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Language of Material:
Undetermined
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Guido H. Marx papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0129
Physical Description:
7.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1893-1949
Collection is open for research.
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.
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.
Gift of Barbara Marx Givan, 1966, 1986, and 1990.
[Identification of item], Guido H. Marx Papers, SC 129, Stanford University Archives,
Stanford, Calif.
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.
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.
Folder 1: The process of invention.
Stanford Univ. Engineering
Journal,
May, 1897, pp. 69-71.
What should college professors be paid?
Atlantic Monthly,
v. 95, May, 1905, pp. 647-50.
Condition and needs of the Univ. of Calif. Discussion.
Trans.
Commonwealth Club,
1907.
Value of drawing in practical life.
Calif. Teachers' Quarterly,
June, 1907, pp. 77-84.
Notes on machine drawing. Stanford University. 15p. 1905, 1907,
The making of the Stanford Engineer.
Stanford Alumnus,
Dec. 1907, p. 127-32.
Isometric plotting of graphical charts.
Am. Mach., v. 31,
Nov. 12, 1903, pp. 7-13
Report of committee of Cornell Club of Northern Calif. on improvement of salaries
(with J.M. Chase and R.B. Daggett).
Cornell Alumni News, May 6,
1908.
Folder 2: Some trends in higher education.
Science, May
14, 1909, p. 759-97.
Reform in San Francisco.
Nation, July 1, 1909.
Some trends in higher education.
Science, July 16, 1909,
p. 87-89.
The college forum.
The American College, v. 1, no. 1,
October 1909, pp. 56-68.
Folder 3: The problem of the assistant professor.
Journal Assoc.
of American Universities,
1910, pp. 17-47; and
Science,
1910: pp. 401-406, 441-450, and 488-497.
Some trends in higher education.
Calif. Weekly, June 10,
1910, p. 459-60.
Attendance of students at foreign universities.
Science,
v. 31, April 29, 1910.
University fellowships.
Science, v. 33, March 31, 1911,
pp. 491-92.
Folder 4: Should the same salary be paid to men bearing the same titles?
Bryn Mawr Alumnae Quarterly, v. 5, p. 1-4, April, 1911.
Committee of Ten. Minority Report to the Academic Council. 18p. 1911. [Stanford
University].
Strength of gear teeth.
Trans. A.S.M.E., v. 34, p.
1323-98, 1912.
Strength of gear teeth. 2nd. paper.
Trans. A.S.M.E., v.
37, p.503-30, 1915.
An engineer's acid test of patriotism.
The Standard, v.
6, May, 1920.
Some comparative wear experiments on cast iron gear teeth (with L.E. Cutter and B.M
Green).
Mech. Engineering, v. 48, p. 33-36, Jan.,
1926.
How to control public utilities.
Nation, v. 132, no.
3430, April 1, pp. 348-50.
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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cooperative societies.
Criminal syndicalism.
Engineering -- Study and teaching.
Public utilities.
Public utilities -- Law and legislation.
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921.
Coolidge, Mary Roberts,
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley.
Hayes, E. A. (Everis Anson)
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash)
Cooke, Morris Llewellyn,
Norris, George W. (George William)
Stanford University. School of Engineering -- General
subdivision--Faculty.;
Monroe, Paul,
Lewis, Austin,
Jourdin, Willis W.
Veblen, Thorstein,
Jordan, David Starr
Sinclair, Upton,
Rowell, Chester H.
Rolfe, Henry W.
American Civil Liberties Union
American Federation of Teachers.
Whitney, Anita,
American Association of University
Professors.
Frankfurter, Felix
People's Legislative Service.
Hoover, Herbert
Pacific Co-operative League, Inc.
National Popular Government League.
Bliven, Bruce
Hill, Albert Ross.
Hichborn, Franklin,