Register of the Wallace E. Adams papers
Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Wallace E. Adams papers
Date (inclusive): 1900-1978
Collection Number: 79013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and French
Physical Description:
20 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 1 oversize box
(9.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Notes, drafts, photocopies of French governmental documents, computer data cards, press summaries, and printed matter, relating
to French politics and foreign policy during the Third and Fourth Republics, and especially to the career of the French politician
André Tardieu. Mostly research material for the doctoral dissertation by W. E. Adams, "André Tardieu and French Foreign Policy,
1902-1919" (Stanford University, 1959). Includes some original notes by Tardieu.
Creator:
Adams, Wallace E. (Wallace Earl), 1926-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Wallace E. Adams papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1926 |
Born, Silverton, Oregon |
1949 |
Bachelor of Science degree, University of Oregon |
1951-1954 |
Special assistant to the Executive Officer, United States of America Operations Mission to France |
1958-1962 |
Assistant professor of European history, Arizona State University |
1959 |
PhD, Stanford University |
1962 |
Visiting professor, University of California, Santa Barbara |
1963-1970s |
Professor, Arizona State University |
Scope and Content Note
The Wallace E. Adams papers in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives consist primarily of Adams's writings and the research
materials he accumulated over an academic career devoted to 20th century French history and, in particular, the career of
the French politician André Tardieu. There is also a considerable amount of materials relating to Adams's service in France
as an aid official with the United States of America Operations Mission to France, a successor to activities of the Marshall
Plan.
Adams completed his doctoral dissertation on Tardieu at Stanford University, and continued to conduct research on Tardieu's
role in French politics, especially in relation to French colonial policies in Africa, thereafter. He collected a number of
primary sources, including some of Tardieu's notebooks and unpublished writings, which form a separate series within the collection
(see ANDRÉ TARDIEU FILE). There is a good deal of material in the collection relating to the so-called N'Goko Sangha affair
in French West Africa and its possible impact on the origins of World War I, including copies of company records and official
correspondence (see RESEARCH MATERIALS).
As a graduate student, Adams had become interested in the possibilities afforded by computers to quantify trends in modern
French politics. RESEARCH MATERIALS contains Adams's work in this regard, including statistical analyses of parliamentary
voting records and government instability during the French Third Republic.
The series concerning Adams's service in France during the 1950s contains press summaries and other materials that provide
information on American perceptions of French politics and economic life during a period of Cold War tensions (see UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA OPERATIONS MISSION TO FRANCE FILE).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- France
France -- Politics and government -- 20th century
France -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Tardieu, André, 1876-1945
Biographical File, .
1965-1966
Scope and Contents note
Curricula vitae and grant proposal
box 1, folder 1
Curricula vitae and grant proposal
Correspondence
1954-1978
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 1, folder 4
Harrold, James E., Jr.
1954
Writings
1955-1968
General note
See also Research Materials below
Scope and Contents note
Article, chronology, dissertation, notes, outlines, and paper, arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 8
"The Government of France in 1929,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 9
Paper on the Croix de Feu
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes, bibliography, and typescript
"The Political and Social Structure of the French Chamber of Deputies, 1924-1928,"
1955
box 1, folder 10
Chronology.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 11
Draft.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript with holograph notes
box 1, folder 12-13
Final paper.
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts
"André Tardieu and French Foreign Policy, 1902-1919," doctoral dissertation, Stanford University
1955
box 1, folder 14
Abstract.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 15
Outline.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 16
Chronology.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 17-19
Preliminary bibliography.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 2, folder 1-5
Drafts.
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts with holograph notes
box 3, folder 1-2
Drafts.
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts with holograph notes
box 3, folder 3
Thesis (incomplete).
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
"The N'Goko Sangha Affair,"
c. 1962
box 3, folder 5
Chronology and outline.
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts
box 3, folder 6
Comments.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
"Cabinet Instability in the French Third Republic,"
1963
box 3, folder 7
Notes.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph and typescript
box 3, folder 8
Draft proposal.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 10
"Europe since World War II," .
c. 1968
Scope and Contents note
Outline of proposed anthology. Typescript
André Tardieu File
1916-1957
Scope and Contents note
Biographical file, correspondence, voting record, and writings, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 3, folder 11
Biographical file, .
