Hector A. Denis Papers

Period (1830) 1845-1913 (-1935)
Total size   0.12 m.
Consultation  Not restricted

Biography

Born in Braine-le-Comte, Belgium 1842, died in Brussels 1913; politician, innovator in the field of economic history, one of the founders of labour statistics in Belgium; member of the Commission du Travail charged with the investigation of the sources for social conflicts, representing the socialist view in 1886; rector of the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1892; in the same year member of the Conseil Supérieur du Travail; represented in parliament a progressive liberal and socialist alignment of Liège in 1894; one of the directors of the Institut des Sciences Sociales 1897-1902; member of the Institut Internationale de Statistique from 1886.

Content

Letters from J.J. Altmeyer, Charles de Coster, Isabelle Gatti de Gamond, Eugène Hins, Camille Huysmans, César de Paepe, Agathon de Potter and others; also a letter from Michail Bakunin, Comité Exécutif de la Commune (Delescluze, Félix Pyat), Aleksandr Gercen; copy of a letter from Filippo Buonarroti 1830; proof of the pamphlet on William Thompson n.d.

Processing information

Inventory by Tiny de Boer in 2005

Alternate Form of Material

Partly published in: Documents relatifs aux militants Belges de L'Association Internationale des Travailleurs. Correspondance 1865-1872. Textes réunis, établis et annotés par Daisy Eveline Devreese. Louvain/Bruxelles, 1986.

Inventory

1-84

Received letters.  (1830), c. 1860-1912. 84 covers.

1

Administration Communale de Saint-Gilles. 1888.

2

Alberti, Avv. Antonino. 1904.

3

Alceste. 1871.

4

Altmeyer, J.J. 1864, 1868-1869 and n.d.

5

André, Daniel. 1869.

6

Argyriades, P. 1892.

7

Arnould, Victor. 1869, 1979, 1886 and n.d.

8

Arntz. 1880.

9

Arrivabene. 1896.

10

Aubert, Raphaël. 1860-1861 and n.d.

11

Bauer, Stephan. 1896.

12

Belly, Felix. 1878.

13

Berthelot, René. N.d.

14

Bertrand, L. 1875(?).

15

Blomme, A. 1881.

16

Boichot. 1885.

17

Bonnet, Alfred. 1900.

18

Bossuyt. 1860.

19

Bourdon, H. 1897.

20

Brentano, L. 1902-1903, 1906-1907.

21

Brialmont. 1887.

22

Brouckère, Louis de. 1896.

23

Brouer, Fernand. 1896 and n.d.

24

Buls. 1886, 1893.

25

Buysse, Arthur. 1911.

26

Calavaf, A. 1872 and n.d.

27

Cantagrel. 1880.

28

Casimir, V. N.d.

29

Chaillu, J. 1884.

30

Cipriani, A. 1894.

31

Colajanni, Napoleone. 1884.

32

Cosentini, Francesco. 1903 and n.d.

33

Cossa, Louis. 1881.

34

Damianoff, A.D. 1900.

35

Darimon, Alfred (Librairie E. Dentu). 1895.

36

Dartošek, Z. (Bartošek?) (Sekretariát České Sekce Volné Myšlenky). 1908.

37

De Coster, Charles (Karel Coster). 1869, 1878-1879 and n.d.

38

De Greef, Guillaume. 1870, 1892, 1902.

39

De Paepe, César. 1865, 1878-1883, 1885.-1888, 1901 and n.d.

40

De Potter, Agathon. 1901.

41

De Rudder, J. 1910.

42

Dejardin, le Gal. 1912.

43

Delorme, Emmanuel. N.d.

44

Delville, Jean. 1893.

45

Demblon, Célestin. 1888, 1898.

46

Demeur, A. 1887.

47

Dolléans, Edouard. N.d.

48

Dommartin, Leon. N.d.

49

Dutrieux. 1878, 1880.

50

Engel, E. 1892.

51

Errera. 1897.

52

Farino, S. 1882.

53

Ferraris, Carlo F. 1897-1898.

54

Ferri, Enrico. 1897, 1900.

55

Feuerbach, E?. 1872.

56

Fouillée, Alfred. 1910.

57

Fournière, Eugène. 1908.

