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Fonds Pierre Vandevoorde (1912-2020) FONDS PIERRE VANDEVOORDE (1912-2020) 27375_7S1-49 Mai 2021 1 Table des matières Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Présentation du fonds ............................................................................................................................... 3 Sources complémentaires ......................................................................................................................... 4 Inventaire ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Famille Vandevoorde................................................................................................................................. 5 Louviers ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Politique .................................................................................................................................................... 6 Combats militants ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Personnalités ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Affiches .................................................................................................................................................... 10 Archives numériques ............................................................................................................................... 11 Annexe n°1 : Inventaire détaillé des affiches .............................................................................................. 13 Ligue communiste révolutionnaire : sections locale et régionale ........................................................... 13 A Gauche vraiment ! ................................................................................................................................ 16 Comité d’action de gauche ...................................................................................................................... 20 Ligue communiste révolutionnaire ......................................................................................................... 21 Nouveau parti anticapitaliste .................................................................................................................. 32 Jeunesses communistes révolutionnaires ............................................................................................... 34 Jeunesses communistes révolutionnaires et Ligue communiste révolutionnaire .................................. 35 Autres entités .......................................................................................................................................... 39 Introduction Présentation du fonds Le fonds Pierre Vandevoorde, coté 27375_7S1-48, a été donné à la ville de Louviers en 2020 (délibération 21-016 du 8 février 2021). Son classement a été réalisé entre avril et mai 2021 par Vanina Gasly, conservatrice du patrimoine, responsable du Pôle archives Seine-Eure. Pierre Vandevoorde, professeur retraité d’allemand, a choisi très jeune d’intégrer le Parti socialiste unifié, puis la Ligue communiste révolutionnaire, enfin le Nouveau parti anticapitaliste, deux partis dont il a longtemps animé les sections lovériennes et où il s’est fortement impliqué au niveau local (grèves, manifestations, tracts…). En 2021, il fait don à la ville de Louviers de ses archives désormais conservées au Pôle archives Seine-Eure, composées de dossiers d’archives, d’affiches et d’archives numériques Le fonds Pierre Vandevoorde, d’un métrage de 0,58 mètres linéaires d’archives papier et de 5,08 Go d’archives numériques (soit 1196 fichiers numériques en 31 dossiers), présente un grand intérêt pour appréhender l’histoire politique locale, en particulier les actions menées par les partis de gauche et d’extrême-gauche. La diversité du fonds (comptes rendus, tracts, affiches, bulletins…) permet d’en comprendre le fonctionnement, les enjeux et leur implication tant dans les combats locaux (défense des ouvriers lors de fermeture d’usines, par exemple) que nationaux (lutte contre la guerre du Golfe). Il apporte également des informations sur la famille Vandevoorde, connue pour ses établissements textiles, ainsi que sur André et Pierre Vandevoorde. Par ailleurs, les dossiers de personnalités rassemblent majoritairement des coupures de presse sur des personnalités politiques et syndicales, locales ou nationales. Le fonds est composé de 7 ensembles d’archives allant de 1912 à 2020 : 27375_7S1-3 : famille Vandevoorde (1939-2020) : ce sous-fonds est composé de documents concernant les établissements textile Vandevoorde, ainsi qu’André et Pierre Vandevoorde.1 27375_7S4-11 : Louviers : ce sous-fonds est essentiellement composé de collections de coupures de presse (1961-2018) ainsi que de journaux de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et de programmes culturels des années 1960. 