Gilbert (Felix) papers, 1870-1991

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Summary

Title:
Felix Gilbert papers
Dates:
1870-1991
Creators:
Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, research material, and conference papers, relating to historiography, and to various aspects of the political, cultural, intellectual, diplomatic and military history of Europe, and especially of Italy and Germany, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
Extent:
73 manuscript boxes (30.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Felix Gilbert papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Background

Scope and content:

These papers reflect the writings and research interests of Felix Gilbert, a historian, writer, and professor in emigration and consist of correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, research material, and conference papers, relating to historiography, and to various aspects of the political, cultural, intellectual, diplomatic and military history of Europe, and especially of Italy and Germany, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

Biographical / historical:

Felix Gilbert (1905 – 1991) was a German-born American historian, educator, and author who wrote on Renaissance Italy, 18th-century North America and Europe of the last century of early modern and modern Europe.

Gilbert studied under Friedrich Meinecke at the University of Berlin and was a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. His area of expertise was the Renaissance, especially the diplomatic history of the period. Dr. Gilbert wrote, edited, or co-edited more than a dozen scholarly books. He was a visiting professor at leading American universities and was awarded many honorary doctorates. One of Gilbert's books, To the Farewell Address: Ideas of Early American Foreign Policy, received a Bancroft Prize in 1962.

The main reading room of the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. is named in his honor.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1993.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-31 15:17:31.491184

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Felix Gilbert papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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