MILITARY CAREER MEMORABILIA 1930-1948
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1937
1938
1939
1940
General
"Rapport sur les opérations auxquelles le 27e B.C.A. a participé du 2 septembre 1939 à l'armistice" (Report on military operations in which the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry participated from September 2, 1939 until the Armistice), typewritten, 13 pages circa October
Mazaud, Chef de Bataillon, "Quelques faits d'armes du 27e B.C.A. du 5 au 8 juin 1940 (Exploits of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry, June 5-8, 1940), typewritten, 8 pages
1941
General
Proposition pour la Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur en faveur de Capitaine Godard (Yves) du 27ème B.C.A. (Recommendation for the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor for Captain Yves Godard of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry), submitted by Battalion Chief Mazaud, Aix-en-Province September 20
Mazaud, Lieutenant-Colonel, Les Diables Bleus du 27me B.C.A. dans la Campagne de France 1939-1940 (The Blue Devils of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry during the Battle of France, 1939-1940), printed, 142 pages
1944
General
Piat, Phillipe, "Evasion - Mars 1944" (Escape from Poland! March 1944), typewritten (carbon copy), 6 pages
Koenig, Phillipe, "Récit de notre évasion d'un oflag de Pologne" (Our Escape from Prison Camp in Poland), typewritten (carbon copy), 9 pages
1945
1946
1947
1948
Godard, Yves, "Le 27e B.C.A. Bataillon d'Annecy et de la Haute-Savoie," in Plaquette editée par le Comité des Fêtes d'Annecy en honneur du retour du 27e B.C.A. (Booklet compiled by the Festivities Committee of Annecy in honor of the return of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry from occupation duty in Austria), printed, 2 pages
Undated
General
Etat nominatif des officiers, sous-officiers, caporaux et chasseurs de la C.C. (List of the members of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry) circa 1945-1948
Godard, Yves, "Le 27e Bataillon de Chaseurs Alpins et la Résistance en Haute-Savoie, 1940-1944" (The 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry and the Resistance Movement in Haute-Savoie), typewritten (carbon copy), 7 pages circa 1946-1948
ARCHIVES OF THE ARMEE SECRETE DE HAUTE-SAVOIE (FORCES FRANCAISES DE L'INTERIEUR) 1944-1946
Orders, messages, and mission reports
Organization and mobilization plans 1944 June-July
Parachute drop operation on the Plateau de Glieres 1944 August 1
Organizational plans and intelligence reports 1944 August 6-13
Operation and individual mission orders of the A.S. (Armée Secrète) and the F.T.P. (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans de France) 1944 August 12
Liberation of the Département de Haute-Savoie and surrounding areas
1944 August 12-19
1944 August 19-September 9
Summary reports and notes
General
"Essai de synthèse sur les opérations des F.F.I. de Haute-Savoie en Haute-Savoie et en Savoie du 14 au 31 août 1944" (Essay on the operations of the French Forces of the Interior of Haute-Savoie in Haute-Savoie and Savoie, August 14-31, 1944), prepared by Lieutenant Garolet on the basis of reports by unit and sector commanders, typewritten, 18 pages with map circa Setember 1944-1945
Godard, Yves
"Rapport succint du Chef de Bataillon Godard, commandant le 27e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins, sur le rôle du Bataillon dans la résistance de Haute-Savoie" (Report on the Activities of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry in the Resistance), typewritten, 3 pages 1945 January 22
"Notice historique du 27e B.C.A. pendant la période du 27 novembre 1942 au 30 novembre 1944" (Brief History of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry from November 27, 1942 to November 30, 1944), typewritten (carbon copy), 4 pages 1945 March 5
Personnel records
Lists of members of the Armée Secrète, lost, killed, or wounded (perts - tués - blessés) 1944
Recommendations for promotions (avancement et nominations) 1944
Recommendations for awards, citations, and medals 1944-1945
Recommendations for medals (posthumous) 1944-1945
Letters of verification (certificats et attestations) of military service, aid to the Armée Secrète, wounds, and deaths 1944-1946
Miscellaneous correspondence related to the finances of the Armée Secrète 1944-1946
INDOCHINA FILE 1953-1974
Aerial reconnaissance photos (see Photographs)
