Inventory of the Barbara J. Hazard papers
Finding aid prepared by Rachel Yamada
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2014
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Stanford University
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Title: Barbara J. Hazard papers
Date (inclusive): 1986-2008
Collection Number: 2015C1
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Russian
Physical Description:
10 manuscript boxes
(4.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diary entries, correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and slides relating to artists in Leningrad/Saint Petersburg in
the late Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Includes letters by Russian artists, photographs of their artwork, and exhibit catalogs.
Creator:
Hazard, Barbara J.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2014.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Barbara J. Hazard papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Barbara J. Hazard, born in 1931, was an American artist who was heavily involved in supporting the Tovarishchestro Eksperimental'nogo
Izobrazitel'go Isskustva (Fellowship for Experimental Fine Art) with St. Petersburg artists throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Scope and Content of Collection
Diary entries, correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and slides relating to artists in Leningrad/Saint Petersburg in
the late Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Includes letters by Russian artists, photographs of their artwork, and exhibit catalogs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art -- Russia (Federation)
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Slides (Photographs)
Leningrad Artists File
1986-2004
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, and notes regarding various artists, organized alphabetically by family name or stage
name.
box 1, folder 1
Afonichev, Vyacheslav
1988-1993
box 1, folder 2
Afrika (Sergei Bugaev)
1989-1991
box 1, folder 8
Gerasimenko, Valentin
1989-1993
box 1, folder 9
Gurevich, Alexandr
1988-1993
box 1, folder 11
Kaverzina, Marina
undated
box 1, folder 12
Koldobskaia, Marina
undated
box 2, folder 1-2
Koshelokhov, Boris
undated
box 2, folder 4
Kovalsky, Sergey
1987-1993
box 2, folder 9
Gruppa "Mit'ki,"
1990-2004
box 2, folder 11
Nikitina, Lenina
1991-1993
box 3, folder 6
Sazhin, Nikolai
1987-1989
box 3, folder 9
Shinkarev, Vladimir
1995-2000
box 3, folder 10
Shmuilovich, Olga
1983-1984
box 3, folder 11
Schwartz, Solomon
undated
box 3, folder 16
Volkova, Marta
1990
Scope and Contents note
Also spelled Marta Wolkowa.
box 3, folder 17
Zhigalov, Anatoly
1991-2001
box 3, folder 21
List of artists of the Tovarishchestro Eksperimental'nogo Izobrazitel'go Isskustva (Fellowship for Experimental Fine Art)
undated
Personal Records
1988-2001
Scope and Contents note
Personal records of Barbara Hazard, including press coverage, clippings, brochures, and correspondence.
box 4, folder 2
Mark Migdal
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents note
Notes on folder: "Émigré to California who organized a show for the Leningrad Artists, 1990-1991, and then refused to return
the paintings" and "See also journals 1997, 1998, 1999."
box 4, folder 4
Regina and Anna: Manusova/Solevieva, Regina
undated
Scope and Contents
Now in Houston, Texas with daughter, Anna Shparberg.
box 4, folder 5
International Federation of Artists
1992
Scope and Contents
One-time project to put on an international show in the St. Petersburg Manezh.
box 4, folder 7
Brochures, original
1992-2001
box 4, folder 8
Brochures and announcements
1989
box 4, folder 9
Russia clippings
1992-1994
Diaries
1989-2008
Scope and Contents note
Personal diaries of Barbara Hazard.
box 5, folder 1
Elena and Valentin Visit #2
1989
box 5, folder 2
Sergei Kovalaskii and Alyona visit
1989
box 6, folder 16
Gallery exhibition pamphlet
2002
box 6, folder 17
Aleksandr Manusov, book
2001
Slides
undated
Scope and Contents note
Slides of artists' work, arranged alphabetically.
Incremental Materials
1980s-2000s
Scope and Contents
The materials in the increment reflect Barbara Hazard's own artwork and literary production, her interest in non-conformist
work produced by artists in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, and encounters with artists during her trips to Russia.
Archival material consists of Barbara Hazard's correspondence, diary entries, drafts of part of her book
Off Nevsky Prospect, published works, brochures and catalogs of her art exhibits, and miscellaneous related material. There are also photographs,
slides, and negatives of Barbara Hazard and her own works and of experimental Russian artists from Leningrad/St. Petersburg
and their work. Printed matter related to contemporary Russian art includes art magazines, exhibit brochures and announcements,
exhibit catalogs (of individual exhibits and collective exhibits), and some books. Of note is a proposal by the "Free Culture"
Humanitarian Foundation (St. Petersburg) to establish the St. Petersburg Museum of Non-Conformist Art.
box 8
Incremental Materials
1980s-2000s
box 9
Incremental Materials
1980s-2000s
box 10
Incremental Materials
1980s-2000s
