Hessen Collection

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0369 SHES
Held at	: School of Slavonic and East European Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/archives/ ›
Full 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
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

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 & 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.

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

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

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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