Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 19th - 20th century (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Global extent : about 10 linear meters
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption was founded in 1845 by Father Emmanuel d'Alzon. Their establishment in Jerusalem was marked by the purchase in 1882 of the land of the future Notre-Dame de France through Count Pierre de Piellat, "benefactor of French works in Palestine" on the one hand and by the purchase in 1887 of the estate of Saint-Pierre en Gallicante, the year in which the first Assumptionist fathers finally settled in Jerusalem.
Archival history
Little information is available on this subject. The documentary gaps are certain but can be explained in different ways: disasters related to wars and armed conflicts, relocations, etc.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The documents described are divided into two main documentary collections corresponding to the community's two settlements in Jerusalem: Saint-Pierre en Gallicante and Notre-Dame-de-France.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The following research instrument was produced by Emeline Rotolo and Emmanuelle Giry, archivists at the Archives nationales de France, during a mission carried out as part of the Open Jerusalem Project. This European research project aims to identify available sources on the history of Jerusalem for the period 1840-1940.
The proposed description respects as much as possible the arrangement in which the archivists discovered the fonds (articulation between a Saint-Pierre en Gallicante part and a Notre-Dame de France part). A summary inventory was carried out in 1985 by the Italian However, since the completion of this inventory, deficits may have appeared (registers); these have been indicated in the following directory.
Consequently, the 2017 work did not lead to a new listing or restructuring of the fund; the original order was preserved, even if within the material units, files could be reconstituted.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Subject to the authorization of the community.
Conditions governing reproduction
Subject to the authorization of the community.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Archives de la communauté de Saint-Pierre en Gallicante des Pères augustins de l'Assomption, Répertoire numérique sommaire établi par Emeline Rotolo, Emmanuelle Giry, Première édition électronique, Archives nationales/ Open Jerusalem Project, Jérusalem, 2017
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Community Archives :
. Archives in the archives department of the General Curia in Rome (which were the subject of a survey mission as part of the project by Emeline Rotolo in 2016).
. Provincial Archives in Paris
Archives from other institutions:
. French diplomatic archives (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nantes)
. Secret archives, Vatican.
Trimbur (Dominique), « Une présence française en Palestine : Notre-Dame de France », Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem, 3, 1998, p. 33-58.P1-P9 Saint-Pierre en Gallicante1876-1983
Notes area
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Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Finding aid established in 2017.
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Sources
Archivist's note
Authors : Emeline Rotolo, Emmanuelle Giry