27375_7S12-20 : sont rassemblées ici les archives relatives aux partis politiques locaux de gauche (Comité d’action de gauche, A Gauche Vraiment) et d’extrême-gauche, aux niveaux local et national (Parti communiste français, Ligue communiste révolutionnaire, Nouveau parti anticapitaliste)2. On y trouve de nombreux comptes rendus de réunion, tracts, publications et coupures de presse, allant de 1964 à 2020. 27375_7S21-25 : combats militants : ont été rassemblés dans ce sous-fonds des dossiers thématiques portant sur des combats spécifiques menés pour la défense des appelés du contingent, la commémoration d’un 11 novembre pacifiste et antimilitariste, ainsi que la défense de l’emploi dans des usines locales, entre 1976 et 2013. 1 Pour ce qui est des archives relatives à la famille Vandevoorde, et en particulier à André Vandevoorde, un complément numérique est consultable en 27375_7S39. 2 La consultation de ce sous-fonds est à compléter par celle des dossiers d’affiches (27375_7S31-38) et d’archives numériques (27375_7S39-48). 27375_7S26-30 : personnalités : sont ici rassemblés des dossiers relatifs à diverses personnalités politiques et syndicales proches ou opposées aux mouvements politiques de gauche, pour la période allant de 1970 à 2017. 27375_7S31-38 : affiches : elles sont classées par parti politique et courent la période allant de 1969 à 2016. 27375_7S39-49 : dossiers numériques thématiques : ils sont classés par thématique (famille Vandevoorde, partis politiques, thématiques). Il s’agit soit de copies numérisées de document originaux, soit de fichiers numériques natifs, dont certains sont imprimés et conservés dans les dossiers papier. Ils viennent donc compléter les archives décrites ci-dessus. Les documents conservés dans ce fonds sont librement communicables. Néanmoins, à la demande expresse du donateur, son autobiographie, intitulée Tranches de vie, est incommunicable jusqu’en 2036. Sources complémentaires Ligue communiste révolutionnaire et Nouveau parti anticapitaliste ADAM Hélène et COUSTAL François, C’était la Ligue, Editions Syllepse, 2019, 804 pages. SALLES Jean-Paul, La Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (1968-1981) : Instrument du Grand Soir ou lieu d'apprentissage ?, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2005, 424 pages. Site du Nouveau parti anticapitaliste : L’Anticapitaliste - NPA (nouveaupartianticapitaliste.org)3 Vie politique locale On consultera avec profit le fonds Jean-Charles Houel, conservé au Pôle archives sous les cotes 27375_5S1-67, en particulier pour tout ce qui a trait au Comité d’action de gauche. CARRE Adrien, L’extrême gauche et la transmission d’un héritage politique à Louviers, mémoire de Master Science politique, Université de Lille 2, ca 2012, 120 pages. HATZFELD Hélène, La politique à la ville : inventions citoyennes à Louviers (1965-1983), Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2018, 332 pages. WARGNY Christophe, Louviers : sur la route de l’autogestion ?, Paris, Syros, coll. « Points chauds », 1977, 168 pages (1ère édition en 1976). Site du Nouveau parti anticapitaliste de l’Eure : NPA 27 - Eure - Les écosocialistes de l’Eure qui se battent pour une urgence sociale et écologique. (over-blog.com)4 Industrie textile lovérienne Société d’études diverses de Louviers et Société d’histoire d’Elbeuf, Elbeuf / Louviers : histoire croisée de deux cités drapières, HB Impressions, 2018, 192 pages. VANDEVOORDE Louis, Etablissement textile de Louviers : la Société anonyme A. Vandevoorde de 1917 à 1972, mémoire de Master Histoire, Université de Rouen, 2014, 88 pages. Combats ouvriers en Normandie FISZLEWICZ Antoine, Haute-Normandie, pages d’histoire sociale : témoignages de syndicalistes, Institut d’histoire sociale et Comité régional CGT de Normandie, 2009, 280 pages. Collectif, 1954-2004 : de la SICA à M-Real : des hommes, un site, notre histoire, Mémoires d'Hommes, Histoires d'Entreprises, 2004, 132 pages. 3 Consulté le 21 mai 2021. 4 Consulté le 21 mai 2021. 4 Inventaire Famille Vandevoorde 27375_7S1 Etablissements Vandevoorde5, fonctionnement : mémoire de master (histoire) de Louis Vandevoorde : "Etablissement textile de Louviers : la Société anonyme A. Vandevoorde de 1917 à 1972" (Université de Rouen, 2014), extraits du cahier de Serge Prime (comptable au sein de l'entreprise) suivis de notes critiques
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