Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biographical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Albert Léon Guérard Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1942-1948
Collection number: 56019
Creator:
Guérard, Albert Léon, 1880-1959
Collection Size:
5 manuscript boxes
(2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Radio transcripts, memoranda, reports, correspondence, and pamphlets, relating to
broadcasts of the French section of the Office of War Information during World War II,
and to the activities of the Committee to Frame a World Constitution.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
French and
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Albert Léon Guérard Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1956.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Access Points
Committee to Frame a World Constitution.
International organization.
Propaganda, American.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
France.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States. Office of War Information.
Voice of America (Radio program)
Biographical Note
| 1880, November 3 |
Born, Paris, France |
| 1899 |
B.A., University of Paris |
| 1901-1903 |
Traveling Scholarship in England |
| 1904-1906 |
Junior Professor of Literature and Examiner in History, Paris Normal School |
| 1906-1907 |
Instructor, Williams College |
| 1907-1913 |
Assistant and Associate Professor of French, Stanford University |
| 1913 |
Author,
French Prophets of Yesterday
|
| 1913-1924 |
Professor of French, Rice Institute |
| 1914 |
Author,
French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century
|
| 1916 |
Author,
Five Masters of French Romance
|
| 1917-1919 |
Staff, U.S. Army Intelligence and Liaison Services |
| 1920 |
Author,
French Civilization from Its Origins to the Close of the Middle Ages
|
| 1923 |
Author,
Reflections on the Napoleonic Legend
|
| 1925-1946 |
Professor of General Literature, Stanford University |
| 1925 |
Author,
Beyond Hatred
|
| 1928 |
Author,
Life and Death of an Ideal. France in the Classical Age
|
| 1929 |
Author,
L'avenir de Paris
|
| 1935 |
Author,
Literature and Society
|
| 1936 |
Author,
Art for Art's Sake
|
| 1941-1942 |
Author,
The France of Tomorrow
|
| 1942-1945 |
Broadcaster, U.S. Office of War Information |
| 1945 |
Author,
Europe, Free and United
|
| 1946 |
Author,
France: A Short History
|
| 1948 |
Author,
Personal Equation
|
| 1949 |
Author,
Education of A Humanist
|
| 1950-1953 |
Professor of Comparative Literature, Brandies University |
| 1955 |
Author,
Napoleon III
|
| 1956 |
Author,
Napoleon I
|
| 1957 |
Author,
Fossils and Presences
|
| 1959 |
Author,
France, A Modern History
|
| 1959, November 13 |
Died, Stanford, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Radio transcripts, memoranda, reports, correspondence, and pamphlets, relating to broadcasts of the French section of the
Office of War Information during World War II, and to the activities of the Committee to Frame a World Constitution.