Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Kagan, Abram Saulovich, 1888-1984, Khodasevich, V. F. (Vladislav Felit͡sianovich), 1886-1939, Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977, Osorgin, Mikhail Andreevich, 1878-1942, Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953, Fedin, Konstantin, 1892-1977, Zami︠a︡tin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich, 1884-1937, Berdi︠a︡ev, Nikolaĭ, 1874-1948, and Karsavin, L. P. (Lev Platonovich), 1882-1952
- Extent:
- 190 items and 6 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Papers include Kagan's correspondence, photographs, printed materials and audio tapes. All letters in the collection date from 1938-39, when he had moved his Petropolis operations to Brussels; there are items by Vladislav Khodasevich, Vladimir Nabokov, and Mikhail Osorgin, and others. Among the photographs are pictures of Ivan Bunin, Konstantin Fedin, and Evgeniĭ Zami︠a︡tin. Printed materials consist chiefly of books published by his firms; some of the books are inscribed, for example by Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev and Lev Karsavin. Included is a lengthy taped interview of Kagan by Marc Raeff in which Kagan discuses his life and publishing activities.
- Biographical / Historical:
A publisher who was the founder of the Petropolis publishing firm in Berlin in the 1920s, and also of other publishing houses.
- Acquisition information:
- Papers: Source of acquisition--A. S. Kagan. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1981.
Papers Processed 01/--/82.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- appm
Online content
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu