Guide to the Albert Leon Guerard Papers Addenda M0957

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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Albert Léon Guérard Papers Addenda
Identifier/Call Number: M0957
Physical Description: 2.75 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1908-1960

Scope and Contents

Collection contains many of Alfred L. Guerard's original articles and monographs, both manuscripts and reprints. Materials include works on the history and culture of France, correspondence and writings on urban planning in France and in the San Francisco Bay Area, and book reviews. Unpublished manuscripts found in this collection include PROBLEMS OF THE GREAT WAR (c1915), TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE (1929), L'AVENIR DE PARIS (1958-59) and FRANCE BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS (c1944). In addition there is biographical material, a bibliography, commencement addresses, reviews of his works, and an incomplete typescript of EPAVES.

Biography

Frenchman Albert Léon Guérard (1880-1959) spent most of his life as an American academic, and his work reflects an engagement with both France and the United States. Guérard came to the United States from France in 1906 to teach at Williams College. He taught at Stanford University from 1907 until his retirement in 1946, except for 12 years between 1913-1935 when he was at Rice University and served in the war. He was the author of numerous books and articles on French history and intellectual life.

Preferred Citation

Albert Leon Guerard Papers Addenda. M0957. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Albert J. Guerard, 1983, 1997 and 1999.

Conditions Governing Use

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Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

City planning -- France.
Language, Universal.
City planning -- California.
France -- History.
Guérard, Albert Léon

 

Series 1. Articles on Diverse Subjects - most unpublished

box 1, folder 1

5 articles, offprints:

 

- "Paris a hundred years ago, a study in perspective."

 

- "A Programme of Constructive Pacifism" in Proceedings of the Louisiana Teachers' Assoc.

 

- "Thomas Mann und unsere Zeit." In German.

 

- "Humanities and the Social Sciences."

 

- Prof. P.M.S. Vlackett, FRS. "The Problem of the Underdeveloped Countries." Annual Memorial Lecture at David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, Nov-59

box 1, folder 2

"A Jewish National Home in Palestine." Typed MS. 2 copies.

box 1, folder 3

"urbanisme parisien - Servitude de Beauté." Carbon of typed MS. In French.

box 1, folder 4

"To My African Friends." Typed MS. Published in Atlantic Monthly, 205 Feb 1960

box 1, folder 5

"Comparative Literature?" Typed MS.

box 1, folder 6

"'Excellence' in Education?" Typed MS.

box 1, folder 7

"The Quest of Excellence - A Humanistic Utopia." Typed MS. Published in American Scholar, 29:1 1959-60

box 1, folder 8

"Millennia." Typed MS.

box 1, folder 9

"To My Unknown Friends in India." Typed MS. Published in Aryan Path, 29:2 Feb 1958

box 1, folder 10

5 short political pieces, all typed MS:

 

- "The Tribune of the People"

 

- "Quelques Suggestions pour l'application éventuelle à l'Allemagne de l'engageante formulé d'A.L. Guérard: "Ballots, not Bullets."

 

- "Gleichbrechtigung" Sauce for the French Goose and the German Gander: or: Disruption before Union."

 

- Letter to League of Nations William Allen White Committee 25 May 1940

 

- "An Ethical testament (Personality)

box 1, folder 11

-"Testament to a Humanist." ALG Lecture at Brandeis Univ. 1953

box 1, folder 12

"Work in Progress" folder. Notes, Poetry, ALG's bibliography.

box 1, folder 13

"Work in Progress" folder. "Golden Wedding." (Ideas developed in "Testament of a Liberal").

box 1, folder 14

"Work in Progress" folder. Writings on religion; nationalism; "Fossils and Presences;" letter to Mr. Carey Williams, editor of the Nation; decadence; "My Legacy to Paris," article published in Holiday Mar 1960?

box 1, folder 15

File on Religion, including long statement (1919);"Bottle in the Sea" ; "Menorah Address" before the Rice Institute Menorah Society, 29 Nov. 1915. 16 Feb 1940

box 1, folder 16

Correspondence on Problems of the Great War. 1915

 

-press clipping and 5 pieces of correspondence with publisher, T. Fisher Unwin, largely about the book's being accepted for publication, and then "killed by British Censorship."

box 1, folder 17

Problems of the Great War (Accepted, Announced, and Killed by British Censorship). Typed MS, only one in existence.

box 1, folder 18

Trends in Contemporary Literature. Typed MS. "Interesting 'historic document.' How things looked about 1929." -AJG 11/26/85

 

Series 2. France

box 1, folder 19

Correspondence re: 1958 L'Avenir de Paris. 1957-59

box 1, folder 20

L'Avenir de Paris. Typed original MS of work, only existing copy. 1958 1959

box 2, folder 1

France Between the Two World Wars. Typed MS, pages. Unpublished. c1944 73

box 2, folder 2

Lands and Peoples: France. Typed MS, 88 pages. Unpublished.

box 2, folder 3

Essays written for France-Amerique.

box 2, folder 4

Essays written for France-Amerique.

box 2, folder 5

Essays written for France-Amerique.

 

Series 3. City Planning

box 2, folder 6

City Planning: Paris. English Essays.

