François Jourda de Vaux de Foletier, also called François de Vaux de Foletier, was a 20th-century French archivist and historian, a specialist of the history of the Romani people in Europe.
Biography
A student at the École Nationale des Chartes, Vaux de Foletier graduated as archivist-palaeographer in 1917 with a thesis about, master of the French artillery. In 1955, he was among the founders of the journal . He was awarded several prizes by the Académie française in 1931, 1961, 1970 and 1981. dedicated him her book Les Tsiganes — une destinée européenne, the 218th title published in 1994 by the Éditions Gallimard in the series "Découvertes Gallimard, Histoire",.
1932: Images de la Rochelle, ill. by Louis Suire, La Rochelle, La Rose des vents
1937: Le Comte de Buenos-Aires, in collaboration with Max Dorian, Paris, Gallimard
1938: Brouage, ville morte, ill. by Louis Suire, La Rochelle, La Rose des vents
1953: Étude sur les recherches biographiques aux archives de la Seine, in Jacques Meurgey de Tupigny, Guide des recherches généalogiques aux Archives nationales, Paris, Imprimerie nationale
1957: Charentes, Paris, Hachette, series "Les Albums des Guides bleus"
1960: Poitou, Paris, Hachette, series "Les Albums des Guides bleus"
1960: Arches de Paris, ill. de Louis Suire, La Rochelle, La Rose des vents
1961: Les Tsiganes dans l'ancienne France, Paris, société d’édition géographique et touristique, series "Connaissance du monde", Prix Broquette-Gonin of the Académie française
1970: Mille ans d’histoire des Tsiganes, Paris, Fayard, series "Les Grandes Études historiques", Prix Broquette-Gonin of the Académie française; Mil anos de historia de los Gitanos, translation by Domingo Pruna, Barcelona, Plaza et Janes, 1974 ; Mille anni di storia degli Zigari, translation by Mirella Karpati, Milan, Jaca Book
1981: Les Bohémiens en France au XIXe, J.-C. Lattès, series "Lattès/Histoire, Groupes et Sociétés", Prix Biguet of the Académie française
1983: Le Monde des Tsiganes, Paris, Berger-Levrault
Vaux de Foletier wrote over two hundred articles, reports, bibliographical entries in the journal Études tsiganes and the Journal of the Gipsy Lore Society.
