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Author/Creator:Bergery, Bettina, 1902-1993.
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Title:Bettina Bergery papers, circa 1900-circa 1990 (bulk 1940-1980).
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Physical Description:25.43 linear feet (66 boxes) + 3 art, 2 record album storage.
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:In French and English.
Gift of Mary M. Thacher, 2002-2011.
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Organization:Organized into four groupings: August 2002 Acquisition, August 2002 Acquisition Addition, March 2011 Acquisition, and Other Acquisitions.
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Biographical / Historical note:Bettina Bergery was born Elisabeth Shaw Jones on July 20, 1902, in New York City. In 1927 she settled in Paris, where she worked for fashion designers Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeanne Lanvin, and Alix Grès. In 1934 she married Gaston Bergery (1892-1974), French lawyer and member of the Chambre des députés for Seine-et-Oise, Parti républicain radical et radical-socialiste, 1928-1934, and Parti frontiste, 1936-1942. During World War II, Bettina accompanied Gaston on his appointments as ambassador of Vichy France to the Soviet Union (1941) and Turkey (1942-1945). At the end of the war, they returned to France, where Gaston was tried and acquitted by the Haute Cour de justice. Bettina Bergery continued her involvement with fashion design. Her social circle included friendships with aristocrats, fashion designers, artists, and literary figures such as Natalie Barney, Mona von Bismarck, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dali, Daisy Fellowes, Pope John XXIII, Alain de La Falaise, Marie Laure, Martha Gellhorn, and members of the Mdivani and von Papen families. Bettina Bergery died in Paris on August 14, 1993.
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Summary:The Bettina Bergery Papers consist of 122 volumes of diaries, 1940-1980; a small amount of other autobiographical writings and writings about fashion design; correspondence with family and friends; scrapbooks, clippings, and other printed material relating to her interests in fashion, art, and politics; photographs and photograph albums relating to the Shaw Jones family, Bergery's friendships, travel in French Equatorial Africa, and diplomatic travels with Gaston Bergery; biographical material, legal documents, and other personal papers; and a small amount of drawings, other visual materials, and objects. Most materials date from circa 1920s-1990s and concern Bergery's life in Paris, fashion design, and her social circle. Some materials relating to her childhood and family in the United States are also present. Research strengths include 20th-century French fashion design; 20th-century European art, literature, and politics; and Gaston Bergery's diplomatic career in Vichy France.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:Bettina Bergery Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Subjects:Bergery, Bettina, 1902-1993.
Bergery, Gaston, 1892-1974.
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
De Lamar, Alice.
Gellhorn, Martha, 1908-1998.
Grès, Alix, 1903-1993.
John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963.
La Falaise, Alain de.
La Falaise, Loulou de, 1948-2011.
La Falaise family.
Laure, Marie, 1902-1970.
Papen, Franz von, 1879-1969.
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973.
Front populaire.
Parti républicain radical et radical-socialiste (France)
Americans--France--Paris.
Art, French--20th century.
Fashion design--France.
Fashion designers--France.
World War, 1939-1945--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945--Turkey.
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial.
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial--Pictorial works.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
France--Politics and government--1940-1945.
France--Politics and government--1945-1958.
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Paris (France)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Soviet Union--Pictorial works.
Turkey--Pictorial works.
Vichy (France)--Politics and government.
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Genre/Form:Audiovisual materials--France--20th century.
Busts (figures)--France--20th century.
Diaries--France--20th century.
Drawings (visual works)--France--20th century.
Medals--Italy--20th century.
Oil paintings (visual works)--France--20th century.
Phonograph records--France--20th century.
Photograph albums--France--20th century.
Photographs--France--20th century.
Scrapbooks--France--20th century.
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Occupation:Fashion designers France 20th century.
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