Preferred Citation
[Collection Name]. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.
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Summary Information
At a Glance
| Bib ID: | 4077763 View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Lissim, Simon, 1900-1981. |
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| Title: | Simon Lissim
Papers,
ca.
1919-1982.
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| Physical description: | ca. 1,500 items, (6 boxes).
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| Language(s): | In Russian, French, and English
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| Access: |
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Arrangement
Arrangement
Material is arranged into 3 series
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Description
Scope and Content
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files and printed
materials of Simon Lissim. Among the correspondents are Aleksandr Benois, Mikhail
Larionov, Georgiĭ Lukomskiĭ and Saveliĭ Sorin. There are many manuscripts by
Lissim himself including the tests for a number of lectures and speeches, sections
of his memoirs and essays on aesthectics. The documents include passports
documenting his emigration from Russia to France and the United States, and several
awards and certificates. There are many photographs of Lissim as well as dozens of
photographic reproductions of his work, uncluding Lenox and Sèvres porcelain,
textile designs, silver work and graphic arts. There are subjecxt files relating to
two books for which he did the illustrations, and there are many folders of
clippings documenting his career.
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Using the Collection
RBML
Preferred Citation
[Collection Name]. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.
Related Material
New York Public Library, Theatre Division (Lincoln Center). The Lissim Collection.
Theatre work.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Papers Accessioned 1981
Papers Accessioned 1982
Papers Processed 02/--/83
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT
conversion June 26, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Genre/Form
Subjects
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History / Biographical Note
History
Artist and stage designer who emigrated from Russia to
France in 1919, and from France to the United States in 1941.
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