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The print resources listed here provide context and background on how almanacs evolved over the years, and how French culture merged with local American culture and still retained elements of the French national character. The titles below link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional digital content are provided when available.

Les lectures du peuple en Europe et dans les Amériques du XVIIe au XXe siècle by Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink
Call Number: AY30 .L43 2003
Published/Created: 2003
Broad introduction to topics in French and American readership in the 17th through 20th centuries. Of particular importance is an essay by Lise Andries, "La popularisation du savoir dans les almanachs français de 1780 à 1830."
The Calendar in Revolutionary France: Perceptions of Time in Literature, Culture, Politics by Sanja Perovic
Call Number: CE77 .P47 2012
Published/Created: 2012
Perovic conducts an in-depth investigation of the Republican project in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and its revolutionary reform of timekeeping. Especially pertinent to the study of the French Republican calendars published in the United States.
Écrits louisianais du dix-neuvième siècle:nouvelles, contes et fables by Gérard Labarre St. Martin and Jacqueline K. Voorhies
Call Number: PQ3937.L8 E25
Published/Created: 1979
Investigation of French writings in Louisiana. Expands on the work done by Tinker (1933) and opens the field to cultural and folk writings. Includes a useful glossary of French-Louisianian vocabulary at the back of the book.
Les écrits de langue française en Louisiane au XIXe siècle by Edward L. Tinker
Call Number: Z1289 .T59
Published/Created: 1933
Comprehensive reference work for French writings in Louisiana. Updated in 1979 by St. Martin and Voorhies.

French-American Almanacs at the Library of Congress

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