Sub-Fonds - Claparède, René

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Title

Claparède, René

Date(s)

  • 1907-1926 (Creation)

Level of description

Sub-Fonds

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

Administrative history

Claparède, René was born in 1862, near Geneva and died around 1930.

A philosopher, he was active in the propagation of Human Rights. He was one of the founders of the "Ligue Suisse". In 1908 he founded the "Bureau international pour la défense des indigènes" (International Office for the Defense of Indigenous Peoples).

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Scope and content

The main body of the collection consists of material in connection to the International Office for the Defense of Indigenous People ("Bureau international pour la défense des indigènes").

Three main topics can be distinguished.

  • The first one concerns the question of forced labour (Putumayo, West Africa),
  • the second refers to the Montenegro problem in the wake of the First World War
  • and the third one consists of material on Belgian Congo.

The collection consists of pamphlets and reports, newspaper clippings and extensive correspondence (Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, Union of Democratic Control, etc.).

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Accruals

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Public

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      Notes area

      Note

      Protection period to: 1986-12-31

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      Scope ID

      32544

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      Status

      Completed

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          Archivist's note

          Protection period duration: 60

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          Permission: No permission necessary.

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          Physical usability: Without limits

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          Term of protection: None

          Archivist's note

          Documents partly digitized in a project with DOCIP (realized by an intern from DOCIP in 2013 in the Palais des Nations).

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