Derrida: A Biography

Sources

DERRIDA’S ARCHIVES

Most of Jacques Derrida’s personal archives are assembled in two
collections, which I have explored in great detail:

The Derrida collection in the ‘Special Collections’ of the University
of California, Irvine

This includes in particular:

his student work: lycée, hypokhâgne, and khâgne, 1946–1952;

École Normale Supérieure, 1952–1956;

manuscripts of classes and seminars, 1959–1995;

manuscripts of books, articles, and lectures, 1959–1995;

personal notebooks;

documents relating to the Paul de Man aff air;

press articles, 1969–2002.

The Derrida collection at the Institut Memoires de l’Édition
Contemporaine (IMEC) near Caen, in France

This includes in particular:

manuscripts of classes and seminars, 1995–2004;

manuscripts of books, articles, and lectures, 1995–2004;

press articles, 1963–2004;

all letters received, 1949–2004;

many books, issues of reviews, and articles by and about

Derrida;

sound and audiovisual archives.

List of the main correspondents whose letters I have consulted at
IMEC: