Guido H. Marx papers, 1893-1949

Summary

Creators:

Marx, Guido H. (Guido Hugo)

Extent:

7.5 Linear Feet

Language:

Undetermined .

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Guido H. Marx Papers, SC 129, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Additional papers were received in 1986 and 1990; they have been added to the collection as two addenda rather than interfiled with the previously processed papers. Each addition has been identified by its accession number (86-179 and 90-188) and is listed separately. When requesting materials from these additions, please indicate the accession number on the paging slip.

An index to selected correspondents in the entire collection is included in this guide, along with a listing of Guido Marx's articles and reprints in Box 3.

The papers of Guido H. Marx include correspondence, speeches, a typed autobiography, reprints, press releases, clippings, minutes, reports, and pamphlets, 1898-1949, and Marx's thesis from Cornell, A Study of Special Tools and Methods Used in the Manufacture of Small Engines, 1893.

The papers document both his academic career at Stanford and his political interests. His academic life is represented by correspondence with faculty, 1898-1905; reprints of his engineering and educational articles; and minutes, reports, and other records from his departmental duties in the School of Engineering. His political life is represented by correspondence, speeches, articles, and pamphlets pertaining to efforts to repeal criminal syndicalism laws, labor and unionization efforts, the Sacco-Vanzetti case, cooperatives, and control of public utilities. Organizations appearing in his papers include the American Association of University Professors, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Federation of Teachers, the Pacific Co-operative League, Inc., the National Popular Government League, the California State Water and Power League, and the People's Legislative Service.

Biographical / historical:

Guido H. Marx was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1871. He attended Cornell University, earning the degree of mechanical engineer in 1893. He worked in industry for two years before joining the Stanford faculty in 1895, at the instigation of Albert W. Smith, his former professor at Cornell who, in collaboration with Guido's brother Charles D. Marx, was developing Stanford's new School of Engineering. He became professor of machine design in 1908; he retired in 1936 with the rank of Professor Emeritus.

In addition to authoring a treatise on Machine Design with Prof. Smith, his professional activities included research in the fields of gearing and bearing lubrication, advocating vocational guidance for Stanford students, co-founding the American Association of University Professors, and holding office in the American Federation of Teachers.

Prof. Marx was also actively involved in many political and social issues. In Palo Alto, he served on the planning commission and the School Board and played an instrumental role in the construction of its first municipal power plant. In 1911 he and Professor R.L. Green organized the local branch of the Progressive Party; Marx was the official delegate to its 1912 national convention. He was active in the American Civil Liberties Union, especially around issues of labor organization and repeal of the Criminal Syndicalism Law.

In 1895 Guido H. Marx married Gertrude Van Dusen, a member of the Cornell library staff; they had four children. He died in 1949.

Custodial history:

Gift of Barbara Marx Givan, 1966, 1986, and 1990.

Arrangement:

The first ten boxes of the collection consist of the original papers that were received and arranged in 1966. Only the letters in Box 1 were given full treatment, with incoming and outgoing letters arranged together chronologically. Other sections were arranged or left as received, depending upon the accessibility of the original arrangement. In some cases, letters pertinent to the subject were left in the appropriate folders rather than being integrated into the chronological arrangement.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Cooperative societies.
Criminal syndicalism.
Engineering -- Study and teaching.
Public utilities.
Public utilities -- Law and legislation.
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921.

Names:

Stanford University. School of Engineering -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
American Civil Liberties Union
American Federation of Teachers.
American Association of University Professors.
People's Legislative Service.
Pacific Co-operative League, Inc.
National Popular Government League.
Coolidge, Mary Roberts,
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley.
Hayes, E. A. (Everis Anson)
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash)
Cooke, Morris Llewellyn,
Norris, George W. (George William)
Monroe, Paul,
Lewis, Austin,
Jourdin, Willis W.
Veblen, Thorstein,
Jordan, David Starr
Sinclair, Upton,
Rowell, Chester H.
Rolfe, Henry W.
Whitney, Anita,
Frankfurter, Felix
Hoover, Herbert
Bliven, Bruce
Hill, Albert Ross.
Hichborn, Franklin,

Indexes:

Selected List of Correspondents

Addis, Thomas
Bailey, Forrest	90-188: Box 1, Folder 7-8, 10
Baldwin, Roger N.	90-188: Box 1, Folder 1, 3-5, 11
Benne, Adron A.	Box 4, Folder 1-2
Bjornson, Anga M.
Black, Marshall	86-179: Box 1, Folder 2, 12
Bliven, Bruce	90-188: Box 3, Folder 1
Browne, Andrew A.	Box 1, Folder 4
Cooke, Morris Llewellyn
Coolidge, Mary Roberts	90-188: Box 1, Folder 4-5
Copeland, Clement A.	Box 1, Folder 4
Dart, Anna C.
Dorfman, Joseph	Box 1, Folder 6
Durand, William F.
Farrand, Max	Box 1, Folder 4
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley	90-188: Box 1, Folder 3
Frankfurter, Felix	90-188: Box 3, Folder 1
Garrison, J. C.	Box 3, Folder 9
Hayes, Everis A.	86-179: Box 1, Folder 3
Hichborn, Franklin
Hill, Albert Ross	86-179: Box 1, Folder 9, 11
Hoover, Herbert	Box 1, Folder 3
Hoover, Theodore J.	90-188: Box 3, Folder 10
Johnson, Hiram	Box 1, Folder 3
Johnston, Mercer G.	90-188: Box 3, Folder 2
Jones, Hubert C.	90-188: Box 1, Folder 7
Jordan, David Starr
Jourdin, Willis W.
Leidy, Emma Brown	Box 1, Folder 8
Lewinsohn, Joseph L.	86-179: Box 1, Folder 15-16
Lewis, Austin	90-188: Box 1, Folder 9
Monroe, Paul
National Popular Govt. League	Box 1, Folder 3
Norris, George W.	Box 1, Folder 2
Porter, Anna	Box 5, Folder 5
Roberts, Holland D.	Box 3, Folder 8-9
Robinson, Elmo A.	90-188: Box 1, Folder 4-5, 7
Robinson, James Harvey	86-179: Box 1, Folder 7
Rolfe, Henry W.	Box 1, Folder 4
Rowell, Chester H.	86-179: Box 1, Folder 11, 15
Saunders, Frederick A.	90-188: Box 3, Folder 10
Silliman, John C.	Box 6, Folder 3
Slosson, Edwin E.	86-179: Box 1, Folder 9-10
Smith, Albert. W.
Solow, Herbert	90-188: Box 2, Folder 3
Stanley, Edward J.	Box 1, Folder 4
Steinmetz, Harry C.
Veblen, Thorstein	Box 5, Folder 4
Willoughby, Ray R.	Box 6, Folder 3
Wilson, Woodrow W.	86-179: Box 1, Folder 9

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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 and University Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Guido H. Marx Papers, SC 129, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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