Often mentioned for having directing Paris mil neuf cent (the first editing archives film), Nicole Vedrès, filmmaker, author and French chronicler, is a famous figure of Saint-Germain-des-Près after the Second World War. In spite of some publications who name, mention or quote the author, his work has not still been the subject of essay. We can’t find monograph about her. The aim of my research is to (re)discover the work of Nicole Vedrès. My work focuses mainly on the archives who gives me keys to understand the creative process in the work of the author. Since the publication of his first book in 1943, Un siècle d’élégance française, Nicole Vedrès has always kept talking about his work at radio shows or interviews for the general or specialized press. Also, research is hindered by the scarcity or absence of archives. In this case, how to identify and to understand the act of creation of Nicole Vedrès in the absence of documents.