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Series I: Correspondence
Series II: Research for Vichy France and The Jews
Series III: Course Materials
Series IV: Research
Series VI: Writings and Reviews

Robert O. Paxton papers, 1968-2004

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Series I: Correspondence


Box 1 Letters between Robert O. Paxton and Michael R. Marrus; to Paxton from Roger Errera; and between Marrus and Errera, with enclosed photocopies. All concern research, drafts, and revisions of Vichy France and the Jews (pub. 1981)., New York; Oxford, England; Paris.,, 1979-1980, 15 t.l.s.


Box 14 Correspondence - general

Series II: Research for Vichy France and The Jews


Box 1 Photocopies, handwritten notecards., 1980, 35 items

Box 1 Photocopies of French-language periodicals and books, 15 items

Box 1 Photocopies, typescripts in English and French., 24 items

Box 1 Photocopies, handwritten notecards., 1980, 45 items

Box 1 Photocopies of Le Monde and Le Monde juif articles., 10 items (multiple pages per item)

Box 1 Statistical data on "Denaturalisations, 1940-44," and "Sequestres, 1940"., 40 Handwritten notecards (photocopies)

Box 1 Photocopies of 1942 and 1943 data on "Administrateurs Provisoires", 2 items


Box 17 (B) Notes for Vichy France and the Jews

Series III: Course Materials

History of France Since 1848 (Hist. W3154)

Regarding Folders 9 through 19: According to Paxton's notations, many lectures for this course were revised and reused in successive semesters. Wherever possible, they've been filed according to the most recent date noted. [As a result, Folder 19 (Spring 1995 Materials) below features many lectures that were originally drafted much earlier.] This arrangement affords some insight into Paxton's revision process. However, to get a sense of the complete lecture run, researchers will want to examine the materials from different semesters/terms across the decades. Many lectures are undated and appear to be missing pages.


Box 2 Miscellaneous typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from courses taught ca. 1963-1969. New York, NY,, ca. 1963-1969, 30 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Fall 1972 semester., New York, NY,, 1972, 20 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Fall 1975 semester., New York, NY,, 1975, 25 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Fall 1978 semester., New York, NY,, 1978, 20 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Spring 1981 semester., New York, NY,, 1981, 6 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Spring 1984 semester., New York, NY,, 1984, 20 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Fall 1985 semester., New York, NY,, 1985, 50 items

Box 2 Typewritten notes and research for lecture on French pluralism, Fall 1987 semester., New York, NY,, 1987, 4 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Fall 1988 semester., New York, NY,, 1988, 50 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Spring 1991 semester., New York, NY,, 1991, 50 items

Box 2 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Spring 1995 semester., New York, NY,, 1995, 75 items

The European Lefts Since 1830 Parts I and II (Hist W4157x and W4157y)

Regarding Folders 20 through 29: According to Paxton's notations, many lectures for this course were revised and reused in successive semesters. Wherever possible, they've been filed according to the most recent date noted. [As a result, Folders 25-27 (Spring 1985 Materials) below feature many lectures that were originally drafted much earlier.] This arrangement affords some insight into Paxton's revision process. However, to get a sense of the complete lecture run, researchers will want to examine the materials from different semesters/terms across the decades. Many lectures are undated and appear to be missing pages.


Box 3 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from Fall 1970 and Spring 1971semesters., New York, NY,, 1970-1971, 30 items

Box 3 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from 1973., New York, NY,, 1973, 50 items

Box 3 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from 1973 (cont'd)., New York, NY,, 1973, 50 items

Box 3 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from 1980., New York, NY,, 1980, 25 items

Box 3 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from 1980 (cont'd)., New York, NY,, 1980, 30 items

Box 3 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from 1985., New York, NY,, 1985, 30 items

Box 3 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from 1985 (cont'd)., New York, NY,, 1985, 40 items

Box 3 Typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from 1985 (cont'd)., New York, NY,, 1985, 30 items

Box 3 Miscellaneous typed and handwritten lectures, notes, handouts, syllabi, assignments, and exams from courses taught ca. 1970-1985. New York, NY,, ca. 1970-1985, 40 items

Box 3 Miscellaneous materials (chiefly syllabi) for history courses taught by other professors, including David Crew and Michael Hanagan., New York, NY,, ca. 1976-1979, 30 items


Box 7 European Politics and Society Since 1919 (History 3206y), 1986-1998, 3 folders

Box 7 Introduction to the Literature of European History (G8265x), 1997-1998

Series IV: Research

Regarding the 1981 French Presidential Election


Box 4 Promotional materials re. Francois Mitterand and the Socialist Party platform; photocopies of Le Monde and Economist articles; May 1981 issue of Le Nouvel Observateur., 1981-1982, 10 items

Box 4 Printed, softbound Le Monde supplement, "Les Elections Legislatives de Juin 1981"; photocopies of Le Monde articles, 1981, 1981, 20 items

Box 4 Photocopies of Le Monde articles., 1981, 50 items

Box 4 Photocopies of Le Monde articles., 1981, 50 items


Box 8 Trials in France for Crimes Against Humanity, 1990s

Box 8 Post-war Purge 1945-


Box 9 Vichy France (general)


