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.

01

01

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.

02

02

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.

03

03

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.

04

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.

05

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.

06

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.