Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00130
Title
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Papers
Date(s)
- [174-]-1844 (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
(1712-1778)
Biographical history
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the foremost philosophers of the Enlightenment period.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Acquired from Zeitlin and Ver Brugge, 1971
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of a small group of documents and letters by or about Rousseau, the bulk of which are notes on the history of women taken by Rousseau from a variety of books. He appears to have compiled these notes acting as secretary to Louise Marie Madelaine (Fontaine) Dupin, who had hoped to write a book on the history of women (the work was never completed).
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Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
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Language of material
- English
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Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
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Description identifier
CA OTUTF MS COLL00130
Institution identifier
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto