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Jacques Gross Papers 1873-1927 International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands hdl:10622/ARCH00500 © IISH Amsterdam 2021 Jacques Gross Papers 1873-1927 Table of contents Jacques Gross Papers..................................................................................................................... 3 Context............................................................................................................................................... 3 Content and Structure........................................................................................................................3 Access and Use.................................................................................................................................3 Allied Materials...................................................................................................................................4 LIST...................................................................................................................................................4 Correspondence.......................................................................................................................... 4 Manuscripts................................................................................................................................. 7 ANNEX........................................................................................................................................ 7 Suplement 2010.......................................................................................................................... 7 International Institute of Social History 2 Jacques Gross Papers 1873-1927 Jacques Gross Papers Collection ID ARCH00500 Creator Gross, Jacques Period 1873-1927 Extent 0.5 m. Language list English Language of Material French Context Biographical Note Born in Mulhouse, Alsace 1855, died in Geneva 1928; anarchist, freethinker and freemason; became involved in socialist activities already at the age of fifteen in Mulhouse; member of the local section of the International Working Men's Association (IWMA); also active in the Ligue d'Alsace and distributor of their clandestine publications; went to Switzerland about 1874; became anarchist in the mid-70s; delegate to the Berne Congress of the 'antiauthoritarian' International in 1876; participated in the famous Red Flag demonstration in Berne, March 1877, where he is said to have saved the life of the Russian revolutionary Z. Ralli; travelling widely and freely as salesman and representative of a leading Swiss cigar and cigarette manufacturer, he became one of the most successful distributors and smugglers of forbidden socialist and anarchist publications such as L'Avant-Garde , Le Révolté , Freiheit and Der Sozialdemokrat ; contributed to many French, Italian and German anarchist periodicals, mostly anonymously or under the pseudonym Jeanquimarche; friend of many leading anarchists, including Luigi Galleani, Peter Kropotkin, Errico Malatesta and Max Nettlau, many of whom he supported financially when in need; he is also said to have formed one of the largest collections of anarchist and freethinker publications, rivalling that of Max Nettlau; much of it was sold in the early 1920s to the Frankfurt Institut für Sozialforschung, and the bulk of the remainder later incorporated into the collections of the IISH. Acquisition Papers donated to the IISH by J. Gross-Fulpius in 1938, see Annual Report IISH 1938, p. 17; with an accrual in 1939, see Annual Report IISH 1939, p. 31. Content and Structure Content Correspondence mainly with anarchists; some manuscripts by Gross and others; photocopies of letters from Max Nettlau to Jacques Gross on Ernest Coeurderoy and some other documents on Coeurderoy; photocopies of letters from Jacques Gross to Ettore Molinari and others 1873-1927. Processing Information List made by Tiny de Boer in 2006 Subjects Geographic Names Switzerland Persons Nettlau, Max Coeurderoy, Ernest Themes Anarchist movements Socialist and social democrat parties/Socialist International Material Type Archival material Access and Use Access Not restricted Preferred Citation International Institute of Social History 3 Jacques Gross Papers 1873-1927 Jacques Gross Papers , inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam Allied Materials Related Material Part of his papers at the Centre International de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme (CIRA), Geneva. LIST Correspondence 1-118 Received letters. With annexes. 1873-1927. 7 folders and 111 covers 1 Alavalarri [A. Caralazzi]. c. 1906 (?). 2 Antoine, Michel. (pseudonym: Victor). With a letter from Jean Grave to Gross 1900. 1899-1900 and n.d. 3 Armand, E. N.d. 4 Atabekian, Alexander. 