Sergei Viktorovich Potresov Papers 4077954Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-09 09:28:13 -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 Sergei Viktorovich Potresov Papers Potresov, S. V. (Sergi︠e︡ĭ Viktorovich), 1870-1953 4077954 BAR Ms Coll/Potresov Russian . 900 items 5 boxes 1906-1963 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--1960.

 Biographical sketch

Russian writer and critic who used the pseudonym Sergeĭ I︠A︡blonovskiĭ.

 Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1960.

 Processing Information

Papers Processed 03/--/81.

 Scope and Content

The papers consist of correspondence, autograph books, manuscripts, photographs and printed materials. There are letters from Mark Aldanov, Ivan Bunin, Antonin Ladinskiĭ, Vasiliĭ Nemirovich-Danchenko, Alekseĭ Remizov, Ivan Shmelev, Nadezhda Teffi and Boris Zaĭt︠s︡ev, as well as one letter each from Konstantin Balʹmont, Aleksandr Grechaninov, Vladislav Khodasevich, Aleksandr Kuprin, and Vladimir Nabokov. The autograph albums (owned by Marii︠a︡ A. Berman and Potresov) cover the years 1906-1907 and 1913-1948, respectively, and have entries by Balʹmont, Ivan Bilibin, Bunin, Nabokov, and Maksimili︠a︡n Voloshin, among others. The manuscripts include a poem by Mother Marii︠a︡ and articles, diaries, and a play by Potresov. The printed materials primarily consist of clippings of Potresov's articles in newspapers and journals. In addition to the loose clippings, there are six scrapbooks with clippings of Potresov's articles pasted in.

 Restrictions on Access

This collection is located on-site.

 Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm 96-2026-1: Voloshin, Maksimilian Aleksandrovich "Brestskii mir" Ekaterinodar, Russia, 25 June 1919 a.ms.s., lp. (poem; in Potresov autograph album, p.41

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 Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century Russian literature Theater -- Soviet Union Ballet -- Soviet Union Articles Autographs (manuscripts) Clippings (Information Artifacts) Diaries Letters (correspondence) Manuscripts (documents) Poems Photographic prints Scrapbooks Series I: CorrespondenceAikenvalTd, Iulii Isaevich1Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich1Bal'mont, Konstantin Dmitrievich1Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich1Bunina, Vera Nikolaevna1Burtsev, Vladimir L'vovich1Chirikov, Evgenii Nikolaevich1Dolgorukov, Petr Dmitrievich1Efremov, Ivan Nikolaevich1Evreinov, Boris Alekseevich1Fedorov, Mikhail Mikhailovich1Fondaminskii, Ilfia Isidorovich (pseudonym-Bunakov, I.)1Gel'tser, Ekaterina1Gessen, Iosif Vladimirovich1Grebenshchikov, Georgii Dmitrievich1Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich1Kartashev, Anton Vladimirovich1Khodasevich, Vladislav Felitsianovich1Kizevetter, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich1Kovalevskii, Efgrav Petrovich1Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich1Ladinskii, Antonin Petrovich1Maklakov, Vasilii Alekseevich1Malinin, Vladimir Fedorovich1Mel*gunov, Sergei Petrovich1Mogilianskii, N. M.1Munshtein, Leonid Grigor'evich (pseudonym-Lolo)1Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich1Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vasilii Ivanovich1Obolenskii, Vladimir Andreevich1Pleshcheev, Aleksandr Alekseevich1Polner, Tikhon Ivanovich1Remizov, Aleksei Mikhailovich1Repin, II'ia Efimovich1Roshchin, Nikolai Petrovich1Roshchina-Insarova, Ekaterina Nikolaevna1Ryss, Petr Iakovlevich1Shakhovskoi, Dmitrii Alekseevich (secular name of Archbishop Ioann)1Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich1Shpolianskii, Aminad Petrovich (pseudonym-Don Aminado)1Shtern, Sergei F.1Svatikov, Sergei Grigor'evich1Teffi, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna1Teslenko, Nikolai Vasil'evich1Tolstoi, Aleksei Nikolaevich1Zaitsev, Boris Konstantinovich1Zeeler, Vladimir Feofilovich1A-Z2Unidentified2Letters from Potresov2Series II: Photographs and Autograph AlbumsPhotographs2Bal'mont, Konstantin Dmitrievich2Potresov, Sergei Viktorovich2Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich2Autograph AlbumsBerman, Mariia AbramovnaBal'mont, Konstantin Dmitrievich2Kamenskii, Vasilii Vasil'evich2Knipper-Chekhova, 0l'ga2Potresov, Sergei ViktorovichAstrov, Nikolai Ivanovich2Bal'mont, Kosstantin Dmitrievich2Bilibin, Ivan Iakovlevich2Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich2Dolgorukov, Pavel Dmitrievich2Gessen, Iosif Vladimirovich2Grebenshchikov, Georgii Dmitrievich2Kartashev, Anton Vladimirovich2Ladinskii, Antonin Petrovich2Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich2Shakhovskoi, Dmitrii Alekseevich2Voloshin, Maksimilian Aleksandrovich2Series III: ManuscriptsMariia, Mother, Dva triugol'nika, zvezda (poem)1Articles A-Z(8 folders)3Articles untltled3Diaries3Play, "Azra"3Poems(2 folders)3Manuscripts by others3Series IV: Printed MateiralPrinted Materials3Clippings(3 folders)3Miscellaneous printed materials3Scrapbooks of Clippings4Scope and Contents

(These scrapbooks consist primarily of Potresov's articles from various newspapers and journals. There are also articles by others as veil as Potresov's obituaries added by his widow)

Scrapbooks of Clippings5Scope and Contents

(These scrapbooks consist primarily of Potresov's articles from various newspapers and journals. There are also articles by others as veil as Potresov's obituaries added by his widow)