Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Bakhrakh, Aleksandr
- Extent:
- 2500 items and 8 manuscript boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Aleksandr Bakhrakh Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Letters received by A. V. Bakhrakh which discuss 20th century Russian literature, contemporary Slavic studies, and Russian emigre publishing activities. Correspondents include Andrei Belyi (Boris Bugaev), Ivan Bunin, Kornei Chukovskii, Andre Gide and Boris Pilniak. There are over 300 letters by Gleb Struve wtitten from 1964 to 1983, which cover the above topics as well as Struve's personal and professional life. There are both letters and manuscripts by Vladislav Khodasevich, Aleksei Remizov and Marina Tsvetaeva.
- Biographical / Historical:
Aleksandr Vasil'evich Bakhrakh (also Bacherac, Bachrach), 1902-1985, an emigre writer (author of "Bunin v khalate"), a journalist, critic, and memoirist who published widely in émigré journals and newspapers. During WWII he lived with Ivan Bunin, who sheltered him from the Nazis (Bakhrakh was Jewish). Bakhrakh worked in a pro-Soviet newspaper after the war, in 1950s and 1960s worked for Radio Svoboda. Died in Paris in 1985, was buried in Helsinki.
- Acquisition information:
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchased with Tulinoff Fund; Date of acquisition--1983.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchased with Tulinoff Fund; Date of acquisition--1984.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1983.
Papers Accessioned 1984.
Papers Processed 07/--/85.
Materials were intellectually arranged in three series at the same time the finding aid was converted to EAD. Nothing in the collection was physically rearranged.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in three 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:
- Emigration and immigration -- France
Russian literature -- Foreign countries - Names:
- Bely, Andrey, 1880-1934
Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953
Chukovskiĭ, Korneĭ, 1882-1969
Gide, André, 1869-1951
Pilʹni︠a︡k, Boris, 1894-1937
Struve, Gleb
Remizov, Alekseĭ, 1877-1957
T︠S︡vetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941
Adamovich, Georgiĭ
Aĭkhenvalʹd, I︠U︡. I (I︠U︡liĭ Isaevich), 1872-1928
Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich, 1886-1957
Baboreko, A. (Aleksandr)
Berberova, N. (Nina)
Muromt͡seva-Bunina, V. N. (Vera Nikolaevna)
Chinnov, Igorʹ
Frank, Tatʹi︠a︡na
Felʹzen, I︠U︡rīĭ
Gazdanov, Gaito
Hofmann, M. (Modeste), 1887-1959
Gulʹ, Roman, 1896-1986
Ivanov, Georgiĭ, 1894-1958
Ivask, I͡Uriĭ
Khodasevich, V. F. (Vladislav Felit͡sianovich), 1886-1939
Kovalevsky, Pierre, 1901-1978
Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986
Maklakov, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Alekseevich), 1870-1957
Mochulʹskiĭ, K. (Konstantin), 1892-1948
Odoevt︠s︡eva, Irina, 1895-1990
Osorgin, Mikhail Andreevich, 1878-1942
Ossorguine-Bakounine, Tatiana
Ot︠s︡up, Aleksandr Avdeevich, 1882-1949
Reznikova, N. V. (Natalʹi︠a︡ Viktorovna)
Rodicheva, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna
Rzhevskiĭ, Leonid, 1905-1986
Schakovskoy, Zinaïda, princesse, 1906-2001
Shpoli︠a︡nskiĭ, Aminad Petrovich, approximately 1888-1957
Sini︠a︡vskiĭ, A. (Andreĭ), 1925-1997
Slonim, Marc, 1894-1976
Tėffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna), 1872-1952
Triolet, Elsa
T︠S︡etlina, Marii︠a︡ Samoĭlovna, 1882-1976
Sedykh, Andreĭ, 1902-1994
Varshavskiĭ, V. S. (Vladimir Sergeevich), 1906-1978
Vishni︠a︡k, M. V. (Mark Venʹi︠a︡minovich), 1883-1977
Veĭdle, V., 1895-1979
Zaĭt︠s︡ev, Boris, 1881-1972
Shagini︠a︡n, Mariėtta Sergeevna, 1888-1982
Zaĭt︠s︡eva, Vera Alekseevna, 1878-1965
Sumerkin, Alexander
Struve, Nina Aleksandrovna
Pregelʹ, Sofii︠a︡, 1894-1972
Malmstad, John E.
Ioann, Archbishop of San Francisco and Western United States, 1902-1989
Ilovaĭskai︠a︡-Alʹberti, Irina
Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969 - Places:
- Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Aleksandr Bakhrakh Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- 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