Marie-Louise Marchand-Thébault (original) (raw)

Marie-Louise Marchand-Thébault (died 2007) was a historian and archivist. She achieved her Diplomas d'Archiviste Paleographe in 1953 from the École Nationale des Chartes. Marchand-Thébault was part of a cohort of paleographers (including Monique Pouliquen Sarotte and Jean Tarrade) who were professionally trained archivists who worked on the records of French colonies, at Centre des Archives d'Outre-Mer in Aix-en-Provence (CAOM). She was involved in locating and managing colonial records in French Guinea, Cameroon, and Madagascar.