The William J. Jones Collection was established in the early 1960s by Frederic C. St. Aubyn (b. 1921 - d. 2004), a 1943 graduate of Missouri State

University. St. Aubyn established the collection as a memorial to his friend and classmate, William J. Jones, who died in World War II. The collection focuses on the literary works of Arthur Rimbaud (b. 1854 - d. 1891) and Michael Butor (b. 1926). The collection also contains materials regarding Stephane Mallarme and general works on French literature and literary criticism.

About the Collection

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À PROPOS DE LA COLLECTION:

The collection contains over 2,000 items including monographs, anthologies, and poetry written by Rimbaud and Butor (and translations of the works in numerous languages) as well as other works about Rimbaud and Butor such as bibliographies, biographies, essays, critiques, and reviews. The collection also holds photographs, films, musical recordings, and hundreds of newspaper and article clippings regarding the two authors and French literature in general.

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Frederic Chase St. Aubyn, more affectionately known as “Saint,” was an alumnus of Southwest Missouri State Teachers College(SMSTC). He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in 1942, after which he served in the US Air Force during WWII in the South Pacific. Eventually, St. Aubyn obtained his Masters and Doctorate from Yale University. From there he taught at several institutions including Yale, SUNY Binghamton, University of Delawareand Elmira College.

FREDERIC C. ST. AUBYN

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In 1972, he became the Chair of the Department of French at the University of Pittsburgh until 1976. He retired ten years later.

St. Aubyn was awarded the

SMSU Outstanding Alumnus Award in 1976. In 1987, the French government named him a chevalier (knight) in the Ordre des Palmes Academiques (Order of the Academic Palms). He died in 2004.

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St. Aubyn with a statue of Michael Butor.

Arthur Rimbaud was born in October 20, 1854 in Charleville, Ardennes, in the Champaigne region of France. His father was Captain Frederic Rimbaud, a career soldier, and his mother was Marie Catherine Vitalie Cuif, a devout Catholic. When Arthur was six, Captain Rimbaud left his family, leaving Rimbaud and his siblings to be raised by their mother. His mother was very strict and pushed Rimbaud to excel in his studies, which he did. In 1869, he won several first prizes and in 1870, he published his first poem, “The Orphan’s New Year’s Gift.”

LE POÈTE ARTHUR RIMBAUDThe Poet Arthur Rimbaud

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Shortly thereafter, Rimbaud obtained a literary mentor, Georges Izambard. Their relationship quickly became strained, however, as Rimbaud

ran away several times and eventually took on a provocative nonconforming lifestyle. Rimbaud believed this lifestyle would steel his creativity and for the next five years he wrote a majority of his profound works (although several were published later). After 1875, Rimbaud began to work more regularly and began his travels as a gunrunner in Africa, returning to France frequently. On November 10, 1891, Rimbaud died

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at the age of 37. He was interred in his home of Charleville.

Although his time as a poet was brief, Rimbaud’s work greatly shaped the Symbolist movement and pre-empted what would be known as the Surrealist movement. In addition, he influenced several 20th century artists including• Jim Morrison• Allen Gingsburg• Pablo Picasso

“It involves enormous suffering, but one must be strong and be born a poet.” -Lettre du Voyant (1871)

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Sketch of Rimbaud by Paul Verlaine (1872)

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“Once, I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened...

1.Roasted Summer Vegetables

2.Mediterranean Salad

3.Yellow Pepper Pasta

with San Mansano Tomato Sauce4.

Triple Cream Brie5.

Mixed Grill with Romanesca Cauliflower

6.Bittersweet Flourless Chocolate Torte

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...and all wines flowed.” -Une Saison en Enfer (1873)

1.Elegance Blanquette De Limoux Brut

Sparkling Wine (90% Mauzac, 5% Chenin, 5% Chardonnay)

2.2011 Trimbach Alsace Riesling

3.2011 Dolcetto di Dogliani by Poderi di Luigi Einaudi

4.2012 Laporte, Le Bouquet, Cabernet Franc

5.2011 Clos La Coutale Cahors(80% Malbec, 20% Merlot)

6.Quinta do Noval, Noval Black, Porto

wine menuMENU DU VIN

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First Flight

The Blanquette de Limoux is a dry sparkling wine (brut) made up of mostly Mauzac, the traditional variety of grape in the Limoux vineyard. After the first fermentation, grape juice is added to induce the second fermentation process and give the wine its sparkling effect. The wine is then stored for another nine months before bottled.

