Décrire la bibliothèque d’André Schwarz-Bart : enjeux et méthodes

In 2017, the Manuscript Collections Department of the French National Library (BnF) created the Simone and André Schwarz-Bart collection, which has been continually growing ever since. In the summer of 2018, some fifteen hundred annotated books from André Schwarz-Bart's library, along with a li...

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Main Author: Jérôme Villeminoz
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Published: Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM) 2021-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/coma/6824
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description In 2017, the Manuscript Collections Department of the French National Library (BnF) created the Simone and André Schwarz-Bart collection, which has been continually growing ever since. In the summer of 2018, some fifteen hundred annotated books from André Schwarz-Bart's library, along with a linear meter of press cuttings, also annotated, were sent over from Guadeloupe and acquired by the BnF. The BnF manuscript curating team, in spite of their wide-ranging experience with the private libraries of better and lesser known writers, have been faced by a set of methodological questions as stimulating in themselves as the contents of the collection. The following article gives an overview of the work that has been carried out on the collection at the BnF, in keeping with the main goals of the institution, namely collecting, preserving, sign-posting and publicising its archives. The work is still ongoing and much remains to be done. So far, some 350 books have been examined and given a catalogue description. So no definitive or precise information can be delivered concerning the collection at this stage, including dates or even an exact figure for the books held in the Schwarz-Bart library, and several questions remain unanswered. Nonetheless, presenting the work that has been accomplished should give a clear idea of the undeniable wealth of the collection and paves the way for further research.
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spelling doaj-art-d43a92c9f3254a79b017bf416e69bb002025-08-20T01:55:08ZengInstitut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM)Continents manuscrits2275-17422021-09-011610.4000/coma.6824Décrire la bibliothèque d’André Schwarz-Bart : enjeux et méthodesJérôme VilleminozIn 2017, the Manuscript Collections Department of the French National Library (BnF) created the Simone and André Schwarz-Bart collection, which has been continually growing ever since. In the summer of 2018, some fifteen hundred annotated books from André Schwarz-Bart's library, along with a linear meter of press cuttings, also annotated, were sent over from Guadeloupe and acquired by the BnF. The BnF manuscript curating team, in spite of their wide-ranging experience with the private libraries of better and lesser known writers, have been faced by a set of methodological questions as stimulating in themselves as the contents of the collection. The following article gives an overview of the work that has been carried out on the collection at the BnF, in keeping with the main goals of the institution, namely collecting, preserving, sign-posting and publicising its archives. The work is still ongoing and much remains to be done. So far, some 350 books have been examined and given a catalogue description. So no definitive or precise information can be delivered concerning the collection at this stage, including dates or even an exact figure for the books held in the Schwarz-Bart library, and several questions remain unanswered. Nonetheless, presenting the work that has been accomplished should give a clear idea of the undeniable wealth of the collection and paves the way for further research.https://journals.openedition.org/coma/6824National library of FranceSimone and André Schwarz-Bart collectionmanagement of writers’ archiveswriters’ annotated librariescataloging annotated books
spellingShingle Jérôme Villeminoz
Décrire la bibliothèque d’André Schwarz-Bart : enjeux et méthodes
Continents manuscrits
National library of France
Simone and André Schwarz-Bart collection
management of writers’ archives
writers’ annotated libraries
cataloging annotated books
title Décrire la bibliothèque d’André Schwarz-Bart : enjeux et méthodes
title_full Décrire la bibliothèque d’André Schwarz-Bart : enjeux et méthodes
title_fullStr Décrire la bibliothèque d’André Schwarz-Bart : enjeux et méthodes
title_full_unstemmed Décrire la bibliothèque d’André Schwarz-Bart : enjeux et méthodes
title_short Décrire la bibliothèque d’André Schwarz-Bart : enjeux et méthodes
title_sort decrire la bibliotheque d andre schwarz bart enjeux et methodes
topic National library of France
Simone and André Schwarz-Bart collection
management of writers’ archives
writers’ annotated libraries
cataloging annotated books
url https://journals.openedition.org/coma/6824
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