Guide to the Correspondence, Albert L. Guérard and Albert Thierry
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Guide to the Correspondence, Albert L. Guérard and Albert Thierry
Collection number: M0899
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Sarah Sussman
- Date Completed:
- 1997
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Correspondence, Albert L. Guérard and Albert Thierry,
Date (inclusive): Unit date
Collection number: Special Collections M0899
Creator: Guérard, Albert Leon, 1880-1959.
Extent:
0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Correspondence, Albert L. Guérard and Albert Thierry, M0899, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
Frenchmen Albert Léon Guérard (1880-1959) and Albert Thierry (1881-1915) were friends from childhood whose correspondence
reflects their shared interests in French and Anglo-American literature and writing. Guérard came to the United States in
1906 to teach at Williams College. He taught at Stanford University from 1907-1946 when he retired, except for 12 years between
1913-1925 when he was at Rice University and served in the war. He was the author of numerous books on French history and
intellectual life. Thierry was a Proudhonian socialist, anarchist, and schoolteacher who wrote poetry as well as several longer
works of fiction and theory. At the same time, he also served as a soldier in the French army from around 1902 until he was
killed in 1915.
Scope and Content
The Albert L. Guérard and Albert Thierry Correspondence Collection consists of 1 manuscript box. Other collections of ALG
papers can be found in the Stanford Special Collections, the Hoover Institution Archives, and at the University of Pennsylvania.
This collection is composed of four types of materials, all pertaining directly to Thierry and arranged as follows. The letters
written by Albert Thierry to Albert L. Guérard from 1902 to 1915, when Thierry was killed in the First World War are arranged
in chronological order. Most letters are written in French, but the correspondence from 1905-1907, when Thierry was stationed
in Germany and Austria, is in German. Subjects discussed in these letters include English and French literature, Guérard's
and Thierry's writings, Thierry's life as a soldier and a teacher, and the war. The second group of materials is 6 handwritten
sheets written or copied by Thierry, primarily copies of poems by Emile Verhaeren. The third section contains 2 letters from
1957-58, the correspondence between ALG and Roger Petitjean. These discuss AT's works and ALG's views on current events in
France. Finally, the collection also contains a biographical work about AT and a copy of his novel, entitled Le Sourire Blessé.
Access Terms
Thierry, Albert, 1881-1915.
Thierry, Albert, 1881-1915. Le Sourire Blesse.
Authors, French.
French literature--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--France.
France--History--20th century.
French Prophets of Yesterday.
French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century.
Box 1, Folder 1
5 letters. Subjects: English and French literature, AT is soldier in the 106e, Châlons-sur-Marne.
Physical Description: 1902
Box 1, Folder 3
5 letters and 4 postcards.
1904
Box 1, Folder 4
10 letters in German. AT is stationed in Weimar.
1905
Box 1, Folder 5
12 letters in German. AT is stationed in Vienna.
1906-7
Box 1, Folder 8
2 letters. Subjects: International language.
1912
Box 1, Folder 9
2 letters. Subjects: On ALG's book French Prophets.
1913
Box 1, Folder 10
5 letters. Subjects: Thierry on his work, on ALG's French Civilization, race, the war.
1914
Box 1, Folder 11
3 postcards. Subjects: the war, notes from the battlefield, ALG as "American citizen, yet son of France" and his non-involvement
in war.
1915
Box 1, Folder 12
6 handwritten sheets of writings:
n.d.
- Notes on "La Triomphe de la Vie," a poem by Rousseau.
- "Les lois d'imitation," by AT?
- "Qu'est-ce que l'art?" by L. Tolstoy, French transl. T. deWysyewa.
- "Le Bazar," by Emile Verhaeren, Belgian writer. (Les Villes Tentaculaires), Reine Blanche.
June 1894
- "Les Villes" and "Les Usines" by Emile Verhaeren. (Les Villes Tentaculaires), Ere Nouvelle.
July 1894
- "Les Spectacles," by Emile Verhaeren. (Les Villes Tentaculaires), Mercure de France.
July 1895
Box 1, Folder 13
2 letters:
Scope and Content Note
Subjects: Edition of AT's works or book about AT using ALG's letters; ALG's views on France and UN, United Europe, Union Française,
French Communism; Algerian question.
- From ALG to Roger Petitjean.
17 Dec. 1957
- From Roger Petitjean to ALG.
5 Jan. 1958
Box 1, Folder 14
"Albert Thierry (Etudes et Opinions)," publication of Les Primeurs, revue d'étude et d'art.
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Subjects: biographical essays, Thierry's works (primarily poetry), and bibliography.
Box 1, Folder 15
Albert Thierry, Le Sourire Blessé. Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1922. 8th ed.
1922
