Public entry points
Public entry points
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.
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Ordinary Lives
Ordinary Lives
Personal letters, illness, work, humour, grief, dependence and everyday human circumstance.
Personal letters, illness, work, humour, grief, dependence and everyday human circumstance.
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Absinthe
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.
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Cognac & Trade
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.
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04
Algérie & 1859
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.
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05
Families & Houses
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.
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06
Commerce & Memory
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.
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Neruda Archives
Private archive of historical correspondence.
Private archive of historical correspondence.