Aleksei Ivanovich Pliushkov Papers 4077905Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-09 08:11:09 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.aapm2009-06-26File created.2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Aleksei Ivanovich Pliushkov Papers Pli︠u︡shkov, Alekseĭ Ivanovich, 1897-1968 4077905 BAR Ms Coll/Pli︠u︡shkov Russian . 110 items 1 box 1887-1968 Location of Originals Note

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

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

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

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1969.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1969.

 Biographical sketch

Writer who wrote under the pseudonyms Siverskiĭ and Ugri︠u︡mov. Pli︠u︡shkov emigrated from the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Most of his publications were in emigre periodicals, and he taught at Cambridge University in the 1950s and 1960s.

 Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1965.

 Processing Information

Papers Processed 03/--/81.

 Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1969.

 Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1969.

 Scope and Content

This collection includes approximately 75 stories, several collections of poems, and two novels by Pli︠u︡shkov; there are also about 25 essays by him on literary topics, and a brief autobiography. Photographs are chiefly of Pli︠u︡shkov and his wife. In addition, there is a photocopy of a document concerning the medical treatment given to Maksim Gorḱiĭ in 1887 by Pli︠u︡shkov's father after Gorḱiĭ attempted suicide.

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 Russian literature Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century Emigration and immigration -- England -- 20th century Autobiographies (literary works) Essays Manuscripts (documents) Photographic prints Poems Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936 Series I: Aleksei I. Pliushkov PapersCatalogued document1Autobiographical sketch1Essays(4 folders)1NovelsBezhentsy1Puti i sud'by1Poems-4 folders1Stories-10 folders2Photographs2Printed Materials2