Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1.8 lin. ft.

Summary

1. Photocopies of material collected by Kobler in the early 1960s for an unfinished biography of Toussaint Louverture. Documents focus on the socio-economic conditions of the French colony of Saint Domingue and the political activities of Touissaint as Governor of the colony between 1791 and 1802. Photocopies in the collection as well as a few postcards and illustration show various historic sites and clothing of late 18th century France and Saint Domingue. Collection provides general background information on the lives of blacks in Saint Domingue, and material on the history and diplomatic relations between Haiti and the United States, including papers referring to Touissaint, Jean Jacques Dessalines, Charles Leclerc, Pauline Leclerc, and Donatien Rochambeau. Material includes information about the history of Saint Domingue from 1791 to 1804, descriptions of the Haitian war of independence, narrative describing the captivity and death of Touissaint in France, correspondence between Touissaint and the French agent Philippe Roume, and correspondence between Charles Leclerc and Rochambeau.

Subject

1. Black people > Saint-Domingue
2. Leclerc, Charles, 1758-1806
3. Saint-Domingue > Social conditions
4. Colonies > Haiti
5. Saint-Domingue > History
6. Roume, Philippe Rose
7. Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804
8. Imperialism > Haiti
9. Colonies > Saint-Domingue
10. Imperialism > Saint-Domingue
11. Saint-Domingue > Economic conditions
12. United States > Foreign relations > Haiti
13. Leclerc, Pauline
14. Costume > France
15. Haiti > Foreign relations > United States
16. France > Foreign relations > Haiti
17. Costume > Saint-Domingue
18. Haiti > Politics and government > 1791-1804
19. Haiti > Foreign relations > France
20. Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807
21. Toussaint Louverture, 1743?-1803
22. Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806
23. Postcards
24. Historic sites > France
25. Historic sites > Saint-Domingue
26. Colonies > France

Genre/Form

1. Postcards.

Call number

1. Sc MG 140

Reproduction (note)

1. Photocopies.

Source (note)

1. Kobler, John

Biography (note)

1. Author, journalist

Language (note)

1. French and English.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Processed
3. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Kobler, John, 1910- Collector

Title

1. Haitian revolution research materials, 1791-[ca. 1950]

Reproduction

1. Photocopies.

Biography

1. Author, journalist

Language

1. French and English.

Finding aids

1. Finding aid in repository.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. Sc MG 140