IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL212
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Saint-Simon, Henri de: letters
Date(s): [1818]-1819
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 items (5 leaves)
Name of creator(s): Rouvroy | Claude-Henri | de | 1760-1825 | comte de Saint-Simon | socialist thinker x de Rouvroy | Claude-Henri x Saint-Simon | Henri | de x de Saint-Simon | Henri
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Claude-Henri, comte de Saint-Simon, was born into a French aristocratic family and received a scientific education. After the age of 40 he began to write extensively on political, industrial and religious topics. His Christian-influenced socialist views were not very influential during his lifetime, but but gained many adherents (known as Saint-Simonians) during the period 1828-1832 before the movement was banned by the French government as a dangerous sect. Today, Saint-Simon is considered the father of French socialism.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
(1) Covering letter from Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, and (2) MS prospectus for the forthcoming periodical publication L'Organisateur, [c1818]-1819. (3) Printed letter from Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, addressed in MS to the editors of a journal, [1818]-1819. Autograph, with signature on item (1).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: French
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Found inserted in a volume of Lettres de C H Saint-Simon - classmark [G.L.] A808 fol.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
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: July 2008