Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Malamuth, Charles, 1899-1965, Eastman, Max, 1883-1969, Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940, Olesha, I︠U︡riĭ Karlovich, 1899-1960, Shklovskiĭ, Viktor, 1893-1984, Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963, Lyons, Eugene, 1898-1985, Kataev, Valentin, 1897-1986, Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich, graf, 1883-1945, Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942, Ėrenburg, Ilʹi︠a︡, 1891-1967, Lunacharsky, Anatoly Vasilievich, 1875-1933, Zami︠a︡tin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich, 1884-1937, and Pilʹni︠a︡k, Boris, 1894-1937
- Extent:
- 6500 items and 26 boxes
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials. Malamuth translated such works as Trotsky's "Stalin" and Valentin Kataev's "Kvadratura kruga." After World War II, he worked successively for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Europe and the Middle East, the Voice of America, and Radio Liberty. These papers reflect many aspects of Malamuth's career. Among the correspondents are Max Eastman, Eugene Lyons, Adolphe Menjou, and Lev Trotsky. There are one or two items each from Ili︠́a︡ Erenburg, Evengiĭ Kataev, Anatoliĭ Lunacharskiĭ, Alekseĭ Tolstoĭ, and Evgeniĭ Zami︠a︡tin. Manuscripts include a signed typescript of Boris Pilńi︠a︡k's "Volga vpadaet v Kaspiĭskoe more," a film scenario by Viktor Shklovskiĭ, and plays by I︠U︡riĭ Olesha, Tolstoĭ, and Zami︠a︡tin. There are photographs of David Ben-Gurion, Bela Kun, Lev Kamenev, Vladimir Lenin, and Grigoriĭ Zinovév. There are also photographs from Soviet Russia ca. 1920, and some about the resettlement of the Adenese Jews to Israel. Subject files deal with the publication of Trotsky's "Stalin," the American Joint Distribution Committee, the Voice of America, and Radio Liberty.
- Biographical / Historical:
Writer and translator.
- Acquisition information:
- Papers: Source of acquisition--Mrs. Charles Malamuth. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1965.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1965.
Papers Processed 02/--/80.
- Arrangement:
Material is arranged into 5 series.
- 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:
- Russian literature
Anti-communist movements
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Photographic prints - Names:
- Radio Liberation (Munich, Germany)
Voice of America (Organization)
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
Kamenev, Lev Borisovich, 1883-1936
Kun, Béla, 1886-1939
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924
Zinovyev, Grigory Yevseyevich, 1883-1936
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