- Collection Overview
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Materials Related to the Ordre Asiatique de Morale Universelle, circa 1834-1912
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Includes a typewritten statement and bibliography regarding d'Eldir and Ordre Asiatique contemporaries, J. B. M. Gence and Agricol-Joseph Fortia d'Urban; original certificates and a handwritten copy of a certificate from the Cercle de la Noble Porte and the Ordre Asiatique to Villenave and le Baron de Saint-Mexant, Armand-Charles; printed and handwritten copies of speeches by Alina d'Eldir; a handwritten copy of the statutes of the organization; a handwritten timeline of the founding of the organization; and on the verso of the timeline a handwritten inventory of letters from Fortia d'Urban and Villenave. The copies are undated.
- Arrangement
As materials were not received in original order, materials were arranged by creator and topic.
Collection History
- Custodial History
This collection was initially formed by Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave. However, the collection includes materials that post-date Villenave's death, which indicates that it likely passed through several hands. One such item is Hans Fellner's (possibly Hans Fellner, the book dealer) book plate, which could serve as evidence of the collection's provenance.
- Appraisal
No materials were removed from the collection during 2019 processing beyond routine appraisal practices.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Alice Griffin in July 2019. Finding aid written by Alice Griffin in July 2019.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Materials Related to the Ordre Asiatique de Morale Universelle; Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave's Collection on Alina d'Eldir, C1624, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box B-001330
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- Bibliography
d'Eldir, Alina. Méditations en prose , par une dame indienne. Paris: Imprimerie de Mme. V. Porthmann, 1828. Gence, Jean-Baptiste-Modeste. Sur l'Institution de l'ordre moral asiatique universel, fondée en 1832 sous le nom de la Noble porte de l'Élysée par la sultane indienne Alina d'Eldir. Paris: Imprimerie de L. Thomassin, 1839. Titres constatant la naissance dans l'Inde de la Sultane Alina d'Eldir. Paris: Imprimerie de J.-B. Gros, 1846. Villenave, Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse. "Méditations en prose, par une dame indienne (La Sultane d'Eldir)." Revue encyclopedique ou analyse raisonnée des productions les plus remarquables dans la littérature, les sciences et les arts, par une réunion de membres de l'institut et d'autres hommes de lettres 38 (1828): 676-682.
- Names:
- Alletz, Édouard (1798-1850)
Deldir, Alina
Fortia d'Urban, Agricol Joseph François, marquis de (1756)
Gence, Jean-Baptiste-Modeste (1755-1840)
Mercier, Charles