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Max Kahn notes on Marcel Proust, 1950s

By Siobhan McKissic

Collection Overview

Title: Max Kahn notes on Marcel Proust, 1950s

ID: 01/02/02/POST 1650 MS 0671

Creator: Kahn, Max

Extent: 3.0 Items

Date Acquired: 00/00/2016

Languages: English [eng], French [fre], German [ger]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains Max Kahn's account of his visit to Marcel Proust's home and his disussion with Proust's former housekeeper, Celeste Albaret; his sketches of Proust's home with comparisons to the Combray house from In Search of Lost Time; and a translation of Wolf van Harder's article "Marcel Proust and the Valet Albert," accompanied by a facsimile of the original German text.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Source: Donated by David Strauss

Related Materials: Additional Marcel Proust collections are held at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Urbana-Champaign.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: "Marcel Proust and the Valet", undated

Item 1: "Marcel Proust and the Valet", undated
Item 2: "Tissot" note, undated
Item 3: "Marcel Proust and the Valet" facsimile, undated

Folder 2: Meeting with Celeste Albaret, 1952

Item 1: Meeting with Celeste Albaret handwritten draft, 1952
Item 2: Meeting with Celeste Albaret handwritten draft, 1952

Folder 3: Notes from interview with Celeste Albaret, 1952

Folder 4: Notes comparing Illier and Combray, undated

Folder 5: "Visit to Celeste Albaret - late Sept 1952." Container Folder, undated