Guide to the Guido H. Marx Papers SC0129

Daniel Hartwig

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

2000

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

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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

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Arrangement

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.

Biographical Summary

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.

Provenance

Gift of Barbara Marx Givan, 1966, 1986, and 1990.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Guido H. Marx Papers, SC 129, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Publication Rights

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.

Box 3 - Bibliography

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,

Papers

Box 1, folder 1

Correspondence 1901-1912

Box 1, folder 2

Correspondence 1924-1926

Box 1, folder 3

Correspondence 1930-1949

Box 1, folder 4

Correspondence from other Stanford faculty 1898-1905

Box 1, folder 5

Letters to his wife 1912

Box 1, folder 6

Letters between Joseph Dorfman and Marx 1931-1935

Box 1, folder 7

Criminal syndicalism correspondence 1936

Box 1, folder 8

Personal letters on retiring 1936

Box 1, folder 9

Speeches:

(1) Scientific management (1913 or 1914),

(2) A study of intelligence testing, with historical comment by Marx 1926

Box 1, folder 10

Speeches:

(3) The rational of public utility ownership (1930),

(4) War and the Conscientious Objector (1936),

(5) Education at times of crisis (1936),

(6) Engineering and social function (at New School),

(7) The Engineer and the Social Sciences undated

Box 1, folder 11

Speeches:

(8) Economic aspects of the ownership of public utilities (1938),

(9) The Scientific spirit in University Organization (1914),

(10) Production-- what ails it? (1920),

(11) Retrospect 1924

Box 1, folder 12

Speeches:

(12) Some phases of motor automation (1916),

(13) What do you propose to do about it? (1906),

(14) The aim of engineering education (1911),

(15) Untitled. Concerned with definition of an engineer and his values. Possibly Stanford Alumni Conference of 1935 (q.v.) Power--From the Engineer's Viewpoint,

(16) Untitled

(17) A critical examination of certain objections to the affiliation of teachers with the American Federation of Teachers

(18) Lecture to P.T.A. concerning California Federation of Teachers.

Box 1, folder 13

1931 trip to Russia, includes short autobiography of experience.

Box 1, folder 14

Biographical material 1901-1905

Box 1, folder 15

Biographical material 1908-1920

Box 1, folder 16

Biographical material 1921

Box 1, folder 17

Biographical material 1924

Box 2, folder 1

Biographical material 1924-1927

Box 2, folder 2

Biographical material 1929-37

Box 2, folder 3

Autobiography: Why so Hot, Little Man? (my scrapbook).

Box 2, folder 4

Autobiography.

Box 2, folder 5

Autobiography--Stanford University.

Box 2, folder 6

Autobiography.

Box 2, folder 7

Autobiography: Talks--Part I.

Box 2, folder 8

Autobiography: Talks--Part II.

Box 2, folder 9

Autobiography: Salary Investigation.

Box 2, folder 10

Autobiography: Expulsion Case.

Box 2, folder 11

Autobiography: Appendix A.

Box 2, folder 12

Autobiography: Appendix B.

Box 2, folder 13

Autobiography: Appendix C.

Box 2, folder 14

Autobiography: Miscellaneous.

Box 3, folder 1

Articles 1897-1908

Box 3, folder 2

Articles 1909

Box 3, folder 3

Articles 1910

Box 3, folder 4

Articles 1911-1931

Box 3, folder 5

Report on depth-pressure records for oil wells.

Box 3, folder 6

Lecture: Man's Cooperation with Nature.

Box 3, folder 7

Lecture: Power--a political issue from an engineer's viewpoint.

Box 3, folder 8