs
|
1884 |
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Paris, France
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| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Report about border conflicts
|
1883 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Contemporary copy of the Convention of Hue and comments concerning it
|
1883-08-23 |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Journals
|
1881-1882 |
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Bangkok
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| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Journals
|
1882-1883 |
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Bangkok
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| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Notes about unrest in Tonkin
|
1881-1883 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Conference
|
1881 |
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Annam
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Tonkin
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| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Notes about Cambodia
|
1883 |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Various undated notes
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Notes by Colonel Laurent about Tonkin, annotated by Harmand
|
1883-01-09 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Memoirs written by M. de Beaumont annotated by Harmand
|
1882-1883 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Official documents in Thai concerning regulations of the French government and letters
of introduction
|
Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
1881
|
1881 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
January-July 1882
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1882-01-1882-07 |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
August-September 1882
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1882-08-1882-09 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
October-December 1882
|
1882-10-1882-12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 44 |
A notebook with non-official correspondence
|
1882-1883 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
January-March 1883
|
1883-01-1883-03 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
April-July 1883
|
1883-04-1883-07 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
August-September 1883
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1883-08-1883-09 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
October-December 1883
|
1883-10-1883-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Undated letters
|
1881-1883 |
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Consul General's appointment to Calcutta, India
|
1884-1890 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Report on the organization of French-Indochina
|
1885 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Report on communication in French-Indochina
|
1885 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Military report by M. de Torey discussing occupation
|
1886 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Report on boundaries
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Report on the organization of Annam
|
1885 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Report on French military forces on Indochina
|
1885 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Report on carbon mines in Tonkin
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Notes on Indian government
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Notes on administration in the French colonies
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Notes on special affairs in Indochina and a newspaper clipping describing Harmand's
opinion
|
1885-04-01-1885-04-02 |
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National
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Notes discussing various issues, including border problems with China
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Notes, possibly a draft for a letter
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
A letter by M. Fontaine discussing navigable waterways
|
1890 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Photos
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Photos
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
A journal and notes
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Notes on a book by Sir John Strachey, translated by Harmand
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
January-June 1884
|
1884-01-1884-06 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 |
July-December 1884
|
1884-07-1884-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
1885
|
1885 |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
1886
|
1886 |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
1887
|
1887 |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 |
1888
|
1888 |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 |
1889
|
1889 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 |
1890
|
1890 |
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Assignment to Chile
|
1890, undated | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 31 |
Official letter from the foreign ministry sending Harmand to Chile
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 |
Papers concerning the retirement of M. de Bacourt
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 |
Correspondence
|
1890 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Newspaper clippings
|
Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 |
1884-1893
|
1884-1893 |
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Sojourn in Japan
|
1890-1906 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Journal on diplomatic affairs
|
1894-1895 |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 |
Telegrams
|
1894-1899 |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 |
Telegrams
|
1900-1901 |
| Box 3 | Folder 39 |
Telegrams
|
1902-1905 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Telegrams
|
1905-1906 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Treaty of August 4, 1896 between France and Japan with various notes
|
1896-08-04 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Notes about organization in Vietnam and Laos with two notebooks
|
1894 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Copy of report of the French Consul in Canton
|
1894-12 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Handwritten notes relating to the French-Siamese conflict
|
1893-1894 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Reprint from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and newspaper clippings
|
1893-1894 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Three reports by Yersin to the Governor-General
|
1893 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Various letters, notes, and reprints relating to Yersin and photographs taken by Yersin
|
1892-1894 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Letters from Yersin to Harmand
|
1895-1900 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Photographs
|
Undated |
|
Japan.
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| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
An album with photos taken by Alex Halot
|
1895 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Notes and reprints with cards on various subjects
|
1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
1891-1893
|
1891-1893 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
1894
|
1894 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
1895
|
1895 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
1896-1898
|
1896-1898 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
1899-1900
|
1899-1900 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 |
1900-1906
|
1900-1906 |
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Activities after his retirement in France
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| Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Newspaper clippings
|
1910-1911 |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 |
Reviews of his publications
|
1910-1912 |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
|
1907-1922 |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 |
Undated material
|
Undated |
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Maps and Documents
|
1875-1883 | ||
| Box 6 |
Collection Description
|
Undated | |
| Box 6 |
Sala Royal painting
|
Undated | |
| Box 6 |
Border Between Siam and the Providence of Tenasserim
|
1881 | |
| Box 6 |
Southeast Asia, annotated
|
1879 | |
| Box 6 |
Itinerary in Indo-China for Dr. Harmand
|
1875-1877 | |
| Box 6 |
Bassac, La Khon and Hue, annotated
|
1877 | |
| Box 6 |
L'Isthme de Kra
|
1881-08-14 | |
| Box 6 |
Convention de Hue
|
1883-04-25 | |