George Y. Shevelov Papers, 1922-2001

Summary Information

Abstract

The papers comprise correspondence, writings, memoirs, personal documents, research notes, printed materials, photographs of Iurii Shevel'ov, prominent scholar, Slavic linguist, philologist, literary historian, and literary critic, longtime professor of Slavic philology at Columbia University.

At a Glance

Call No.:
BA#0401
Bib ID:
4078070 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Shevelʹov, I︠U︡riĭ; Sherekh, I͡Uriĭ
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
15 linear feet (30 document boxes)
Language(s):
Russian , Polish , English , Ukrainian , German .
Access:
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This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and Content

The bulk of the collection consists of Iurii Shevel'ov's professional and personal correspondence, his manuscripts and research notes. There are also documents, biographical and background materials, photographs, and writings by other authors. The material in the collection is arranged in five series.

Shevel'ov corresponded with many prominent scholars, writers, and literary critics including Peeter Arumaa, Ivan Bahrianyi, Vasyl' Barka, Dmytro Chyzhevs'kyi, Petr Grigorenko, Roman Jakobson, Milan Kundera, Horace Lunt, Mihajlo Mihajlov, George Szell, Boris Unbegaun, Wiktor Weintraub, and many others.

The collection contains Shevel'ov's writings in a variety of genres, such as his early poetry, professional articles, monographs, reviews, and essays (including works of his student years), memoirs, etc. Files include published and unpublished works, extensive drafts and research notes, fragments and uncompleted manuscripts.

Photographs in the collection primarily are Shevel'ov's photos of 1970s-1990s but there are also photos of other people including such prominent figures as Hanna Nakonechna and Vasyl' Simovych, his family and friends.

There are cross-references provided throughout the finding aid. When the cross-reference refers to another item within the same series, the reference includes the specific name or title and box and folder number (this also applies to the references within same subseries and sub-subseries). If the cross-reference is to an item in another series, the reference includes the series number, series name, folder title, and box and folder numbers (this also applies to references to the items in another subseries and sub-subseries).

  • Series I: Correspondence, 1950-2001

    The series consists of Shevel'ov's professional and personal correspondence with various people and organizations and includes letters from many prominent figures. Correspondence may include various related materials, such as manuscripts and clippings. Organized into two subseries.

  • Series II: Writings, 1926-1990s

    The series comprises articles, monographs, papers presented at conferences and congresses, talks, memoirs, reviews, poetry, extensive research notes and drafts. Arranged in six subseries.

  • Series III: Documents, Biographical and Background Materials, 1945-2000

    Documents include some MUR related documents and acknowledgement and certificate of 1990s. Biographical and background materials include articles about Shevel'ov, reviews on his writings, and bibliography of his works.

  • Series IV: Photographs, 1922-1994

    This series contains color prints of group and individual Shevelov's photographs. There is also black and white prints of Vasyl' Simovych and his family and friends photographs dated 1922-1923.

  • Series V: Writings by others, undated, 1970s-2001

    Contains typescripts and holograph manuscripts of writings by various authors and books edited by Shevel'ov; many with authors' inscriptions.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in five series.

Using the Collection

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.

This collection has no restrictions.

This collection is located on-site.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions 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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George Y. Shevelov Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accrual

No additional materials expected

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

Correspondence: Source of acquisition--George Y. Shevelov. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981.

Correspondence: Source of acquisition--George Y. Shevelov. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Correspondence Accessioned 1981.

Correspondence Accessioned 1982.

Correspondence Processed 09/--/81.

Correspondence Revised 05/--/83.

Papers Processed Katia Shraga 07/--/2010.

Finding aid Written Katia Shraga 07/--/2010.

Revision Description

2010-10-14 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz

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

Biographical Note

Iurii Shevel'ov (aka George Y.Shevelov, pseudonyms Iurii Sherekh, Hryhorii Shevchuk, and others), Slavic linguist, philologist, essayist, literary historian, and literary critic; full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society since 1949 and of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1945, was born 17 December 1908 in Kharkiv (some sources, however, indicate Łomża, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire). He studied under Leonid Bulakhovsky at Kharkiv University, graduated and lectured there in Slavic linguistics (1939–1943). He emigrated to Germany during the war and received his Ph.D. degree frоm the Free University of Munich in 1949. He taught there from 1946 to 1949, and then at the University of Lund, Sweden form 1950 to 1952. He was one of the organizers of émigré literary life in Germany and was a vice-president of the literary association "MUR" (1945–1949). After settling in the United States, he served as lecturer in Russian and Ukrainian at Harvard University (1952–1954), associate professor (1954–1958) and professor of Slavic philology at Columbia University from 1958 to his retirement in 1977. He was a founding member of the "Slovo", Association of Ukrainian Writers in Exile. From 1959 to 1961 and from 1981 to 1986 Shevel'ov served as President of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in New York, and editor in-chief of the Ukrainian émigré journal Suchasnist' (1978–1981). In 1991, Shevel'ov became a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Iurii Shevel'ov is the author of numerous books and articles on Slavic philology and linguistics and the history of literature and literary criticism. He died 12 April 2002 in New York.

