Elaine Marks papers (Ms.2007.003)

The Elaine Marks Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, research and teaching materials, and ephemera from the period 1949-2001. The collection includes manuscripts, course syllabi, promotional materials, and correspondence related to Elaine Marks' professorial work in the fields of French literature and Women's Studies. The collection also includes extensive materials from Marks' work with the Modern Language Association.

The photographs depict family, friends, professional colleagues, and trips to Paris. The correspondence includes letters of a personal and professional nature. The personal correspondence is from friends and family discussing work and family news. The professional correspondence concerns Marks' faculty appointments, rank, and salaries, and publishing activities. Her teaching files include instructor evaluations, syllabi, course packets, exam questions, readings, and bibliographies. The research files include spiral notebooks containing extensive notes on a variety of topics including Saint John Perse, Sigmund Freud, Guillaume Apollinaire, Dante, Proust, Nietzsche, Auguste Comte, Colette. There are also files containing drafts and manuscripts of Marks' writings.