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Evgenii Gunst Papers, 1915-1951

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID	4077588 View CLIO record
Creator(s)	Gunst, E., 1877-1950 ; Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936 ; Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956 ; Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951 ; Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 ; Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915
Title	Evgenii Gunst Papers, 1915-1951
Physical Description	87 items (1 box)
Language(s)	Russian .
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.
	One packet of letters (kept in office file) not to be opened until January 1, 1986. This collection is located on-site.

Arrangement

Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists largely of letters to Gunst from other Russian emigre musicians, including Nikolaĭ Cherepnin, Aleksandr Glazunov, Aleksandr Grechaninov, Nikolaĭ Medtner, and Sergeĭ Rakhmaninov. Other items include a photograph of Aleksandr Skri︠a︡bin's funeral procession, performance programs, and printed material relating to the Russian conservatory in Paris.

Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on 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.

One packet of letters (kept in office file) not to be opened until January 1, 1986.

This collection is located on-site.

Conditions Governing Use

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Related Materials

Bar Ms Coll/Gunst

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

Papers: Source of acquisition--Mrs. Vavara M. Gunst. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1956.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1956.

Papers Accessioned 05/--/79.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form

Heading	"CUL Archives:" "Portal"	"CUL Collections:" "CLIO"	"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:" "ArchivedGRID"
Letters (correspondence)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Programs (documents)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading	"CUL Archives:" "Portal"	"CUL Collections:" "CLIO"	"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:" "ArchivedGRID"
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Music -- Soviet Union	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Russians -- France	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

A composer and also the director of the Nizhniĭ Novgorod conservatiory before the Revolution; and in the 1920s one of the founders of the Russian conservatory in Paris.