UZANNE, Octave (1852-1931)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS1121
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: UZANNE, Octave (1852-1931)
Date(s)	: 1918 October 10
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 1 letter
Name of creator(s)	: Uzanne | Octave | 1852-1931 | bibliophile
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1852; published Les Surprises du Coeur in 1881; wrote an article in 1894: "The End of Books", which predicted that books would eventually become overtaken by other media. He founded the magazine The Book.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter to an anonymous correspondent in which Octave Uzanne mentions his six months in Brittany, 1918. He claims to have benefitted from the fresh air there.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
French

System of arrangement:

1 letter only

Conditions governing access:

Open for research.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

Fonds description.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Senate House Library

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
2006-09-05