Register of the Pierre Lanneret papers
Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Pierre Lanneret papers
Date (inclusive): 1902-1996
Collection Number: 93032
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and French
Physical Description:
18 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(10.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, notes, correspondence, serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, internal bulletins, and photographs, relating to left-wing
resistance activities in France during World War II, and to libertarian socialist and communist movements in France, the United
States and elsewhere.
Creator:
Lanneret, Pierre, 1921-1993
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1993.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Pierre Lanneret papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1921 |
Born, Auxerre, France |
1938 |
Joins La Jeunesse Revolutionnaire Socialiste, a Trotskyist group |
|
Becomes employed as a typesetter |
1942-1943 |
Sent to Germany as a laborer under the terms of la Service du Travail Obligatoire |
1943 |
Joins the Groupe Révolutionnaire Prolétarien, a clandestine group of "revolutionary internationalists," in Paris |
1946-1950 |
Active in the Bordigist group, la Fraction Française de la Gauche Communiste |
1950 |
Joins Socialisme ou Barbarie |
1951 |
Emigrates to Canada |
1958 |
Moves to San Francisco, becoming member of the Typographical Union |
1970-1975 |
Member, International Socialists |
1976-1979 |
Member, A World to Win |
1985 |
Third Camp Internationalists in France during World War II
|
1993 |
Dies |
Scope and Content of Collection
Acquired in 1987, with a significant increment received in 2001, the Pierre Lanneret papers in the Hoover Institution Library
& Archives provide a window on the history of 20th century French working-class radicalism, and in particular, on the life
of small but influential groups whose politics were situated well to the left of the French Communist Party. It also documents
the activities of similar groups in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Having entered the labor force as an adolescent in France, Lanneret worked in the printing trades as a typesetter and composer
until his retirement in 1984. At the same time, he devoted a life's work and intellectual effort to revolutionary politics,
participating as a militant in several organizations, and conducting an extensive correspondence with a number of like-minded
individuals, a connection which in many cases endured long after any period of formal organizational collaboration.
Lanneret's first political engagement was with a Trotskyist youth group in his native Auxerre, but by the time of the Second
World War, his views had shifted in the direction of a revolutionary internationalist perspective, which did not view the
Soviet Union as socialist, and which opposed both Nazi Germany and the Allied powers, seeing the war as the expression of
imperialist rivalries, not as an anti-fascist crusade.
At considerable personal risk, Lanneret evaded obligatory labor service in Germany during the Nazi occupation of France and
went underground in Paris, joining a small resistance group, the Groupe Révolutionnaire Prolétarien, which also espoused a
"third camp internationalist" perspective. This clandestine group engaged in limited propaganda work and some direct action.
Its history, along with that of other similar groups, is described in Lanneret's work,
Third Camp Internationalists in France during World War II, various editions of which are found in the collection, along with extensive research materials consulted in the preparation
of this monograph (see SPEECHES AND WRITINGS series). A German translation of the joint autobiography of Paul (Pavel) and
Clara Thalman, which also discusses the activities of the Groupe Révolutionnaire Prolétarien, is included in the WRITINGS
BY OTHERS series in the collection.
After the war, Lanneret was an early member of the group Socialisme ou Barbarie, whose ideas on modern revolution and the
nature of bureaucracy were later to exert a considerable influence on the anti-authoritarian currents of the student and worker
revolt in France during May-June 1968. Although he emigrated to North America, living first in Canada and then in San Francisco,
Lanneret continued to meet and correspond with his former associates in the French revolutionary milieu.
Among these was the philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis, the principal theorist of Socialisme ou Barbarie. The collection contains
Castoriadis's correspondence with Lanneret, translations made by Lanneret of some of Castoriadis's writings, and an extensive
selection of those writings in the original French (See TRANSLATIONS and WRITINGS BY OTHERS series). There are also copies
of the review,
Socialisme ou barbarie, in which can be found articles by Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, and others (see PRINTED MATTER series).
The PRINTED MATTER series in the collection also contains a number of rare or fugitive pamphlets and serial issues from political
groups in France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. There are extensive materials from the British Solidarity group,
which was highly influenced by Socialisme ou Barbarie, and from the French councilist group Informations Correspondance Ouvrières,
an offshoot of Socialisme ou Barbarie. In addition, there is a considerable number of publications from fairly obscure leftist
groups in the United States in the 1930s, and from Trotskyist and Maoist groups in France in the post-1968 period. There is
a considerable amount of publications from groups identified with the Bordigist tendency in revolutionary Marxist politics.
