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Finding Aid to the Oleg A. Maslenikov Papers, 1929-1977
BANC MSS 98/135 c
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Collection Title: Oleg A. Maslenikov Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1929-1977
Collection Number: BANC MSS 98/135 c
Creator:
Maslenikov, Oleg A., 1907-1972
Extent:
4 cartons
1.5 linear ft.
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, other personal and working papers, including
material related to Prof. Maslenikov's teaching in Russian language and literature and Slavic studies at
U.C. Berkeley, and to his translations and analyses of early-20th-century Russian poetry, particularly
the works of Z.N. Gippius and Andrey Bely.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English and Russian
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the appropriate curator or the Head of Public
Services for forwarding. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as
the owner of the physical items and the copyright.
[Identification of item], Oleg A. Maslenikov Papers, BANC MSS 98/135 c, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's
online public access catalog.
Gippius, Z. N. (Zinaida Nikolaevna), 1869-1945.
Bely, Andrey, 1880-1934.
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of
Slavic Languages and Literatures--Faculty.
University of California, Berkeley. Institute
of Slavic studies.
Russian language--Study and teaching--California.
Slavic studies--Study and teaching--California.
Russian poetry--Study and teaching.
Russian literature--History and criticism.
Faculty papers.
The Oleg A. Maslenikov Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Oleg R. Maslenikov on August 8,
1998
Correspondence, writings, notes, other personal and working papers, including material related to Prof.
Maslenikov's teaching in Russian language and literature and Slavic studies at U.C. Berkeley, and to his
translations and analyses of early-20th-century Russian poetry, particularly the works of Z.N. Gippius
and Andrey Bely
| November 29, 1907 | Born, Vladivostok, Siberia |
| 1920 | Arrived United States |
| 1921-1924 | Attended Hollywood High School |
| November 12, 1926 | Became United States citizen |
| September 1930 | Entered the University of California, Los Angeles |
| Fall 1932 | Transferred to the University of California, Berkeley |
| 1933-1935 | President, Slavic Society |
| Spring 1934 | Elected to Phi Beta Kappa |
| December 1934 | Graduated with honors, Department of Slavic Languages |
| 1935-1936 | Postgraduate studies at Universita Karlova (Prague), as Exchange Fellow of Institute of International Education |
| Fall 1936 | Appointed Alternate Teaching Assistant in Department of History |
| Enrolled in the Graduate Division of UCB in Slavic Department | |
| 1936-1938 | President, Dobro Slovo, National Slavic Honor Society |
| September 1937 | Married Emily Lociga |
| February 1938 | Passed oral Ph.D. exam |
| 1939-1942 | Lecturer in Russian |
| April 1941 | Oleg Robert (son) born |
| August 1942 | Final exam for Ph.D.; dissertation topic: The Young Andrei Bely and the Symbolist Movement in Russia, 1901-1909 |
| September 1942 | Instructor in Russian and Teaching Assistant in History |
| 1942-1944 | Investigation of Russian Fishing Practices in Alaska (Alaskan Fishery Hearings) |
| 1944-1972 | Association of American Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (Member, Elective Council, 1945-1947; President of California chapter, 1945-1948; First Vice-President, 1947-1948; President, 1948-1950) |
| 1944-1952, 1966-1967 | Chairman, Department of Slavic Languages |
| 1945-1947 | Executive Council, Phi Beta Kappa |
| 1947 | Chairman, Slavic Section, Modern Language Association |
| 1950 | Published An Historical Chrestomathy of the Russian Language |
| 1951 | Visiting Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1952 | Published Frenzied Poets, Andrey Biely and the Russian Symbolists |
| 1953-1955, 1956-1957 | Acting Director (summers), Institute of Slavic Studies |
| 1960-1967 | Visiting Lecturer, Russian Language Institute, Dartmouth College |
| 1961 | Published Anthology of Russian Symbolist Poetry |
| January 10, 1972 | Died in Berkeley, California |
| November 1972 | Lyrics From the Russian: Symbolists and Others published posthumously |
The Oleg A. Maslenikov Papers contain correspondence, writings, research notes and his personal and
working papers, particularly those related to his research and teaching in Russian and Slavic studies at
U.C. Berkeley, and his anthologies, translations, critiques and metrical analyses of early Twentieth
Century Russian poetry.
Series 1, General Correspondence, contains drafts and copies (and some unsent originals) of Maslenikov's
outgoing correspondence, as well as incoming correspondence from individuals and organizations.
Miscellaneous and unidentified correspondence is included at the end of the series.
The collection includes drafts and manuscripts of nearly all of his published books, articles,
translations and reviews, as well as research notes and material gathered in the process of their
writing. Several drafts of his doctoral dissertation,
The Young Andrei Bely and the Symbolist
Movement in Russia, 1901-1909,
are here (along with comments and observations from his
faculty advisors and others), as are drafts of
Frenzied Poets, Andrey Biely and the Russian
Symbolists,
his seminal work for which his dissertation served as the basis, and various
versions of translations of the poems that were included in the posthumously-issued collection
Lyrics From the Russian: Symbolists and Others. The collection has many of Professor
Maslenikov's unpublished works, including early student writings, original poems and plays, and
translations of poems not selected for his published compilations. Teaching copies of some of these
publications, replete with annotations, are also included in Series 2, Writings, as are drafts of many
of his public lectures, readings and other presentations.
Examples of Professor Maslenikov's initial metrical analyses of Russian poems can be found in Series 3,
Research Notes, which also includes some preliminary research material and notes on the works of
Dostoyevsky and Bely.
Series 4, Subject Files, contains biographical material, documents collected by Professor Maslenikov
relating to his professional associations with the University of California, Berkeley's Slavic
Department and Institute of Slavic Studies, his organizational affiliations with the Kosmos Club and the
Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honor Society, his lifelong interest in numismatics, and his contributions
to the Alaska Fishery Hearings of 1942-1944.
A note about transcription of Russian names and titles within the Maslenikov Papers and in this finding
aid: the form of a name or title as given in the title or table of contents of an item in the collection
is the form used on the folder headings and in this document (e.g., "Belyj," "Biely," "Hippius," etc.).
Otherwise, in the case of personal names, the bibliographically established form of name is used, when
available (e.g., "Bely, Andrey," "Gippius, Z. N.," etc.). Romanization of names when no established form
is available, and of titles when no other form is given within the collection, follows general Library
of Congress practice.