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 1

Unidentified undated

box 1, folder 2

Unidentified 1951-1957

 

Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich

box 1, folder 3

Undated

Scope and Contents note

(four letters)
box 1, folder 4

1933-1939

box 1, folder 5

1940-1949

box 1, folder 6

1950

 

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 7

Notes undated

box 1, folder 8

Power of attorney 1949

box 1, folder 9

"Ugodniki solovetskie," undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
 

Photographs 1936-1950

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