The collection also contains some serial issues relating specifically to the May-June 1968 events in France (see OVERSIZE
MATERIALS), and recordings of songs associated with the Paris Commune, 1871.
A feature of the political movements in which Lanneret was involved was the common use of pseudonyms, both as a practice imposed
by conditions of wartime clandestinity and as a habit continued afterward. Where appropriate, these pseudonyms have been given
in the case of deceased individuals to aid in the identification of writings and correspondence.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- France
Communism -- United States
Socialism -- United States
Communism -- France
Socialism -- France
Anarchism -- France
French -- United States
Fourth International
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE
1993-1994
Scope and Contents note
Biographies and inventory, arranged by physical form.
box 1, folder 1
"Pierre Lanneret: Biographical Details,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph notes
box 1, folder 2
Cohen, Larry, "Pierre Remembered"
1993
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 3
Simon, Henri, "Pierre Lanneret, alias Camille"
1994
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Includes accompanying letter, 1994 May 5
box 1, folder 4
Inventory of serial issues in personal library
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
CORRESPONDENCE
1969-1992
Scope and Contents note
Letters and enclosures, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
box 1, folder 5
Unidentified
1976
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Margaret, with reference to Maximilien Rubel
box 1, folder 6
Alexander, Robert J.
1991-1992
box 1, folder 7
Castoriadis, Cornelius
1975-1991
box 1, folder 9
Davoust, Gaston (pseudonym, Henri Chazé)
1969-1984
box 1, folder 11
Gontarbert, Sania
undated
box 1, folder 13
Klein, Stephanie
1989-1981
box 1, folder 16
Rubel, Maximilien
1969-1991
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
1977-2003
Scope and Contents note
Article, lecture, monograph, notes, outlines, research materials, and translations, arranged chronologically.
box 2, folder 1
Comments on
La revolución en cuestión(es)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 2
"Marx and the State," lecture
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 3
Notes on France
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 2, folder 4
Notes on Hegel and Marx
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 2, folder 5
Notes on the history of revolutionary movements in France
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 2, folder 6
Notes on the Russian Revolution
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 7
"Notes on
The GPU in the Trotskyist Movement by Georges Vereeken,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
Writings on "the national question,"
undated
box 2, folder 8
Clippings, pamphlets, and other research materials
box 2, folder 10
Lecture outlines
Scope and Contents note
Holograph and typescript
box 2, folder 11
"The Basque Question," lecture outline
1977
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 12
"Problèmes du syndicalisme dans le Livre en Amérique du Nord,"
Tribune libre
1984(?)
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 2, folder 13
Response to "Appel pour une Union mondiale des tendances révolutionnaires"
1984 February
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy of brochure, with Lanneret's text attributed to "P.L."
box 2, folder 14
"Nicaragua: Quelques impressions de voyage"
1986 November
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
Third Camp Internationalists in France during World War II
1987
Scope and Contents note
Originally published under the pseudonym Ernest Rayner
Research materials, arranged by organization
box 2, folder 15
General. Bibliographies, clippings, and pamphlets
1939-1987
box 2, folder 16
Centre International de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme.
Les Anarchistes et la Résistance, volumes 1 and 2
1984-1985
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 2, folder 17
Comité Exécutif Européen de la IVe Internationale.
IVe Internationale, no. 4
1944 February
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 2, folder 18
Groupe Révolutionnaire Prolétarien.
Le Réveil prolétarien, nos. 2, 3, 15, and two unnumbered issues
1943-1945
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies. Also includes printed copy of manifesto, "Le Groupe Révolutionnaire: Aux travailleurs, aux exploités, aux
révolutionnaires," 1943
box 3, folder 1
Parti Communiste Internationaliste.
La lutte des trotskystes sous la terreur nazie
1945
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 2
Parti Ouvrier Internationaliste.
La Vérité, nos. 44 and 50 (supplement)
1943
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies
box 3, folder 3
Revolutionären Kommunisten Deutschlands.
