Klara Lozovskaia Papers, 1950-2000

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BA#0654
Bib ID:
14330541 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Lozovskai︠a︡, K. I. (Klara I.)
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet (5 AB, 4 half AB)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Content Description

Correspondence, published and unpublished manuscripts, photographs, personal documents and ephemera of Klara Izrailevna Lozovskaia (1924-2011).

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Elena Lozovsky, 2019.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Biographical / Historical

Klara Izrailevna Lozovskaia (1924-2011), a literary secretary to Kornei Ivanovich Chukovskii, one of the well known Russian children writers. Lozovskaia received her higher education at the Institute of Film in Moscow and spent 17 years working for an ailing writer. After his death she became a curator of his homestead in Peredelkino near Moscow. Her memoir about Chukovskii "Notes of a secretary" considered to be the best written recollections of his last years. In 1989, she immigrated to the United states, lived and died in Boston, MA.

Klara Lozovskaia's name has several spelling variations – she is often referred to as Klara Lozovsky or Klara I. Lozovsky.

Subject Headings

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Name
Chukovskiĭ, Korneĭ, 1882-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID