Register of the Dymitr Hessen papers
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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
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 2002.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Dymitr Hessen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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
Dymitr (Dmitrii) Sergeevich Hessen File
1918-2001
Biographical File
1944-2001
Arrangement Statement
Arranged by physical form, then chronologically.
box 1, folder 1-2
Passport and other identification documents,
1944-1988
box 1, folder 3
Photograps depicting the Hessen family,
1944-2001
Scope and Contents
Includes pencil sketched portraits.
box 1, folder 4
"Le diplôme d'Honneur," Jerusalem, Israel
1984
Correspondence
1938-2001
Arrangement Statement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
box 1, folder 7
Antonovich, Marko
1981-1997
box 1, folder 8
Brandt, Hanes-Heinrich,
1984-1997
box 1, folder 9
Czistiakowa, Natalia
2001
box 1, folder 11
Fleishman, Lazar'
1999-2000
box 1, folder 13
Kaminski, Roman
circa 1945
box 1, folder 14
Malakhova, Galina
1983-1997
box 1, folder 15
Mansvetov, Vladimir
1938-1974
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings.
box 1, folder 16
Uspenskii, Kirill
1981-1983
box 1, folder 17-21
Writings,
1935-2000
Scope and Contents
Contains "Primechaniia k arkhivnym dokumentam D. Hessena," notes, correspondence and printed matter.
box 2, folder 1-6
Research material
1918-1998
Scope and Contents
Consists of articles, clippings, and other printed matter largely pertaining to Russian émigré literature.
Evgenii Sergeevich Hessen File
1924-1937
Scope and Contents
Comprised of documents regarding Dymitr Hessen's brother. Arranged in two groups by format.
box 2, folder 7-10
Writing, poetry, and notes
1924-1937
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Vadim Morkovits to Sergiusz (Sergei) Hessen.
Sergiusz (Sergei) Iosifovich Hessen File
1908-1959
Scope and Contents
Comprised of documents regarding Dymitr Hessen's father.
Correspondence
1923-1950
Arrangement Statement
Arranged in two groups, then chronologically.
box 2, folder 12-19
Letters to his son, Dymitr Hessen
1923-1950
Writings
1908-1959
Arrangement Statement
Arranged chronologically.
box 3, folder 1-3
"Bibliografia prac Sergiusza Hessena,"
1908-1959
box 3, folder 4
"Chowanna," typescript,
1934
box 3, folder 6-7
"Modern Democracy," manuscript and typescript
circa 1945
box 3, folder 8-9
"Moia zhizn,'" and other biographical writings,
1945
box 3, folder 10-11
"Historia filozofii greckiej ze specjalnym uwzglednienien problematyki wychowania," typescript of lectures,
1945-1946
box 4, folder 1
"Historia filozofii greckiej ze specjalnym uwzglednienien problematyki wychowania," typescript of lectures,
1945-1946
box 4, folder 2
Les droits de l'homme dans le libéralisme, le socialisme et le communisme
1947
box 4, folder 3
Le droit et la moralite
1953
Writings by Others
1915-2002
Arrangement Statement
Arranged alphabetically by name of author.
box 4, folder 6-10
Bart, Solomon, poems, memoirs, and correspondence
1915-2002
box 4, folder 11
Daszkiewicz, Krystyna
1987
box 4, folder 13
Kostsinskii, K.,
circa 1980
box 4, folder 14
Mansvetov, Vladimir, writings and correspondence
1933-1974
