287 - [MERMOZ, Jean]

[MERMOZ, Jean] 39 letters (L.A.S. or L.S.) or documents addressed to Jean MERMOZ, 1935–1936; numerous letterheads. Invitations to events, meetings, or conferences (Crédit Lyonnais Aero Club, officers’ associations and the Croix de Feu, Toulouse and Pyrenees Aero Club, Jacques Breguet’s Aviation Group X, French Committee for Aeronautical Promotion, Les Assistantes du Devoir National, Aéro-Club d’Auvergne, the Marquis de Créqui Montfort of the Académie des Sports, Aero Club do Brasil), applications for membership in associations (Les Ailes Mutilées with bylaws, the National Republicans’ Propaganda Center for the Fight Against Socialism and Communism led by Henri de Kerillis), sponsorship of the Ligue des Jeunes de l’Aviation; invitations to meetings at the Ministry of Aviation (P. Massenet of AVIA, Center for the Study and Application of Gliding)…Requests for articles: Roger Labric (from the weekly *L’Aéro*), General Madelin (for the magazine *La Belle France*) Letters from friends and colleagues: I.L. Blanchot (French Aeronautical League), Henri Chomel, Jean Dabry (October 16, 1936, lamenting Mermoz’s indictment by the magistrates), P. de Lamaze (from the *Revue des Clubs Aéronautiques*, No. 4), Lemaître, Louis Loché (Director of Civil Aviation, speaking of Maryse Bastié), the widow of Maurice Noguès, etc. Telegram from Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe prior to the 100th South Atlantic crossing (July 19, 1936). Also included is a translation of a Dutch article and an anonymous warning. Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Then passed down through the family