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Guide to the Aristide Rieffel Collection
Mss 153
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Description
Primarily correspondence and writings [in French] of French philosopher, social scientist, journalist and inventor Rieffel,
who spent his last years in Santa Barbara.
Background
Aristide Rieffel was a French philosopher, social scientist, journalist and inventor whose life spanned eighty-three years,
four continents, and two marriages. Parisian born of Alsatian stock, Rieffel maintained a strong lifelong attachment to his
native France and to Alsace. Though he lived the last twenty-five years of his life in America, he remained thoroughly French.
Extent
27 linear feet
(54 document boxes).
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Availability
None. Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.