Register to the Raissa G. Zemmering papers
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Title: Raissa G. Zemmering papers
Date (inclusive): 1933-1957
Collection Number: 2008C53
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
1 microfilm reel
(0.15 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence and miscellany, relating to the émigré Russian writer Ivan Shmelev. Mainly letters received from Ivan Shmelev.
Creator:
Zemmering, Raissa Gavrilovna, 1892-1988
Creator:
Shmelev, I. S. (Ivan Sergeevich), 1873-1950
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Access
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Raissa G. Zemmering Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
The collection is available on microfilm
Location of Originals
In part, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
Scope and Content of Collection
These papers consist primarily of letters and postcards from Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev to Raissa Gavriilovna Zemmering. Most
letters have been copied and typed by Raissa Zemmering after Shmelev's death. Included are also five letters from different
individuals addressed to Raissa Zemmering. The Ivan Shmelev File include undated notes, and an undated typescript, "Ugodniki
solovetskie."
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy
Trinity Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this
register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those
of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Correspondence
1933-1957, and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Cards and letters from Ivan Shmelev and unidentified persons, arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 3
Undated
Scope and Contents note
(four letters)
Ivan Shmelev File
1949 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes, power of attorney regarding publications, and typescript, arranged by physical form
box 1, folder 9
"Ugodniki solovetskie,"
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 10
One print of I. Shmelev (signed), 1941; one print of O. Shmeleva, 1936; and one print of Ivan Shmelev's apartment
1950.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs are identified in Shmelev's handwriting