Louis-Ferdinand CELINE /Archives Charles BONABEL - Written texts, Photos, Letters

Charles BONABEL (1897-1970)
Souvenirs of Louis Ferdinand Celine

Charles Bonabel Archives
Written Texts, Photos, Letters
Expertise: Eric Fosse

This set contains the entirety of the notes & photos of Charles Bonabel
on Louis-Ferdinand Céline

1- MANUSCRIPTED TEXTS - 79 pages
"From one home to another"
Preceded by "On the side of Chez Destouches"
followed by "30 years ago" and "The auto-interview"

These three documents will be partially reproduced in different editions dedicated to Céline including "Memories of Clichy" (Du Lerot edition), the Célinian newsletter No. 86, From one Céline the
other by David Alliot at Robert Laffont etc ...

"From one home the other" will be published in full by Van Bagaden in 1989

2- PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT
The Parisian places where Céline lived & worked
Photographic reportage with 31 original silver prints in black and white.
(Choiseul Passage, Rue Lepic, Girardon Street, Denoel Editions, Clichy, Sartrouville Dispensary ...)

Accompanied by a handwritten letter from Charles Bonabel (Disk office letterhead) addressed to Pierre Cheymol.
With the complete handwritten list of photographed places

These photos were made in 1966 by Jean Ruffino, accompanied by Charles Bonabel and Pierre Cheymol.

With the agreement of Lucette Destouches as indicated by a letter from Charles Bonabel (attached to the file). The list of places was established by Charles Bonabel.

3-PRESENTATION OF THE DOCUMENT BY Dr. PIERRE CHEYMOL *
5 pages of handwritten letters

* Pierre Cheymol, then a young medical student, met Charles Bonabel in 1942 in his record shop (Disk Office) rue de l'Odeon in Paris.

Their friendship will last more than 30 years.

In 1970, a few weeks before his death, Charles Bonabel gave all his notes and notebooks to his "old friend" and doctor, Dr. Pierre Cheymol.