At the plenary session of the History Committee of the Ministry of Culture on 25 March 1998, it was decided to conduct a study on the history of heritage policies that occupy a major place in the ministry’s action. A steering group took charge of the main orientations of this work. It was composed of Francine Arnal (General Curator of Heritage, Inspector General of the Inventory), Isabelle Balsamo (Chief Curator of Heritage, Director of Studies at the School of Heritage), Geneviève Gentil (General Secretary of the History Committee), and Pierre Moulinier (Chargé de mission with the Director of Heritage), under the chairmanship of Augustin Girard (Chair of the History Committee). The case of the General Inventory, whose mission is to identify, study and make known heritage elements of cultural, historical or scientific interest, seemed rich in perspectives; The launch of an oral archives campaign with the great founders of the General Inventory seemed to be one of the priorities and even an emergency given the advanced age of these personalities. The purpose of the interviews was, in particular, to gain a better understanding of how the regional commissions of the Inventory had been set up, their operation and the reason for their abolition in 1984; These commissions being one of the places where the notion of heritage was debated at the regional level, they constituted a means of associating not only elected officials, but also all kinds of social actors - leaders of associations, architects of buildings of France, Bridge Engineers - this allowed the different aspects of heritage protection to converge. A list of the "great elders" to be questioned was drawn up by the steering committee and the interviews were entrusted by the History Committee to Marie-Ange Rauch, historian and lecturer. She is the author of a detailed report on this collection of oral archives drawn up at the end of the interviews which is available to the History Committee and which includes in particular a historical approach to the General Inventory, the establishment and the role of the regional authorities.
Witnesses
- Catherine ARMINJON-ROESCH, Honorary General Heritage Curator, General Inventory Curator, Goldsmith Specialist, Head of the Movable Objects Section, Coordinator of the Departmental Committees of the General Inventory in the 1970s. Date: 07/12/1998 - duration: 59 min. [Read the instructions for the interview]
- Yves BEAUVALOT, General Curator of Heritage, Regional Curator of the General Inventory of Burgundy and Regional Secretary of the Inventory of Burgundy (1967-1987). Date: 15/12/1998 - duration: 2h 06min. [Read the instructions for the interview]
- François BURCKARD, archivist, vice-president of the Regional Commission of the General Inventory of Haute-Normandie (1966-1984). Date: 11/12/1998. Time: 56 min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Jacques CHOUX (Abbot) , president of an association participating in the pre-inventory in Lorraine, creator in 1966 of the General Inventory of Lorraine, former vice-president of the Regional Commission of the General Inventory of Lorraine. Date: 08/01/1999 – duration: 02h 07min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Yves DAUTIER, Regional Secretary of the Inventory General of Brittany (1964-1968), then of Province-Alpes-Cotes d'Azur, (1969-1979). Date: 10/12/1998 – duration: 1h 11min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Françoise HAMON, regional curator of the General Inventory of Brittany (1975-1980), regional curator of Historical Monuments in Brittany (1980-1983), initiator of a cell dedicated to industrial heritage at the General Inventory. Date: 17/12/1998 – duration: 52 min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Dominique HERVIER, General Curator of Heritage, directs the Regional Service of the General Inventory at the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Ile-de-France. Date: 17/12/1998 – duration: 48 min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Jean-Claude LASSERREDirector of the Regional Commission of the General Inventory of Aquitaine. Date: 25/11/1998 – duration: 1h 52min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Maryannick LAVIGNE, director of the departmental department of pre-inventory at the Conseil général du Rhône. Date: 12/01/1999 – duration: 52 min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Roger LEHNI, Heritage Curator, Regional Secretary of the General Inventory of Alsace. Date: 28/10/1998 – duration: 1h 45min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Jean-Michel LENIAUD, Chief Heritage Curator, Regional Curator of the Historic Monuments of the Rhône-Alpes Region, Member by right of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Inventory Commission. Date: 08/12/1998 – duration: 1h 09min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Jean-Claude MENOU, General Curator of Heritage, Regional Director of Cultural Affairs of the Centre Region, Regional Curator of the General Inventory of the Brittany Region. Date: 09/12/1998 – duration: 1h 54min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Jean-Marie PEROUSE DE MONTCLOS, first researcher recruited for the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage of France when it was created in 1964 by André Malraux and André Chastel, responsible for scientific and documentary research of the General Inventory, coordinates the method and vocabulary, chairs the national commission. Date: 16/12/1998 – Duration: 1h 59min.Read the instructions for the interview]
- Yves-Jean RIOU, General Curator of Heritage, Regional Curator and Regional Secretary of the General Inventory of Poitou-Charentes. Date: 05/11/1998 – duration: 3h 11min. [Read the instructions for the interview]
- Philippe ROSSET, director of the departmental archives of the Rhône, vice-president of the departmental committee for the general pre-inventory of the Pyrénées-Orientales. Date: 12/01/1999 – duration: 1h00 [Read the instructions for the interview]
Investigator
- Marie-Ange RAUCH, historian, lecturer, chargé de mission at the History Committee of the Ministry of Culture
Conversation dates: October 1998 to January 1999
Total corpus length : 22h 18min. [Read the presentation leaflet on the Catalogue of Heritage Libraries]
Availability: Communicable according to articles L.213-1 to L.213-7 of the French Heritage Code. Information and consultation methods : [comitehistoire@culture.gouv.fr]
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