The collection in use: Articles written using the collection

In 2001, the Lafayette Collection Essay Competition was held to recognize students and scholars who gained an understanding of the Marquis de Lafayette's life and times by using Cleveland State University Library's Lafayette Microfilm Collection of his papers at Château La Grange. A panel, composed of members of the Cleveland French Community and Cleveland State University, selected two winners, June K. Burton, Professor Emerita from the University of Akron for best scholarly essay, and Karen L. Mounsey, student from the University of Akron for best essay submitted by an undergraduate student.

• Lafayette et les Relations Franco-Américaine: 1783-1789, by Karen L. Mounsey

• “The Story Behind CSU’S Lafayette Collection OR: How a French aristocrat brought two ‘Ohio Sons’ together,” by Tama Lea Engelking, Associate Professor of French at Cleveland State University, 2004.

• Two “Better Halves” in the Worst of Times-Adienne Noailles Lafayette (1759-1807) and Fanny Burney d'Arblay (1752-1840) as Medical and Surgical Patients under the First Empire by June K. Burton