Archive Johan Hendrik Petrie

Brief overview

Name of the archive: Archive Johan Hendrik Petrie

Provenance: Gifted?

Dated: 1800-2004

Size: 8 archive boxes

Language of the materials: Dutch, German, Latvian, French

Summary:

Archive of Johan Hendrik Petrie (1943-2004), historian and known for his research on Louis XVII-Naundorff and Louise Aubry d’Arancey.

Collection number: UBG066

Institute: University of Groningen

Retainer: Groningen University Library

Provenance and acquisition

Biography

Johan Hendrik Petrie (1943-2004) was a Dutch historian, best known for the dissertation that he wrote at the University of Groningen. In this work, titled Lodewijk XVII-Naundorff, een mysterie ontrafeld, he concludes that Karl Wilhelm Naundorff, who spent the years after the French Revolution claiming to be king Louis XVII of France, was in fact an imposter.

In the early 2000s he was commissioned by the municipality Assen to research ‘het geheim van Vredeveld’ (‘the secret of Vredeveld’). The lady of the house, Louise Aubry d’Arancey, was said to be a daughter of King Louis Bonaparte. This research was finished and published in 2005.

A selection of published works

• Lodewijk XVII – Naundorff. Een mysterie ontrafeld. De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1995.

• Een koning onder de bedriegers. Verslag van het DNA-onderzoek Lodewijk XVII-Naundorff, Leuven-Nantes, 1988-1998. Groningen, 1998.

• Het geheim van Vredeveld. Afkomst, leven en lotgevallen van Louise Aubry d’Arancey (1809-1871) en Augustinus van Valkenstijn (1806-1882). Assen, 2005.

Acquisition: Gifted?

Future additions

No future additions to the archive are expected.

Contents and collation

Research archive containing materials (articles, notes, scans, etc.) used in the research leading to the publications Lodwijk XVII-Naundorff, een mysterie ontrafeld and Het geheim van Vredeveld: afkomst, leven en lotgevallen van Louise Aubry d’Arancey [1809-1871] en Augustinus van Valkenstijn [1806-1882]. When creating this archive, Petrie’s original organization and division into folders was kept wherever possible.

Instructions for users of the archive

Accessibility

The archive is accessible for research purposes. To look at the archive, a University Library Access Pass is required.

Limitations to use

The materials in this archive are available for viewing only. They cannot be borrowed. When consulting these materials, the rules set out in the Reglement voor de gebruikers van de Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen apply. Reproductions, insofar as they are allowed, are to be made in line with the rules set out in the Tarieven en diensten Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Accessing the collection

An inventory of the archive is available.

Citations

When referencing (materials from) this archive, the following information must be provided in full at least once. After this, an abbreviated citation suffices.

• Archive: University Library Groningen, Archive Petrie

• Individual items:  Groningen, UB, Petrie [number]

Requests

Materials from this collection can be requested by sending an email to Special Collections Department or through Smartcat, the online library catalogue.