Valéry, Paul, to E.R. Curtius, 24 August 1933

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 152

Scope and Contents

ALS in French. Responding to a pressing request made by Curtius to employ German scholars who would otherwise be facing persecution by the Nazi regime, Paul Valéry explains why, in his capacity as the general administrator of the "Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen" in Nice, he is unfortunately unable to do anything : his authority is limited by government regulations as well as by financial constraints; an academic center is not a university, and therefore can offer only lectures to visiting faculty, not regular teaching; there are no professorial chairs, unless foreign governments wish to endow them, etc.

Dates

24 August 1933

Creator

From the Collection: Curtius, Ernst, 1814-1896. (Person)
From the Collection: Curtius, Ernst Robert, 1886-1956. (Person)
From the Collection: Aragon, 1897-1982. (Person)
From the Collection: Beach, Sylvia. (Person)
From the Collection: Benois-Méchin, Jacques, 1901- (Person)
From the Collection: Blanche, Jacques-Emile, 1861-1942. (Person)
From the Collection: Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. (Person)
From the Collection: Coudenhove-Kalergi, Richard Nicolaus, Graf von, 1894-1972. (Person)
From the Collection: Crevel, René, 1900-1935. (Person)
From the Collection: Du Bos, Charles, 1882-1939. (Person)
From the Collection: George, Stefan, 1868-1933. (Person)
From the Collection: Gide, André, 1869-1951. (Person)
From the Collection: Green, Julien, 1900-1998. (Person)
From the Collection: Joyce, James, 1882-1941. (Person)
From the Collection: Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. (Person)
From the Collection: Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973. (Person)
From the Collection: Paulhan, Jean, 1884-1968. (Person)
From the Collection: Pozzi, Catherine, 1882-1934. (Person)
From the Collection: Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. (Person)
From the Collection: Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926. (Person)
From the Collection: Rohan, Karl Anton Prinz, 1898-1975. (Person)
From the Collection: Sieburg, Friedrich, 1893-1964. (Person)
From the Collection: Thibaudet, Albert, 1874-1936. (Person)
From the Collection: Travers, Theodor Heinrich. (Person)
From the Collection: Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, and German.

Extent

1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Physical Description

1 leaf

Physical Storage Information

Box: 2, Folder: 152 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

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