Preliminary Inventory of Joseph-Aurélien Cornet, F.S.C. Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the research and activity of Joseph-Aurélien Cornet, a Belgian Christian Brother, who lived and worked in the Congo region for nearly thirty years. Trained as a Western art and architectural historian, Cornet’s academic pursuit became the art and culture of the Congolese region and peoples, which he documented in photographs, illustrated field notebooks, and language primers of his own creation. Binders containing correspondence and research materials make up the bulk of the collection. The collection also includes Br. Cornet’s collection of printed material relating to art and culture of Congo, and some personal items.
Dates
- Created: 1970-2003
Creator
- Cornet, Joseph (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection is predominately in French, along with Congolese tribal languages and some English.
Conditions Governing Access
Due to the unprocessed status of this collection, access to materials may be restricted.
Extent
120.00 boxes (Approximately 172 linear feet of material, including 37 field notebooks, 20,000 negatives, and 519 binders of research material.)
Arrangement
Collection has not been processed. The inventory is presented in the following preliminary series: I. Binders II. Field Notebooks III. Language & Personal Notebooks IV. Printed Materials V. Unprocessed Boxes
Condition Description
Notebooks, reference material, negatives, photographs
Processing Information
Inventory complied by Trish Nugent, 2010. Updated 2012. Updated by Kure Croker, 2014. Updated by Kure Croker, 2015.
Creator
- Cornet, Joseph (Person)
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory of Joseph-Aurélien Cornet, F.S.C., Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Inventory compiled by Trish Nugent, 2010. Updated 2012. Updated by Kure Croker, 2014. Updated by Kure Croker, 2015.
- Date
- 2010; 2012; 2014; 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the J. Edgar and Louis S. Monroe Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository