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Ernest Maindron collection of Académie des Sciences documents and letters

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Call Number:
Ms. Coll. 159
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
French
Preferred Citation:
Ernest Maindron collection of Académie des Sciences documents and letters, 1838-1891, Ms. Coll. 159, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
1838-1891 (inclusive)
Creator:
Maindron, Ernest
Form:
Correspondence
Abstract:
Documents relating to the Académie des sciences (Paris) in the mid- to late-1800s, including letters to Ernest Maindron from members of the Académie.

Charles Ernest Maindron (1838-1907) was a French historian and archivist. In addition to his thorough studies of the Académie des Sciences, Maindron was a student of graphic and pop art. He is credited as the first to elevate printed advertisements ("affiches illustrées") to the level of art.

First item is one large folded leaf, "Etat des indemnités de MM. les membres de l'Académie royale des sciences, pendant le mois d'Avril 1838," containing 67 signatures of members of l'Académie, including Lacroix, Biot, Poinsot, Gay-Lussac, Pelouze, Arago, etc. Second item is one large folded leaf (torn), "Etat de distribution de droits de présence à MM. les membres de l'Académie des sciences...Décembre 1853," containing 64 signatures including Biot, Poinsot, Dupin, Dumas, Becquerel, Payen, etc. Letters to Ernest Maindron from members of l'Académie des sciences are dated 1871-1891, each item is numbered, 1-76.

Letters to Ernest Maindron are a gift from Edgar Fahs Smith, 1924.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Finding Aid Author
Clémence Scouten
Finding Aid Date
2015 May 7
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État des Indemnités de MM. les Membres de l'Académie royale des Sciences, Paris, 1838.
Box 1 Folder 1
État de Distribution de droits de Présence à MM. les Membres de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1853.
Box 1 Folder 2
Académie des Sciences, Letters to Ernest Maindrow, 1873-1889.
Box 1 Folder 3
Académie des Sciences, Letters to Ernest Maindrow , 1880-1891.
Box 1 Folder 4
Académie des Sciences, Letters to Ernest Maindrow , 1876-1889.
Box 1 Folder 5
Académie des Sciences, Letters to Ernest Maindrow , 1871-1889.
Box 1 Folder 6

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