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Title: Nikolaĭ Morshen papers
Date (inclusive): 1949-2008
Collection Number: 2013C30
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Russian
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes
(2.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Russian literature. Includes papers of Nikolaĭ
Narokov, Russian writer and father of Nikolaĭ Morshen.
Creator:
Morshen, Nikolaĭ
Creator:
Narokov, Nikolaĭ
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2013.
[Identification of item], Nikolaĭ Morshen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Marchenko, a Russian émigré writer best known under the pen name Nikolai Morshen, taught Russian at the
Defense Language Institute in Monterey and wrote poetry in his spare time. His father, Nikolai Vladimirovich Marchenko, pen
name Nikolai Narokov, is known for two novels:
Mogu! and
Mnimye velichiny, translated into English as
The Chains of Fear (Chicago: Regnery, 1958).
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes drafts of writings by both Nikolaĭ Narokov and Nikolaĭ Morshen, some of them autobiographical, particularly
reminiscences and sketches reflecting their experiences under Soviet rule. A small amount of correspondence concerns their
lives as displaced persons in Germany following the Second World War; also included are the writings of another émigré and
colleague, Vladimir Markov, a professor of Russian literature at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Russians -- United States