Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Kosatkin-Rostovskīĭ, F., kni︠a︡zʹ (Fedor), 1875-1940 and Kosatkin-Rostovskiĭ, Evdokii︠a︡ N., 188?-
- Extent:
- 150 items and 1 box
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
The papers consist primarily of the Kosatkin-Rostovskiĭ's memoirs. His manuscript memoirs (150 p.) discuss his life up to 1906. Her typescript memoirs (440 p.) discuss her childhood, career as an actress in St. Petersburg, 1917-1918 in Petrograd, and the emigration in France. Also included are his diary for June-July 1940; a few letters written to him; clippings of his newspaper articles (many signed with the pseudonym "Antar"); and a book with his poetry and with essays dedicated to him; "Krestnym putem k voskresenii︠u︡" (Paris, 1948).
- Biographical / Historical:
Fedor Kosatkin-Rostovskiĭ was a writer and dramatist; his wife, Evdokii︠a︡ N. performed as an actress under her given name, Dina Kireva.
- Acquisition information:
- Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1959.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1959.
Papers Processed 09/--/79.
- 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:
- aapm
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century
Theater -- Soviet Union
Nobility -- Soviet Union
Books
Articles
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Diaries
Essays
Letters (correspondence)
Memoirs
Poems - Places:
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- 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