Register of the Boris Petrovich Lopatin papers
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Title: Boris Petrovich Lopatin papers
Date (inclusive): 1909-1943
Collection Number: 2018C12
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, notes, diaries, biographical data, and printed matter, relating to the Russian Civil War in Siberia, Russian émigré
affairs, and world politics in the interwar period.
Creator:
Lopatin, Boris Petrovich, b. 1876
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Boris Petrovich Lopatin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Russian journalist, subsequently émigré in the United States.
Biographical Chronology
1876 April 17 |
Born, Lomga, Poland, Russian Empire |
1910 May 15 |
Graduated |
1905 |
Participated in the Russo-Japanese War as an artillery officer |
1909 |
Married Agata Sergeevna |
1912 |
War correspondent for the newspaper
Den' during the Balkan War
|
1914-1917 |
Called to arms as a captain, served on the Galician and Hungarian fronts, wounded, promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel, resigned
at the outbreak of the 1917 revolution
|
1915 August 29 |
Birth of son Oleg in Petrograd |
1918 |
Founded and edited the Vladivostok newspapers
Moia gazeta and
Ekho
|
1919 July |
Ekho closed and Lopatin arrested
|
1921 August |
Reopened
Ekho newspaper
|
1922 |
Moved to Harbin, China, and Japan |
1923 24 February |
Arrived in San Francisco with wife and son |
1923 March 9 - June |
Editor of
Russkaia zhizn' newspaper
|
1923 June 17 |
Moved to Berkeley |
1932 |
Led an art class for children |
1933-1934 |
Art director for the Hollywood Playhouse |
1935 |
Taught art and interior decorating at Fremont High School |
1943 May 27 |
Died, Los Angeles, California |
1906-1914 |
Began work as a professional newspaperman and edited newspapers
Rus" (St. Petersburg),
Russkoe slovo (Moscow), and
Den' (St. Petersburg)
|
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Boris Petrovich Lopatin, consisting of biographical documents, correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs
and printed matter, reflect life in pre-revolutionary Russia, the turmoil of revolution and civil war, and the subsequent
lives of Russians who found themselves immigrants in the United States.
Lopatin had a great deal of experience as a newspaper correspondent and editor before the 1917 Russian Revolution, during
the subsequent civil war, and attempted to continue his journalistic career in the United States. His writings reflect his
socialist political sympathies and devote much attention to growing tensions in Europe and East Asia in the 1930s, the political
and economic developments in the Soviet Union, and the start of World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Journalists
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World politics -- 1900-1945
Biographical File
1917-1941 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Address book, autobiography, calling cards, certificates, family file, medical records, naturalization records, writings about
Lopatin, and miscellany, arranged alphabetically by physical form.
box 1, folder 2
Autobiography
undated [circa 1934]
Scope and Contents note
An autobiographical essay and a letter of application for a correspondent position.
box 1, folder 4
Certificates
1917
Scope and Contents note
Residence certificate and voter registration certificate for elections of the All Russian Constituent Assembly.
box 1, folder 5
Lopatin, Oleg Borisovich (son)
1937
Scope and Contents note
Typescript of untitled story or essay.
Lopatina, Agata Sergievna (wife)
box 1, folder 6
Biographical
1917-1928
Scope and Contents note
Voter registration certificate for elections of the All Russian Constituent Assembly and copies of naturalization papers.
box 1, folder 7
Diary
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph.
box 1, folder 8
Diary
1915-1916
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Contains notes about the birth of her son Oleg and the first months of his life.
box 1, folder 10
Writings
1941 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph and typescript. Impressions of viewing Charlie Chaplin's movie
The Great Dictator and a notebook of various drafts.
box 1, folder 11
Miscellany
undated
Scope and Contents note
Verse written for her son Oleg ("Lel'") by Boris Beta and Arsenii Nesmelov, as well as verse dedicated to her.
