: Documentary Service/publications :
Documentary Collections
Institutional guests, informed amateurs, students, teachers and specialists ; the documentary collections of the Rhône River Centre provide a unique perspective of the social and cultural history the Rhône river and its major transformations, as well as future development from Lake Geneva to the sea.
DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES
- Bibliographic collections for adults
2 500 works, theses, reports and studies
- Bibliographic collections for youth
Works for youth, manuals and pedagogical materials
- Iconographic collections
Maps, photographs, slides
- Audiovisual collections
Films, historical douments, documentaries, TV reports
- Audio collections
A series of interviews of river users collected as part of studies led by the Rhône River Centre (fishermen, lock-keepers, developers, pleasure boaters, navigators, jousters, riverside inhabitants, victims of flooding, etc.)
- Specialized journals and magazines
- Documentary collections organized by theme/subject
- Press reviews organized by theme/subject
- The Dürrenmatt Collection
This unique and highly valuable collection is exclusively devoted to the history of the Rhône River. It includes 2 000 postcards (from the end of the 19th Century to the beginning of the 20th Century), several hundred works related to the history of the river and the development of fluvial navigation, as well as the archives of Léon Mahl, an engineer who designed and led the construction of the Génissiat Dam.
SERVICES
- a free database, open to the public
- documentary research, personalized bibliographies
- consultants for research orientation
- pedagogical materials available for consultation on line (preparation in progress)
- Pedagogical Guide « Discovering Metropolitan Rivers »
PORTAL WEB SITE www.fleuverhone.com
To obtain information, choose a site to visit or simply to find ideas for leisure outings, log on to www.fleuverhone.com ! On the site, designed by the Rhône River Centre in collaboration with the Press agency « Esprit Public », you will find everything you need to know about life on the river. Don’t hesitate to visit the encyclopedia, agenda and interactive maps.
Informations pratiques
The Rhône River Documentary Service is open exclusively by appointment; Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sophie VUILLEMARD
Documentary Service Director
04 72 49 35 33