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Collection consists of correspondence and printed and other materials relating to Raymond Queneau and the Collège de 'Pataphysique. There are separate correspondence files for Queneau and Jean-Pierre Faure from members of the Collège de 'Pataphysique and others. The bulk of the correspondence to Queneau, received during his tenure with the Collège as "Transcendental Satrap" from the early 1950s to early 1970s, is from Jean-Hugues Sainmont, pseudonym of Emmanuel Peillet. Other correspondents include Henri Bouché, Jean Ferry, Raymond Fleury, Thieri Foulc, and bookseller Syvain Goudemare. In addition to these larger files, there is one autograph postcard signed from Alfred Jarry to Gustave Kahn. Printed ephemera, relating chiefly to the Collège de 'Pataphysique, includes clippings, postcards, documents, circulars, manifestos, publicity, catalogs, and a diploma, by the Ordre de la grande gidouille, awarded to Queneau. Audiovisual material includes photographs of Sainmont, Bouché, Baron Jean Mollet, Boris Vian, and Henri Robillot, among others, and several record albums and one audiocassette.

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