Nataliia Valerianovna Usacheva Papers, 1890-1950

Collection context

Creator:
Usacheva, Natalii︠a︡ Valerʹi︠a︡novna, 1876-1960
Extent:
1 box 22 items
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

Materials by A. N. Skriabin include: a brief letter to Usacheva; a poem he wrote to her; his autograph; piano exercises; and a brief composition. (All these appear to be in Skribin's hand.) There are also clippings and book (Aleknsandr Nikolaevich Skriabin, 195-1940: Sbornik k 25-letiiu so dnq smerti. M., L., 1940)about Skriabin. Also in the collection is a memoir by Usacheva about Usacheva's second husband, Il'ia Gurliand, who was an assistant of Petr Stolypin and also a journalist. There are also two postcards from M. A. Maklakovoi to Usacheva, materials about V. A. Maklakov.

Biographical / historical:

Nataliia Valerianovna Usacheva (née Sekerina), 1877-1962, was Aleksandr Skriabin's inamorata in the early 1890's. Later, wife of Sekerin and Ilia Gurliand.

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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