Leo Tolstoy Letters, 1897-1937

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BA#1110
Bib ID:
4079406 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
124 items (3 folders)
Language(s):
Russian and English. Though there are a few letters in English, the material is principally in Russian. Each Russian letter is accompanied by an English translation in typescript.
Access:
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Description

Summary

The collection consists of 124 letters from Count Leo Tolstoy and members of his family to Aylmer Maude, the English translator of his works. There are 69 letters from Count Leo Tolstoy, eighteen letters from Countess Tolstaia, eleven letters from Sergei Tolstoi (his son), 25 letters from his four daughters, Alexandra, Olga, Marya, and Tatiana, and one letter from Anna Konstantinovna Chertkova. The letters deal with such subjects as "What is art?", the "Resurrection" fund, Tolstoy's health, censorship, Ruskin, the banishment of the Dukhobors to Siberia, Tolstoy's doctrine of non-resistance, Jewish pogroms, famine in Russia, murder of Alexander II, etc. There are letters from the countess which reflect her feelings about the Chertkov's connection with Tolstoy and a letter from Sergei informing Maude that Tolstoy had left home to die, 1910. Subsequent letters deal with posthumous publications of Tolstoy's works.

Arrangement

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.

Readers must use microfilm of the entire collection.

This collection is located on-site.

Alternate Form Available

English translations available for each letter.

Microfilm available.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1947. Accession number--M-47.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Autographs (manuscripts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chertkova, A. K. (Anna Konstantinovna) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sukhotina-Tolstai︠a︡, T. L. (Tatʹi︠a︡na Lʹvovna), 1864-1950 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tolstai͡a, Marya CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tolstai͡a, Olga CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tolstoĭ, S. L., graf (Sergeĭ Lʹvovich), 1863-1947 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Union -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- Politics and government CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- Social conditions CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Art CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, Russian CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Censorship -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dukhobors -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Families -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Famines -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jews -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jews -- Ukraine -- History -- Pograms, 1919-1920 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literature publishing -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pacifism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pogroms -- Russia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russian literature -- 19th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russian literature -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID