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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
Title Leo Tolstoy Letters, 1897-1937
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.
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Readers must use microfilm of the entire collection.

This collection is located on-site.

Arrangement

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.

Using the Collection

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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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Subject

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