Centre d'accueil et de recherche des Archives nationales

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Contents 1 Orientation 1.1 Coordinates 1.1.1 Physical Address 1.1.2 Mailing Address 1.1.3 Website 1.1.4 Telephone 1.1.5 Fax 1.1.6 Email 1.2 Schedule & hours 1.3 Working language(s) 1.4 Layout 1.5 Directions 2 Holdings 2.1 Description of holdings 2.2 History of the archive 2.3 Catalogues & finding aids 2.4 Languages of materials 2.5 Restrictions & difficulties 2.5.1 Classified material 2.5.2 Inaccessible material 2.6 Future of the archive 3 Research procedures 3.1 Access 3.2 First visit 3.3 Permitted and prohibited items 3.4 Document ordering 3.4.1 Ordering classified material 3.5 Document delivery 3.6 Photocopying, photography, microfilming 3.7 Key forms 4 Key individuals 4.1 Archive staff 4.2 Scholars 4.3 Bibliography 5 Practicalities 5.1 Food 5.2 Lockers 5.3 Washrooms 5.4 Transportation 5.5 Internet access 5.6 Funding 5.7 Bookstore 6 See also

[edit] Orientation

[edit] Coordinates

[edit] Physical Address

11, rue des Quatre-Fils, 75003 Paris

[edit] Mailing Address

Archives nationales
60, rue des Francs-Bourgeois
75141 Paris cedex 03

[edit] Website

http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/index.html

[edit] Telephone

01 40 27 64 19 (or 64 20)

[edit] Fax

(33) 01-40-27-66-28

[edit] Email

[edit] Schedule & hours

(include information about annual closures)

[edit] Working language(s)

French, though a few of the staff speak English.

[edit] Layout

(description of reading rooms, store rooms, etc)

[edit] Directions

(how to find the archive)

[edit] Holdings

[edit] Description of holdings

(a more extensive description (qualitative and/or quantitative) of the holdings and the state in which they are kept)

[edit] History of the archive

(previous location(s) of collection held there, and any information that might help researchers to navigate previous systems)

[edit] Catalogues & finding aids

• Onelook search in the main French inventories online
• Search in French inventories digitised by Google Books

[edit] Languages of materials

[edit] Restrictions & difficulties

[edit] Classified material

[edit] Inaccessible material

[edit] Future of the archive

(what direction is the archive going? what rumours have you heard?)

[edit] Research procedures

[edit] Access

(what permits, identity documents, or letters of reference do you need to present? how far in advance must you begin to register?)

[edit] First visit

(what happens when you first come to the archives?)

[edit] Permitted and prohibited items

(if possible, account for laptop computers, cameras, scanners, phones, pens and pencils, loose papers, and so on)

• Permitted:
• Prohibited:

[edit] Document ordering

(how do you request documents? how many can you order at a time?)

[edit] Ordering classified material

(what special permission is necessary?)

[edit] Document delivery

(how long does it take for documents to arrive? where are they delivered? how many can you consult at a time? what do you do when you are finished with an item?)

[edit] Photocopying, photography, microfilming

(what are costs, permits, and page limits? how long do you have to wait?)

[edit] Key forms

(what are the main forms that the archive uses? if possible, provide links to copies or post copies directly)

[edit] Key individuals

[edit] Archive staff

(people you've found particularly helpful; no invective)

[edit] Scholars

(scholars who are familiar with this archive)

[edit] Bibliography

(published works based on research at this archive)

[edit] Practicalities

[edit] Food

[edit] Lockers

[edit] Washrooms

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Internet access

[edit] Funding

[edit] Bookstore

[edit] See also

Please see Takeshi Yamamoto's description from Archives Made Easy.