Material relating to the French Studies of E. R. Anderson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1093
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of the following material relating to French Studies and a piece of work on Charles-Georges Le Roy, noted as per content of each box:
Box 1
- 8 x files/folders - Notes on: Eugene; Condillac; Athalie; Mithridate; Berenice; and Phedre; and French magazine cuttings
Box 2
- 2 x files/folders - Notes on: Andromaque; and Bajazet
- 1 x typescript - Introduction: Charles-Georges Le Roy
- 2 x envelopes/files - Loose notes
- 1 x envelope/file - Correspondence, 1990s
- 2 x volumes - Typescript notes, Descartes etc
- Offprints - including 'Should Voltaire have killed off Pangloss?'
Box 3
- 1 x file - Mansucript and typescript material, on Hume
- 12 x files - Notes: manuscript material including Charles-Georges Le Roy
Box 4
- 2 x archive folders - Notes
- 8 x files - Notes c.1961: including Diderot, d'Holbach
Box 5
- 5 x files - Notes: including those taken at Versailles, Archives l'Hotel de Ville: Voltaire
- 1 x file - Correspondence, 1970s: Relating to journalTrivium
- 2 x envelope/file - Loose manuscript notes
- 1 x envelope/file - Notes: Archives Nationales
Box 6
- 1 x file - Notes: A.N.
- 1 x volume - Notes in typescript,Descartes et les betes machines
- 1 x volume - Notes in typescript,Quelques lectures des jeunese de Descartes?
- 1 x file - Notes, on Descartes
- 1 x envelope - Lectures
- 1 x box-file - Notes: Versailles, Archives l'Hotel de Ville: Voltaire
- Assorted notes, and assorted magazine cuttings
Box 7
- 1 x envelope/file - Notes: sur l'histoire des sciences
- circa 5 x envelopes/files - Notes: Philosophy, Descartes etc
Box 8
- 2 x spring-spine-files - Doctoral thesis:Charles-Georges Le Roy, philosophe encyclopediste (1723-1789)
- 5 x pocket-files - notes
Box 9
- 3 x files - Notes
Box 10
- 1 x copy -Descartes et les betes machines
- circa 7 x envelopes/files/folders - Notes
- 1 x file - Correspondence
- 1 x copy - Work relating to Charles-Georges Le Roy,Lettres sur les animaux, by Elizabeth R. Anderson, published by the Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, 1994
- 1 x copy -Helvetius de l'esprit
- Assorted correspondence, notes, ephemera relating to Charles-Georges Le Roy and the work,Lettres sur les animaux
Box 11
- 1 x drawer of files in card index format
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1999
Language of Materials
English French
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth Ramsay Anderson graduated from Edinburgh University in 1947 with the degree of M.A. She was awarded the degree of Ph.D. in 1952 (Edinburgh) for her research entitledCharles-Georges Le Roy, philosophe encyclopediste (1723-1789).
Extent
11 boxes
Physical Location
E2006.23
Subject
- Title
- Material relating to the French Studies of Elizabeth R. Anderson (fl. 1947-1994)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk