Société Littéraire d'Arras Literary Society of Arras

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1737	According to Chronologie [a chronology of French scholarly societies at Gallica], this Academy was founded in 1737 as the Société Littéraire d'Arras, and reconstituted in 1816 as the Académie d'Arras. The Catalogue Collectif de France (French Union Catalogue) contains a record for the following 1773 book: [Les ]bêtes sensitives par un Membre de la Société litteraire d'Arras. [Par M. Wartel.] This indicates that the Society still had the name Société Littéraire d'Arras as late as 1773. The Catalogue Collectif de France (French Union Catalogue) contains a record for the following 1774 item: Ode sur l'érection de la Société littéraire d'Arras en Académie royale, présentée le jour de la séance publique 1774 This item indicates that the Society had already been transformed into a Royal Academy by 1774. The Bibliot. Nat. de France cat. contains a record for the letters patent (which would have granted the royal designation) for what is almost certainly the new Royal Academy entitled Lettres patentes [enregistrées au Conseil supérieur et à l'Hôtel de ville d'Arras les 24 août 1773 et 15 mai 1778] et autres pièces [statuts et catalogues des travaux lus pendant les séances] concernant l'Académie royale des belles-lettres d'Arras (1778). In addition, the Bibliot. Nat. de France cat. contains a record for the following 1789 title: Traduction d'un manuscrit chinois, lue le 9 janvier 1789, à une séance de l'académie royale des belles-lettres d'Arras, par M. Dubois de Fosseux,... . This establishes that the Academy was in existence as late as 1789. NOTE: It is not absolutely certain that the Académie Royale des Belles-lettres d'Arras was the Royal Academy that suceeded the Société Littéraire d'Arras, but it seems extremely likely that this is so. This could probably be definitively resolved by consulting the Van Drival history below. Historical information may be found in Histoire de l'Académie d'Arras, depuis sa fondation, en 1737, jusqu'à nos jours by M. le chanoine Eugène-François Van Drival (Arras : impr. de A. Courtin, 1872. VIII-334 p.), found in the Bibliot. Nat. de France cat..
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Arras France	This location is supported by the names of the Academy.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1737 - 1773	Société Littéraire d'Arras	Chronologie [a chronology of French scholarly societies at Gallica] establishes 1737 as the start date for this name. Its publications indicate that this name was in effect at least as late as 1773.
1773 - 1789	Académie Royale des Belles-lettres d'Arras	Its publications.
1816 - 1829?	Société Royale d'Arras pour l'Encouragement des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts	Chronologie [a chronology of French scholarly societies at Gallica] establishes a start date of 1816 for this name. Its publications establish this name for 1817 to around 1829.
1829 - 1830?	Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts d'Arras	Its publications.
1831 - 1846	Académie d'Arras, Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts	Its publications.
1849 - 1866	Académie d'Arras	Its publications.
1867 - 1870	Académie Impériale des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras	Its publications.
1871 - 1955	Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras	Its publications.
1955 - 1965	Académie d'Arras	Its publications.
1966 -	Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras	Its publications.
Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras= Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Arras

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1817 - 1828 [i.e. 1818 - 1829] (1. - 11.)   A	Mémoires de la Société Royale d'Arras pour l'Encouragement des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts Continued by B. Indexed RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	Arras, Mém. Soc. Roy. [RSLC, v.1, p.xvii]
1829 [i.e. 1830] (12.)   B	Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts d'Arras Continues A. Continued by C. Indexed RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	Arras, Mém. Soc. Roy. [RSLC, v.1, p.xvii]
1831 - 1846 [i.e. 1832 - 1846?]   C	Mémoires de l'Académie d'Arras, Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts The years for this run have been constructed from the records in the GBV German Union cat. and the Bibliot. Nat. France cat.. The GBV German Union cat. record makes it clear that it had this title during this period. Continues B. Continued by D. Indexed RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	Arras, Mém. Soc. Roy. [RSLC, v.1, p.xvii]
1849 - 1866 (tome 24 - tome 38)   D	Mémoires de l'Académie d'Arras The years for this run have been constructed from the records in the GBV German Union cat. and the Bibliot. Nat. France cat.. The GBV German Union cat. record makes it clear that it had this title during this period. Continues C. Continued by E. Indexed RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	Arras, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.7, p.ix]
1867 - 1870 (2e s., I - III)   E	Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras The years for this run have been constructed from the records in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat.. Continues D. Continued by F. Indexed RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	Arras, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.7, p.ix]
1871 - 1913 (2e s., t.4 - t.44); 1921 - 1937/1940 (3e s., t.1 - t.15); 1941 - 1945/1946 (4e s., t.1 - t.2); 1945/1955 (5e s., t.1)   F	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras The years for this run have been constructed from the records in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat.. Continues E. Continued by G. Indexed RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	Arras, Mém. Acad. [RSLC, v.7, p.ix]
1955/1959 - 1960/1965 (5e s., t.2 - t.4)   G	Mémoires de l'Académie d'Arras Continues F. Continued by H. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
1966/1979- (5e s., t.5 - )   H	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras Continues G. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]