 

- "Paris and the River Seine"

 

- "Paris a Hundred Years Ago -A Study in Perspective." (1854-55)

 

- "The Paris World Fairs 1855-1937." 16 May 1949

 

- "Paris Yesterday and Tomorrow" offprint copy from Journal of the American Institute of Planners. Vol. XIX, No. 1 Winter 1953

 

- "The Rebuilding of French Cities." 17-Dec-58

box 2, folder 7

City Planning: Paris. English Essays.

 

-"Paris" article for the World Book Encyclopedia.

 

-3 pages of notes.

box 2, folder 8

City Planning: Paris. English Essays.

 

- "The Future of Paris" article for Atlantic Monthly. 20-Feb-43

box 2, folder 9

Correspondence with French city planners. 1930s-1950s

box 2, folder 10

Correspondence: City Planning: San Francisco and Palo Alto. 1950s

box 2, folder 11

Correspondence: City Planning: San Francisco and Palo Alto. 1949-1959

box 2, folder 12

Correspondence: City Planning: San Francisco and Palo Alto. 1950s

box 2, folder 13

Correspondence: City Planning: San Francisco and Palo Alto. 1950s

box 2, folder 14

City Planning: Carbons of book reviews by ALG.

box 2, folder 15

City Planning: Carbons of book reviews by ALG.

box 2, folder 16

City Planning: Carbons of book reviews by ALG.

box 2, folder 17

City Planning: Carbons of book reviews by ALG.

 

Series 4. Book Reviews

box 3, folder 1

Carbons of published book reviews.

box 3, folder 2

Carbons of published book reviews.

box 3, folder 3

Carbons of published book reviews.

box 3, folder 4

Carbons of published book reviews.

box 3, folder 5

Carbons of published book reviews.

box 3, folder 6

Carbons of published book reviews.

box 3, folder 7

Carbons of published book reviews.

box 3, folder 8

Stanford Review. Mar-60

 

Series 5. Published copies and reprints (Accession 83-100)

box 4, folder 1

-"Art for Art's Sake." In Southwest Review, 3 copies. Summer 1953

box 4, folder 1

-"Can it be world democracy?" In Antioch Review. Winter 1944-45

box 4, folder 2

- "Capitalism --- Doctrine, Myth or Style?" In Southwest Review, Vol. XXIV, no. 1 Oct-38

box 4, folder 3

- "The Quick and the Dead 'English' or 'Literature'?" Chap book published by the College English Association, Univ. of Massachusetts.

box 4, folder 3

- Supplement to The CEA Critic, Col XII, No. 2, copies. Feb 1951-2

box 4, folder 3

- "Europe Free and United" Publisher's catalog entry. Stanford Univ. Press, undated

box 4, folder 3

- "Fossils, Classics, and Presences." In Southwest Review, Summer 1957. Summer 1957

box 4, folder 3

- "The Growth of the Historical Spirit." In Stanford Studies in Language and Literature, 5 copies 1941

box 4, folder 4

- "Home Language, Official Language, Culture Language." In International Language Review. 3 copies. Includes advertisement for ALG's Fossils and Presences. Jul-Sep 1958

box 4, folder 5

- "How will history judge De Gaulle?" In Best Articles & Stories, Originally published in Southwest Review. Apr-60

box 4, folder 5

- "Honoré de Balzac et la Comédie Humaine" 3 public lectures published by The Rice Institue. Rice Institute Pamphlet, Vol. X, No. 2, Apr 1923

box 4, folder 6

- "In Memoriam Albert Leon Guerard 1880-1959." In International Language Review. copies. Jan-Mar 1960 3

box 4, folder 7

- "International Language and National Cultures." In The American Scholar, Spring 1941

box 4, folder 7

- "The International Language Problem Today." No publication information.

box 4, folder 7

- "Knowledge and Wisdom - Dr. Albert Guérard's last manuscript." In The Stanford Review, Feb-60

box 4, folder 7

- "Mémorial de Saint-Cloud 1960." Obituary notice in alumni bulletin, pp. 1960 38-40

box 4, folder 8

- Andrew Forest Muir. "Murder on Madison Avenue, the Rice case revisited." In Southwest Review, Winter 1959

box 4, folder 7

- "Must de Gaulle Fail?" In Southwest Review, Autumn 3 copies (2 entire issues, 1 reprint) 1959

box 4, folder 9

"The New Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns." In University of California Chronicle, 3 copies. Jul-25

box 4, folder 10

- "Notes on Mario Pei - one language for the world and how to achieve it." In International Language Review, 3 copies Apr-Jun 1958

box 4, folder 10

- "Preliminary Draft of a World Constitution." ALG among writers and signers. Common Cause, a monthly report of the committee to frame a world constitution. 2 copies Mar-48

box 4, folder 11

- "The Quest of Excellence, a humanistic utopia." In The American Scholar. Vol. 29, no. 1, 2 reprints, 2 entire issues Winter 1959-60

box 4, folder 12

- "Ramblings of a Cheerful Ghost." Reminiscences of Stanford, 1907-1958

box 4, folder 12

- "Ten Levels of Language." In The American Scholar, undated

box 4, folder 12

- "To My Unknown Friends in India." In The Aryan Path, Feb-58

box 4, folder 12

- Review for The Literary Works of Count de Gobineau, A.H. Rowbotham, 1929. In The University of California Chronicle, pp. 234-35. April 1930,

box 4, folder 12

- "To My African Friends." In The Atlantic, Feb-60