1893-1897. 5 Aurora, L' (Ravenna). 1909. 6 Avennier, Louis. N.d. 7 Banti, Egisto. With a translation. 1895. 8 Bauer, Stephan (Etienne). 1902-1903. 9 Béguin (?), Célestin. N.d. 10 Belekdanian, K. 1905. 11 Berchtold, Léon. 1901. 12 Bernard, Paul. 1891. 13 Bertoia, Oscar. 1887-1889, 1895, 1897-1902, 1908. 14 Bertoni, Louis. 1902, 1903 (?), 1905 and n.d. 15 Biollay, Georges. 1903-1904. 16 Bordat, Toussaint. With a letter to Elisée Reclus c. 1887. 1887, 1890-1891, 1893. 17 Bovet, Aimé. 1893. 18 Brocher, Victorine and Gustave. 1908-1909 and n.d. 19 Brousse, Paul. 1876, 1880, 1889. 20 Bruyère, Anatole. 1887. 21 Cianbilla, Giuseppe. With annex n.d. 1898-1899, 1902-1903 and n.d. 22 Cornelissen, Lilly. 1921. 23 Daïnow, Manuel. 1902, 1904, 1906. 24 Danesi, A. 1891. 25 Darnaud, Emile. 1891, 1895-1896. 26 Dave, Victor. 1915, 1917. 27 Delesalle, Paul. 1900, 1902, 1909. 28 Descaves, Lucien.With annex 1907. [1906-1908], 1917, 1920 and n.d. 29 Dide, Auguste. With annex 1915. 1914-1915 and n.d. International Institute of Social History 4 Jacques Gross Papers 1873-1927 30 Dide, Noémie. 1915-1916, 1920-1921. 31 Diotalen, Dante. 1906. 32 Dreyfus, Maurice. 1873, 1875-1876, 1879-1880, 1884, 1888, 1891, 1898 and n.d. 33 Droz, Henri-Edouard. 1895-1897 and n.d. 34 Dubois, Alcide. With annex 1900. 1890, 1893, 1900-1903, 1906, 1908. 35 Dumartheray, François. 1921. 36 Dumesnil, Louise. 1895, 1898-1899, 1907, 1909 and n.d. 37 Dunois-Latonné, Amédée. 1905-1908, 1910, 1925 and n.d. 38 Eltzbacher, Paul. 1902. 39 Faure, Régis. 1885 and n.d. 40 Faure, Sébastien. 1902, 1908. 41 Frigerio, Carlo. 1900-1901. 42 Galleani, Camillo. 1897. 43 Galleani, Luigi. With a letter from M. Steiner to Gross 1896. 1890-1904, 1906 and n.d. (folder) 44 Giacomelli, Nella. 1904-1905, 1912. 45 Goghelia, Georg. 1903. 46 Goldenberg, Lazar. 1902. 47 Grave, Jean. c. 1885-1888, 1893, 1895-1897, [1900], 1901-1903, [1905], 1915-[1916?] and n.d. 48 Hardegger, Marguerite. With a draft letter by Gross. 1914, 1916. 49 Hautstont, Charles. [1899]. 50 Held, E. 1890s, [1896], 1899, [1901-1903]. 51 Herzig, Georges. [1890s], 1895, [1896], 1902 [1902-1903], 1906-1908, 1914-1915, 1921. 52 Hudry-Menos, J. 1895. 53 Jamin, Eugène Philippe. 1895, 1902-1903, 1909 and n.d. 54 Janvion, Emile. 1902, 1905-1907 and n.d. 55 Japonet, Henri. 1908. 56 Jeanjaquet, Marc A. 1902 and n.d. 57 Kachelhofer, Charles. 1887, 1890, 1897-1898. 58 Kahn, Rodolphe. 1889, 1893, 1897. 59 Karlen, J. and P. Bérard. 1896-1897. 60 Karmin, Otto. 1902-1904. 61 Lazare, Bernard. 1895-1896. 62 Lucas, Henri. 1897. 63 Mackay, John Henry. N.d. International Institute of Social History 5 Jacques Gross Papers 1873-1927 64 Majewsky, J. N.d. 65 Malatesta, Errico. 1891-1982, 1900. 66 Mario. 1902 and n.d. 67 Martin, Pierre. 1893. 68 Mazzocchi, Cesare. 1898. 69 Mazzocchi, Felice. With a draft letter by Gross 1897; with a letter to the mother of Gross 1902. 1895-1898, 1902-1903, 1909. 70 Mazzocchi, Guido. 1905. 71 Mazzocchi, Luigi. 1896. 72 Meaglia, Luigi. 1906-1907. 73 Molinari, Ettore. With a draft letter by Gross. 1888, 1897-1898, 1902, 1906 and n.d. 74 Monfray, Marius. 1887. 75 Morburger, Carl. 1905-1906 and n.d. 76 Nellie. 1893. 77-82 Nettlau, Max. 1893-1910, 1913-1917, 1919-1927 and n.d. (6 folders) 83 Nicolet, Albert (Nussbaum?). 1895 and n.d. 84 Palla, Galileo. With a letter from Gross and a letter from Paolo Schicchi, incomplete. 1900. 85 Perrare, Adrien. 1886-1887, 1890, 1892-1894, 1904 and n.d. 86 Perron, Charles. 1897, 1907. 87 Perron, Georges. 1894. 88 Piachany (?). N.d. 89 Pindy, Henri. 1903. 90 Pindy, Louis. 1886-1887, 1897, 1899-1900, 1902, 1904-1906, 1908, 1919 and n.d. 91 Pouget, Emile. 1894-1896, 1899. 92 Prongué, Emile. 1901, 1903. 93 Reclus, Elie. 1898. 94 Reclus, Elisée. 1890, 1895, 1903. 95 Reichel, Alex. 1891. 96 Reunione di anarchici Swizzeri (Malatesta). 1891. 97 Riboton (?). N.d. 98 Robert. 1915. 99 Roorda van Eysinga, Henri. With a draft letter by Gross 1905. 1894-1896, 1898-1900, 1902-1910, 1913-1914, 1916, 1920-1921, 1923 and n.d. 100 Rosé, Th. 1887-1889, 1894-1896, 1899. 101 Samaja, Nino. 1898, 1900-1903. International Institute of Social History 6 Jacques Gross Papers 1873-1927 102 Sanftleben, Alfred (Slovak). 1895 and n.d. 103 Sensine, Henri. 1889, 1905. 104 Sigg, Jean. 1899. 105 Soguel, Henri. 1890, 1895, 1904. 106 Spengler, De. 1909. 107 Spichiger, Auguste. 1886-1887. 108 Spichiger, Mad. 1887. 109 Steinberg, Melle F. 1905-1906. 110 Stojanov, Paraskev. 1891-1894. 111 Sullam, Marc. 1893-1898, 1900. 112 Tempia, Pietro. 1905. 113 Vogt, William. 1901. 114 Vonwiller, A.J. 1907. 115 Wilmerding, L.Z. N.d. 116 Wintsch, Jean. 1903, 1905, 1914, 1916. 117 Zibelin, Albert. 1895, 1901-1902, 1904, 1909, 1914 and n.d. 118 Illegible senders. With notes on illegible senders by Max Nettlau. 1878, 1886, 1890, 1892-1893,