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Zeeler, Vladimir Feofilovich, 1874-1954. Vladimir Feofilovich Zeeler Papers, ca. 1870-1950.

Title: Vladimir Feofilovich Zeeler Papers, ca. 1870-1950.

Papers of Zeeler. They consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and memorabilia. A sizable part of the collection concerns the painter Ili︠́a︡ Repin (1844-1930). Included are letters to Zeeler from Repin and his children; photographs of Repin; and his artist's brushes. Other correspondents include: Konstantin Balḿont; Aleksandr Benois; Ivan Bunin; Vladislav Khodasevich, Aleksandr Kuprin; Pavel Mili︠u︡kov; Sergeĭ Rakhmaninov; Nikkolaĭ Roerich; and Ivan Shmelev. There are one or two letters each from Marc Chagall, Mikhail Fokin, Knut Hamsun (copy), Rudyard Kipling (copy), Vladimir Nabokov, Leonid Pasternak, Sergeĭ Kusevit︠s︡kiĭ, Dmitriĭ Merezhkovskiĭ, and Fedor Shali︠a︡pin. (Some of this correspondence concerns Repin.) Manuscripts include poems by Balḿont, stories by Kuprin, and novels by Shmelev; there is also a nearly-complete manuscript of "Pami︠a︡ti pogibshikh" (1929), a collection dedicated to the memory of Kadet Party members who had died in 1917-1921, edited by Zeeler and others. There are many photographs, some inscribed, of major cultural figures in the Russian emigration, including most of the people listed above, and also Leonid Andreev, Zinaida Gippius, Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev, Maksim Gorḱiĭ, and Aleksandr Grechaninov, and many other major persons.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2,400 items (11 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320410253 View

Savchenko, Ili︠́a︡ Grigorévich. Il'ia Grigor'evich Savchenko Papers, ca. 1920-1955.

Title: Il'ia Grigor'evich Savchenko Papers, ca. 1920-1955.

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, caricatures, and materials relating to a number of emigre organizations. The correspondence includes letters sent to Savchenko personally and to "Poslednie Novosti," on which he worked in the 1930s. There are letters from Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Fedorov and Georgiĭ Grebenshchikov, as well as one or two manuscripts of Savchenko's memoirs of the Civil War (including some information on the "Greens"), as well as works that appeared in "Poslednie Novosti" by such authors as Konstantin Balḿont, Ivan Bunin, Pavel Mili︠u︡kov, Alekseĭ Remizov, Nadezhda Teffi and Marina T︠S︡vetaeva. The materials relating to emigre organizations include correspondence, financial records, and mimeographed textbooks (prepared by the professors) of the Russkiĭ i︠u︡ridicheskiĭ fakult́et v Prage (Russian Juridicial Institute in Prague), and correspondence and printed materials of the Soi︠u︡z obʺedineniĭ russkikh okonchivshikh vyssheĭ uchebnye zavedenii︠a︡ (Union of Societies of Russian Who Have Graduated from Institutes of Higher Education), which Savchenko headed. In addition, there are materials relating to other emigre groups in Europe and the United States with which Savchenko was associated.

ArchivalResource: ca. 3,000 items (22 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320410507 View

Grebenshchikov, Georgiĭ Dmitrievich, 1882-1964. Georgii D. Grebenshchikov Papers, ca. 1920-1960.

Title: Georgii D. Grebenshchikov Papers, ca. 1920-1960.

Collection includes 1 letter each from Konstantin Balḿont and Alekseĭ Remizov, and copies of letters by Ivan Bunin. Manuscripts by Grebenshchikov in the collection include "Churaevy," and "Mikula, the turbulent giant." Also included are manuscripts by Balḿont and Remizov.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2,000 items (18 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320408681 View

Roshchina-Insarova, Ekaterina Nikolaevna, 1885-1960. Ekaterina Nikolaevna Roshchina-Insarova Papers, ca. 1907-1950.

Title: Ekaterina Nikolaevna Roshchina-Insarova Papers, ca. 1907-1950.