box 1, folder 12
Medical records
1919-1941
box 1, folder 13
Naturalization records
1923-1928
box 1, folder 14
Writings about Lopatin
1919
Scope and Contents note
Statement by Hector J. Boon regarding the closing of the newspaper
Ekho and the arrest of its editor B. P. Lopatin.
box 1, folder 15
Miscellany
1930 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains an exhibit catalog of works by members of The United Scenic Artists of America (includes 6 works by Lopatin), a description
of one of his works, a drawing of a house, a letter of introduction from United Artists Studio Corp., a contractor's license,
a list of agents, and an advertisement for furnished apartments and rooms in Paris.
box 1, folder 16
Correspondence
1917-1938 and undated
Scope and Contents note
General correspondence, arranged chronologically. Includes letters from friends and relatives, as well as letters to and from
publishers.
Diaries
1915-1941
Scope and Contents note
All the entries from 1915-1923 are devoted to his son Oleg.
box 1, folder 21
1940-1941
Scope and Contents note
Also includes newspaper clippings, as well as entries about B. P. Lopatin's medical problems and their treatment.
Writings
1919-1943 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically, then thereunder by title.
"The Converted: A One Act Play,"
undated
box 1, folder 22
Complete text, typescript
box 1, folder 23
Drafts of scenes II and III, holograph and typescript
box 2, folder 1
"Dvazhdy emigrant," typescript
undated
box 2, folder 2
Fragment (pages 5-8) of an essay about American women, typescript
undated
box 2, folder 3
"Herman from Bohemia," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 4
"History of Art Sketched," typescript
undated
box 2, folder 5
"How Can America Stay out of War," typescript
undated
box 2, folder 6
"Igrushka," typescript
undated
box 2, folder 7
"Il'ia Muromets, bogatyr' russkii. (Skazanie)," holograph and typescript
undated
box 2, folder 8
"An Imaginary Interview," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 9
"Mat' i syn," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 10
"Movie Directory Primary. Dedicated to Ignorabuses (sic!) of Hollywood," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 11
"Nevostrebovannaia liubov'," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 12
"Otkrytoe pis'mo Bludnomu Synu," typescript
undated
box 2, folder 13
Outline for a 4-act play about a Jewish family, holograph
undated
box 2, folder 15
"The Passing Art of Old Japan," typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
Also includes a photograph of B. P. Lopatin and his family visiting painter Gihei Anayama.
box 2, folder 16
"Revolutionist in Exile: Story of Leon Trotsky," typescript
undated
box 2, folder 17
"Sharmanka," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 18
"Sokrat – revoliutsioner filisofskoi mysli," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 19
"Stroiat," holograph and typescript
undated
box 2, folder 20
"Tourists' Reports on Russia," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 21
Untitled article (in Russian) on contemporary youth, typescript
undated
box 2, folder 22
Untitled article on Manchuria, typescript
undated
box 2, folder 23
Untitled autobiographical fragment covering the years 1896-1905, typescript and holograph
undated
box 2, folder 24
Untitled draft (part III) of a story about a lieutenant in the Russian Civil War in Siberia, holograph
undated
box 2, folder 25
Untitled essay on children's complaints about their parents, holograph
undated
box 2, folder 26
Untitled first-person narrative of a young Jewish woman, holograph, also includes one page of typescript
undated
box 2, folder 27
Untitled list of questions about the outbreak of World War II, holograph
undated
box 2, folder 28
Untitled manuscript about a tiger hunt in the taiga, holograph
undated
box 2, folder 29
Untitled plot summary for a story, holograph
undated
box 2, folder 30
Untitled sketch about a visit to a poolroom, holograph
undated
box 2, folder 31
Untitled storyline about a lady-in-waiting and an officer of the Chevaliers Guard Regiment, holograph, Russian text in pencil
with English translation in pen on the reverse
undated
box 2, folder 32
"The War Furnace of Central Asia," typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
Also includes a map "Sinkiang Province of China" drawn by B. P. Lopatin.
