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REGIONALISM/NIVERNAIS] MILLIEN (Achille)] A collection of documents from the archives of Maurice Mignon (1882–1962), a scholar from the Nièvre region, some of which are marked in his own handwriting as “donated by Achille Millien, Beaumont-La-Ferrière, September 1908.” By Achille Millien: -Czech and Bulgarian Ballads and Folk Songs, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1894. 117-page paperback. -Under the Star: Short War Poems, Paris, Champion; Nevers, Ropiteau, 1915. 82-page paperback. -*Étrennes nivernaises 1895* by Achille Millien, in the Nevers dialect, available at all bookstores. 94-page paperback. -*Selected Poems*, popular edition, Nevers, Ropiteau, 1913. 52-page paperback. On Achille Millien: -MIGNON, in the journal “Vient de paraitre” (a monthly bibliographic review from 1924), an article by Maurice Mignon devoted to Millien’s selected poems. -Tribute to Achille Millien, collective anthology, Clamecy, 1927. 24-page paperback booklet. -Commemoration of the Centennial of Achille Millien in the Nièvre Region, September 1938, La Charité, Delayance. Paperback, 10 pages. -DUBOURG, *Chez Achille Millien*, personal notes for the poet’s bio-bibliography, Nevers, Valliere, 1900. Three 77-page paperback copies, partially untrimmed; one copy in poor condition marked “Study written in 1899, now quite incomplete.” -MACCARY, Achille Millien, a lecture given to fifth-grade students at the Desenzano sul Lago high school, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Bignotti Press, 1896. Two 57-page paperback copies. -PIEDAGNEL, Achille Millien, excerpt from the journal *Le Siècle*, July 1895 issue, Lyon, Storck Press, 1895. Three 20-page paperback copies. -Formal ceremony held on April 28, 1921, in honor of the poet Achille Millien, Mr. de Lespinasse, and the society’s seventy years of existence, organized by the Nivernais Society of Letters, Sciences, and Arts of Nevers, Nevers, Porte du Croux, 1921. Fair condition.