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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Start Over Repository Rare Book & Manuscript Library Creator Chekver, Rakhilʹ Samoĭlovna, 1893-1957 Names Makovskiĭ, Konstantin Egorovich, 1839-1915
Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rakhil' Samoilovna Chekver Papers, 1939-1957

1000 items

Most of the letters, which comprise the bulk of the collection, were written to Chekver in the late 1940s and 1950s by such emigre writers as David Knut, Aleksei Remizov, and Iurii Terapiano. Also included are verses by some of Chekver's correspondents (such as Knut, Igorʹ Chinov, and Vasilii Sumbatov), photographs of Knut, and books of verses by Chekver and Iurii Trubetskoi.

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