mnsss287 Geneviève Saint-Pierre Papers, 1904-1962 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Jo O'Hanley. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
Northampton, MA
2007

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 Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup. 2007-03-30 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Geneviève Saint-Pierre Papers, 1904-1962 Finding Aid MS 137 Jo O'Hanley 2007

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 Collection Overview Saint-Pierre, Geneviève Geneviève Saint-Pierre Papers1904-1962 MS 137 1 box (.5 linear ft.) English, French, Breton Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
French travel writer and hunter. Papers include travel notes and photographs from Equador, Mexico, Western U.S., and Australia. Also correspondence, autobiographical note, and published writings. Most material is in French and Breton languages. Biographical Note

Genevieve de St. Pierre at Arizona's Grand Canyon, 1907

Geneviève Saint-Pierre, a notable traveler and hunter, was born in Breton, France in 1872. She traveled to Quito, Ecuador on horseback in 1899, hunted moose in "the wilds of Canada" and wild boar in the Yuma territory of Arizona, California, and Mexico; went up the Peace River in Alberta, Canada, in 1908, and journeyed to Sydney, Australia in 1928. Saint-Pierre also wrote articles and a book, and published excerpts from her journals. She also translated works from the Breton language to French in order to promote her native language and culture of Brittany.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Geneviève Saint-Pierre Papers include writings, clippings, publications, and photographs. The writings include travel journals (in French) and notes from a hunting expedition in the Western U.S. in 1907, her travels in Canada, and a trip to Sydney, Australia in 1928. Photographic images include scenes of Ecuador (1899), the Grand Canyon and the American west, and Mexico. Letters from Saint-Pierre to Sophia Smith Collection Director Margaret Storrs Grierson (1947-62) include some biographical information. Published writings include articles by Breton author René Leroux (pseud. Meven Mordiern); Breton publications: Almanak ar Breizad (1943) and Iverzon gwelet gant Eur Vretonez (1933), with a French translation by Saint-Pierre; and a French novel about the Incas entitled Les Emerudes de L'Inca (1923) by Vefa (Geneviève) de Saint-Pierre and F. De Saint-Pierre. The writings are primarily in French and Breton languages. There is also a typescript of translations into French by Saint-Pierre of Breton texts by Maodez Glanndour, including his poems "Imram," "Milc hwid rear Serrnoz," Sonennou berr," and "Feuilles défachées."

 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

Copyright ownership of the papers is unknown. Copyright to materials authored by persons other than Saint-Pierre may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

 Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Geneviève Saint-Pierre Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

 History of the Collection

Geneviève Saint-Pierre donated her papers to the Sophia Smith Collection circa 1948. Breton texts by Maodez Glanndour, with typescript translations by Saint-Pierre, were donated to Neilson Library in 1947 and transferred to the SSC in 2007.

Processed by Jo O'Hanley, 2007.

 Search Terms Australia--Description and travel--Sources Breton literature Canada--Description and travel--Sources Central America--Description and travel--Sources West (U.S.)--Description and travel--Sources Women adventurers--Biography--Sources Women hunters--Biography--Sources Glanndour, Maodez Leroux, René, 1878- Mordiern, Meven (pseud.) Saint-Pierre, Geneviève 1 1 Biographical note (in French), n.d. 1 2 Almanak ar Breizad (contains article on Saint-Pierre's great uncle), 1943 1 3 Clippings by René Leroux (1948) and correspondence from Geneviève Saint-Pierre to Margaret Storrs Grierson, 1947-1962 1 4 "Notes du Voyage": journal (in French), 12 March 1907- 1 5 Newspaper articles and clippings, n.d. 1 6 Articles by Saint-Pierre (in French), 1904-10 1 7 Miscellaneous pictures, n.d. 1 8 Scrapbook of Canada trip, n.d. 1 9 Les Emeraudes de L'Inca, by Geneviève Saint-Pierre, 1923 1 10 Journal du Voyage á Sydney, 1928 1 11 Yverzon gwelet gant Eur Vretonez, a book on Ireland in the Breton language and translation into French by Saint-Pierre, 1933, n.d. 1 12 Translations into French by Saint-Pierre of Breton texts by Maodez Glanndour, n.d. 1 12 "L'Iriande Telle que Je l'ai Vue": typescript (by Saint-Pierre ?), n.d.