Register of the Vl. Zhabinskii papers
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Title: Vl. Zhabinskii papers
Date (inclusive): 1944-1995
Collection Number: 2005C17
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
31 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 phonorecord
(13.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Radio broadcast scripts and sound recordings, fictional writings, memoranda, notes, correspondence, and printed matter relating
to Radio Liberty broadcasting to the Soviet Union, and to Russian literature.
Creator:
Zhabinskiĭ, Vl (Vladimir), 1914-1996
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2005.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Vl. Zhabinskii papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Vladimir Zhabinskii was a Russian émigré in the United States; Radio Liberty broadcast editor and commentator, and novelist
writing under the pseudonyms Vladimir IUrasov and V. Rudol'f.
Scope and Content of Collection
Zhabinskii was a Radio Liberty broadcast editor and commentator, and historian with a subject specialty in the twentieth-century
Soviet Union. The bulk of the materials relate to his work for Radio Liberty and include radio broadcast scripts and sound
recordings, memoranda, notes, correspondence, and printed matter relating to Radio Liberty broadcasting to the Soviet Union,
and to Russian literature. Zhabinskii's writings include both non-fiction and fiction works, such as articles, short stories,
and novels.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Russians -- United States
Audiotapes
Radio broadcasting -- Soviet Union
Radio Liberty
box 28
Biographical File
1944-1987
Scope and Contents
Includes photo-copied identification cards, "Excerpt from Black List of the Criminal Investigation Department of KGB," and
clippings.
Correspondence
1949-1995
Scope and Contents
Includes address books, business cards, and drafts.
box 16
Photographs
1949-1958
Scope and Contents
Prints depicting Zhabinskii with friends.
box 6
Svoboda, organ poslevoennykh emigrantov iz SSSR
1952-1960
box 16
Arms of Friendship (Veterans' Bulletin)
1963
box 16
A Helsinki Record: The Availability of Soviet Russian Literature in the United States, Helsinki Watch
1980
box 16
Bez prikras i umolchanii, kratkii obzor dinastii Romanovykh, by V. Vetrov
1979
Radio Liberty File
1953-1985
Broadcast scripts
1953-1977
box 10
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 23
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 24
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 6
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 7
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 8
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 2
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 3
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 4
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 14
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 17
Scripts 1962-1977
1953-1977
box 22
"Podpolkovnik Panin"
1953-1954
box 23
"Podpolkovnik Panin"
1953-1954
box 21
Research papers
1960-1985
box 9
Research papers
1960-1985
box 10
Research papers
1960-1985
box 7
English-Russian Usage Dictionary, typescript
circa 1970
Sound Recordings
1960-1978
box 11
7-inch open reel tapes
circa 1960
Scope and Contents note
Soviet songs and poems by authors.
box 12
7-inch open reel tapes
circa 1960
Scope and Contents note
Soviet songs and poems by authors.
box 18
7-inch open reel tapes
circa 1960
Scope and Contents note
Soviet songs and poems by authors.
box 32
Compact sound cassettes
1976-1978
Scope and Contents
Conferences and interviews. Includes an interview with Aleksandra L'vovna Tolstaia (Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya).
record cabinet
Phonorecord: "Evgeni Evtushenko reciting his poetry," Fassett Recording Studio
18 May 1961
Speeches and Writings
1957-1992
box 27
"Address by Vladimir Yurasov, Editor and Commentator Radio Liberty," at the New York State Civil Defense Commission Semiannual
Civil Defense Conference
1969
box 27
"Between God and KGB"
1979
box 27
Contemporary Literature in the USSR,
Orthodox Concern for the Life of the World
1975
box 27
"Five Conversations"
circa 1970
box 28
"Notes and Ideas," drafts
circa 1970
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and clippings.
box 6
"Notes and Ideas," drafts
circa 1970
box 28
Moia istoriia,
Zvezda, Sankt-Petersburg
1992
box 1
Parallax, typescript, galleys, and printed copy
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings and correspondence in response to the book.
box 30
Parallax, typescript, galleys, and printed copy
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings and correspondence in response to the book.
box 19
Parallax, typescript, galleys, and printed copy
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings and correspondence in response to the book.
box 20
Parallax, typescript, galleys, and printed copy
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings and correspondence in response to the book.
box 25
Parallax, typescript, galleys, and printed copy
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings and correspondence in response to the book.
box 26
Parallax, typescript, galleys, and printed copy
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings and correspondence in response to the book.
box 27
Parallax, typescript, galleys, and printed copy
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings and correspondence in response to the book.
box 27
Russia's Angry Veterans, article,
The American Legion Magazine
1957
box 16
Statements before the U. S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
1968-1987
box 28
Human overpopulation
1973-1987
Scope and Contents
Clippings and notes.
box 13
Jamestown Foundation
1977-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes Zhabisnskii's proposals, correspondence, and biographical data.
box 27
"Literaturnyi al'manakh," project
1958
box 13
Russian-American Club of Syracuse
1968
box 13
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich
1978
Soviet dissidents
1980
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, printed matter, and clippings. See also Writings by Others.
Writings by Others
1950-1990
Scope and Contents
Consist of "Samizdat" writings submitted to the RFE/RL. Includes correspondence.
box 8
General
1968-1979
Scope and Contents
Short articles, essays and notes.
box 14
Bogdanov, L., "Tishina nad polen"
circa 1960
box 14
Burkin, I., "Khozhdenie sa tri moria"
1971
box 8
Giment, I., "Obyknovennyi protsess"
1974
box 8
Gosin, Naum, "Brillianty dlia diktatury proletariata"
circa 1980
box 8
Iakhot, S., "Opravdanie zla"
1975
box 13
Ianov, A., "Pis'ma russkoi oppozitsii"
circa 1975
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence.
box 8
Klenov, A., "Tri strany"
1977
box 21
Klimov, Grigorii, "Ispoved' nenormal'nogo cheloveka"
circa 1970
box 13
Oreshkin, Peter, "Vavilonskii fenomen"
1979
box 14
Panfilov, A., "Za kulisami "Radio Svoboda"
1974
box 14
Sanders, "Living of the West"
circa 1990
box 14
Unidentified, "Biograficheskii ocherk"
circa 1950
box 14
Watts, G., "Operation Escape"
circa 1970
box 5
Material not yet described
box 29
Material not yet described
box 31
Material not yet described