Jacques Gross Papers
Period
1873-1927
Total size
0.5 m.
Consultation
Not restricted
Biography
Born in Mulhouse, Alsace 1855, died in Geneva 1928;
anarchist, freethinker and freemason; became involved in socialist activities
already at the age of fifteen in Mulhouse; member of the local section of the
International Working Men's Association (IWMA); also active in the Ligue
d'Alsace and distributor of their clandestine publications; went to Switzerland
about 1874; became anarchist in the mid-70s; delegate to the Berne Congress of
the 'antiauthoritarian' International in 1876; participated in the famous Red
Flag demonstration in Berne, March 1877, where he is said to have saved the
life of the Russian revolutionary Z. Ralli; travelling widely and freely as
salesman and representative of a leading Swiss cigar and cigarette
manufacturer, he became one of the most successful distributors and smugglers
of forbidden socialist and anarchist publications such as
L'Avant-Garde
,
Le Révolté
,
Freiheit
and
Der Sozialdemokrat
; contributed to
many French, Italian and German anarchist periodicals, mostly anonymously or
under the pseudonym Jeanquimarche; friend of many leading anarchists, including
Luigi Galleani, Peter Kropotkin, Errico Malatesta and Max Nettlau, many of whom
he supported financially when in need; he is also said to have formed one of
the largest collections of anarchist and freethinker publications, rivalling
that of Max Nettlau; much of it was sold in the early 1920s to the Frankfurt
Institut für Sozialforschung, and the bulk of the remainder later incorporated
into the collections of the IISH.
Content
Correspondence mainly with anarchists; some manuscripts by Gross and
others; photocopies of letters from Max Nettlau to Jacques Gross on Ernest
Coeurderoy and some other documents on Coeurderoy; photocopies of letters from
Jacques Gross to Ettore Molinari and others 1873-1927.
Processing information
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made by Tiny de Boer in 2006
Related material
Part of his papers at the
Centre International de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme (CIRA), Geneva.
LIST
Correspondence
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1-118
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Received
letters. With annexes.
1873-1927.
7 folders and 111 covers.
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1
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Alavalarri
[A. Caralazzi].
c. 1906 (?).
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2
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Antoine,
Michel. (pseudonym: Victor). With a letter from Jean Grave to Gross
1900.
1899-1900 and n.d.
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3
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Armand, E.
N.d.
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4
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Atabekian,
Alexander.
1893-1897.
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5
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Aurora, L'
(Ravenna).
1909.
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6
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Avennier,
Louis.
N.d.
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7
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Banti,
Egisto. With a translation.
1895.
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8
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Bauer,
Stephan (Etienne).
1902-1903.
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9
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Béguin (?),
Célestin.
N.d.
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10
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Belekdanian,
K.
1905.
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11
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Berchtold,
Léon.
1901.
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12
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Bernard,
Paul.
1891.
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13
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Bertoia,
Oscar.
1887-1889, 1895, 1897-1902,
1908.
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14
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Bertoni,
Louis.
1902, 1903 (?), 1905 and
n.d.
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15
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Biollay,
Georges.
1903-1904.
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16
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Bordat,
Toussaint. With a letter to Elisée Reclus c. 1887.
1887, 1890-1891,
1893.
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17
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Bovet,
Aimé.
1893.
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18
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Brocher,
Victorine and Gustave.
1908-1909 and
n.d.
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19
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Brousse,
Paul.
1876, 1880, 1889.
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20
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Bruyère,
Anatole.
1887.
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21
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Cianbilla,
Giuseppe. With annex n.d.
1898-1899, 1902-1903 and
n.d.
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22
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Cornelissen,
Lilly.
1921.
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23
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Daïnow,
Manuel.
1902, 1904, 1906.
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24
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Danesi,
A.
1891.
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25
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Darnaud,
Emile.
1891, 1895-1896.
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26
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Dave,
Victor.
1915, 1917.
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27
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Delesalle,
Paul.