Spartakus, no. 1
1943 May 1
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 4
Union Communiste. Printed copies of two leaflets, , and typescript of an internal bulletin
1935-1936 1935 December
box 3, folder 5
Union des Communistes Internationalistes.
La Flamme, nos. 1-2
1946
Scope and Contents note
Also includes printed copy of leaflet, 1944 October
box 3, folder 9
Abridged version published in
Échanges, no. 74/75
1994
Scope and Contents note
Also includes obituary of Lanneret. Printed copy
box 3, folder 10
Second edition, Phoenix Press, London
1995
Scope and Contents note
Includes biography of Lanneret. Photocopy
box 3, folder 11
French translation (incomplete)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 12
Italian translation,
Gli internazionalisti del terzo fronte
Scope and Contents note
Printout from internet resource, 2003
box 3, folder 13
Notes on China
1989
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 14
"Notes sur le Guatemala"
1990
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
TRANSLATIONS
1974-1982
Scope and Contents note
Translations of articles by Cornelius Castoriadis, arranged chronologically.
box 3, folder 15
"Proletariat and Organization," . Translation of "Prolétariat et organization,"
Socialisme ou barbarie, nos. 27-28
1974(?) 1959
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 16
"The Power at the End of the Tank," . Translation of an interview with Castoriadis,
Nouvel observateur
1982 1982 January 2
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
NOTEBOOKS
1930s-1950s
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by major theme.
WORLD TO WIN FILE
1976-1979
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, internal documents and position papers, notebook, and publication, arranged alphabetically by physical form.
Correspondence
Scope and Contents note
Does not include letters either to or from Lanneret
box 4, folder 3-4
Internal documents and position papers
1976
box 4, folder 6
Publication.
Now and After, nos. 1-3
1977-1978
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies
SUBJECT FILE
1927-2002
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, monographs, obituaries, pamphlets, and serial issues, largely relating to revolutionary movements and individuals,
arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 4, folder 7
Anarchism
1970-1989
Scope and Contents note
Includes printed copy of an article by Noam Chomsky
box 4, folder 8
Bordiga, Amadeo
1932-1987
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes by Lanneret on Bordiga and his followers
box 4, folder 9
Castoriadis, Cornelius
1997
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies of three obituaries
box 4, folder 10
China-History, 1949-1989
1960-1969
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles from
Socialisme ou barbarie on China and Maoism
box 4, folder 11
Colombia-Social conditions
1982
box 5, folder 1
Davoust, Gaston (pseudonym, Henri Chazé)
1984
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies of two obituaries
box 5, folder 2
Draper, Hal
1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes typescript of obituary
box 5, folder 3
Eastern Europe
1989
Scope and Contents note
Includes general analyses of perestroika era
box 5, folder 4
Education-France
1989
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies of articles relating to the status of lay education in France
box 5, folder 5
Faucier, Nicolas
1992
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies of two obituaries
box 5, folder 6
Giraud, Marius
undated
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy of obituary
box 5, folder 7
Guilloré, Raymond
1989
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy of obituary
box 5, folder 8
Humanist Party (California)
1989
box 5, folder 9
Lefeuvre, René
1988
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy of obituary
box 5, folder 12
Marxism
1948-1992
Scope and Contents note
Includes reviews of the works of the Marx scholar, Maximilien Rubel
box 5, folder 13
Masó, Albert (pseudonym, Albert Vega)
2002
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy of obituary
box 5, folder 16
Nicaragua-History, 1979-
1986
box 5, folder 18
Persian Gulf War, 1991
1991
box 5, folder 19
Portugal-Revolution, 1975
1975
box 5, folder 20
Saulière, Jean (pseudonym, André Arru)
1995
box 5, folder 21
Soviet Union-History
1917-1991 1989-1990
box 5, folder 22
France
1974-1976
Scope and Contents note
Includes clipping relating to the Lip strike and occupation, Besançon, 1974
box 5, folder 25
Valière, Marcel
1975
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy of biographical pamphlet
box 5, folder 26
Willis, Lillian
1989
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy of obituary
box 5, folder 27
Workers Revolutionary Party
undated
WRITINGS BY OTHERS
1950-1982
Scope and Contents note
Articles, pamphlets, and papers, arranged alphabetically by author.
box 5, folder 29-30
Castoriadis, Cornelius (pseudonyms, Paul Cardan, Pierre Chaulieu)
1950-1958
box 6, folder 1-5
Castoriadis, Cornelius
1961-1998
box 6, folder 6
Davoust, Gaston (pseudonym, Henri Chazé)
1978
box 7, folder 4-7
Rubel, Maximilien
1951-1991
box 7, folder 10-11
Thalman, Paul (Pavel) and Clara
1977
PRINTED MATTER
1936-1995
Scope and Contents note
Arranged by physical form and therein alphabetically by name of organization or title.
