Guide to the Alice Axel Collection,
[1934?]-1995.

Collection Number: 7768

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Cornell University
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
July 2010
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, July 2010
Date modified:
RMC Staff, April 2011

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alice Axel collection, [1934?]-1995.
Collection Number:
7768
Creator:
Alice. Axel
Quantity:
1 item (22 pages). :
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Manuscript of La fille qui avait été sirène (1934-1935?)
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Alice Axel, also known as Alice Axelle, was for some years the companion of symbolist painter Hélène Azenor.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Manuscript of La fille qui avait été sirène (1934-1935?), later published under the title La fille qui était devenue sirène. With pencil revisions throughout the text, and six original watercolor illustrations by Hélène Azenor. Laid in are a poem, "Par magie," signed by André Salmon; a note to "Alix" Axel from Jean Marais, dated 24 Janvier 1995, reminiscing about a visit Axel had paid to him and Jean Cocteau; and a card from the Exposition internationale feline (an international cat show), Paris, November 1951, awarding first place in several categories to Alice Axel's cat, Yann.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Axel, Alice.
Azenor, H.(Hélène), 1910-
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
Marais, Jean.
Salmon, André, 1881-1969.

Subjects:
Lesbians
Cat shows--France--Paris.

Form and Genre Terms:
Manuscripts for publication.
Watercolors.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Alice Axel collection, #7768. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
NOTES

Collecting Program: Human Sexuality Collection.
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