Sponsored By: Karen Horny, Dean Emeritus

LES VINS ET LEURS HISTOIRESWines and Their Stories

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Elegance Blanquette De Limoux Brut

Second Flight

The Riesling is an aromatic white grape originating from the Rhine region in Germany, but is also grown in other regions such as Alsace. The Alsace Riesling tends to be richer than the Rieslings made in Germany and owes its distinct style due to the sunny and dry shelter from the Vosges Mountains.

“Lighter than a cork I danced on the waves,”- Le Bateau Ivre St. 4, line 14

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Trimbach Alsace Riesling

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Third Flight

Sponsored By: Randy Doennig and Stephen Adams

Meaning “little sweet one,” the Dolcetto grape is widely grown in the Piedmont region

of northwest Italy. The grape is said to have originated in the village of Dogliani with documentation dating back to the 16th century, although legend purports that the Dolcetto dates back even further. Despite its name, Dolcetto wines are almost always dry.

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Dolcetto di Dogliani

Fourth Flight

Sponsored By: Mark McQueary

The Cabernet Franc is a black-skinned grape commonly grown in the Loire Valley whose sandy

clay soil provides the ideal growing conditions. The origins of the grape date to the 17th century and the wine it produced grew more popular during the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the taste is compared with Cabernet Sauvignon, this is because the Cabernet Sauvignon is a result of crossing Cabernet Franc with Sauvignon Blanc.

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Laporte, Le Bouquet

Fifth Flight

Malbec and Merlot are part of the six permitted varieties used in Bordeaux wine style. In this particular blend, the Malbec must make up at least 70% of the wine itself. Although the blend of Malbec and Merlot is thought to represent New World winemaking stylistically, it’s nothing new in the Cahors region in southwest France.

“My inn was at the Big Dipper--My stars in the sky made a soft rustling sound.”-Ma Bohème (Fantasie)

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Clos La Coutale Cahors

Sixth Flight

Porto, or port, is a fortified wine with roots in the Douro Valley in Portugal. This region is the third oldest wine region in the world, preceded by the Tokaj-Hegyalja region in Hungary (1730), and the Chianti region in Tuscany, Italy (1716). Although this particular brand does not require it, many ports should be decanted before serving as they are aged in their bottles and therefore unfiltered.

Sponsored By: Thomas M. Johnson II

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Quinta do Noval, Noval Black, Porto

Rimbaud’s works can be characterized as exceptionally fresh, employing permanent universal themes. Rimbaud saw his poetry as a way to change life by transcending from poet to seer. The following highlights are just some of his more profound works.

Ma Bohème (Fantasie) manuscript (1870)

ŒUVRES DE RIMBAUDWorks by Rimbaud

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Lettres du Voyant (1871)Letters of the Seer

Lettres du Voyant (commonly referred to as the Seer Letters) are a set of letters detailing Rimbaud’s philosophy on poetry. The first was written to his former literary mentor Georges Izambard on May 13, 1871. The second was sent just two days later, to contemporary poet Paul Demeny. These letters, although crass and pretentious, are heralded critically and considered to be part of the canonical texts of modern literary criticism.

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Le Bateau Ivre (1871)The Drunken Boat

“And from then on I bathed in the Poem of the Sea, infused with the stars and lactescent,”-The Drunken Boat, st.6, line 21

The Drunken Boat is a 100-line poem written around September of 1871. The poem narrates the story of a boat whose crew was massacred and its adventures and visions thereafter. Many critics regard this poem as an extension of Rimbaud’s philosophy from the Seer Letters and praise its ability to illustrate his views without pretension.

