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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Hessen Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 SHES

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Hessen Collection

Date(s): c 1935-1950

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 box, containing 4 envelopes and 2 folders

Name of creator(s): Hessen | Serguis | 1887-1950 | philosopher and educationalist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sergius Hessen (1887-1950), philosopher and educationalist, was born in Ust Sysol'sk, Northern Russia. He studied at German universities before returning to Russia to became a lecturer at St Petersburg and Tomsk Universities. In 1922 Hessen left Russia to live first in Czechoslovakia and after 1935 in Poland where he lectured on education at Warsaw University. During the Second World War he was one of the professors who established a clandestine university during German occupation. After 1945 he was Professor of Education at Lodz University. Ref: "Slavonic and East European Review" vol 29, no 72, 1950, pp 296-298

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Autobiography and self written bibliography of Sergius Hessen (1887-1950); letters and copies of letters from Hessen to Lev Sergeevich Loewenson and typescript writings, c 1935-1950

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Czech & English & German & Italian & Polish & Russian

System of arrangement:

Papers divided into six classes, Autobiography, Bibliography, Writings, Writings on Russian teaching, Writings on socio-legal subjects, Correspondence with L S Loewenson

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

The Library also holds other correspondence and papers on L S Loewenson

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects

Personal names
Hessen | Serguis | 1887-1950 | philosopher and educationalist
Loewenson | Lev Sergeevitch | 1885-1968 | librarian and Russian scholar

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