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Max Nettlau Papers (1817-) 1870-1944 (-1945)1870-1944 Max Nettlau Papers (1817-) 1870-1944 (-1945)1870-1944 International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands hdl:10622/ARCH01001 © IISH Amsterdam 2020 Max Nettlau Papers (1817-) 1870-1944 (-1945)1870-1944 Table of contents Max Nettlau Papers..........................................................................................................................7 Context............................................................................................................................................... 7 Content and Structure........................................................................................................................7 Access and Use...............................................................................................................................11 Allied Materials.................................................................................................................................11 Appendices.......................................................................................................................................11 INVENTORY................................................................................................................................... 27 GENERAL................................................................................................................................. 27 Diaries............................................................................................................................... 27 Memoirs............................................................................................................................ 30 General correspondence.................................................................................................. 32 PERSONAL............................................................................................................................... 87 Identity papers and official documents.............................................................................87 Education.......................................................................................................................... 87 Primary school.......................................................................................................87 Grammar school and orientation on university study............................................ 88 Comparative studies of Indo-European languages............................................... 89 Celtic studies......................................................................................................... 91 Dissertation and related Welsh articles.................................................................92 Articles on Welsh and Irish texts...........................................................................92 Other documents................................................................................................... 93 Journeys............................................................................................................................94 Daily life............................................................................................................................ 95 Personal interests............................................................................................................. 96 Neuwaldegg and Vienna....................................................................................... 96 Flora.......................................................................................................................96 Siskins....................................................................................................................97 Postcard collection.................................................................................................97 Other subjects....................................................................................................... 97 Finance............................................................................................................................. 98 Health................................................................................................................................98 Family and genealogy...................................................................................................... 98 Therese Bognar, his fiancée............................................................................................ 99 Testaments......................................................................................................................101 Celebrations and death.................................................................................................. 101 PUBLIC LIFE...........................................................................................................................102 Membership and participation........................................................................................ 102 Authorship....................................................................................................................... 104 Major works by Nettlau........................................................................................104 Bibliography of Anarchism....................................................................104 Michael Bakunin................................................................................... 104 Michel Bakounine. Oeuvres............................................... 104 Michael Bakunin. Eine Biographie..................................... 104 Supplement to ‘Michael Bakunin. Eine Biographie’............106 Michael Bakunin: Jugend und erste Kämpfe .....................106 Michael Bakunin. Gesammelte Werke............................... 106 Michael Bakunin [Neue Biographie]................................... 107 Articles on Bakunin............................................................ 107 Notes on Bakunin...............................................................108 Copies by Nettlau of manuscripts by Bakunin....................110 Work indices for notes on Bakunin.................................... 110 Critical reflections on anarchist theory................................................. 111 International Institute of Social History 2 Max Nettlau Papers (1817-) 1870-1944 (-1945)1870-1944 Buonarroti and Secret Societies...........................................................111 Ernest Coeurderoy................................................................................112 World War I...........................................................................................113 Biography of Errico Malatesta.............................................................. 114 History of Anarchism............................................................................ 114 Most - Neve - Dave..............................................................................116 Eugenics............................................................................................... 116 Biography of Elisée Reclus.................................................................. 116 The International in Spain, 1868-1888................................................. 117 A short history of anarchism.................................................................118 Articles by Nettlau............................................................................................... 118 From 1888-1889................................................................................... 118 From 1890-1891................................................................................... 119 From 1892-1893................................................................................... 119 From 1894-1896................................................................................... 120 From 1897-1899................................................................................... 121 From 1900-1904................................................................................... 122 From 1905-1910................................................................................... 122 From 1910-1919................................................................................... 122 From 1920-1921................................................................................... 123 From 1922-1923................................................................................... 123 From 1924-1925................................................................................... 124 From 1926-1927................................................................................... 125 From 1928-1929................................................................................... 125 From 1930............................................................................................ 126 From 1931............................................................................................ 127 From 1932............................................................................................ 127 From 1933............................................................................................ 127 From 1934-1936................................................................................... 128 Undated (unfinished or incomplete)......................................................128 Clippings............................................................................................... 128 Notes for articles...................................................................................129
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