Identity area
Reference code
CAS/02/035
Title
Paris: correspondence with Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ministry of Education, Palais de nouveauté, and Bijoutiers Horlogers, Paris, France, regarding various clocks
Date(s)
- 1949–1957 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 folder of loose papers
Context area
Name of creator
(d.1962)
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Scope and content
Includes mostly typewritten letters, an excerpt from Chapter 3 of Castle's "Remarkable Clocks", a photograph of Oronce Fine's astronomical clock, and a photograph and copy drawing of De Vick's clock from the Palais de Justice. Also includes typewritten letter from the British Horological Institute .
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Accruals
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Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some French