[BAYONNE FESTIVITIES] - Pierre LANDRIEU, former president of - Lot 407

[BAYONNE FESTIVITIES] - Pierre LANDRIEU, former president of the Festival Committee. EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF ARCHIVAL MATERIALS from the BAYONNE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, compiled by Pierre LANDRIEU, president, on the history of the FIRST BAYONNE FESTIVALS and their organization: 1st VOLUME: - 1933: Handwritten notes on the festivities, a compilation of newspaper articles, various letters and notes on the Festival Committee’s funding by the City of Bayonne since 1922, and programs for the Bayonne Arena in 1933. - 1934: Small poster of the festival program for July 13–19, Official Program for the 1934 summer festivities, handwritten notes and press articles on the Festival Committee’s organization, visit by Louis Barthou, Minister of Foreign Affairs, inauguration of the Bayonne velodrome, review of the season at the Bayonne Arènes. - 1935: Election of Pierre Landrieu as president of the Festival Committee; various events and festivals in Bayonne; various games and prizes. Program for the 1935 Bayonne Festivals, illustrated based on Darricarère, and program for the Velodrome; program for the 1935 Dax Festivals; program for the traditional Basque festival in Biarritz; summary of subscribers and financial records; menu for the gala dinner at Lauqué. - 1937: Article on the 1937 Paris Exposition, where the 3B Pavilion was located. 2nd VOLUME: - 1948: Succession of Pierre Landrieu, with the election of Albert Dupouy as president of the Festival Committee, articles and programs for the various festivals on the Basque Coast (a very interesting article from July 31, 1948, in *Sud-Ouest* providing a retrospective and history of the Festival Committee up to 1932), menu for August 1, 1948. - 1949: Various articles on events during the festivals. 3rd NOTEBOOK: EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT containing the minutes of the Festival Committee meetings from 1920 (33 pp.), 1922 (4 pp.), and 1923 (3 pp.) (some pages missing). 4th NOTEBOOK of handwritten notes on the streets and prominent families of Bayonne, based primarily on Ducéré. Provenance: former collection of Pierre Landrieu, former president of the Festival Committee. Although a strong tradition of popular festivals has existed in Bayonne since the late 19th century, featuring a wide variety of events (dances, float parades, elegance contests, horse races, cavalcades, and bull runs), the dynamic Festival Committee, established in the 1920s, secured the creation of the Bayonne Festival in 1932. It wasn’t until the postwar period that these now-traditional festivals became firmly established, first as the counterpart to the Pamplona Festival and then as the largest popular event in France. IMPRESSIVE PRESS REVIEW FROM THAT ERA!