The collection comprises the extant papers of Guy de Mallac, emeritus professor of Russian literature at the University of California, Irvine. His papers include subject files on Continental philosophy and Russian literature, and drafts and notes for his book Boris Pasternak, His Life and Art.

Guy de Mallac, emeritus professor of Russian literature at the University of California, Irvine, taught at Cornell University and Dartmouth College before joining UCI in 1970. His research interests included modern Russian literature, Leo Tolstoy's works and Boris Pasternak's peace studies, and the philosophy of nonviolence. Among his published works were Barthes (1971); Boris Pasternak, His Life and Art (1981); Seven Steps to Global Change: Gandhi's Message for Today (1987), and a translation of Tolstoy's The Wisdom of Humankind (1999). He died on November 17, 2007.

2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

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The collection is open for research.