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Author McDermott, John Francis, 1902-1981.

Title The French in the Mississippi Valley / edited by John Francis McDermott.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1965.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F351 .M13    Available  ---
Description ix, 247 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
Note "Papers ... first presented at a conference held in St. Louis on Februrary 13 to 15, 1964," sponsored chiefly by the St. Louis Historical Documents Foundation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.
Contents Myths and realities concerning the founding of St. Louis / John Francis McDermott -- The houses of French St. Louis / Charles E. Peterson -- St. Louis families from the French West Indies / Dorothy Garesche Holland -- An early St. Louis poet: Pierre Francois Regnier / Charles Guenther -- Pierre Gibault and the critical period of the Illinois Country, 1768-78 / Joseph P. Donnelly -- The French mountain man of the early Far East / Frederic E. Voelker -- Colonial fortifications and military architecture in the Mississippi Valley / Samuel Wilson, Jr. -- Some French engineers in Spanish Louisiana / Jack D. L. Holmes -- French Reactions to the Louisiana Revolution of 1768 / Pierre H. Boulle -- French Naturalists in the Mississippi Valley / Joseph Ewan -- A kingdom beyond the Rockies: the El Dorado of Mathieu Sagean / Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams -- The seminary of Quebec: resources for the history of the French in the Mississippi Valley / Noel Baillargeon -- Resources in Detroit for the history of the French in the Mississippi Valley / James M. Babcock -- Manuscript sources in Louisiana for the history of the French in the Mississippi Valley / Winston De Ville.
Subject French Americans -- Mississippi River Valley.
French Americans.
Mississippi River Valley.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author St. Louis Historical Documents Foundation.