Robert Giraud papers relating to French and Parisian slang, 1960-1993.

1.67 linear feet (5 boxes)

French; Russian

Chiefly in French; some material in Russian.

Purchased from Librarie Benoit Forgeot on the Philip and Margaret Neufeld Fund of the Yale Library Associates, 2012.

Organized into two series: I. Research Material, circa 1960s. II. Other Material, 1971-1993.

This material is open for research.

Robert Giraud, French poet, author, and lexicographer.

Papers consist of autograph manuscript notebooks, clippings, correspondence, and printed and other materials relating to Giraud's research on French and Parisian slang. Thirty notebooks (boxes 1-3), arranged numerically, contain entries on terms and expressions, with definitions, examples of use, and bibliographic and indexical information. With additional, loose autograph manuscript entries (box 4) and other material (box 5), including one heavily-annotated printed version of L'Argot tel qu'on le parle (Paris: Jacques Grancher, 1981), correspondence with Jean Bruel, and a corrected draft, autograph manuscript, and printed version of a travel guide to Paris.

October 28, 2013

Robert Giraud Papers Relating to French and Parisian Slang. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Robert Giraud Papers Relating to French and Parisian Slang. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.