Iurii Il'ich Lodyzhenskii Papers, 1924-1973

Creator:: Lodyzhenskiĭ, I︠U︡riĭ Ilʹich and Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich, 1865-1941
Extent:: 1000 items 11 boxes
Language:: Russian .
Scope and content:: The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, and printed materials. The majority of the collection consists of anti-communist printed materials, primarily on religious persecution in the U.S.S.R. Among the printed materials there is a memoir by Lodyzhenskiĭ on Gorkiĭ, Korolenko and Shmelev in the almanac, "Sbornik literaturno-istoricheskogo kruzhka v San Paulo (1951-61)." Manuscripts include a typescript by Lodyzhenskiĭ, "Pro-Christo: Povest"́ (227 p.), his memoirs, "Zapiski vracha (iz epokhi rossiĭskogo smutnogo vremeni)" (66 p.) and a manuscript on the emigre anti-communist movement, "Mezhdunarodnoe anti-kommunisticheskoe dvizhenie (1924-1950)" (255 p.). There is also a letter by Dmitriĭ Merezhkovskiĭ.
Biographical / historical:: A doctor who emigrated to Europe and then Brazil after the Civil War. Lodyzhenskiĭ was the head of the International Committee "Pro Deo" (Geneva) which was affiliated with the Vatican and aided refugees from Communist countries.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1965.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1974.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1978.

Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1965.

Papers Accessioned 1974.

Papers Accessioned 1978.

Papers Processed 12/--/79.

Accruals:

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Rules or conventions:

aapm

Location of originals:

Holder of originals: Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

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