Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Zami︠a︡tin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich, 1884-1937, Fedin, Konstantin, 1892-1977, Grigorʹev, Boris, 1886-1939, Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935, DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959, Maurois, André, 1885-1967, and Remizov, Alekseĭ, 1877-1957
- Extent:
- 630 items and 5 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Papers of E.I. Zami︠a︡tin. The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and clippings. There are 9 letters by Konstantin Fedin, 3 by Boris Grigorév, and 1 or 2 each by Henri Barbusse, Cecil B. DeMille, Andrʹe Maurois, Alekseĭ Remizov, and Zami︠a︡tin himself. The manuscripts are chiefly brief or fragmentary works, including film scenarios, summaries of plays, essays, lectures, notes, and fragments. Longer works include the "Afrikanskiĭ gost́" lectures on prose given in 1920, and the posthumously published novel "Bich bozhiĭ" and "Lit︠s︡a". Also included are clippings on Zami︠a︡tin, chiefly from Soviet, Czech, French and Russian emigre periodicals, also transcripts of selected correspondence and manuscripts in the collection.
- Biographical / Historical:
Writer.
- Acquisition information:
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1956.
transcripts: Source of acquisition--Alexander Tiurin. Method of acquisition--gift; Date of acquisition--06/--/89.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1956.
Papers Processed 04/--/81.
transcripts processed ejs 06/30/89.
- 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
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