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Irina Sergeevna Volkonskaia Letters, 1951-1969

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BAR Ms Coll/I.S. Volkonskai︠a︡
Bib ID 4078241 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Volkonskai︠a︡, Irina Sergeevna, 1904-1969?; Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937-; Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967; Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985; Gilels, Emil; Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977; Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962; Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953; Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989; Richter, Sviatoslav, 1915-1997
Title Irina Sergeevna Volkonskaia Letters, 1951-1969
Physical Description 114 items (1 box)
Language(s) Russian .
Additional Description http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4078241.pdf
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Description

Summary

Letters sent to Volkonskai︠a︡. Among the correspondents are outstanding musical figures, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Geraldine Farrar, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Eugene Ormandy, and Svi︠a︡toslav Stokowski. There are also letters from the writer Ivan Bunin.

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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 is located on-site.

Accruals

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Letters: Date of acquisition--05/--/79.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Letters Accessioned 05/--/79.

Letters Processed 05/--/79.

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

Subject

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

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Daughter of the composer Sergeĭ Rakhmaninov.