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Maillé Massacre Remembrance Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1988-122

Content Description

This collection of mostly French language materials represent the 1988 visit by Madame Pierrette Ricottier to the Gledhill Library to conduct research on Kathleen Burke and Girard von Barkaloo Hale (see General Note).

Acquisition Type

Found in Collection

Provenance

Gifts of Pierrette Ricottier

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1956 - 2008

Extent

5 Volumes

5 Photographic Prints

1 Maps

2 Poster(s)

4 Item(s)

Inventory

1) Single sheet tabloid size reprint of the original La Nouvelle République newspaper announcing the liberation of Tours; verso contains account of Maillé Massacre. 2) Three (3) tabloid size photographs of Pierrette Ricottier and Guy Daumain in front of the plaque commemorating the 124 villagers killed during the Maillé Massacre. 3) Two (2) tabloid size posters announcing a 2004 audiovisual memorial of the Maillé Massacre. 4) One (1) tabloid size map of 1944 Maillé. 5) One (1) tabloid size, duplex reproduction of a 4-page souvenir guide to the Maillé memorial. 6) One (1) 1956 April 18 letter size "Monte-Carlo Gazette" and parking map delivered to the Hales from the Prince of Monaco in an envelope labeled, "For the Monaco album." 7) Two (2) 4 x 6 photographs dated 1988-10-24 of Pierrette Ricottier presenting Sheila Lodge with a book titled, "Maillé." 8) One (1) book, Payon, André. 2008. Maillé, martyred village the story of the massacre of 25th August 1944. Maillé (rue de la Paix, 37800): Maison du souvenir. [English] 9) One (1) book, Bonhomme, Jean. 1991. Historique de l'action menée par les orphelins de guerre en France de 1926 à 1990. Nîmes: C. Lacour. [inscribed by Pierrette Ricottier to the historical museum and dated 1996-10-16] 10) Three (3) A4 size, wire bound books about the Maillé Massacre including a catalog to materials from 1930-1943, a photo souvenir book about the village's recovery, and a chronology of 1944.