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Une Saison en Enfer (1873)A Season in Hell

A Season in Hell is a prose-poem written in several different parts. Unlike his other works, this is the only poem Rimbaud published himself. Many of the copies

still exist, but the original manuscript is lost. A Season in Hell paints an array of images and many critics describe the work as Surrealist.

A published copy of Une Saison en Enfer (1873)

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Illuminations (1874)Illuminations

Illuminations is a collection of prose and poetry first published in 1886 in La Vogue, a Paris literary review. However, the poems were first written

by Rimbaud between 1873-1875. Illuminations stands out from Rimbaud’s other works with its influence from the English language (as Rimbaud was staying in England when he wrote most of the poems). English words can be found in several of the poems, and it is argued that the title itself is meant to be pronounced as it is in English but with a French accent.

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The first two stanzas of “Age d’or” from Illuminations.

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Karen L. Horny, Dean Emeritus of Library Services, arrived in Springfield, Missouri in 1995 from Northwestern University in Evanston,

Illinois. Karen earned an A. B. degree in French Literature (Magna Cum Laude) from Brown University in 1965, and an A.M. degree in Library Science from the University of Michigan in 1966. Archives and rare documents captured Karen’s interest at Brown University where she worked with Brown’s special collections as a student assistant. At Missouri State University, Karen served as Dean of Library Services from 1995 to

LES DONATEURSThe Donors

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2009. On May 10, 2013, a new entrance to the Special Collections & Archives Department was unveiled in her honor.

Randall Doennig and Dr. Stephen Adams, have graciously researched wine for the Rare Wine, Rare Books event in 2013 and 2014. Randy, a native of Monett, graduated from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin and is owner and manager of Meridian Title Company. Dr. Adams, originally from St. Louis, graduated from the University of Missouri Medical School

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in Columbia and is a family practitioner with specialties in hyperbaric medicine, wound care and is medical director for AIDS Project of the

Ozarks. Both are active in directing and organizing the annual Springfield Black Tie fundraising event. Springfield Black Tie is the region’s premier fundraising event for local and state charities serving the LGBT community. The Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives, housed at MSU’s Duane G. Meyer Library, has been a long-time beneficiary of Springfield Black Tie.

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Mark L. McQueary attended the University of Pennsylvania graduating magna cum laude with an honors degree in 1977. He then earned

his law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1980. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rex B. Titus, Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals from 1980 to 1981. From 1982 to 1987, he served as a research attorney in the Missouri Court of Appeals. After having been in private practice from 1987 to 2002, he joined Neale & Newman in January 2002. Mark has served on several Springfield civic organizations

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and boards including the MSU College of Arts and Letters Advisory Council, the board of directors for the Springfield Ballet, the Springfield Landmarks Preservation Trust, and is past president of the board for History Museum on the Square.

Thomas M. Johnson II graduated with a B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1948 and received his Juris Doctorate in 1951. Mr. Johnson entered the U.S. Navy and was a naval officer serving aboard the U.S.S. Baltimore from 1952

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to 1953. In 1954, after attending Italian Language School in Washington, D.C., he was stationed in Naples, Italy. He was released from active duty as

a Lieutenant (junior grade) in 1955. Tom Johnson then went on to earn a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University and taught at several institutions including the University of Missouri, the University of Illinois – Chicago, and Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Johnson also served as prosecuting attorney for St. Clair and Hickory Counties, and was Mayor of the City of Osceola from 1991 to 1995. Founder of the Johnson

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Library and Museum (JLM) nonprofit corporation in 1999, he currently serves as president of the JLM Board of Directors. He is the grandson of Thomas M. Johnson (1851-1919), aka the Sage of the Osage.

The Special Collections Rare Books Endowment was established by Derek and Jennifer Fraley in 2009. The fund is dedicated to purchasing rare books and high-quality facsimiles of rare books and documents. Books selected highlight the history of printing, the history and

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art of the book, and the history of script, writing, and changing information technology. Materials purchased through the fund range from facsimile clay tablets from Mesopotamia to a first edition of Schoolcraft’s Ozarks travelogue from 1821.

“In the blue summer evenings, I will go along the paths,”

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