The collection includes correspondence from Konstantin Balḿont, Nikolaĭ Evreĭnov, Zinaida Gippius, Georgiĭ Grebenshchikov, Vasiliĭ Maklakov, Sergeĭ Potresov and Nadezhda Teffi. There is one letter each from Boris Bakhmeteff, Vera Bunina, Aleksandr Grechaninov, Aleksandr Kuprin and Alekseĭ Tolstoĭ. The manuscripts include poems and a play scenario by Nadezhda Teffi as well as Roshchina-Insarova's autobiographical essays and article about Sergeĭ Lifar.́ In addition, there are three scrapbooks containing clippings and programs of Roshchina-Insarova's performances, and approximately 40 photographs of her.

ArchivalResource: ca. 500 items (2 boxes; 1 oversized folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320410467 View

Kutyrina, I︠U︡lii︠a︡ Aleksandrovna, 1891-ca. 1942. Iuliia Aleksandrovna Kutyrina Papers on Ivan Shmelev, ca. 1923-1961.

Title: Iuliia Aleksandrovna Kutyrina Papers on Ivan Shmelev, ca. 1923-1961.

The papers, which primarily concern Shmelev, consist of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence includes photocopies of letters from Petr Struve to Ivan Shmelev, and of letters from Shmelev to one Aleksandr Ivanovich. Manuscripts consist of Kutyrina's memoirs and essays about Shmelev; these draw heavily on correspondence of Shmelev, Ivan Bunin, Konstantin Balḿont, and Thomas Mann. Also included are Kutyrina's memoirs about the October 1917 Revolution in Moscow. Printed materials consist of books by Kutyrina's husband, the writer Ivan Novgorod-Severskiĭ.

ArchivalResource: 21 items (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320409738 View

Golśhteĭn, Aleksandra Vasilévna, 1850-1937. Aleksandra Gol'shtein Papers, ca. 1876-1937.

Title: Aleksandra Gol'shtein Papers, ca. 1876-1937.

Most of the collection consists of letters to Golśteĭn; there are some as well to her second husband, Vladimir A. Golśhteĭn. The materials reflect Golśhteĭn's ties to Russian liberalism and populism and also to both French and Russian art and literature. There are groups of cataloged letters from Renʹe Arcos (15), Mykhaĭlo Drahomaniv (52), Andrʹe Fontainas (31), Renʹe Ghil (32), Vi︠a︡cheslav Ivanov (17), Petr Lavrov (49), Vladimir Vernadskiĭ (20), and Maksimili︠a︡n Voloshin (29). There are also items by Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Henri Martin Barzun, Henri Bergson, Ivan Bunin, Sergeĭ Di︠a︡gilev, Paul Fort, Vladislav Khodasevich, Aristide Maillol, and Odilon Redon. Manuscripts are chiefly by Golśhteĭn, and include her memoirs on Drahomaniv. There are also poems by Voloshin and by Konstantin Balḿont. Subject files deal with such topics as the Russian famine of 1891-92 and the Russian Liberation Committee at the time of the Civil War. There is a copy of Golśhteĭn's book, "Serf Life in Russia."

ArchivalResource: ca. 4,500 items (12 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320409575 View

Alexis Rannit collection, 1978

Title: Alexis Rannit collection 1978

ArchivalResource: 1 f., manuscript, printed

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb206-ms1004 View

Shpoli︠a︡nskiĭ, Aminad Petrovich, 1888-1957. Aminad Petrovich Shpolianskii Papers, 1917-1957.

Title: Aminad Petrovich Shpolianskii Papers, 1917-1957.

The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials. Correspondence consists of letters from a number of important cultural figures in the emigration, including: Ivan Bunin, Zinaida Guppius, Aleksandr Kuprin, Pavel Mili︠u︡kov, Alekseĭ Remizov, Nadezhda Teffi, and Alekseĭ Tolstoĭ; there are also one or two letters each from Konstantin Balḿont, Dmitriĭ Merezhkovskiĭ, Ili︠́a︡ Repin, Fedor Shali︠a︡pin, and Marina T︠S︡vetaeva. There are manuscripts of several works by Shpoli︠a︡nskiĭ, including his memoirs, "Poezd na tretém puti" (New York, 1954).

ArchivalResource: ca. 480 items (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320410049 View