Guide to the Gaston Liébert Papers,
1866-1929

Collection Number: 4435

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
B. Lockhart, M.E. Warren
Date completed:
January 1990
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, July 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Gaston Liébert papers, 1866-1929.
Collection Number:
4435
Creator:
Gaston Liébert.
Quantity:
3.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, clippings, letters, photographs.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Letters, documents, and photographs of Gaston Liébert, including official correspondence with Paris and Hanoi and personal correspondence from other French diplomats in China and Indochina. Material emphasizes problems in the Sino-Vietnamese border area during 1899-1900 and activities of Vietnamese revolutionaries in China, Macao, and Hong Kong before and during World War I. There are also documents relating tariff and debt negotiations with China after the Boxer Rebellion and to an British commercial treaty with China.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Gaston Ernest Liébert was born in Paris in 1866. He entered the Naval College in 1884 and served in the Navy for seven years. In 1893, he entered the diplomatic corps and was sent to the Far East in 1898. He served as French Vice-Consul to Pakhoi and Tunghing (China), 1899-1901; envoy for a special mission to the French Legation in Peking following the Boxer Rebellion, 1901-1902; French Consul to Hong Kong, 1903-1916; and Consul-General in New York, 1916
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Letters, documents, and photographs of Gaston Liébert, including official correspondence with Paris and Hanoi and personal correspondence from other French diplomats in China and Indochina. Material emphasizes problems in the Sino-Vietnamese border area during 1899-1900 and activities of Vietnamese revolutionaries in China, Macao, and Hong Kong before and during World War I. There are also documents relating tariff and debt negotiations with China after the Boxer Rebellion and to an British commercial treaty with China.
Included is a large mss. map, 1900; copies of dispatches and political directives; personal papers from Liébert's career, from Naval School in 1887, to his naval duty, and to his diplomatic and foreign affairs responsibilities in various places; social and family correspondence from his years in New York; an album of copies of documents and photographs relating to Liébert family history and genealogy; a 1901 correspondence book; and photographs and a diary from his tenure in Peking.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Liébert, Gaston.
Cu´`o´ng Ð?ê.
Lu´o´ng, Ngoc Quy´ên.
Mai, Lão Bang.
Nguy^~en, Thiên Thuât.
Phan, Bôi Châu, 1867-1940.

Subjects:
Nationalism--Vietnam.
Diplomatic and consular service--China.
Diplomatic and consular service--United States.
Diplomats.
Consuls.

