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:
- 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.
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Readers must use microfilm of the entire collection.
This collection is located on-site.
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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| Autographs (manuscripts) |
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| Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881 |
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| Chertkova, A. K. (Anna Konstantinovna) |
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| Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 |
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| Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 |
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| Sukhotina-Tolstai︠a︡, T. L. (Tatʹi︠a︡na Lʹvovna), 1864-1950 |
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| Tolstai͡a, Marya |
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| Tolstai͡a, Olga |
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| Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919 |
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| Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979 |
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| Tolstoĭ, S. L., graf (Sergeĭ Lʹvovich), 1863-1947 |
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| Soviet Union -- History |
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| Soviet Union -- Politics and government |
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| Soviet Union -- Social conditions |
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| Subject |
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| Art |
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| Authors, Russian |
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| Censorship -- Soviet Union |
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| Dukhobors -- Soviet Union |
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| Families -- Soviet Union |
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| Famines -- Soviet Union |
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| Jews -- Soviet Union |
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| Jews -- Ukraine -- History -- Pograms, 1919-1920 |
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| Literature publishing -- Soviet Union |
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| Pacifism |
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| Pogroms -- Russia |
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| Russian literature -- 19th century |
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| Russian literature -- 20th century |
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