Map (annotated)
News clippings, French-language press 1954
Reports on French military operations in Laos and Tonkin (Vietnam) 1954
"Opération Dampierre," report by Lieutenant-Colonel Godard on the conduct of the 1st Bataillon Parachutistes Laotiens (Laotian Paratroop Battalion), typewritten (carbon copy), 7 pages 1953 October 15
"Opération Drome," report by Lieutenant-Colonel Godard on operations against enemy rebels in Laos, typewritten (carbon copy), 10 pages 1953 December-1954 February
"Opération Condor/Albatros (8 avril-24 mai 1954): Compte rendu d'opération du Groupement Mobile Nord" (Operation "Condor/Albatros" April 8-May 24, 1954: An Account of the Activities of the North Mobile Group of the Land Forces of Laos (Forces Terrestres du Laos) in its attempt to lift the siege of Dien Bien Phu), report prepared by Lieutenant Colonel Godard, commandant of the Groupement Mobile Nord, typewritten (carbon copy), 31 pages 1954 June
"Compte d'emploi des fonds remis au Lt-Colonel Godard commandant le Groupement Opérationnel du 24-11-53 au 20-7-54" (Balance Sheet of Funds used by Godard in Operations "Ardeche," "Drome," "Chateauneuf," "Condor," "Albatros," and "Bassac," carried out from November 1953 to July 1954), typewritten (carbon copy), 4 pages 1954 July 28
Speeches and writings of Yves Godard
Address on experiences in Indochina prepared for a conference of the Rotary Club d'Ath, Ath, Belgium, holograph notes, 13 pages. Annotated offprint of prologue from Godard's Les Paras dans la Ville; 35 pages 1974 March 5
Miscellaneous orders and messages
ALGERIA AND FRANCE 1954-1973
Chronologies 1956-1957
Conference papers on Algerian affairs prepared by the Corps des Officiers des Affaires Militaires Musulmanes circa 1954-1955
Bretaudeau, Lieutenant, "Géographie de l'Algérie" (Geography of Algeria)
Girard-Reydet, Capitaine, "Histoire de l'Algérie jusqu'à 1830" (History of Algeria to 1830)
Reynaud, Lieutenant, "L'Algérie de 1830 à 1947" (Algeria from 1830 to 1947)
Bouras, Capitaine, "Les Genres de vie en Algérie" (The Modes of Life in Algeria)
Pruvot, Capitaine, "Les Institutions Sociales" (Social Institutions)
Ciavaldini, Capitaine, "L'Islam" (Islam)
Petit, Commandant, "La Femme Musulmane" (The Female Muslim) and "Les Confréries Religieuses" (Religious Fraternities)
Corbel, Capitaine, "Le Statut de l'Algérie" (Algerian Law)
Sigwarth, Capitaine, "Réalisations dans le domaine économique" (Economic Accomplishments)
Salleras, Capitaine, "Les Réalisations Sociales en Algérie (Social Accomplishments)
Guinebault, Capitaine, "La Justice" (Justice)
Lesourd, Capitaine Michel, "Immigration en Métropole" (Immigration to Metropolitan France)
Documents and dossiers on terrorism and counterterrorism circa 1955-1959
Correspondence, messages, and directives 1957-1959
Massu, General Jacques, directive with annexes and cover letter 1959 May 24
Reports on French military operations 1956-1958
General
"Opération 962," south of Guelma 1956 March
"Opération 837," Nord-Constantinois 1956 April 30-May 4
"Opération Djedida," Nementchas 1956 June 9-13
"Opération Agounennda," Massif blidéen 1957 May 23-26
"Réseau Militants 'District'" (Case study of a "district" on the F.L.N. organization in Algiers) circa 1957
"Police des Renseignements Généraux d'Alger. Le Terrorisme: Ses origines, ses manifestations, ses conséquences" (Polic report on terrorism), prepared by Carcenac, commissaire divisionnaire, Préfecture d'Alger, mimeograph, 130 pages plus 4 inserts; annex of photographs, 32 pages circa 1955 January
"Organisation des Bandes Rebelles" (Report on the organization of rebel groups), prepared by the Délégation Générale du Gouvernement, Commandement en Chef des Forces en Algérie, Commandement Supérieur Interarmées pour la 10e Région Militaire, Etat-Major-2e Bureau, mimeograph, 145 pages plus map 1958 July 15
"Documents extraits des archives du Secteur Alger-Sahel destinés à éclairer l'opinion sur le vrai visage de l'action repressive et sur les objectifs, les moyens et les methodes de la rébellion" (Documents from the Records of the Algiers-Sahel Military Sector, selected to clarify opinion about the repression of terrorism and the objectives, the means and the methods utilized by the terrorists), prepared by Colonel Godard, adjoint au Général Commandant la 10e D.P. (Paratroop Division) et Commandant le Secteur Alger-Sahel, Algiers, mimeograph, 28 pages 1958 May 1
Dossiers
Armée de Libération Nationale (A.L.N.)
