Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich Gorchakov Papers, 1948-1985

Summary Information

Description

Summary

Correspondence, diaries, documents, manuscripts, and printed materials. The collection consists chiefly of diaries, research materials, and his writings. Among the correspondents are: Mikhail Chekhov, Olga Chekhov, Roman Gul, Vladimir Ilin, Artur Luther, Sergei Melgunov, Bishop Serafim, Fedor Stepun, Ilia Surguchev, Alexandra Tolstoy, and Vladimir Zenzinov.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged by subject in alphabetical order, and then chronologically.

Using the Collection

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Accruals

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Ownership and Custodial History

Bequest of the estate of N.A. Gorchakov, 1999.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Gorchakov, N.A. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1999. Accession number--M-1999.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Processed TC 04/--/2000.

Biographical sketch

Russian playwright, journalist, artists, and teacher. He was born in 1901 in St. Petersburg. From 1918 to 1920 he attended classes in theater design with Konstantin Yelev and Alexandra Exter. He began to write plays while still a student of Vsevolod Meyerkhold and Alexander Tairov at the Drama School in Moscow. He left the Soviet Union in early 1942. He then lived and worked chiefly in Munich. In addition to plays, he was also involved in the production of ballets, operas, and movies. He died in Germany in 1985. Gorchakov's most successful single play was Gasparino, first staged in Germany. He also wrote extensively on censorship and theater history, including The Theater in Soviet Russia (New York, 1957).

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Articles	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Autographs (manuscripts)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Clippings (Information Artifacts)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Diaries	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Fiction (general genre)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
First drafts	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Obituaries	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Playbills	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Proofs (printed matter)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Reviews (documents)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Screenplays	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Scripts (documents)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Synopses	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Teachers	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Name
Chekhov, Michael, 1891-1955	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Gulʹ, Roman, 1896-1986	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Ilʹin, V. N. (Vladimir N.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Luther, Artur	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Melʹgunov, S. P. (Sergeĭ Petrovich), 1879-1956	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Serafim, Bishop	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Stepun, Fedor, 1884-1965	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Surguchev, Ilʹi︠a︡ , 1881-1956	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Tschechowa, Olga, 1896-1980	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Zenzinov, V. (Vladimir), 1880-1953	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
Artists, Russian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Authors, German -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Authors, Russian -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Drama -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Dramatists, German -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Dramatists, Russian -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Journalists, Russian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Russian literature -- 19th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Theater -- Germany	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Translations	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID