Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Access Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Albert Joseph Guérard Research Materials on Lya de Putti and Lois Moran,
Date (inclusive): 1923-1996
Collection number: Special Collections M0897
Creator:
Guérard, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1914-
Extent:
1 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Albert Joseph Guérard Research Materials on Lya de Putti and Lois Moran, M0897, Dept. of Special
Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
Albert Joseph Guérard (1914- ) is an emeritus professor of English at Stanford University and a novelist. In 1924 he went
with his family to spend his father's sabbatical year in Paris. During Christmas vacation, Guérard's mother took him to Davos,
Switzerland, where he met the Hungarian silent film star Lya de Putti, who took the 10 year-old Albert to a ball. This encounter
was woven into several of Guérard's writings,. AJG's interest in de Putti and her life was revived upon seeing her obituary
in 1931.
Scope and Content
The Research Materials on Lya de Putti and Lois Moran Collection consists of 1 manuscript box. The collection contains Albert
J. Guérard's materials on Lya de Putti, a Hungarian silent screen star whom he met in 1924. Included are correspondence with
Lois Moran, a young American actress that was in Paris in the 1920s who did one film with Lya de Putti, publicity photographs
and photocopies of articles about Lya de Putti, transcripts of correspondence between AJG and de Putti's daughters and other
people who were connected with her, and transcripts of interviews. There are also 5 articles or excerpts of works written
by AJG which illustrate his use of de Putti in fiction and non-fiction and a biography of de Putti written by P. Herzog and
R. Tozzi and dedicated to AJG. AJG's own comments on the collection and its usefulness are also included in the collection
and cited in the finding aid.
Access Terms
Putti, Lya de, 1896?-1931.
Moran Young, Lois.
Zeilinger, Johannes, 1948- . Lya de Putti, Ein vergessenes Leben.
Tozzi, Romano. Lya de Putti, Loving life and not fearing death.
Herzog, Peter. Lya de Putti, Loving life and not fearing death.
Authors, American.
American literature--20th century.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Silent films.
America--Intellectual life--20th century.
"Davos in Winter."
The Past Must Alter.
"Was Lia de Putti dead at 22?"
"The Past Unrecaptured: the Two Lives of Lya de Putti."
Christine/Annette.
"Snow White and Rose Red."