1900, 1902, 1909.
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28
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Descaves,
Lucien.With annex 1907.
[1906-1908], 1917, 1920 and
n.d.
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29
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Dide,
Auguste. With annex 1915.
1914-1915 and
n.d.
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30
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Dide,
Noémie.
1915-1916, 1920-1921.
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31
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Diotalen,
Dante.
1906.
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32
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Dreyfus,
Maurice.
1873, 1875-1876, 1879-1880, 1884, 1888, 1891, 1898 and
n.d.
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33
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Droz,
Henri-Edouard.
1895-1897 and n.d.
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34
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Dubois,
Alcide. With annex 1900.
1890, 1893, 1900-1903, 1906,
1908.
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35
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Dumartheray,
François.
1921.
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36
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Dumesnil,
Louise.
1895, 1898-1899, 1907, 1909 and
n.d.
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37
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Dunois-Latonné, Amédée.
1905-1908, 1910, 1925 and
n.d.
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38
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Eltzbacher,
Paul.
1902.
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39
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Faure,
Régis.
1885 and n.d.
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40
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Faure,
Sébastien.
1902, 1908.
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41
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Frigerio,
Carlo.
1900-1901.
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42
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Galleani,
Camillo.
1897.
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43
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Galleani,
Luigi. With a letter from M. Steiner to Gross 1896.
1890-1904, 1906
and n.d.
(folder).
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44
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Giacomelli,
Nella.
1904-1905, 1912.
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45
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Goghelia,
Georg.
1903.
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46
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Goldenberg,
Lazar.
1902.
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47
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Grave,
Jean.
c. 1885-1888, 1893, 1895-1897, [1900], 1901-1903, [1905],
1915-[1916?] and n.d.
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48
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Hardegger,
Marguerite. With a draft letter by Gross.
1914,
1916.
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49
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Hautstont,
Charles.
[1899].
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50
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Held,
E.
1890s, [1896], 1899,
[1901-1903].
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51
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Herzig,
Georges.
[1890s], 1895, [1896], 1902 [1902-1903], 1906-1908,
1914-1915, 1921.
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52
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Hudry-Menos,
J.
1895.
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53
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Jamin,
Eugène Philippe.
1895, 1902-1903, 1909 and
n.d.
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54
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Janvion,
Emile.
1902, 1905-1907 and n.d.
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55
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Japonet,
Henri.
1908.
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56
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Jeanjaquet,
Marc A.
1902 and n.d.
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57
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Kachelhofer,
Charles.
1887, 1890, 1897-1898.
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58
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Kahn,
Rodolphe.
1889, 1893, 1897.
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59
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Karlen, J.
and P. Bérard.
1896-1897.
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60
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Karmin,
Otto.
1902-1904.
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61
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Lazare,
Bernard.
1895-1896.
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62
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Lucas,
Henri.
1897.
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63
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Mackay, John
Henry.
N.d.
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64
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Majewsky,
J.
N.d.
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65
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Malatesta,
Errico.
1891-1982, 1900.
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66
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Mario.
1902 and n.d.
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67
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Martin,
Pierre.
1893.
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68
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Mazzocchi,
Cesare.
1898.
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69
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Mazzocchi,
Felice. With a draft letter by Gross 1897; with a letter to the mother of Gross
1902.
1895-1898, 1902-1903, 1909.
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70
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Mazzocchi,
Guido.
1905.
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71
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Mazzocchi,
Luigi.
1896.
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72
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Meaglia,
Luigi.
1906-1907.
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73
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Molinari,
Ettore. With a draft letter by Gross.
1888, 1897-1898, 1902, 1906 and
n.d.
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74
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Monfray,
Marius.
1887.
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75
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Morburger,
Carl.
1905-1906 and n.d.
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76
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Nellie.
1893.
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77-82
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Nettlau,
Max.
1893-1910, 1913-1917, 1919-1927 and n.d.
(6 folders).
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83
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Nicolet,
Albert (Nussbaum?).
