Contents and Arrangement Expanded View

Collection Overview

Creator:
Olivier, Louis
Title:
Louis Olivier Collection
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/d791sg19s
Dates:
circa 1910
Size:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Storage Note:
Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
Language:
French

Abstract

Consists of handwritten notes and manuscripts on the ancient history of Egypt and the Middle East, particularly Greece (and Athens), written by Louis Olivier, founder and director of the Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées [ General Review of Sciences Pure and Applied].

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists of Olivier's handwritten notes and manuscripts on the ancient history of Egypt and the Middle East, particularly Greece (and Athens). Topics include great periods in Egyptian history, the Trojan War, the conquest of Sparta, early Greek colonies, the Hellenic race, and the empires of Athens, Persia, and Phoenicia.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically by title of manuscript or subject of notes.

Collection Creator Biography:

Olivier, Louis

Louis Olivier was director of the Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées [ General Review of Sciences Pure and Applied], founded in 1890. Organized cultural tours began in France in 1896, at the time of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. This ushered in a new era, typified by education cruises offered by the Revue générale des sciences which, according to Louis Olivier, its founder and director, aimed "to make it possible for all tourists to improve through study, undertaken with the guidance of recognized experts, their understanding of the region visited."

Collection History

Acquisition:

Collection was purchased from Librairie Bertram in 2007 with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund (AM2007-120).

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

Louis Olivier Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/d791sg19s
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1