Places:
France--Foreign relations--China--20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service, French.
Vietnam--History--1858-1945.
China--History--Republic, 1912-1949.
China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Gaston Liébert papers, #4435. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Pakhoi, 1899-1900
Information on the Pakhoi Region
 Box 1 Folder 1
Local Political and Military Developments
 Box 1 Folder 2
French Strategic Concerns in the Region
 Box 1 Folder 3
1899
Incidents of Piracy and Smuggling
 Box 1 Folder 4
1899
Lung Mun Affair
 Box 1 Folder 5
1900-1901
Incidents of Piracy and Smuggling
 Box 1 Folder 6
Cases Involving Vietnamese on Chinese Territory
 Box 1 Folder 7
Dealings with Chinese Officials
 Box 1 Folder 8
1899
Catholic Missions and Missionary Affairs
 Box 1 Folder 9
1900
Catholic Missions and Missionary Affairs
 Box 1 Folder 10
Matters Relating to Kwangchow Wan and Hainan
 Box 1 Folder 11
Miscellaneous Affairs
 Box 1 Folder 12
Press Clippings
 Box 1 Folder 13
Hong Kong, 1913-1914
Jan. 1913-Apr. 1913
General Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 1
May 1913-Aug. 1913
General Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 2
July 1913-Sept. 1913
General Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 3
1913
Personal Correspondence - French Consulate at Canton
 Box 2 Folder 4
1913
Personal Correspondence - Govenor General's Office (Hanoi)
 Box 2 Folder 5
1913
Personal Correspondence - Other
 Box 2 Folder 6
1913
Arrest of Vietnamese with Bombs in Hong Kong
 Box 2 Folder 7
1913
Phan Boi Chau and Cuong De
 Box 2 Folder 8
1913
Mai Lao Bang
 Box 2 Folder 9
1913
Press Clippings
 Box 2 Folder 10
Jan. 1913-Mar. 1914
General Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 11
Apr. 1913-June 1914
General Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 12
July 1914-Sept. 1914
General Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 13
Oct. 1914-Dec. 1914
General Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 14
1914
Personal Correspondence - French Consulate at Canton
 Box 2 Folder 15
1914
Personal Correspondence - Govenor General's Office (Hanoi)
 Box 2 Folder 16
1914
Personal Correspondence - Other
 Box 2 Folder 17
1914
Press Clippings
 Box 2 Folder 18
1914
Information on Suspected German Plots
 Box 3 Folder 1
1914
Cuong De
 Box 3 Folder 2
1914
Arrest of Phan Boi Chau and Mai Lao Bang
 Box 3 Folder 3
1914
Arrest of Nguyen Ba Trac (Cu Trac)
 Box 3 Folder 4
1914
Arrest of Luong Ngoc Quyen (Luong Lap Nham)
 Box 3 Folder 5
Jan. 1915-Mar. 1915
General Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 6
Apr. 1915-June 1915
General Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 7
July 1915-Sept. 1915
General Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 8
Oct. 1915-Jan. 1916
General Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 9
1915
Personal Correspondence - French Consulate at Canton
 Box 3 Folder 10
1915
Personal Correspondence - Govenor General's Office (Hanoi)
 Box 3 Folder 11
1915
Personal Correspondence - Other
 Box 3 Folder 12
1915
Press Clippings
 Box 3 Folder 13
Hong Kong, 1915-1916
1915
Information on Suspected German Plots
 Box 4 Folder 1
1914-1915
Phan Boi Chau
 Box 4 Folder 2
1915
Cuong De
 Box 4 Folder 3
1915
Arrest of Hoang Trong Mau and Le Duc Nhuan
 Box 4 Folder 4
1915
Arrest of Nguyen Thien Thuong (Hai Thac)
 Box 4 Folder 5
Agents and Informers - General
 Box 4 Folder 6
Agents and Informers - Kuan Yan Fu
 Box 4 Folder 7
Agents and Informers - "B.N."
 Box 4 Folder 8
1913
Chinese International Affairs
 Box 4 Folder 9
1914-1916
Chinese International Affairs
 Box 4 Folder 10
Correspondence in Chinese
 Box 4 Folder 11
Photographs and Name Cards
 Box 4 Folder 12
1916
Liebert's Departure
 Box 4 Folder 13
Liebert
1884-1889
Liebert - Navy
 Box 5 Folder 1
1889
Liebert - Navy
 Box 5 Folder 2-3
1890
Liebert - Navy
 Box 5 Folder 4
1891
Liebert - Navy
 Box 5 Folder 5-6
1892
Liebert - Navy
 Box 5 Folder 7
1893
Liebert - Diplomatic
 Box 5 Folder 8
1894
Liebert - Diplomatic
 Box 5 Folder 9
1895
Liebert - Diplomatic
 Box 5 Folder 10
1896
Liebert - Diplomatic
 Box 5 Folder 11
1897
Liebert - Diplomatic
 Box 5 Folder 12
1866-1869
Liebert
 Box 6 Folder 1
1879-1889
Liebert
 Box 6 Folder 2
1890
Liebert
 Box 6 Folder 3
1891
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 4
1892
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 5
1893
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 6
1895
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 7
1896
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 8
1897
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 9
undated
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 10
undated
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 11
1897-1898
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 1
1901
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 2-10
1902
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 11-14
1901-1902
Liebert - Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 15
1901
Question du Whangpou Amelioration du Pei-ho
 Box 11 Folder 1
1901-1902
Revision du tarif chinois et negotiations commercials
 Box 11 Folder 2
1901-1902
Rarriff Revision
 Box 11 Folder 3
1901-1902
Dette chinoise
 Box 11 Folder 4
1902
British Commercial Treaty with China
 Box 11 Folder 5
Sept. 1902
Notes sur Traie de commerce anglo-chinois
 Box 11 Folder 6
1898
New York Herold - Champagne (ship)
 Box 12 Folder 1
1901-1905
Recommendations for Legion of Honor
 Box 12 Folder 2
1903
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 3
1908
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 4
1912
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 5
1912
Legion d'Honneur
 Box 12 Folder 6
1917
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 7
1917
Family Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 8
1917
Trask, Katrina (Yaddo)
 Box 12 Folder 9
1917
Telegrams
 Box 12 Folder 10
1918
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 11
Dec. 1918-Jan. 1919
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 12
1919
Legion d'Honneur
 Box 12 Folder 13
Feb. 1919-Aug. 1919
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 14
Sept. 1919-Oct. 1919
Congradulations for Legion of Honor
 Box 12 Folder 15
Sept. 1919-Dec. 1919
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 16
1919-1920
Congradulations, vita, etc.
 Box 12 Folder 17
1920
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 18
1920-1921
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 19
May 15, 1921
Courrier des Etats-Unis
 Box 12 Folder 20
1916-1923
New York and Havana
 Box 12 Folder 21
1916-1923
Numbered Letters
 Box 12 Folder 22
1919-1929
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 23
1923
Appointment as Ministre Plenipotentaire a New York
 Box 12 Folder 24
n.d.
Correspondence
 Box 12 Folder 25
Notes on Astrological (?) Consultations
 Box 12 Folder 26
Notes sur les origines des populations de l'Europe occidentales
 Box 12 Folder 27
Notes on Georges de Farensbach
 Box 12 Folder 28
Documents
1877
Certificate of Confirmation
 Box 8
1884
Diploma - Bachelier es Sciences
 Box 8
1886
Broadside - Bal du Mardi Gras
 Box 8
1894,1897
Passports to Constantinople and St. Petersburg
 Box 8
1894
Safe Conduct decree - St. Petersburg
 Box 8
ca. 1917
Calling cards
 Box 8
Photographs
Visiting cards, portraits
 Box 9
Album - portraits and medallions
 Box 10