1895 and n.d.
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84
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Palla,
Galileo. With a letter from Gross and a letter from Paolo Schicchi,
incomplete.
1900.
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85
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Perrare,
Adrien.
1886-1887, 1890, 1892-1894, 1904 and
n.d.
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86
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Perron,
Charles.
1897, 1907.
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87
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Perron,
Georges.
1894.
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88
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Piachany
(?).
N.d.
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89
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Pindy,
Henri.
1903.
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90
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Pindy,
Louis.
1886-1887, 1897, 1899-1900, 1902, 1904-1906, 1908, 1919 and
n.d.
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91
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Pouget,
Emile.
1894-1896, 1899.
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92
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Prongué,
Emile.
1901, 1903.
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93
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Reclus,
Elie.
1898.
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94
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Reclus,
Elisée.
1890, 1895, 1903.
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95
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Reichel,
Alex.
1891.
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96
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Reunione di
anarchici Swizzeri
(Malatesta).
1891.
-
97
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Riboton
(?).
N.d.
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98
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Robert.
1915.
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99
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Roorda van
Eysinga, Henri. With a draft letter by Gross 1905.
1894-1896,
1898-1900, 1902-1910, 1913-1914, 1916, 1920-1921, 1923 and
n.d.
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100
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Rosé,
Th.
1887-1889, 1894-1896, 1899.
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101
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Samaja,
Nino.
1898, 1900-1903.
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102
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Sanftleben,
Alfred (Slovak).
1895 and n.d.
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103
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Sensine,
Henri.
1889, 1905.
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104
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Sigg,
Jean.
1899.
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105
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Soguel,
Henri.
1890, 1895, 1904.
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106
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Spengler,
De.
1909.
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107
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Spichiger,
Auguste.
1886-1887.
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108
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Spichiger,
Mad.
1887.
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109
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Steinberg,
Melle F.
1905-1906.
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110
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Stojanov,
Paraskev.
1891-1894.
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111
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Sullam,
Marc.
1893-1898, 1900.
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112
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Tempia,
Pietro.
1905.
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113
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Vogt,
William.
1901.
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114
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Vonwiller,
A.J.
1907.
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115
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Wilmerding,
L.Z.
N.d.
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116
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Wintsch,
Jean.
1903, 1905, 1914, 1916.
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117
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Zibelin,
Albert.
1895, 1901-1902, 1904, 1909, 1914 and
n.d.
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118
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Illegible
senders. With notes on illegible senders by Max Nettlau.
1878, 1886,
1890, 1892-1893, 1896-1897, 1904, 1910, 1920 and
n.d.
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119
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Letters from
Jacques Gross to Ettore Molinari and others. Photocopies.
1874, 1876,
1908, 1913.
1 cover.
NB.
Photocopies from the Ettore Molinari papers in the Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai
in Bergamo, Italy.
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120
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Letters from
Max Nettlau to Jacques Gross on Ernest Coeurderoy.
Photocopies.
1910-1913.
1 folder.
NB. Photocopies from the Centre International de
Recherches sur l'Anarchisme ((CIRA), Lausanne).
Manuscripts
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121
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Manuscripts
of untitled articles (?) by Jacques Gross.
1896 (?),
1900s.
1 cover.
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122
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Manuscript of
the untitled article (?) by J. Guillaume
(?).
1901.
1 cover.
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123
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Manuscript of
the article (?) 'Correspondance de Suisse' by J.H.
(?).
1903.
1 cover.
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124
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Manuscript of
the untitled article (?) by P. Jamin.
N.d.
1 piece.
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125
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Manuscript of
'Camarades', a letter to the editor (?). Author
unknown.
N.d.
1 piece.
ANNEX
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126
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Letter from
Stanislaus (brother-in-law of Jacques Gross) to 'Liebe Mama'.
1898.
1 piece.
Suplement 2010
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127
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Postcard to
Gross of a poem by
Pietro Gori
.
1904.
1 piece.
