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Title: Alvin Kapusta Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1907-1986
Collection number: 87016
Collector:
Kapusta, Alvin, collector
Collection Size: 36 manuscript boxes, 3 card file boxes (16.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Language:
Russian and
English.
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to
see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Alvin Kapusta collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1987.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Remizov, Aleksei, 1877-1957.
Russian literature.
Art--Soviet Union.
Russians in foreign countries.
Soviet Union.
Russia.
This collection was assembled by Alvin Kapusta, a special assistant for Soviet
nationalities in the U.S. State Department. He received his education at Minot State
College and the University of California, Berkeley.
The collection consists of printed matter related to Russian and East European cultural
and literary figures, to bibliographies of their work and to bibliographical material in
general. There is a detailed collection of printed matter related to the Russian author,
Aleksei Remizov, including photocopies of his writings. Finally, there is a substantial
amount of material dealing with the "Stundist" Movement in the Ukraine and the U.S.,
including accounts of religious persecution in the U.S.S.R.
The bulk of the collection covers the period from 1950-1980. The Aleksei Remizov material
includes photocopies of books published from 1908-1955.