Yves Pérotin
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Yves Pérotin (15 July 1922 – 2 March 1981[1]) was a French archivist and historian.
He is most notable for his contribution to archival science in French-speaking countries, such as spreading the 'three ages of archives' theory (inspired by rules in use in Italy and German-speaking countries[2]) and the first attempts to adapt records management procedures he had seen in the US and the UK to a French context.
Born in Bordeaux, he joined the École nationale des chartes in 1942. He joined the FFI at the end of his first year of study, taking part in the Vercors maquis operations in summer 1944 and the Alsace campaign in 11th Cuirassier Regiment of 1st French Army, in which he gained four citations, the Croix de Guerre and Resistance Medal for his conduct under fire. Resuming his studies, his thesis on the collegial chapter of Saint-Seurin de Bordeaux from its origins in 1462 gained him an archivist-palaeographer diploma in 1948.
He was director of the Archives départementales of Lot-et-Garonne (1948–1952), of la Réunion (1952–1958), of the Seine (1958–1966) and of Var (1971–1972). He was archivist to the United Nations (1966–1969) and the International Work Office of the World Health Organization (August 1972 – July 1974), before ending his career at the Archives départementales of Pyrénées-Orientales (July 1974 – May 1981)[3] He died in Perpignan.
