Anne of Brittany Collection
Title: Anne of Brittany
Collection
Collector: Orr, H.
Winnett (Hiram Winnett), 1877-1956
Dates: 1918-1955, bulk 1944-1951
Quantity: 3
boxes (1.3 linear ft.)
Collection Number: MS
0001
Language: English, French
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Anne of Brittany Collection (MS 0001). Archives & Special Collections, University of
Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Alternative Format: None
Biography:
H. Winnett Orr served as a professor of Orthopedics within the College of Dentistry. He
retired in June of 1949.
Scope and Content:
The collection consists typescript and bound catalogs of the Anne of Brittany book collection
created by H. Winnett Orr during his lifetime. Orr collected books relating to Anne, her life,
her husbands, her reign as Queen of Brittany and as a Queen of France, the history of France
during her lifetime, notable individuals alive during her reign, and general histories of France
and its people. In addition, Orr created scrapbooks of his trip to Brittany in 1929 and of items
assocated with his book collection and catalog list of the collection. Biographical items
include a photograph of Orr and information on his service during World War I. Please note that
the catalogs listed in the folder list are actually bound copies of Orr's typed catalog with
additions, edits, notes on entries, and added materials such as book catalogs, postcards,
correspondence, and receipts.
Subjects:
Orr, H. Winnett (Hiram Winnett), 1877-1956
Anne of Brittany, Consort of Louis XII, King of France,
1476-1514
Charles VIII, King of France, 1470-1498
Louis XII, King of France, 1462-1515
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Almanacs "Almanach Royal de Nantes," 1815-1836
Box 1. Folder 1. Catalog typescript, 1944
Box 1. Folder 2. Catalog cards, A-F, 1944
Box 1. Folder 3. Catalog cards, G-L, 1944
Box 1. Folder 4. Catalog cards, M-Z, 1944
Box 1. Folder 5. Catalog typescript, Anne of Britanny biography, 1948
Box 1. Folder 6. Catalog typescript, 1948
Box 1. Folder 7. Inventory copy "Anne of Britanny and a Catalog of the Dr.
H. Winnett Orr Collection," 1949
Box 1. Folder 8. Notes, alphabetical catalog added-entries, 1949
Box 1. Folder 9. Bound catalog "extra illustrated" (red), 1949
Box 2. Folder 1. Bound catalog "extra illustrated"
(green), 1949
Box 2. Folder 2. Bound catalog "Anne of Brittany H. Winnett Orr
Collection," 1953
Box 2. Folder 3. Catalog fragments, notes on books, undated
Box 2. Folder 4. Postcard, Anne of Brittany portrait
Box 2. Folder 5. Family tree, Anne of Brittany
Box 2. Folder 6. Published items, Anne of Brittany biography, Bretagne history, Nantes
materials
Box 2. Folder 7. Documents, maps
Box 2. Folder 8. Correspondence, 1953-1955
Box 2. Folder 9. Postcards
Box 3. Folder 1. Scrapbook, Brittany trip, 1929
Box 3. Folder 2. Souvenir book, Paris
Box 3. Folder 3. Book plate
Box 3. Folder 4. Invitation, program, dedication, 1951
Box 3. Folder 5. Guest list, dedication, 1951
Box 3. Folder 6. Replies, dedication invitation, A-G, 1951
Box 3. Folder 7. Replies, dedication invitation, H-Q, 1951
Box 3. Folder 8. Replies, dedication invitation, R-Z, 1951
Box 3. Folder 9. Newspaper clippings, dedication, 1951
Box 3. Folder 10. Bound typescript "History of Orthopedic Service Base
Hospital," number 8, 1918
Box 3. Folder 11. Catalog, Winnett Memorial Library, Lincoln General Hospital
Box 3. Folder 12. Photographs, Brittany (see also map case 2, drawer 1)
Box 3. Folder 13. Photograph portrait, biographical materials
Related Material and Resources: Orr, H. Winnett. Selected Pages from the History of Medicine in
Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., 1952 (Spec R271 .O77 1952x).____________. Wounds and Fractures; a Clinical Guide to Civil and
Military Practice, Springfield, Ill., Baltimore, Md., C.C. Thomas, 1941 |