Private cultural archive
Private cultural archive
Historical letters as surviving human voices.
Historical letters as surviving human voices.
A private cultural archive of historical letters and documents, mainly from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
A private cultural archive of historical letters and documents, mainly from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
These letters were not written for history. They were written to someone specific.
These letters were not written for history. They were written to someone specific.
Collections
The main thematic ways into the archive.
The main thematic ways into the archive.
Archive
The catalogue of letters, images, metadata, transcriptions and translations.
The catalogue of letters, images, metadata, transcriptions and translations.
I. Lettres
The first planned volume of selected letters.
The first planned volume of selected letters.
Collections
Collections
These public entry points are broad and deliberately restrained. They are ways into the material, not the whole catalogue.
These public entry points are broad and deliberately restrained. They are ways into the material, not the whole catalogue.
01
01
Ordinary Lives
Personal letters, illness, work, humour, grief, dependence and everyday human circumstance.
Personal letters, illness, work, humour, grief, dependence and everyday human circumstance.
02
02
Cognac & Trade
Letters on cognac, Atlantic routes, houses such as Otard, Martell, Hennessy and others, regulation, restrictions and commercial uncertainty.
Letters on cognac, Atlantic routes, houses such as Otard, Martell, Hennessy and others, regulation, restrictions and commercial uncertainty.
03
03
Absinthe
Documents connected with Pernod, Pontarlier, Couvet, trade networks and the wider culture of absinthe.
Documents connected with Pernod, Pontarlier, Couvet, trade networks and the wider culture of absinthe.
04
04
Algérie & 1859
Letters connected with colonial Algeria, military service, the Italian campaign of 1859, and the civilian and family consequences around them.
Letters connected with colonial Algeria, military service, the Italian campaign of 1859, and the civilian and family consequences around them.
05
05
Families & Houses
Family letters, houses, inheritances, domestic continuity and the private memory of places.
Family letters, houses, inheritances, domestic continuity and the private memory of places.
06
06
Commerce & Memory
Business correspondence as a trace of family firms, capital, charity, social work and the later memory of houses, names and institutions.
Business correspondence as a trace of family firms, capital, charity, social work and the later memory of houses, names and institutions.
The Archive
The Archive
The Archive will provide access to selected letters and documents with images, basic metadata, transcriptions, translations and source notes where available.
The Archive will provide access to selected letters and documents with images, basic metadata, transcriptions, translations and source notes where available.
I. Lettres
I. Lettres
The first planned volume of Neruda Archives: a selection of letters that can stand outside the catalogue by the force of their own voice, tone, humour, grief, tenderness or human truth.
The first planned volume of Neruda Archives: a selection of letters that can stand outside the catalogue by the force of their own voice, tone, humour, grief, tenderness or human truth.
Corrections
Corrections
Corrections and better readings are welcome. Historical manuscripts often contain difficult hands, damaged paper, older spelling and uncertain names or places.
Corrections and better readings are welcome. Historical manuscripts often contain difficult hands, damaged paper, older spelling and uncertain names or places.
Neruda Archives
Private archive of historical correspondence.
Private archive of historical correspondence.