Ludmila A. Foster papers, 1958-2014

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Summary

Creators:
Foster, Ludmila A., 1931-2014
Abstract:
Writings, printed matter, videocassettes and sound cassettes relating to Russian émigré literature, Russiam émigré affairs, and the Congress of Russian-Americans.
Extent:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (4.1 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ludmila A. Foster papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The Ludmila A. Foster papers consist primarily of chronological files reflecting both her scholarly and journalistic activity. They contain published and unpublished writings, as well as some of the interviews she conducted for the Voice of America, notably with Harvard historian Richard Pipes, Senator Gordon Humphrey, and Vladislav Naumov, a Soviet soldier who defected to the Afghan Mujahedeen in 1983.

Among the more significant correspondents found in the collection is Russian academician Dmitrii Likhachev, who, in a letter dated 14 January 1991, describes his participation in the first official Soviet publication of Boris Pasternak's prose in 1982.

The collection also includes two boxes of sound cassettes and one box of videocassettes containing Fosters' interviews, Mikhail Leont'ev's Bol'shaia igra (The Big Game), and various other recordings.

In addition to Ludmila Foster's own papers, the collection contains a set of sketches of the First World War and later life in the Soviet Union by an unidentified individual.

Biographical / historical:

Ludmila Foster, born in 1931, was a Russian émigré journalist and scholar. She received her Ph.D. in Russian Literature from Harvard University in 1970 and subsequently worked for the Voice of America and the United States Information Agency. She later headed the Washington Office of the Congress of Russian Americans. Foster died in 2014.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2016.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ludmila A. Foster papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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