| Surname | Odier | |
| First Name | Amélie | |
| Gender | female | |
| Place of birth | Geneva | |
| Place of death | Geneva | |
| Year of birth | 1786 | |
| Year of death | 1840 | |
| Profession | ||
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Geneva, Paris | |
| Century | 18 / 19 | |
| Biographical information | Daughter of Louis Odier (1748-1817), notable and doctor from Geneva. | |
| Title | Journal particulier par Amélie Odier, commencé le 17 du mois de May, l’an 1799, ancien style. | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Period writen | 17 May 1799 - end of June 1800 | |
| Period covered | 17 May 1799 - end of June 1800 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | 147 pages without cover, 17 x 21.8 cm. |
| Content | Amélie started writing the day before her thirteenth birthday and made notes on a daily basis between 17th May and 1st December 1799. She records her daily activities: lessons, visits, parties and special occasions. She also writes about the books she was reading. She suffered from poor health and spent some months in M. Jaccard's boarding house; successor to the famous orthopedist, Jean-André Venel. She lived in Paris between December 1799 and June 1800. She wrote less often during this period. |
| Place of deposit | BGE |
| Classification | Ms fr. 5650 |
| Document | |
| Transcription |
Diary |
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| Secondary litterature |
Lejeune Philippe, Bogaert Catherine, Un journal à soi : histoire d’une pratique, Paris : Textuel, 2003. Michaëlis Juliette, "L’usage du monde et une chambre à soi", in : En Attendant le prince charmant : l’éducation des jeunes filles à Genève, 1740-1970, Chantal Renevey-Fry (dir.), Genève : Service de la recherche en éducation : Musée d’ethnographie, 1997, p. 37-58. Carpanetto, D., "La scrittura al femminile agli inizi dell'Ottocento : diari e ricordi delle ginevrine Amélie e Junie Odier", in : Scritture di desiderio e di ricordo : autobiografie, diari, memorie tra Settecento e Novecento, M. L. Betri (dir.), 2002, p. 102-130. |
| Other sources | Some travel dairies, BGE, Ms fr. 5651, Ms fr. 5652 + "Souvenirs sur la vie privée de Louis Odier, professeur de médecine, née le 17 mars 1748, mort le 14 avril 1817, écrits à Varembé l'an 1829" par sa fille Amélie Odier, Ms fr. 5654-5657. |
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| Author | SMP |