1945-1957
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies of memorial pamphlets, and typescript of speech by Michel Missoffe at dedication of plaque commemorating Tardieu,
Paris, France, 1953 July 6
box 3, folder 12
Correspondence, .
1927
Scope and Contents note
Copies of letters sent by Tardieu to Michel Missoffe
box 3, folder 13
Voting record, .
1928
Scope and Contents note
Booklet recording Tardieu's votes in the French Chamber of Deputies
"Comité secret," .
1916
Scope and Contents note
Tardieu's transcription of secret sessions of the French parliament
box 3, folder 16
Original.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 3, folder 17
Translation by Wallace E. Adams.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
Outline for book on history of Western Europe
c. 1930s
"La révolution à refaire," .
c. 1940
Scope and Contents note
Unpublished manuscript transcribed by Wallace E. Adams
box 4, folder 3
Volume one (fragment).
Scope and Contents note
Typescript, with English translation by Adams
box 4, folder 4
Volume three.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript, in French only
United States of America Operations Mission to France File
1948-1954
Scope and Contents note
Articles and clippings, briefing book, briefing papers, correspondence, filing manual, personnel list, press summaries, printed
matter, reports, and speeches, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 4, folder 5
Articles and clippings
1950-1953
box 4, folder 7
Briefing papers
1949-1953
Research Materials
1900-1977
Scope and Contents note
Album, articles, bibliographies, biographical data sheets, clippings, code sheets, company records, computer codes, correspondence,
indexes, interviews, maps, monograph excerpts, monographs, official correspondence, notebooks, notes, parliamentary records,
serial issues, voting statistics, and work sheets, arranged chronologically by date research undertaken or published, and
by physical form therein
"The Political and Social Structure of the French Chamber of Deputies, ," published 1955
1924-1928
box 7, folder 5
Parliamentary records
1927
"André Tardieu and French Foreign Policy, ," submitted 1959
1902-1919
box 10, folder 1
Clippings, correspondence, and notes relating to André Tardieu, .
1917-1956
Scope and Contents note
Includes copies of letters written by Tardieu to Michel Missoffe, and Wallace E. Adams's correspondence with Jacques Debu-Bridel,
Pierre Mille, Michel Missoffe, René Picard, François Piétri, and Pierre Poujet
box 10, folder 2
Clippings, correspondence, interviews, and notes relating to André Tardieu, .
1945-1954
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence between Wallace E. Adams and Henri Cangardel, Maurice Gamelin, H. Stuart Hughes, Gabriel Puaux, Jacques
Rey, Max Terrier, and Gordon Wright. Also includes some correspondence neither to nor from Wallace E. Adams
The N'Goko Sangha affair and French colonialism, undertaken
1962-1970s
Compagnie N'Goko-Sangha records
Official correspondence, largely between the French Foreign Ministry and the Compagnie N'Boko Sangha
box 14, folder 6
Parliamentary records
1910
"Cabinet Instability in the French Third Republic," undertaken
1963-1970s
Biographical data sheets
n.d.
box 17, folder 1
Monograph excerpts
1951-1958
box 19
Card File
undated
Scope and Contents note
Note cards relating to Wallace E. Adams's research on French historical subjects, especially concerning André Tardieu
box 20
Card File
undated
Scope and Contents note
Note cards relating to Wallace E. Adams's research on French historical subjects, especially concerning André Tardieu
box 21, folder 1
Microfilm
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Ninety-three short strips of microfilmed documents relating to the Versailles Peace Conference of 1919
box 21, folder 2
Photographs
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
One negative and five prints depicting André Tardieu; four prints depicting the residence of André Tardieu; three prints depicting
Michel Missoffe(?)
Printed Matter,
1930-1978
Scope and Contents note
Monographs and serial issues, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 21, folder 3
Michel Missoffe,
La vie volontaire d'André Tardieu
1930
box 21, folder 4
Fortran: General Information Manual
1961
box 21, folder 5
French Colonial Studies, no. 2
1978
Journal officiel de la République française
Oversize Materials, .
1927-1935
Scope and Contents note
Serial publication, arranged chronologically
Le républicain de Belfort