box 2, folder 33
"What I Had Seen and Heard in Hollywood," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 34
"What Is Poetry," holograph
undated
box 2, folder 35
"What Next from Japan?," typescript
undated
box 2, folder 36
"Who Is Encircling Whom?," typescript
undated
box 2, folder 37
Fragments of newspaper articles written during the Russian Civil War, clippings
[1918-1919]
box 2, folder 38
Untitled album of mounted clippings of articles under B. P. Lopatin's pseudonyms S. Rokotov and B. Shuiskii
1919
undated
box 2, folder 39
Verse, typescript, "A Farewell" and "Dedication to an Ending,"
undated
box 2, folder 40
"Kak tsarevich sdielalsia pomoshchnikom sadovnika," holograph
undated [1922]
box 2, folder 41
"Skazka o chernoi sobakie," holograph
1922
box 2, folder 42
"Gandi I gandizm," typescript
undated [1924]
box 2, folder 43
"Krest'iane i kommunizm," typescript
1924
box 2, folder 45
"Smert' Lenina," proofs
undated [1924]
box 3, folder 1
"Lev Tolstoi," typescript and holograph
undated [1928]
box 3, folder 2
Fragments of letters to editors, clippings
1931-1932 and undated.
box 3, folder 3
"Japan's Future and U.S. Neutrality," typescript
undated [1931].
box 3, folder 4
"Japanese Domination in Asia and the Pacific," typescript
undated [1932].
box 3, folder 5
"Manchurian Vignettes. (From a War Correspondent's Notebook)," typescript
undated [1932].
box 3, folder 6
"Oligarchy vs. Democracy in Asia,"typescript
undated [1932].
box 3, folder 7
"The Only Tsar Created by the Revolution," typescript
undated [1932].
Scope and Contents note
Also includes a photograph
box 3, folder 8
"Russia's Place in the Sino-Japanese Conflict,"typescript
undated [1932].
box 3, folder 9
"Strategy of Japan in the Far East," holograph
undated [1932].
box 3, folder 10
Croquis
1933-1942.
Scope and Contents note
Eleven sketches (in Russian)
box 3, folder 11
"What Can Prevent the Japanese Hegemony over the Pacific," typescript
undated [1933].
box 3, folder 12
"Meaning of Russia's F.Y.P. [Five Year Plan]," typescript
1934
Scope and Contents note
Also includes hand-drawn charts on industrial output and iron ore production
box 3, folder 13
"Serge Soudeikine in Hollywood," typescript
undated [1934].
box 3, folder 14
"The World's Oldest Revolutionist," typescript
undated [1934].
Nabroski khudozhnika
1936-1937
undated.
Scope and Contents note
A series of sketches, which B. P. Lopatin also translated into
English as Sketches En Route. (Reminiscences of a Hollywood Artist)
box 3, folder 15
"Voprosy," typescript
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Also includes "Questions," typescript, undated.
box 3, folder 16
"Ona poniala," typescript
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Also includes "She Understood," typescript, undated.
box 3, folder 17
"Domik na gore," typescript
undated.
box 3, folder 18
"Dobraia Samaritianka," typescript.
Scope and Contents note
Also includes "Good Samaritan," typescript, undated.
box 3, folder 19
"Piatistvol'nyi dub," typescript
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Also includes "Live Oak," typescript, undated.
box 3, folder 20
"Vse lgut," typescript
1936
Scope and Contents note
Also includes "Everybody Lies."
box 3, folder 21
"Piat' korolev," typescript
undated [1937].
