Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1907-1908 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 diary.
58 double-page spreads.
48 items selected and described.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The diary contains invitation cards, letters, envelopes and press clippings. The items pasted into the diary date from 1907 and report on events that took place in Bordeaux (France) during the International Maritime Exhibition. Many of the items are invitation cards for the inauguration of the various sections of the Exhibition and the banquets held for those invited to attend.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
This is a diary in which all the items (press clippings, invitation cards, envelopes, etc.) are glued together in no apparent order.
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
The loose collage system on the various pages of the newspaper didn't always make it possible to design evocative headlines. Distinctive elements have been included in the "Scope and content" section of the descriptions.