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Secrest (Meryle) collection

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Table of contents

box 1, folder 1-2

Interview notes 1994 March

Scope and Contents note

Two notebooks with Secrest's handwritten notes regarding recorded interviews with Svetlana Allilueva (Lana Peters), organized by tape number. See Sound recordings section for information regarding use copies of the interview tapes.

box 1, folder 3

Clippings 1967-1994

Scope and Contents note

Newspaper and magazine clippings of articles on Russia, Stalin, and Svetlana Allilueva. Includes one article in Russian.

Collected writings of Svetlana Allilueva 1984-1993

box 1, folder 4

"A Book for Granddaughters," 1989

Scope and Contents note

Typescript of an unpublished manuscript with edits throughout. Originally written in Russian and translated by Allilueva.

box 1, folder 5

Curriculum vitae 1993 October 29

Scope and Contents note

Typed copy of Allilueva's curriculum vitae created for Secrest. Includes handwritten notes from "L. P." (Lana Peters).

box 1, folder 6

The Faraway Music 1984

Scope and Contents note

Contains a photocopy of Allilueva's third book, sold only in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, in which she discusses disappointment with her American life after defecting from the USSR. Includes notes and annotations throughout. Also included is a copy of an article from The New York Times Book Review titled, "After the Crackup: Two Versions of Soviet History, Written with Anger and Enthusiasm."

box 1, folder 7

"Statement of Svetlana Allilueva Made in Writing in the USA Embassy on March 6, 1967, in Delhi, India," 1984

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of an excerpt from The Faraway Music.

Works translated by Svetlana Allilueva 1994

box 1, folder 8

"Josef Is Infinitely Kind: Diary of Maria Onisimovna Svanidze,"

Scope and Contents note

An unpublished English translation of Maria Svanidze's diary, with edits and notes throughout. Maria Svanidze was the wife of Alexander Semyonovich Svanidze, a personal friend of Stalin's and brother of Stalin's first wife, Ekaterine "Kato" Svanidze. In 1937, Alexander Svanidze was arrested by Stalin and shot four years later while imprisoned.

box 1, folder 9

"To Nadezhda Sergeevna Allilueva Personally from Stalin," typescript

Scope and Contents note

Typescript of English translations of correspondence between Stalin and Nadezhda Allilueva, Svetlana Allilueva's mother, written between 1928 and 1931. Also included is a photocopy of an article from a Russian newspaper with annotations.

box 1, folder 10-11

Photographs 1929-1994

Scope and Contents note

Contains various black-and-white images of Svetlana Allilueva and her family. Envelopes A-E are located in Folder 10 and envelopes F-H in Folder 11. All images are copy prints with the exception of the photographs of Allilueva in London. Negatives of all images are also included.

envelope A-B

Allilueva in London 1994 March

Scope and Contents note

Includes 11 prints plus duplicates and negatives.

envelope C

Carolina Til (housekeeper) and Alexandra Bychkova (nanny) undated

envelope C

Gas mask drill at school 1935

Scope and Contents note

Envelope reads, "Last one in the front line is Gerchikov."

envelope C

Summer vacation with S.M. Kirov near Sochi 1934

envelope C

Allilueva with Katya (daughter) in the "House on the Embankment" apartment in Moscow 1965

envelope C

Allilueva at Lipki 1940

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Allilueva with Stalin in Sochi 1934

envelope C

Allilueva (age 3) at Zubalova near Moscow 1929

envelope D

Allilueva and brother 1931

envelope D

"Kirov at mother's coffin," 1932

envelope D

Allilueva in classroom undated

envelope D

Allilueva on lion at Lipki undated

envelope D

Allilueva as a child, in coat and beret undated

envelope D

Kumar Brajesh Singh in Moscow 1965

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Olga (daughter) in Allilueva's apartment undated

envelope E

Olga as a teenager undated

envelope E

Allilueva with Olga (6 months) in Scottsdale 1971 November

envelope E

Allilueva with William Wesley Peters the day before their marriage 1970 April

envelope E

Portrait of Allilueva in Princeton, New Jersey 1968 June

envelope E

Olga and Allilueva circa 1993-1994

envelope E

Allilueva with Katya and Joseph (son) circa 1953-1954

envelope E

Nadezhda Allilueva's funeral 1932

envelope F

Allilueva (age 12) at Stalin's dacha at Kuntsevo circa 1937-1938

envelope F

Svetlana and her best friend, Raya Levina undated

envelope F

Anna Allilueva (aunt) undated

envelope F

Allilueva (age 16) undated

envelope F

Allilueva on a bicycle at Kuntsevo circa 1936-1937

envelope F

Vyacheslav Molotov and Allilueva in the forest undated

envelope F

Pavel Alliluyev (uncle) undated

envelope G

Portrait of Allilueva 1954

envelope G

Ketevan Geladze (Stalin's mother) undated

envelope G

Portrait of Allilueva 1943

envelope G

Nadezhda Allilueva (age 30) undated

envelope G

Maria Svanidze and others circa 1930-1931

envelope G

Allilueva with S.I. Hayakawa Scottsdale, Arizona 1972

envelope G

Nadezhda Allilueva and baby undated

envelope H

Svetlana with Emmanuel d'Astier near Fribourg, Switzerland 1967 April

envelope H

Stalin and Nadezhda Allilueva at family picnic 1929

envelope H

Stalin with Allilueva in Sochi 1934

envelope H

Vasily Stalin (brother, age 13) and Allilueva (age 8) 1934

Sound recordings 1994

Scope and Contents note

Consists of microcassettes as well as compact cassette and compact disc copies of interviews with Svetlana Allilueva, conducted by Meryle Secrest in March of 1994. The recordings have been digitized (see use copy reference numbers below) and are approximately one hour each.

Microcassettes

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Tape 1 March 10

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007768

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Tape 2 March 10

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007769

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Tape 3 March 10

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007770

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Tape 4 March 10-11

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007771

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Tape 5 March 10-11

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007772

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Tape 6 March 11

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007773

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Tape 7 March 14

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007774

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Tape 8 March 14

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007793

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Tape 9 March 16

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007775

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Tape 10 March 16

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007776

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Tape 11 March 16

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007777

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Tape 12 March 17

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007778

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Tape 13 March 17

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007779

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Tape 14 March 17

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007780

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Tape 15 March 18

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007781

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Tape 16 March 18

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007782

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Tape 17 March 18

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007783

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Tape 18 March 21

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007784

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Tape 19 March 21

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007785

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Tape 20 March 21

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007786

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Tape 21 March 23

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007787

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Tape 22 March 23

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007788

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Tape 23 March 24

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007789

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Tape 24 March 25

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007790

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Tape 25 March 25

General note

Use copy reference number: 2001c50_a_0007791

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Compact sound cassettes

Scope and Contents note

Contains one compact cassette copy of each microcassette.

box 3

Compact sound cassettes

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CD sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Includes two CD copies of each microcassette.

box 4

CD sound discs

Collection Contents

Collected writings of Svetlana Allilueva

Works translated by Svetlana Allilueva

Photographs

Sound recordings