News clippings, Algerian and French newspapers, journals, and magazines circa 1955-1974
General - Recueil des Journaux d'Algérie, , collection of news clippings from Algerian newspapers reproduced in two bound volumes (annotated) 1954-1962
1955
1957
1958
General
Larteguy, Jean, "Le Chef F.L.N. Yacef Saadi avait pris pour adjoint un colonel parachutiste" (The Head of the F.L.N., Yacef Saadi, mistook a French colonel for his cohort), Paris-Press L'Intransigeant, news clip and original typewritten draft (carbon copy) signed by Larteguy April 8
L'Echo d'Alger, complete edition with headline "De Gaulle aux Algérois: 'Je vous ai compris'" (De Gaulle to the Algerians: "I have understood you") June 5
1959
1960-1961
General
Procès de Barricades (Barricades Week Trial)
1962-1963
General
Susini, Jean-Jacques, "Nous l'O.A.S.," Minute, eight installments 1963 October-November
1970
1971
1972
1974
Procès de Jean-Jacques Susini (Trial of Susini)
Undated
News journal (government) - Délégation Général du Gouvernement en Algérie, La Semaine en Algérie: Miroir de l'Algérie Française (The Week in Algeria: Mirror of French Algeria), nos. 22-35, 37-40, 42-44, 46-48, 50-69 1958 December 15-1960 January 31
Newsletters, privately circulated by exiles from Algeria 1962-1963
Nouvelles d'Algérie, 1962 November 15-30
Nouvelles d'Algérie, 1962 December 1-15
Nouvelles d'Algérie, 1962 December 15-1963 January 15
Nouvelles d'Algérie, 1963 January 15-February 1
Nouvelles d'Algérie, 1963 February
Vérités sur l'Algérie, 1963 March
Vérités sur l'Algérie, 1963 April
Cahiers Algériens, 1963 May
Cahiers Algériens, 1963 June-July
Untitled draft, possibly by Godard circa 1963 August
Reports on the Operations of the Compagnie de Recherches et d'Exploration de Pétrole au Sahara, prepared for the inspection trip of General De Gaulle 1958 December 5
Writings and notes of Yves Godard
"'Allo Carreras, ici Godard': Reflexions sur L'Accord FLN-OAS de Fernand Carreras" ("Hello Carreras, Godard Here": Thoughts on Fernand Carreras' L'Accord FLN-OAS), typewritten draft and carbon copy, each with holograph corrections, each 26 pages; holograph notes, 46 pages; holograph chronology for May-June 1962, 14 pages circa 1967
"Barricades - 24 janvier 1960," typewritten and holograph manuscript draft on Barricades Week (January 24-29, 1960) in Algiers, 201 pages in note binder undated
Card indexes
Chronological file circa 1954-1962
Events and incidents file (événements) circa 1956-1957
Alphabetical file (collectivités) 1954-1958
Personalities file (fichier individual) circa 1954-1958
"Fichier 1960," holograph notes on individuals and organizations involved in events in Algeria from 1954-1960, 56 pages in note binder undated
Notes and clippings on Algerian domestic and foreign affairs, holograph, 229 pages 1964-1965
Notes and clippings on French domestic affairs, holograph, 148 pages 1964-1965
Notes and clippings on French national defense, holograph, 195 pages 1964-1965
Notes and clippings on repatriation, amnesty, arrests, trials, and other subjects affecting French Algerians, and in particular former members of the O.A.S., holograph, 79 pages 1964-1965
Trois Batailles d'Alger, 1972
Outlines, notes, and chapter drafts, typewritten
Publisher's layout sheets of documents, photos and maps uses as illustrations
Miscellaneous
Notes, documents, and ephemera
Printed matter
Algérie développement, booklet printed for foreign distribution by the Délégation Générale du Gouvernement en Algérie 1959
Algérie Médicale, special issue, medical journal containing articles on the problems of criminality and terrorism in Algeria 1957
Algérie-Sahara: Guide touristique, commercial, industriel, guidebook, contains full-page photo of Godard 1959
Aperçu sur l'Algérie, booklet distributed to military recruits from Metropolitan France assigned to Algeria undated
Connaissance de l'Algérie, guidebook distributed by the Service Psychologique of the 10th Région Militaire
Guide Michelin: Algérie-Sahara, guidebook 1956
Indicateur d'Alger, guidebook and map 1964
L'Indispensable, guidebook, contains full-page photo of Godard 1959-1960
Kabaili, Le Grande Kabylie et ses problèmes, 1959
Pourquoi nous combattons, booklet published by the Conseil National de la Révolution circa 1963
15 mois d'action en Algérie, booklet published by the Gouvernement Général de l'Algérie circa 1956
Soualah, Mohammed, Manuel Franco-Arabe à l'usage de militaires de l'Afrique du Nord, 4th edition, Algiers 1953
Tableaux de l'économie algérienne, booklet published by the Statistique Générale de l'Algérie 1958
U.A.P. (Union Africaine de Presse), special issue, photocopy of bulletin concerning Franco-Algerian negotiations, 1956-1958 1961 February 23
OVERSIZE MATERIAL
Maps of North Africa, Algeria, Algiers, Oran, Constantine, etc. (annotated); schematic plan of Algiers (annotated) circa 1954-1962
Maps
PHOTOGRAPHS 1935-159 undated