Pamphlets, arranged by issuing organization
Courant Communiste International (International Communist Current)
box 8, folder 2-3
In French
1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes a history of the Bordigist movement in Italy, France, and Belgium
box 8, folder 4
Échanges et Mouvement
1975-1978
box 8, folder 5
International Socialists (United States)
undated
box 8, folder 6
Leninist League, U.S.A.
undated
box 8, folder 8
Programme Communiste
1972
box 8, folder 9
Revolutionary Workers League
1938-1948
box 8, folder 10
Revolutionary Workers Party
undated
Solidarity (United Kingdom)
box 9, folder 5
Solidarity (United States)
1974
box 9, folder 6
Union des Travailleurs Communistes
1975
Serial issues, arranged by title
box 9, folder 7
A: Rivista anarchica, vol. 8, nos. 9-10
1978-1979
box 9, folder 8
À Contre-courant, no. 0
1988 February
box 9, folder 9
Alarme, no. 39
1988 January-March
The Bulletin
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Workers League for a Revolutionary Party, identified with the political tendency of George Marlen
box 10, folder 2
Cause du peuple
1971-1975
Class Struggle
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Communist League of Struggle (Internationalist-Communist), identified with the political tendency of Albert
Weisbord
box 10, folder 3
1934 November-1936 December
box 10, folder 5
Communist Program, no. 66, nos. 1-3 (new series)
1975-1977
Scope and Contents note
Published by the International Communist Party
box 10, folder 6
Connexions, no. 5
1982 summer
box 10, folder 7
Critique, no. 1
1973 spring
box 11, folder 1
Échanges, nos. 11, 25, 58, 59, 76/77, 78/79
1981-1995
Scope and Contents note
Published by Échanges et mouvement
box 11, folder 2
The Fighting Worker
1937 March 20-1940 January 15
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Revolutionary Workers League
box 11, folder 3
Fourth International, volume 3, no. 10
1938 June
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Revolutionary Workers League
box 11, folder 4
Front rouge, nos. 101, 103, 107, 110, 122, 124, 135, 139, 166
1974 January 31-1975 September 15
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (marxiste-léniniste)
box 11, folder 5
L'Humanité rouge, nos. 207-208, 211, 213, 215-216, 221, 225, 238
1973 November 29-1974 July 24
box 11, folder 6
In Defense of Bolshevism, volume 1, nos. 5 and 8, volume 2, nos. 1-2
1938 May-1939 February-March
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Leninist League, U.S.A.
Informations correspondance ouvrières
box 12, folder 1
Nos. 42, 71 (supplement), 72 (supplement), 85-90, 93-94, 97/98-99
1965-1970
box 12, folder 2
Nos. 103/104-112/113
1971-1972
box 12, folder 4
International Bulletin, nos. 6 and 8
1948-1949
Scope and Contents note
Published by American Fraction, Left Communist International
box 12, folder 5
International News
1939 September-1945 November
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Revolutionary Workers League
International Review
Scope and Contents note
Published by the International Communist Current
box 12, folder 6
Nos. 5, 7, 12-16
1976-1979
Internationalism
Scope and Contents note
Published by the American affiliate of the International Communist Current
box 13, folder 3
Nos. 2, 4-5, 7, 9, 14
1973-1978
box 13, folder 4
Nos. 15, 18-27, 38, 54, 62
1978-1989
box 13, folder 5
L'Internationaliste
1947 November
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Fraction Française de la Gauche Communiste Internationale
box 13, folder 6
Labor Front, volume 3, nos. 4-5
1936 September-November
Scope and Contents note
Published by the League for a Revolutionary Workers Party
box 13, folder 7
Lutte communiste
1975 October 24
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (Trotskiste)
box 13, folder 8
The Marxist
1939 April-August
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Revolutionary Workers League
box 14, folder 1
New International Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 5, ; vol. 2, no. 1
1936 December 1937 March
Scope and Contents note
Published by the League for a Revolutionary Workers Party
box 14, folder 2
News and Letters, vol. 24, no. 10, ; vol. 28, no. 8