Scope and Contents note
Also includes "Five Queens," typescript, undated.
box 3, folder 22
"Farmer Dzhakson," typescript
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Also includes "Jackson, the Farmer" typescript, undated.
box 3, folder 23
"Kto vyigral?" typescript
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Also includes "Who Won?" holograph, , undated.
box 3, folder 24
"B'iula," typescript
undated.
box 3, folder 25
"Lecture on Art," typescript
undated.
box 3, folder 26
"Meet Henry Matisse," typescript
undated [1936].
box 3, folder 27
Untitled essay on Charlie Chaplin, typescript
undated [1936].
box 3, folder 28
Untitled essay on the Soviet Union, holograph
undated [1936].
box 3, folder 29
"Opyt politicheskikh obzorov," typescript
1938
box 3, folder 30
Untitled articles (in Russian) on Nazism, Communism, and the Tripartite Pact, typescript and holograph
1938-1940.
box 3, folder 31
"Ersatz," typescript
undated [1939].
box 3, folder 32
"Honeymoon," typescript
1939
Scope and Contents note
Also includes a holograph Russian text of this piece signed Agata Lopatina
box 3, folder 33
"Malthus' Follower,"
undated [1939].
Scope and Contents note
Holograph (Russian original) and "A Follower of Malthus", B. P. Lopatin's English translation. The English version is in part
written on the reverse of rejection letters from various publishers of Lopatin's other articles
box 3, folder 34
"Why the Soviet Russia – Germany Pact?"typescript
undated [1939].
box 3, folder 35
"We Shall Come Back: An Original Screen Treatment," typescript, originally entitled "Tale of One Village,"
undated [1942].
box 4, folder 1
"Khorosho zadumannyi den',"typescript and holograph
[1943].
Subject File
1909-1939 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Documents and printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 4, folder 2
Art –- European
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Notes prepared by B. P. Lopatin in Russian and English on European art from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
box 4, folder 3
Artists -- Public opinion
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Notes prepared by B. P. Lopatin regarding a poll he took of thirteen individuals about artists
box 4, folder 4
Dillinger, John
1934
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from the
Los Angeles Examiner and notes by B. P. Lopatin
box 4, folder 5
Koni, Fedor Alekseevich (1809-1879)
1909
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from
Niva magazine of article on the 100th anniversary of Koni's birth
box 4, folder 6
Poetry -- Russian and French
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Copies of verse by A. Polezhaev, F. Tiutchev, M. LermontovN. Minskii, I. Nikitin, and some folksongs.
box 4, folder 7
Russia –- History (1879-1937), undated.
Scope and Contents note
Notes prepared by B. P. Lopatin on the revolutionary movement in Russia, especially the revolutions of 1905 and 1917.
box 4, folder 8
Russian and Soviet Art and Architecture, 1937-1939 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings from
Moscow News and
Soviet Russia Today
box 4, folder 9
Russian Literature, 1937-1938 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings about Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky and Leonid Leonov
box 4, folder 10
Sayings, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Russian, French and other sayings collected by B. P. Lopatin
box 4, folder 11
Soviet Poetry, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings of verse about Lenin, Stalin and other subjects by Armenian, Buryat, Georgian, Kazakh, and Lezgin poets translated
into Russian
box 4
Printed Matter,1932-1942 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Issues of Soviet periodicals, a pamphlet by Maxim Gorky, as well as an illustration depicting the Kremlin, Red Square and
St. Basil's Cathedral
box 4, folder 12
Gorky, Maxim.
To American Intellectuals, New York, International Publishers
1932 (International Pamphlets No. 28)
box 4, folder 13
Iskusstvo. Incomplete issue from 1937 (pages 125-166)
box 4, folder 14
Ogonek. Ezhenedel'nyi literaturno-khudozhestvennyi illiustrirovannyi zhurnal
1942: No. 35 (30 Aug.)
box 4, folder 15
Orlov, V. "U stien Kremlia / By the Walls of Kreml," undated. An illustration depicting the Kremlin, Red Square and St. Basil's
Cathedral
box 4, folder 16
Photographs
1940 and undated
Scope and Contents note
One photograph of Agata Sergievna Lopatina and one photograph of Oleg Borisovich Lopatin, as well as a contact print of the
decoration of a theatrical or movie set.