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Fig. 3 Samples of the
material supplied by Jean
Vogt from his own archives
Vogt published several notes on archive science, but a large portion of his knowledge
is unfortunately lost.
It does not come as a surprise that Jean Vogt gathered a considerable amount
of documentation, he himself had organised by subject. His handwritten notes, ar-
ticles, and xerocopies of original documents are stored in more than 380 archive
units (boxes). About 200 units concerning agrarian history are deposited in the
Archives Departementales du Bas-Rhin (ADB-R) in Strasbourg. The few “geolog-
ical” units are deposited partly in the ADB-R and partly in the Ecole des Mines in
Fontainebleau. The “seismological” units are deposited in the ADB-R (100 boxes)
and in the archive depot of the Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre
(EOST) in Strasbourg (80 boxes).
For the not-yet-inventoried units in the ADB-R, with free access to the pub-
lic, only a list of the unit titles is available. The seismological units in the EOST
are undergoing a detailed cataloguing; they concern mainly earthquakes in France,
Algeria, Tunisia, Balkans, Turkey, and the Caribbean, while the seismological units
in the ADB-R concern Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, the Middle-East,
Central and South America, the Caribbeans, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Jean Vogt's unique way of exchanging information, in an open and generous way,
was by means of small handwritten notes of various shapes, cuttings from xero-
copies (quite never an integer sheet of paper), transcriptions on all kinds of recycled
paper. Figure 3 is just a sample of the variety and complexity of this material, which
contained (i) pieces of information on earthquakes, (ii) hints for research in archives
and libraries, (iii) papers, (iv) newspapers clippings (mostly from “Le Monde”) on
politics and other subjects, (v) and postcards from the countries he visited, with
short and witty messages.
8 Conclusion
This paper is based on our personal memories, as well as on a few autobiograph-
ical notes written by Jean Vogt (e.g. Vogt J 1999, 2000, 2003a, b). In these notes,
Vogt told us many anecdotes, often with humour, always applying his “no names”
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