Élisée Reclus Papers

Period 1860-1905
Total size  5 microfilms
Consultation Not restricted
User restriction Permission required for publication. Please contact RGASPI (formerly RCChIDNI).

Biography

Born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France 1830, died in Torhout, Belgium 1905; anarchist and geographer; belonged to the inner circle of Bakunin's Alliance Internationale; took part in the Paris Commune and was imprisoned and banished; lived in exile in Switzerland; after 1894 professor at the Université Nouvelle in Ixelles, Brussels; became, after Peter Kropotkin, one of the most important international anarchist writers, connected with La Révolte and Les Temps Nouveaux; his publications include `La Nouvelle Géographie Universelle' and `L'Homme et la Terre'.

Reclus, Jean-Pierre, Michel Elie (1827-1904): his brother; ethnographer and journalist; participated in the Commune of Paris in 1871.

Content

Letters by Elisée Reclus to Eugène Protot, Theodore Müller and others; manuscripts and draft articles by Elie Reclus; some letters by Elie Reclus.

Location of originals

Originals at the RGASPI (Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History), the former RCChIDNI, Moscow fund 369.

Finding aid

Inventory available in IISH-reading room.