Guide to the Guy de Mallac Papers
Processed by Michelle Light; machine-readable finding aid created by Michelle Light
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92623-9557
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Email: spcoll@uci.edu
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Guy de Mallac papers
Date: circa 1960 - circa 1975
Collection Number: MS-F026
Creator:
Mallac, Guy de, 1936-
Extent:
2 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Languages: The collection is in English, Russian, French, andGerman.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Physical Location:
The collection is stored offsite at SRLF. Advanced notice is required for access.
Abstract: The collection comprises the extant papers of Guy de Mallac, emeritus professor of Russian literature at the University of
California, Irvine. His papers include subject files on Continental philosophy and Russian literature, and drafts and notes
for his book
Boris Pasternak, His Life and Art.
Important Information for Researchers
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Guy de Mallac Papers. MS-F026. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Guy de Mallac, 2007.
Processing History
Minimally processed by Michelle Light, 2008.
Biography
Guy de Mallac, emeritus professor of Russian literature at the University of California, Irvine, taught at Cornell University
and Dartmouth College before joining UCI in 1970. His research interests included modern Russian literature, Leo Tolstoy's
works and Boris Pasternak's peace studies, and the philosophy of nonviolence. Among his published works were
Barthes (1971);
Boris Pasternak, His Life and Art (1981);
Seven Steps to Global Change: Gandhi's Message for Today (1987), and a translation of Tolstoy's
The Wisdom of Humankind (1999). He died on November 17, 2007.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection comprises Guy de Mallac's subject files on Continental philosophy and Russian literature; drafts and notes
for his book,
Boris Pasternak, His Life and Art; unidentified files in Russian; teaching materials for classes at Dartmouth College; and a small amount of correspondence.
The bulk of the papers predate de Mallac's tenure at UCI.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged by type of record.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Mallac, Guy de, 1936- -- Archives
University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives
Collection Contents
Box : Folder 1 : 1
Correspondence
1969-1970,
undated
Box : Folder 1 : 2-4
Teaching files
circa 1960 - circa 1975
Box : Folder 1 : 5
Subject files
circa 1960 - circa 1975
Box : Folder 2 : 1-16
Boris Pasternak, His Life and Art: drafts, notes, and other material
circa 1968 - circa 1975
Box : Folder 2 : 17-25
Unidentified files
circa 1960 - circa 1970
Scope and Content Note
Content is predominately in Russian with some French.
