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Title: Dymitr Hessen papers
Date (inclusive): 1908-2002
Collection Number: 2002C44
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and Polish
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, printed matter, personal documents, and photographs, relating to literature and philosophy. Includes
papers of Sergei Gessen, father of Dymitr Hessen.
Creator:
Hessen, Dymitr
Creator:
Gessen, Sergeĭ Iosifovich, 1887-1950
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2002.
[Identification of item], Dymitr Hessen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Dymitr Hessen was a Polish-Russian literary scholar and co-author of the
Wielki Slownik Polsko-Rosyjski, Rosyjsko-Polski.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Dymitr Hessen reflect his writings and research interests in Russian émigré literature in the form of correspondence,
notes, and printed matter. The collection also includes correspondence and literary and biographical materials relating to
Hessen's father, Sergiusz (Sergei) Iosifovich Hessen, and his brother, Evgenii Sergeevich Hessen, as well as writings of
two other émigrés, Solomon Bart and Vladimir Mansvetov.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Philosophy
Polish literature