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Sgovio (Thomas) papers
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box 1

Paintings and drawings depicting living and working conditions in Soviet forced labor camps

box 2

Memoir relating to a return visit to the Kolyma forced labor camps in Russia in 1995

box 2

Photocopies of arrest records and summaries of judicial proceedings 1938-1996

Scope and Contents note

In Russian with English translations
box MC36

Of the Russian Siberian Paintings by Thomas Sgovio, narrated by Grace Deitch Boogay DVD

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1 optical disk.
box MC36

Celebration of the Century: Parade of Vehicles, on GM's 100th Birthday and the Tonawanda Engine's 70th anniversary DVD 2008 September 12

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1 optical disk.
box 3

Photocopies of United States Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda, reports, and interview summaries relating to experiences of Thomas Sgovio in the Soviet Union 1960-1970

 

Paintings on Canvas

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Paintings are oil on canvas. Many of them depict "Zeks," an abbreviation for "zakluchenni," meaning "prisoners."
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"Frost Bite" 1963

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Untitled 1963

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Depicts the face of corpse with chopped off hands hanging around its neck. From the Sgovio website: "Depicting the winter of 1944-45. In old 'Pobyeda' hands were chopped off frozen corpses for fingerprinting."

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"The Valley of Death, Kolyma, 1943" 1966

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Depicts Zek carrying corpse to burial site.
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"HOAR-FROST" 1967

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Depicts Monster Face of Zek covered in hoar frost.

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"Slave Laborer: Kolyma Gold Fields" 1967

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Depicts full figure of Zek standing in frost, with a mittened hand pressed to his face.

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"Strip Mining: Winter Work" 1967

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Depicts Zeks in a gold field pushing a sledge at night. A fire burns in background to warm a guard.

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art rack

"Ballanda" 1971

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Depicts Zeks in a canteen. From Sgovio's memoir Dear America!: "'Ballanda' was the 'slop I dare not call soup' served to the prisoners."

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"Somewhere in the Frozen Archipelago" 1976

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Depicts Zeks marching to work with a compound in background.

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Untitled [Summer Work] 1976

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Depicts Zek pushing a wheelbarrow.

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art rack

Untitled circa late 1970s

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Depicts a hammer and sickle and a Soviet soldier with faces of Zeks in the background.

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Untitled [Zeks behind barbed wire] circa late 1970s

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Untitled [Zeks in canteen] circa late 1970s

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Depicts Zeks at the mess-barrack at Camp Skritii. Sign at top of painting reads: "продуктивно работать - культурном отдыхать" ["Work Productively - Repose Culturally"]

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Scrapbook circa 1910-1997

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Contains certificate issued by military tribunal, District of Moscow; photographs and photocopies of photographs (family, street scenes, artwork); newspaper clippings and photocopies of clippings; and other printed matter. Some photos have captions in English, Italian, or Russian. (106 digital files)
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Paintings on Canvas
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