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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 LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
