948 - BARONESS PIERLOT, Lucy Marguerite Adé laïde Guilland. A friend of Paul Claudel and

BARONESS PIERLOT, Lucy Marguerite Adé laïde Guilland. A friend of Paul Claudel and patron of Gertrude Stein. She had married Joseph Georges d’Aiguy (1842–1896), an infantry colonel. A very extensive collection of incoming correspondence from Baroness Pierlot, consisting of several hundred letters and thousands of pages, contained in several files. Significant correspondence from: -her friends: Baroness Pierlot was a socialite whose company was highly sought after; numerous letters from aristocrats and influential men and women of the era, etc. Of particular note are the documents from her close friends: -GERTRUDE STEIN: 2 signed autograph letters. -PAUL CLAUDEL (autograph manuscript and P.S. Defects) -Various: Sforza, Aman-Jean, Franklin Groult, Léon Bonnat, Jules Case, Daniel-Rops, etc. There are also letters from the 19th century, including letters from Baroness Pierlot to her mother, her children, or friends, etc. -Her family (her sons and grandchildren: Bob, Diane, François, René, etc.). -Family papers: genealogy file, the Aiguy coat of arms and miscellaneous items, a file on the renovation of the Château de Béon in the Ain department, and reports from craftsmen (carpenter, tinsmith, plasterer-painter, locksmiths, etc.; a substantial collection of notarial deeds, photographs, etc. A fine collection, particularly for its literary and social correspondence. Non-exhaustive inventory: the sheer abundance of documents will require a lengthy and methodical study of each item in order to identify all the individuals represented.