Scope and Contents
The collection consists of publications, transliterations, photographs, research notes, and microfilm created, assembled, or used by Maurice Durand during his academic and administrative career. The material relates to Asia, primarily Vietnam, in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Much of Durand's own research notes concern Vietnamese literature and Vietnamese and Indochinese linguistics. Durand was a well-known scholar of Han and Nom. Han is Chinese language texts written using Chinese characters. Nom is Vietnamese language texts written using Chinese characters. Many texts of the period in which Durand specialized are written in a mixture of Han and Nom.
Dates
- Circa 1700-circa 1966
Creator
Language of Materials
The materials are in French, Han, Nom, and Vietnamese.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research. Series I and Series II have been digitized. Permission of the Librarian for Southeast Asian Studies is required for access to the original material. Permission of the Yale University Library Southeast Asia Collection curator is required in order to obtain copies of the materials in Series III. Visual materials.
Existence and Location of Copies
Series I and Series II are available in digital form through the Yale University Library.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Southeast Asia Collection, 1996-1998, 2004-2005 and 2013.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in five series: Series I. Han Nom Texts without Vietnamese, circa 1700-1900. Series II. Han Nom Texts with Vietnamese, circa 1700-1900. Series III. Visual Materials, circa 1950-circa 1959. Series IV. Research Notes, circa 1930-circa 1966. Series V. Microfilm, circa 1825-1955.
Extent
36.25 Linear Feet (122 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The collection consists of publications, transliterations, photographs, research notes, and microfilm created, assembled, or used by Maurice Durand during his academic and administrative career. The material relates to Asia, primarily Vietnam, in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Much of Durand's own research notes concern Vietnamese literature and Vietnamese and Indochinese linguistics. Durand was a well-known scholar of Han and Nom. Han is Chinese language texts written using Chinese characters. Nom is Vietnamese language texts written using Chinese characters. Many texts of the period in which Durand specialized are written in a mixture of Han and Nom.
Biographical / Historical
Maurice M. Durand (born 1914) was a prominent French scholar of Vietnam and China. He also served as director of the École française d'Extrême-Orient in Hanoi, Vietnam, and as director of the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris, France. Durand died on April 30, 1966.
Custodial History
The Southeast Asia Collection acquired this collection by purchase and donation from Mrs. Maurice Durand, 1967 and 1973. A portion of the collection was previously part of the Southeast Asia Collection (MS 743) in Manuscripts and Archives.
Processing Information
Materials were processed with assistance from staff of the Southeast Asia Collection.
- Title
- Guide to the Maurice Durand Papers
- Author
- compiled by Richard Richie, Truc Van, and staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- August 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English and Vietnamese.
- Sponsor
- This collection was described and digitized through the generous support of the Arcadia Foundation.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
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New Haven, CT 06511