58

Foville, A. de. 1881, 1897.

59

Fox, Pierre. 1867.

60

Frédericq, Paul. 1897.

61

Frère, J-Bte (?). 1890.

62

Gatti de Gamond, Isabelle. 1882, 1884, 1897, 1898?, 1901 and n.d.

63

Gattina, Petruccelli della. N.d.

64

Gide, Charles. N.d.

65

Graux, Charles. 1892.

66

Guichard, V. 1902.

67

Guyot, Yves. 1893, 1900, 1903 and n.d.

68

Haeckel, Ernst. 1907.

69

Hainault, Jules. 1891.

70

Halévy, Daniel. N.d.

71

Harzé, Emile. 1906-1907.

72

Hébert, Marcel. 1904, 1906 and n.d.

73

Héger, Paul. 1879.

74

Heyermans, Marie. 1897-1898 and n.d.

75

Hins, Eugène. 1890, 1912.

76

Houzeau, L. 1895.

77

Janson, Paul. 1890 and n.d.

78

Janssens, Paul. 1885.

79

Jaurès, Jean. 189?.

80

Jottrand, Lucien. With a copy of a letter from Philippe-Joseph Buonarroti to Félix Delhasse (1830). 1905, 1910.

81

Kirkpatrick. N.d.

82

Mangin, Albert. 1896.
NB. See inv. no. 91-93 J.G. Colins

83

Picard, Edmond. 1886.

84

Salas Antón, Juan. 1894, 1900.

85-115

Letters from others (and some other collected documents).  c. 1845-1935.  31 covers.

85

Bakunin, Michail to 'Redacteurs de la Liberté'.1870.

86

Béranger, P.J. to unknown. 1845.

87

Boulenger, Hyp. to Decoster. N.d.

88

Challemel Lacour, P. to Bourson. N.d.

89

Claus, Emile to Arthur [Buysse?]. 1910.

90

Cluseret, G.P. to unknown. 1872.

91

Colins, J.G. to Alejo Galileo (El Tribuno, Madrid). 1854.
NB. See also inv. no. 82.

92

Colins, J.G. to unknown. Incomplete. N.d.
NB. See also inv. no. 82.

93

Colins, J.G. to Capeve(?). 1855.
NB. See also inv. no. 82.

94

Comte, Auguste to M.H. Kretzer. Copy. 1861.

95

De Bast, L. to Henry. Copy. 1893.

96

De Bot, Louis to Bestaut(?). 1869.

97

Delescluze, Louis Charles and Felix Pyat (Comité exécutif de la Commune) to 'Des officiers de l'état...(illegible). 1871.
NB. Nearly illegible.

98

Deluc to madame [Denis?]. 1900.

99

Faider, C. to Feroumont. N.d.

100

Falleur, O. (Société Les Rationalistes Libre Pensée de Lodelinsart) to Victor De Dapper. Mandate. 1885.

101

Ferrer, F[rancisco?]. Notes relating to the 'Svetový kongres Volné Myšlenky' in Prague. 1907.
NB. A group photo was transferred to the audiovisual section of the IISH.

102

Franchi, Ansonio to Renouvier. 1863.

103

Gendebien, A. to Potvin. 1869.

104

Greef, G. de to Camille Huysmans. With annex. 1913.

105

Herzen, Alexandre to Léon Fontaine. With copies. 1864.

106

Huysmans, Camille to Van Roosbroek. 1919.

107

Huysmans, Camille to unknown. With a cheque from Léonard Jonet, 1918. 1918, 1935.

108

Hymans, Paul to unknown. 1894.

109

Hymans, Paul to 'Au Pays'. Draft appeal. 1911.

110

Joigneaux, P. to Potvin. 1866.

111

Khnopf, Georges to unknown. 1891.

112

Kontehewsky, N. to unknown. 1898.

113

Lafargue, Paul to 'Citoyens du Conseil Féderal Belge de l'Internationale'. 1872.

114

Parenté, Ch. to Camille Huysmans. 1913.

115

List of delegates of a freethinkers congress. N.d.

116

Letter from Hector Denis to Pierre (his son?).  N.d.  1 piece.

117

'William Thompson' by Hector Denis. Proof of the pamphlet. With corrections.  N.d.  1 cover.