1979 December 1983 October
box 14, folder 3
1967 September/October-November/December
box 14, folder 5
Programma communista
1977 April 8–1978 April 29
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Italian section of the Partito comunista internationale
box 14, folder 6
Prolétaire, miscellaneous issues
1971-1975
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Parti communiste international
box 14, folder 7
Quotidien du peuple
1975 September 30
Revolt
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Revolutionary Workers League
box 14, folder 8
Volume 1, nos. 2, 4-5, 7, 10-13
1938
box 14, folder 9
Volume 2, nos. 2-6, 8-10, 17-18, ; volume 3, no. 1
1939 1940
box 15, folder 1
Nos. 11, 18, 21
1952-1957
box 16, folder 3
Solidarity, no. 2, ; no. 9
1976 1985
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Solidarity group, United Kingdom
box 16, folder 4
Solidarity for Social Revolution, nos. 1-10, and 15
1978-1981
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Solidarity group, United Kingdom
box 16, folder 5
Solidarity for Workers' Power, vol. 7, nos. 8 and 12, ; vol. 8, nos. 1-4 and 7
1973-1974 1975-1977
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Solidarity group, United Kingdom
box 16, folder 6
Solidarity Motor Bulletin, nos. 1-8
1973-1978
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Solidarity group, United Kingdom
box 16, folder 7
No. 7/8, ; no. 1
1970 1971
box 16, folder 8
No. 6/7, ; no. 10/11
1973 1975
box 17, folder 1
Tout le pouvoir aux travailleurs, nos. 00, 2, 5, 13, 16, 18, 21, 25-26, 30, 34
1976-1980
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Union des Travailleurs Communistes Libertaires
box 17, folder 2
Workers' Voice, vol. 4, nos. 3 and 8
1937
Scope and Contents note
Published by the League for a Revolutionary Workers' Party
World Revolution
Scope and Contents note
Published by the British affiliate of the International Communist Current
box 17, folder 3
Nos. 1-2, 7, 17-22
1974-1979
box 17, folder 6
Young Worker, vol. 1, no. 2
1939 April
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Young Workers League, youth organization of the Revolutionary Workers League
box 17, folder 7
Zerowork, no. 2
1977 fall
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
1902-1984
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by physical form.
Phonotapes
undated
Scope and Contents note
Sound recordings of songs associated with the Paris Commune, 1871
box 18, folder 1
One compact audio cassette containing the recording, "Les Quatre Barbus chantent la Commune de Paris"
box 18, folder 2
One compact audio cassette containing the recording, "Marc Ogeret chante autour de la Commune, "
1846-1888
box 18, folder 3
One print depicting Harry Bridges on a picket line, San Francisco
undated
box 18, folder 4
Two prints depicting Pavel Thalman, and one print depicting Pavel and Clara Thalman
undated
box 18, folder 5
One framed print depicting Maximilien Rubel
undated
box 18, folder 6
Three prints depicting Pierre Lanneret at a party in honor of his retirement from the San Francisco Newspaper Co.
1984
box 18, folder 7
Poster
undated
Scope and Contents note
Visual aid showing the locations of the artillery positions of the Paris Commune, 1871, prepared by Lanneret for a lecture
on the subject of the Commune
Serial issues
1902-1968
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies
box 18, folder 8
Le pioupiou de l'Yonne, no. 4, ; no. 2
1902 1904
box 18, folder 9
Action, nos. 3, 5, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17
1968
Scope and Contents note
Published by the Service des Comités d'Action during the student and worker revolt in France, 1968 May-June
box 18, folder 10
L'Express, unnumbered supplement
1968
Scope and Contents note
Special issue relating to the May 1968 revolt in France
box 18, folder 11
France-soir
1968 May 12-13
Scope and Contents note
Special issue devoted to rioting in the Latin Quarter in Paris
2018 INCREMENTAL MATERIALS
box 19
Correspondence, writings, personal documents, and photographs
1974-1992
Scope and Contents
Relating to libertarian socialist and communist movements. In French and English