Gentil, Jean S. (1829-1911). Papers, 1856-1976
Scope and Contents
Almost everything in the collection is a photocopy of either publications or documents from the Kurtz Collection at the Louisiana Research Library, Tulane University. There is also a framed portrait of M. Gentil.
Mrs. Olympe (Mrs. William) Butcher of Lafayette gathered the material and donated it to UAAMC.
Dates
- 1856-1976
Creator
Biographical / Historical
Jean Sylvain Gentil was born in France, which he left in 1851 as a political exile. He arrived in St. James Parish, Louisiana in 1853, and taught foreign languages at Jefferson College in Convent, LA. In 1865 he and A.V. Roman started the newspaper La Louisianis. He edited the paper 1865-1873, 1874-1881.
Extent
0.208333 Linear Feet (2.5 inches of materials in 1 box)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Jean S. Gentil Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 10/01/2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu