Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Pilʹskiĭ, Petr and Pilʹskai︠a︡, Elena Sergeevna
- Extent:
- 23 items and 1 box
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Petr Pilśkiĭ's manuscripts include articles which are primarily essays on individual Russian writers of the late 19th and early 20th century, such as Belyĭ, Belinskiĭ, Bunin, Chekhov, Saltykov-Shchedrin etc. These manuscripts, most likely prepared initially to serve as introductions to publications of single or collected works, are typed carbons, apparently copied considerably later. The manuscripts of E.S. Pilśkai︠a︡ are chiefly memoirs, including recollections about her studies at the Imperial Theater School (Imperatorskoe Teatralńoe Uchilishche) in St. Petersburg, theater life in Russia, her stay in Odessa and Kiev during 1918-1919 and about the Soviet takeover of Latvia in 1940. Included in the collection are several articles about Pilśkiĭ by his wife and by A. Kuprin and A. Amfiteatrov.
- Biographical / Historical:
Petr M. Pilśkiĭ was a writer, journalist and literary critic. His wife Elena S. Pilśkai︠a︡ was an actress who adopted the stage name E.S. Kuznet︠s︡ova.
- Acquisition information:
- Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1960.
- Processing information:
Manuscripts Accessioned 1960.
Manuscripts Processed 02/--/81.
- 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 -- Latvia -- 20th century
Theater -- Soviet Union
Russian literature -- Foreign countries
Criticism
Articles
Memoirs - Names:
- Bely, Andrey, 1880-1934
Belinskiĭ, Vissarion Grigorʹevich, 1811-1848
Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953
Saltykov, Mikhaĭl Evgrafovich, 1826-1914
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
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