Mikhail Aleksandrovich Drizo Papers4078325Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-07-10 20:16:25 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.aapm Rare Book and Manuscript Library Mikhail Aleksandrovich Drizo Papers Drizo, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, 1887-1953 Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953 Mili︠u︡kov, P. N. (Pavel Nikolaevich), 1859-1943 Tėffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna), 1872-1952 Chernyĭ, Sasha 4078325 BAR Ms Coll/Drizo Russian . /repositories/2/resources/2158 3200 items 7 boxes; 1 oversized folder 1911-1954 Summary

The collection consists mostly of his original drawings for Russian periodicals, including "Odesskiĭ listok" Odesskie novosti" "Ruĺ" and "Vozrozhdenie" and also for various French titles. There is also correspondence, including single letters from such emigre figures as Ivan Bunin and Pavel Mili︠u︡kov; a manuscript of Nadezhda Teffi's "Nichego Podobnogo" with Drizo's drawings of its characters; and copies of two books illustrated by Drizo: MAD"Tak bylo" (Odessa, 1918), and S. Chernyĭ"Zhivai︠a︡ azbuka" (Berlin, 1922) (the original drawings for the latter work are also included).

 Location of Originals Note

Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1954.

 Biographical sketch

Caricaturist in Russia and France who used the pseudonym MAD.

 Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1954.

 Processing Information

Papers Processed 02/--/79.

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This collection is located on-site.

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 Books Caricatures Drawings (visual works) Letters (correspondence)