Boris Aleksandrovich Bakhmeteff Papers, 1914-1951
34000 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files and printed materials. The greater part of the collection concerns the period 1917-22, with a substantial amount of material on the Humanities Fund and Bakhmeteff's friendships with prominent Americans. Cataloged materials include 50 or more letters from John Spargo, Vasilii Maklakov, Ekaterina Kuskova, Frederic Coudert, Georgii L'vov and Michael Karpovich (the last largely concerning the Humanities Fund); there are also a few items by Louis Brandeis, John Foster Dulles, Samuel Gompers, Colonel Edward House, Charles Lindbergh, and Thomas Masaryk. Extensive files of arranged materials include hundreds of letters by Arkadii Zak (who headed the Russian Information Bureau in New York, 1917-22), items to and by Sergei Uget, and official telegrams from 1917-22. There are manuscripts in the collection by Bakhmeteff, Spargo, Uget and Sergei Prokopovich. Subject files chiefly cover the Civil War period, the Paris Peace Conference, the Humanities Fund and Soviet Russia in the early 1920s. Printed materials include pamphlets, journals and clippings. There are also bound reports by different departments of the Russian embassy and mission from 1917 through the 1920s. In addition, the collection contains an oil portrait of Bakhmeteff by the artist Nicolas Becker.
Mark Aleksandrovich Aldanov Papers, 1926-1957
6700 itemsThe collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, a photograph, and printed material, primarily from the period 1941-1957. Included are letters from Ivan Bunin, Marc Chagall, Mikhail Karpovich, Vasiliĭ Maklakov, W. Somerset Maugham, Vladimir Nabokov, Ili︠́a︡ Repin, Edmund Wilson, Boris Zaĭt︠s︡ev and many others. Manuscripts of his works include "Istoki""Nachalo kont︠s︡a""Zhivi, kak khochesh"́, and "The Escape" (English translation of "Begstvo"), such shorter tales as "Noch ́v terminale""Povest ́o smerti", and "Ulḿskai︠a︡ noch"́, as well as numerous articles, book reviews and essays. There are financial records for "Novyĭ Zhurnal", which Aldanov helped found, and the clippings are mainly articles about Aldanov. There is one late photograph of Aldanov.
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- Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959✖[remove]3
- Maklakov, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Alekseevich), 1870-1957✖[remove]3
- Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich, 1886-19572
- Kuskova, Ekaterina2
- Bakhmetev, B. A. (Boris Aleksandrovich)1
- Becker, Nicolas, 1877-19621
- Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-19531
- Chagall, Marc, 1887-19851
- Coudert, Frederic René, Jr., 1898-19721
- Lʹvov, Georgiĭ Evgenʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1861-19251
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- Karpovich, Michael, 1888-19593
- Maklakov, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Alekseevich), 1870-19573
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library3
- Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich, 1886-19572
- Kuskova, Ekaterina2
- Bakhmetev, B. A. (Boris Aleksandrovich)1
- Becker, Nicolas, 1877-19621
- Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-19531
- Chagall, Marc, 1887-19851
- Coudert, Frederic René, Jr., 1898-19721
- Clippings (Information Artifacts)2
- Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century2
- Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century2
- Letters (correspondence)2
- Articles1
- Books1
- Diaries1
- Emigration and immigration -- Poland -- 20th century1
- Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century1
- Essays1