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  • Title: Albert Léon Guérard papers
    Date (inclusive): 1942-1948
    Collection Number: 56019
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In French and English
    Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes (2.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Radio transcripts, memoranda, reports, correspondence, and pamphlets, relating to broadcasts of the French section of the Office of War Information during World War II, and to the activities of the Committee to Frame a World Constitution.
    Creator: United States. Office of War Information
    Creator: Voice of America (Organization)
    Creator: Guérard, Albert Léon, 1880-1959
    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 by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1956.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Albert Léon Guérard Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1880, November 3 Born, Paris, France
    1899 B.A., University of Paris
    1901-1903 Traveling Scholarship in England
    1904-1906 Junior Professor of Literature and Examiner in History, Paris Normal School
    1906-1907 Instructor, Williams College
    1907-1913 Assistant and Associate Professor of French, Stanford University
    1913 Author, French Prophets of Yesterday
    1913-1924 Professor of French, Rice Institute
    1914 Author, French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century
    1916 Author, Five Masters of French Romance
    1917-1919 Staff, U.S. Army Intelligence and Liaison Services
    1920 Author, French Civilization from Its Origins to the Close of the Middle Ages
    1923 Author, Reflections on the Napoleonic Legend
    1925-1946 Professor of General Literature, Stanford University
    1925 Author, Beyond Hatred
    1928 Author, Life and Death of an Ideal. France in the Classical Age
    1929 Author, L'avenir de Paris
    1935 Author, Literature and Society
    1936 Author, Art for Art's Sake
    1941-1942 Author, The France of Tomorrow
    1942-1945 Broadcaster, U.S. Office of War Information
    1945 Author, Europe, Free and United
    1946 Author, France: A Short History
    1948 Author, Personal Equation
    1949 Author, Education of A Humanist
    1950-1953 Professor of Comparative Literature, Brandies University
    1955 Author, Napoleon III
    1956 Author, Napoleon I
    1957 Author, Fossils and Presences
    1959 Author, France, A Modern History
    1959, November 13 Died, Stanford, California

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Radio transcripts, memoranda, reports, correspondence, and pamphlets, relating to broadcasts of the French section of the Office of War Information during World War II, and to the activities of the Committee to Frame a World Constitution.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- France
    International organization
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
    Propaganda, American
    World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
    Committee to Frame a World Constitution