IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 24
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: LESTRANGE, Monique de: 'Contributions à l'étude des plis palmaires chez l'homme'
Date(s): 1945
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Gessain | Monique | fl 1945-1955 | neé de Lestrange | French anthropologist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Monique de Lestrange studied at the l'École Pratique des Hautes-Études in the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie du Musée de l'Homme; worked in Youkounkoun, Senegal, [1946]; married fellow anthropologist Robert Gessain and spent time with him in Guinea, 1946-1955; she published several works, notably on the subject of the Coniagui, an ethnic group from Guinea and Senegal.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Typescript paper by Monique de Lestrange entitled, 'Contributions à l'étude des plis palmaires chez l'homme', presented to the l'École Pratique des Hautes-Études, third section, Anthropology, Paris, for an associate diploma, 27 Nov 1945.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: French
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Physical characteristics:
[1], 38 leaves, plates, tables, phots., diagrs., bibliog.. 27 cm
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2008