Nikolai Vasil'evich Matviichuk Papers, 1945-1973

Collection context

Creator:
Matviĭchuk, Nikolaĭ Vasilévich, ca. 1880-ca. 1970, Grebenshchikov, Georgīĭ, 1882-1964, Berezov, Rodion Mikhaĭlovich, 1896-1988, Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979, Sedykh, Andreĭ, 1902-1994, Veĭnbaum, M. E. (Mark Efimovich), 1890-1973, Shakhovskoĭ, Dmitriĭ Mikhaĭlovich, and Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972
Extent:
1500 items 10 boxes
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. There are letters from Rodion Berezov, Aleksandra Tolstai︠a︡, I︠A︡kov T︠S︡vibak, and Mark Weĭnbaum as well as one letter each from Georgiĭ Grebenshchikov, Dmitriĭ Shakhovskoĭ, and Igor ́Sikorskiĭ. There is a poem and letter drafts by Matviĭchuk, dating from 1945-1973. The arranged manuscripts include a brief memoir by Matviĭchuk entitled "Ushedshee." The essay discusses his family, the Civil War, and life in the Soviet Union during the 1920s. Matviĭchuk left the Soviet Union during World War II, and eventually emigrated to the United States. There is a box of clippings and several boxes of emigre newspapers and journals, many of which contain essays by Matviĭchuk.

Biographical / historical:

A writer who used the pseudonym Nikolaĭ Zhigulev.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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