BEL.SGM Hilaire Belloc Diary and sketchbooks Guide University of Notre Dame Archives University of Notre Dame Archives 2005

Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

Description based on paper finding aids and inhouse database. English 2003-01-28 BEL.SGM converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030122). BEL Hilaire Belloc Diary and sketchbooks 1889-1912. Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. 1 linear inch. University of Notre Dame Archives

Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

English. Legal Status Private Administrative Information

Acquired by purchase from estate of Douglas Woodruff in 1978.

Preferred Citation

Hilaire Belloc Diary and sketchbooks (BEL), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Diary dating from 12 April to 11 October 1889, including some sketches and drafts of poems; sketchbook dating from 1891, with monochromatic drawings of American landscape; sketchbook dating from 1893-1894, with watercolors of French landscape and buildings; sketchbook dating from 1912, with pencil drawings of European scenes, including mountains, bridges, cathedrals, steeples, towers, soldiers, and Robespierre's house.

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. Diaries Drawing books CBEL Hilaire Belloc: Manuscripts CBEL 1/01 Diary CBEL 1/01 Diary 1889/0412 CBEL 1/02 Sketch Book (six sketches in pencil & black and white) CBEL 1/03 American Sketch Book (brown water colors) CBEL 1/04 Sketch book (color)