VOSGES (88) - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician - Lot 138

VOSGES (88) - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / Important family archive: 1°) Correspondence of 104 signed autograph letters and 67 signed autograph cards to his granddaughter Thérèse Chazal, 1920s / 2°) Photographic collection: original photograph by Nadar (carte de visite format); original photograph by Eugène Pirou (cabinet format); set of around 100 family photographs circa 1900 (all formats, some annotated by Méline, who can be recognized on several); lined envelope captioned "Photos célébration de mon cinquantenaire"; envelope "Souvenir du Banquet Wilson" containing 5 postcard photos with autograph dedications signed on the back to his granddaughter; captioned photograph showing him with Caillaux and Puech captioned in his own hand on the back; Pathé-Journal photograph captioned on the back "inauguration de l'Exposition d'aviculture 1913"; padded envelope captioned "Photographies de mon voyage à St Dié en 1916 avec le Président Poincaré"; loving father and grandfather: lined envelopes captioned "lettre de Thérèse - annonciation de la petite Madeleine" and "premières photographies de Thérèse avec notre chère petite Madeleine"; portrait of Méline aged; 7 photographs of his funeral; photographic report (21 photos) of the inauguration of Méline's statue in Remiremont in 1928 / Miscellaneous: newspapers and press articles, printed speeches, autograph manuscript of Méline's speech delivered at Remiremont Town Hall on April 22, 1920, various autograph notes, autograph letters signed personally (Gabriel Hanotaux, Jules Simon, Casimir-Périer, Evêque de Nice, Evêque d'Agen, Veuve Jules Ferry, Coquelin Aîné, etc.).Georgel family genealogy (67 p in-fol, small print run, sent by Charles Lamy to his cousin Jules Méline), invitation cards to the Elysée Palace by Presidents Félix Faure and Carnot, large set of letters and postcards from his children and grandchildren and letters from Madame Hélène Méline to her granddaughter, letter in 1926 about a marble plaque to be affixed to his house in Remiremont, etc. / 4°) New postcards: "Le Tholy (Vosges) Property of M. J. Méline" (18 copies plus photo); "Le Tholy (Vosges) Chalet de M. J. Méline (altitude v655 m)" (24 copies); "Statue Hommage à Jules Méline" (15 copies); enclosed: twenty postcards from Remiremont, Tholy and the Vosges.