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
Correspondence CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Andii︠e︡vsʹka, Emma CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Andrukhovych, I︠U︡riĭ, 1960- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Arumaa, Peeter, 1900-1982 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bahri︠a︡nyĭ, Ivan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Baley, Virko CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Barka, Vasylʹ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Belot︠s︡erkovskiĭ, Vadim, 1928-2017 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bilet︠s︡ʹkyĭ, Leonid, 1882-1955 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bilinsky, Yaroslav CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bilokinʹ, Serhiĭ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Martha CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bondar-Tereshchenko, Ihor CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Borman, Arkadiĭ, 1891-1974 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Boĭchuk, Bohdan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Boĭko, I︠U︡riĭ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Carynnyk, Marco CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chaplenko, Vasylʹ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cholhan, Ilarion CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chubatyĭ, M. (Mykola), 1889-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Demkovych-Dobri︠a︡nsʹkyĭ, Mykhaĭlo CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Drach, Ivan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dzi︠u︡ba, Ivan, 1931- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fedenko, Panas CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fishbeĭn, Moĭseĭ, 1946- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fizer, John CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Frant︠s︡uz︠h︡enko, Mykola CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Garde, Paul CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Giedroyc, Jerzy CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Grabowicz, George G. CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Grigorenko, P. G. (Petr Grigorʹevich), 1907-1987 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Halle, Morris CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hamm, Josip CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hirni︠a︡k , Ĭosyp, 1895-1989 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hnativ, I︠A︡roslav CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hnizdovsky, Jacques, 1915-1985 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hordynsʹkyĭ, Svi︠a︡toslav, 1906-1993 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hryshko, Vasylʹ I., 1914-2008 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Humenna, Dokii︠a︡ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hüttl-Folter, Gerta CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Izarsʹkyĭ, Oleksa, 1919-2007 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
I︠A︡niv, Volodymyr CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kachurovsʹkyĭ, Ihor CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Keis, Vitalii CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Klynovyĭ, I͡Uriĭ, 1909-1985 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Koneski, Blaže CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Korotych, Vitaliĭ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kosach, I︠U︡riĭ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Koshelivet︠s︡ʹ, Ivan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kravt︠s︡iv, Bohdan, 1904-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kubiĭovych, Volodymyr, 1900-1985 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kundera, Milan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kuzeli︠a︡, Zenon, 1882-1952 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kysilevsʹkyĭ, K. (Kostʹ) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lawrynenko, Jurij CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Livyt︠s︡ʹka-Kholodna, Natali︠a︡ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Li︠a︡turynsʹka, Oksana, 1902-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Luckyj, George S. N., 1919-2001 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lunt, Horace G. (Horace Gray), 1918-2010 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lyman, Leonid, 1922-2003 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mazon, André, 1881-1967 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mihajlov, Mihajlo, 1934-2010 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Moroz, Valentyn, 1936-2019 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mosely, Philip E. (Philip Edward), 1905-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mykhalevych, Mykhaĭlo, 1906-1984 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nakonechna, Hanna CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nytchenko, Dmytro CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Obolenskīĭ, Dmitrīĭ Dmitrīevich, kni︠a︡zʹ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Odarchenko, Petro, 1903-2006 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ohloblyn, Oleksander, 1899-1992 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Osʹmachka, Todosʹ, 1895-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Paliĭ, Lida CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pavlychko, Dmytro , 1929- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pavlychko, S. D. (Solomii︠a︡ Dmytrivna) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pavlyshyn, Marko CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pevnyĭ, Bohdan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pochept︠s︡ov, G. G. (Georgiĭ Georgievich) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Polański, Kazimierz, 1929-2009 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poltava, Leonid, 1921-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pritsak, Omeljan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pyziur, Eugene, 1917-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Raeff, Marc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rubchak, Bohdan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rudnytsky, Ivan L. (Ivan Lysiak), 1919-1984 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rymaruk, Ihor CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Samchuk, Ulas CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Senn, Alfred, 1899-1978 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Shlemkevych, Mykola, 1894-1966 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Simmons, Ernest J. (Ernest Joseph), 1903-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Simovych, Vasylʹ, 1880-1944 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Slavutych, I︠A︡r, 1918-2011 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Smal-Stocki, Roman, 1893-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soloviĭ, I︠U︡riĭ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stefanovych, Oleksa, 1900-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Struk, Danylo Husar, 1940-1999 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sversti︠u︡k, I︠E︡vhen CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Szell, George, 1897-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tarnavsʹkyĭ, I︠U︡riĭ CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tschižewskij, Dmitrij, 1894-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Unbegaun, Boris Ottokar, 1898-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Vasmer, Max, 1886-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Vetukhiv, Mykhaĭlo Oleksii︠e︡vych, 1902-1959 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Vovk, Vira, 1926- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Weintraub, Wiktor CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wynar, Lubomyr Roman, 1932-2017 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Zabuz︠h︡ko, O. S. (Oksana Stefanivna) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Zalesʹka Onyshkevych, Larissa M. L. CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Zhuravlev, V. K. (Vladimir Konstantinovich) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Zui︠e︡vsʹkyĭ, Oleh, 1920-1996 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ševčenko, Ihor CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Criticism -- Ukraine CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Linguistics CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philologists -- Ukraine CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Slavic languages -- Grammar CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Slavic languages -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Slavic philology CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ukrainian Americans CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ukrainian language CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ukrainian language -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ukrainian literature -- History and criticism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ukrainian philology CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID