Slavic and East European Studies

While collecting in Russian and Slavic manuscripts has not been a primary focus of Special Collections' collecting in the past, this area is an increasingly vital one for our collections.

Russian Literature and Culture

Recent acquisitions include the papers of 20th and 21st Centuries Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko and early 20th Century observers of Russia such as literary correspondent, philologist, and teacher of ancient languages Emil Joseph Dillon (M0935)

One of the areas of strengths within this collecting area is the photographic holdings, which include: Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1904-1964 (Misc 276); Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna. PHOTOGRAPH OF AKHMATOVA BY MOISEI NAPPELBAUM, 1921 (Misc 371); Belinskii, Vissarion Grigorevich. PHOTOGRAPHS OF DRAWINGS REPRESENTING KEY EPISODES IN HIS LIFE, 1947 (Misc 273); Lemkhin, Mikhail. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1964-1992 (MSS PHOTO 176); RUSSIAN PORTRAITS : PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, 1865 (MSS PHOTO 401); SOVIET WRITERS : PHOTOGRAPHS, CA. 1985 (Misc 272).

Other collections of interest include: Bozhnev, Boris. PAPERS, 1920-1981 (M0519); Brown, Edward James. PAPERS, 1946-1991 (SC 500); Constantinoff, John M. PAPERS, 1930-1962 (M0481); Gomolitskii, Lev. EDINOBORETS : POETRY, 1924 (Misc 362); Gornyi, Sergiei. PAPERS, 1933-1955 (Misc 270); Gusev-Orenburgsky, Sergei Ivanovich. PAPERS, 1955-1956 (Misc 134) ; Khodaserich, Vladislav. STIKHI O TSAREVNE : MANUSCRIPT POEMS (Moscow, 1920) (Misc 304); Kun, Agnes. PAPERS, CA. 1940-1975 (M0674); Makkaveiskii, Vladimir. PAPERS, 1914-1974 (M0574); Maksimenko, E.A. PAPERS, 1993-1994 (Misc 373); Orthodox Eastern Church, Russian. PRAYER-BOOKS, CA. 1947 (Misc 275); Remizov, Aleksei. LETTER, 1928 SEPT. 3 (Misc 093); and, Zamiatin, Eugene. PAPERS, 1919-1927.

Polish Literature and Culture

Recent acquisitions of note in this collecting area include the papers of Polish religious leader Georgii Grabbe (M0964), which span the vast majority of the 20th Century.

Other notable collections include: Haupt, Zygmunt. PAPERS, 1949-1976 (M0356); Holland, Agnieszka. WHAT DIRECTION POLISH CINEMA?, 1984 (Misc 150); JUDICIUM PARIDIS. DIALOGUS INTER PALONUM ET PARIDEM : LATIN SATIRE, CA. 1669 (Misc 280); Leszcza, Jan. PAPERS, 1949-1992 (M0672); and Ruszkowski, Zdzislaw. PAPERS, 1925-1972 (Misc 239).

Curator Karen Rondestvedt is the primary individual responsible for selecting manuscript collections that fall into this area. For a fuller description of her current collecting activities, please refer to the Slavic and East European Studies home page.