David Bien Papers

Collection — Box: 01-26(unprocessed)

Identifier: MSS 2017-005

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, research materials, publications, and original scholarship collected by David Bien, documenting research on the French Revolution and the ancien régime.

Note to researchers: This collection is in process, and portions remain unavailable to researchers at this time. Please contact FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives for more information about access to this collection.

Dates

Other: Date acquired: 09/28/2017

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is in process, and portions remain unavailable to researchers at this time. Please contact FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives for more information about access to this collection.

Biographical or Historical Information

David Duckworth Bien was born to David William Bien and Cecile Marie (Dubois) Bien on April 2, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Bien earned an A.B. degree from Washington and Lee University (1951) and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in History from Harvard University (1956). Bien taught at Weseleyan University (1958-1959), Princeton University (1959-1967), and the University of Michigan (1967-1996). At the latter institution Bien also served as Chair of the Department of History and was appointed Professor Emeritus of French History upon retirement.

Bien's research and scholarship on eighteenth century France, the ancien régime, and the origins of the French Revolution are acknowledged as globally influential in the field of French History. Bien was twice awarded the William Koren Prize by the Society for French Historical Studies (1958, 1978). Bien passed away September 25, 2015 in Ann Arbor, Michigan after a lengthy illness.

Sources

David D. Bien (September 27, 2015). Ann Arbor News. http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?pid=175938390

Gail Bossenga. In Memoriam: David D. Bien (1930-2015). http://www.h-france.net/Salon/Salon8BienInMemoriam.pdf

Note written by R. Grennan

Extent

26.00 boxes (26 Boxes)

24.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

French

Additional Description

Custodial History

Materials were shipped to FSU History Department from Ann Arbor, MI by Prof. Rafe Blaufarb in late 2016. Transferred to Strozier Library from History Department in August 2017. Deed of Gift executed in September 2017.

Source of Acquisition

Margaret C. Bien

Method of Acquisition

Deed of Gift

Related Publications

David D. Bien (1960). The Calas Affair. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. http://fsu.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?23FS021224595

Robert M. Schwartz & Robert A. Schneider (Eds.). (2003). "Publications of David D. Bien," in Tocqueville and Beyond: Essays On the Old Regime In Honor Of David D. Bien. Newark: University of Delware Press. http://fsu.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?23FS021258363

Rafe Blaufarb et al. (Eds.). (2014). Interpreting the Ancien Régime: David Bien. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation. http://fsu.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?23FS033273888

Separated Materials

The following volume was removed to the French Revolution and Napoleon book collection:

Marc Venard (1957). Bourgeois et Paysans au XVIIe siècle. Paris: SEVPEN.