Amory Thomas-Jimeno Papers Inventory (#11039)

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Date Completed
October 2001
Encoded by
Roslyn Holdzkom
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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title
Amory Thomas-Jimeno Papers (#11039)1960-2000
Creator
Thomas-Jimeno, Amory, 1932- .
Extent
About 250 items (2.0 linear feet)
Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Abstract
Amory Thomas-Jimeno was a French novelist and short story writer who lived in Bern, Switzerland. In addition to works of fiction, she also wrote literary studies and biographical essays. Thomas-Jimeno was born in 1932 in France; was married to Juan Jimeno, a biochemist and painter; and died 30 September 2004. The collection includes photocopies of typescripts of works by Amory Thomas-Jimeno and publications, correspondence, audio cassettes, videotapes, and photographs. Included is a long letter dated February 1984 in which Thomas-Jimeno discussed the progress of her literary career and the influence of various writers, particularly André Maurois and Ernest Hemingway, on her work. Also included are audio cassettes and videotapes relating to Colette, André Maurois, and others. Photographs are chiefly of Thomas-Jimeno and family members. All materials are in French.
Language
French.


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Administrative Information

Access
RESTRICTED: Use of audio cassettes or videotapes may required production of listening or viewing copies.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Provenance
Received from Amory Thomas-Jimeno of Bern, Switzerland, via Stirling Haig, Romance Languages Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in May 1988 and January 1991, and from Mrs. Stirling Haig in March 1998 (Acc. 98056) and June 2001 (Acc. 98978).
Processing Note
Additions received after December 1990 have not been integrated into the original deposit.
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Online Catalog Terms

Colette, 1873-1954.
Maurois, André, 1885-1967.
Novelists, French--20th century.
Novelists, Swiss--20th century.
Thomas-Jimeno, Amory, 1932- .
Women authors, French--20th century.
Women authors, Swiss--20th century.
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Biographical Note

Amory Thomas-Jimeno was a French novelist and short story writer who lived in Bern, Switzerland. In addition to works of fiction, she also wrote literary studies and biographical essays. Thomas-Jimeno was born in 1932 in France; was married to Juan Jimeno, a biochemist and painter; and died 30 September 2004.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes photocopies of typescripts of works by novelist and short story writer Amory Thomas-Jimeno, who was born in France and lives in Bern, Switzerland, and publications, correspondence, audio cassettes, videotapes, and photographs. Included is a long letter dated February 1984 in which Thomas-Jimeno discussed the progress of her literary career and the influence of various writers, particularly André Maurois and Ernest Hemingway, on her work. Also included are audio cassettes and videotapes relating to Colette, André Maurois, and others. Photographs are chiefly of Thomas-Jimeno and family members. All materials are in French.

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Organization of Collection

Original Deposit
Additions after December 1990
Addition of January 1991
Addition of March 1998
Addition of June 2001
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Items Separated

Separated items include photographs (P-11039) and audio cassettes (C-11039/1-8).
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Description

Original Deposit, 1960-1984 and undated.

About 20 items.
Folder 1
Letter to Stirling Haig, February 1984.
Folder 2
La vie comme une vie a la fois: collection of short stories, including "L'honneur, l'honneur!" (1964), "La truite" (1961), "Il ne pleut pas" (1960), "Courrier du coeur" (1964), "Hiérarchie des valeurs" (1967), "Un petit homme trés regretté" (1963), "Sur la plage" (1961), "Le cercles concetriques de la douleur" (1964), "Matinée d'attente" (1961), "Lady's companion" (1963).
Folder 3
"Derniéres lettres à André Maurois" (1979): a photocopied collection of printed letters written to Maurois in the autumn of 1979, when Thomas-Jimeno was in the United States.
Folder 4
"Le voyage d'été: pour une Schubertiade": (1982): story written in connection with the 3rd Schubertiade, a festival and conference centering around the work of Schubert, Haydn, and Mendelssohn, in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland, in 1982. Also included is a brochure about the conference. See also audio cassette C-11039/9.
Folder 5
"Les voyageurs d'eternité" (undated): novel.
Folder 6
"Les barques de la nuit" (undated): novel.

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Additions after December 1990

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Addition of January 1991 (Acc. 91016), 1989.
3 items.
Folder 7
Audio cassettes (C-11039/1-3) of "Pour Colette," consisting of readings on various subjects extracted from the works of Colette by Amory Thomas-Jimeno.
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Addition of March 1998 (Acc. 98056), 1974-1997.
About 200 items.
Writings, correspondence, audio cassettes, pictures, and other material of Amory Thomas-Jimeno. The writings are printed copies of works by Thomas-Jimeno. The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters from Thomas-Jimeno to Judy and Stirling Haig of Chapel Hill, N.C. Many articles, pictures, and other items were enclosed with the letters and are filed with them. There are also a few letters from Stirling Haig to Thomas-Jimeno. Audio cassettes include one entitled "La Source" (1992) and four labeled "Amory Pour André Maurois" (1987). Photographs are of Thomas-Jimeno; her husband, Juan Jimeno; and Clothilde and Jeremy Thomas. Many other pictures were enclosed with letters and may be found in the correspondence files. All materials are in French.
C-11039/4: "La source" (1992)
C-11039/5-8: "Pour André Maurois" (1987)
Folder 8
Writings: Le 82 du mois de sarm
Folder 9
Writings: Lucie
Folder 10
Writings: La mort des oiseaux
Folder 11
Writings: La noce
Folder 12
Writings: La Pierre d'oubli
Folder 13
Writings: Additional copies
Folder 14
Writings: "Schubertiade" (1982)
Folder 15
Writings: Cahiers de l'encyclopédie du monde actuel
Folder 16
Writings: Intervalles (February 1986), containing "Coeur de Pierre"
Folder 17
Correspondence, 1974-1979
Folder 18
Correspondence, 1980-1981
Folder 19
Correspondence, 1982-1983
Folder 20
Correspondence, 1984-1989
Folder 21
Correspondence, 1990-1994
Folder 22
Correspondence, 1995
Folder 23
Correspondence, 1996-1997
Folder 24
Articles about Anne-Marie Wimmer
Folder 25
Other items
Folder 1/P-11039
Pictures of Amory Thomas-Jimeno, 1974-1983; her husband, Juan Jimeno, 1981-1983; and photocopies of pictures of Clothilde and Jeremy Thomas, 1987-1988.
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Addition of June 2001 (Acc. 98978), 1983-2000.
About 20 items.
Correspondence is chiefly between Juan and Amory Thomas-Jimeno and the Haigs. A number of photographs are enclosed with the letters. The audio cassette is of "Le voyage d'été," recorded in 1983, but done for the 1982 "Schutbertiade"; the videotapes are two copies of "Oeuvres pour oeuvres, dons pour dons," recorded by Juan and Amory Thomas-Jimeno in 1995 for Racine on Swiss television.
C-11039/9: "Le voyage d'été"
VT-11039/1-2: "Oeuvres pour oeuvres, dons pour dons"
Folder 26
Correspondence, 1998-2000

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