Box 10 Vichy France (general)


Box 12 Dorgeres/Greenshirts; Departmental archives on French agriculture 1930s; France - general


Box 13 France - general

Box 13 Film: L'Oeil de Vichy


Box 14 Anti-Semitism/Jews in France

Box 14 Miscellaneous


Box 15 Publishers; Fascism


Box 16 Fascism

Series V: Printed Material

Subseries V.1: Clippings


Box 4 Clippings from French-language periodicals--reviews of La France de Vichy (pub. 1972)., 1972-73, 30 items

Box 4 French-language periodicals--reviews of La France de Vichy, 1972-73, 40 clippings

Subseries V.2: Books


Box 5 Normand, Gilles Tout le Parlement: Biographies Sommaires des Senateurs et Deputes Francais au 15 Octobre 1924., Paris: Perrin & Co, 1925, 383 pages

Box 5 Le Chartier, E. Bureaux de L'Avenir Economique. La France et son Parlement: Annuaire des Electeurs et des Parlementaires; edition de 1912., Paris,, 1911, 1,358 pages

Box 5 LaChapelle, Georges Le Temps. Elections Legislatives: 26 Avril & Mai 1936, Resultats Officiels., Paris, 1936, 338 pages

Box 5 Corcos, Fernand Editions Montaigne. Catechisme des Partis Politiques: Historique, Doctrine et Programme de Tous les Groupements Politiques en France, pour les Elections de 1928., Paris, 1927, 303 pages

Box 5 LaChapelle, Georges Librarie Geroirges Roustan Elections Legislatives: 22-29 Avril 1928; Resultats Officiels, Paris, [1928], 331 pages


Box 6 LaChapelle, Georges Le Temps. Elections Legislatives: 1er & 8 Mai 1932; Resultats Officiels., Paris, 1932, 364 pages

Box 6 LaChapelle, Georges Georges Roustan. Elections Legislatives du 11 Mai 1924: Resultats Officiels suivis de l'application de la R. P. departmentale., Paris,, 1924, 263 pages

Box 6 Henri Manuel, Editeur d'Art Senat: Notices et Portraits, 1921., Paris, 1921, 320 pages

Box 6 Georges Roustan. Elections Legislatives du 16 Novembre 1919: Resultats Officiels avec application de la R. P. departementale., Paris, 1920, 249 pages

Box 6 Georges Roustan. Elections Legislatives du 11 Mai 1924: Resultats Officiels suivis de l'application de la R. P. departementale., Paris, 1924, 252 pages

Box 6 Imprimerie de la Chambre des Deputes. Chambres des Deputes: 14e Legislature; Notices et Portraits, 1928., Paris, 1929, 629 pages

Box 6 Imprimerie de la Chambre des Deputes. Liste par Ordre Alphabetique de Mm. les Membres des Deux Chambres avec l'Indication de Leurs Adresses., Paris, 1916, 42, [30] pages

Box 6 Imprimerie du Senat Liste par Ordre Alphabetique de Mm. les Membres des Deux Chambres avec l'Indication de Leurs Adresses., Paris, 1919, 64 pages

Box 6 Imprimerie de la Chambre des Deputes. Liste par Ordre Alphabetique de Mm. les Membres des Deux Chambres avec l'Indication de Leurs Adresses., Paris, 1922, 105 pages

Box 6 Imprimerie du Senat Liste par Ordre Alphabetique de Mm. les Membres des Deux Chambres avec l'Indication de Leurs Adresses., Paris, 1929, 202 pages

Box 6 Bourgin, Georges, avec Jean Carrere et Andre Geurin. Editions Rieder. Manuel des Partis Politiques en France., Paris, 1928, 297 pages

Box 6 Mennevee, R. Documents Politiques Parlementaires et Financiers: Repertoire des Senateurs et Deputes Directeurs ou Administrateurs de Societes Financieres, Commerciales, Industrielles et Economiques; Edition 1925., Paris, 1925, 90 pages

Box 6 Miscellaneous looseleaf pages and leaves from two or more unidentifiable volumes; the pages feature government directories, portraits, and statistics. [Paris], 1,000 pages


Box 7 Masters Essay-- "La reception en France des travaux de Stanley Hoffman et Robert O. Paxton" by Emily Katz, 2007

Series VI: Writings and Reviews


Box 11 Articles, prefaces, speeches, lectures, conference papers, book reviews by R.O.Paxton. Letters to the editor.


Box 14 Reviews and correspondence about books by Paxton

Box 14 Radio/TV


Box 16 Original Manuscript of "Alfa the Deluge"


Box 17 (A) Oxford tutorials (1954-56), Paxton essays and tutors' criticisms

Box 17 (C) Articles in New York Review of Books: general


Box 18 (C) Articles in New York Review of Books: general

Box 18 (D) Articles in New York Review of Books: birds

Box 18 (E) Replies to letters to the editor, New York Review of Books


Box 19 Collaboration and Resistance: French Literary Life Under the Nazi Occupation, 1940s-2010

Correspondence, research, clippings, and press relating to Paxton's 2009 exhibit at the New York Public Library, "Collaboration and Resistance: French Literary Life Under the Nazi Occupation", and the syposium of the same name.