Information on identification |
| Ref. code: | BE/942855/1702 |
| Title: | Collection P.J. De Smet (S.J.) |
| Archival type: | archief |
| Level: | Archief |
Information on extent |
| Extent: | 2,5 running meters |
| Extent, remarks: | 26 boxes |
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Information on context |
| Name of the creator / provenance: | De Smet Pieter-Jan (1801-1873) |
| Authority link: | De Smet Pieter-Jan (1801-1873) |
| Archival history: | The eldest male of each generation, traditionally owned, kept and enhanced the family archives. The successive owners and locations were:
1. Jan De Smet (1691-1772) in Bornhem, Dendermonde
2. Judocus De Smet (1736-1827), Frans Courtensstraat, Dendermonde
3. François de Smet (1803-1878) and son Paul-Adr. (1842-1896), Keizer Karelstraat, Gent
4. Pierre de Smet (1882-1946), Albertlaan 13, Gent
5. Paul de Smet d’Olbecke (1912-2007) and son François (1940-), in 5 locations: in Chile-Chico, Coyhaike & Santiago, Chile and in Los Antiguos, Argentina.
In 1969 most of the letters and sketches of father De Smet were sold to the Washington State University Library. Copies were kept in the family-archives.
The remaining collection is in 2010 divided in the following parts:
1) the objects related to father P.J. De Smet to MAS, Antwerp
2) the documents & books related to PJ DS to KADOC, Leuven
3) the documents and books of the family archives to O.G.H.B., Brussels. |
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Information on content and structure |
| Content: | These documents and books were collected and kept by family members of father De Smet. They consist mainly of studies on father De Smet, copies of his letters and some original drafts. They also collected documents of the ancestors and family members of father De Smet, who were in the eightteenth century rich negotiators and who became bourgeoisie in the nineteenth century. These papers illustrate this evolution and provides information about their possessions and income. |
| Appraisal and destruction: | Nr. 296, maps of some Belgian cities and villages (German edition, 1941), has been removed. |
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Conditions of access and use |
| Access regulations: | Raadpleegbaar na toestemming van de bewaargever. Voor raadpleging van dit archief, vul een verzoekformulier in. Noteer duidelijk de concrete nummers van de dossiers/dozen uit de plaatsingslijst of inventaris. |
| Finding aid file: | Inventory of the collection P.J. De Smet (S.J.) |
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Information on related materials |
| Related archival material: | The objects, who were originally part of this collection are preserved in the MAS (Museum Aan de Stroom) in Antwerp. The archive of the Jesuite province of Flanders holds another collection on father De Smet. Other information or archive on father De Smet can be found in Dendermonde in the Stedelijke Musea Dendermonde and in the archive of the St. Pieters- en Paulusabdij. Also in Saint Louis, Missouri in the Jesuit Missouri Province Archives, the Pius XII Memorial Library, St. Louis University and the Missouri Historical Society. Other documents can be found in the Museum of Western Jesuit Missions (Florissant, Missouri). The Oregon Prrovince Jesuit Archives in the Crosby Library of the Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington also keeps a collection on father De Smet. As mentioned before, the Washington State University preserves another part of the original family collection in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the Holland Library. Other information can be found in the Oregon Historical Society and the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus in Portland, Oregon. |
| Related publications: | http://users.skynet.be/pater.de.smet/pj-e/pagina2.htm (webiste by V. Driessens, 2001); Pieter-Jan De Smet 1801 - 1873, Dendermonde 1973 (catalogue of the exhibition about father De Smet, organised by the Oudheidkundige kring van het Land van Dendermonde and Stedelijk museum Dendermonde); J. Peterson and L. Peers, Sacred encounters. Father De Smet and the Indians of the Rocky Mountain West, Washington State University, 1993.
https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/1979/832/5/Full+Dissertation+ver+04-2.pdf |
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Descriptoren |
| Items: |   De Smet, Pieter-Jan (1801-1873) (Persons\D) |
| missie (Subjects\M) |
| Verenigde Staten van Amerika [ land ] (Places\Amerika) |
| Dendermonde [ gemeente ] (Places\Europa\België [ land ]\Vlaanderen [ gewest ]\Oost-Vlaanderen [ provincie ]\Dendermonde [ arrondissement ]) |
| familie (Subjects\F) |
| indianen (Subjects\I) |
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Gerelateerde beschrijvingen |
| Gerelateerde beschrijvingen: | zie ook:
BE/942855/1595 4.2.9.4. Conglomeraatsarchief met betrekking tot Pieter Jan De Smet S.J. en de Noord-Amerikaanse jezuïetenmissies, 1811-2007 (Onderafdeling)
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Gebruik |
| Toestemming vereist: | Bewaargever / archiefvormer |
| Raadpleegbaarheid: | Without restrictions |
| Toegankelijkheid: | Public |
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