Avrahm Yarmolinsky Papers, 1918-1967

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Yarmolinsky
Bib ID:
4078268 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, 1890-1975; Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940; Chukovskiĭ, Korneĭ, 1882-1969; Esenin, Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich, 1895-1925; Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959; Roerich, Nicholas, 1874-1947; Mazon, André, 1881-1967; Pavlov, Ivan Nikolaevich, 1859-1943; Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960; Mili︠u︡kov, P. N. (Pavel Nikolaevich), 1859-1943; Zami︠a︡tin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich, 1884-1937; Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977; Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883; Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
300 items (1 box)
Language(s):
Russian .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4078268.pdf
Access:
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Description

Summary

The collection consists primarily of correspondence and manuscripts. There are letters from Korneĭ Chukovskiĭ, Mikhail Karpovich, Andre Mazon, Vladimir Nabokov, and Evgeniĭ Zami︠a︡tin. There is also one item each from Sergeĭ Esenin, Pavel Mili︠u︡kov, Ivan Pavlov, and Nikolaĭ Roerich. Manuscripts include photocopies of poems by Korneĭ Chukovskiĭ, Sergeĭ Esenin, and Boris Pasternak. There are subject files on Dostoevskiĭ, Turgenev, Soviet education, and Slavic studies in the United Studies, and a photograph of Isaak Babel ́with his daughter.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1959.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1960.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1970.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1959.

Papers Accessioned 1960.

Papers Accessioned 1970.

Papers Processed 05/--/79.

Biographical sketch

Yarmolinsky, i.e. I︠A︡rmolinskiĭ, Ph.D. 1921, was the head of the Slavonic Division of the New York Public Library from 1918 to 1955, and author, editor and translator of numerous books in the field of Russian literature.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Union -- Study and teaching CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Russian literature -- Foreign countries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID