Register of the I͡Uriĭ Kolker papers
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: I͡Uriĭ Kolker papers
Date (inclusive): 1921-2016
Collection Number: 2018C29
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
21 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 card file box, 3 audio boxes, digital media
(11.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, radio broadcast transcripts, underground journals, photographs, and sound recordings relating to
Russian literature, dissidence in the Soviet Union, and radio broadcasting to the Soviet Union. Includes some papers of other
family members.
Creator:
Kolker, I͡Uriĭ
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 2018.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], I͡Uriĭ Kolker papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical Note
Soviet poet and dissident; subsequently emigre in Great Britain.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, writings, radio broadcast transcripts, underground journals, photographs, and sound recordings relating to
Russian literature, dissidence in the Soviet Union, and radio broadcasting to the Soviet Union. Includes some papers of other
family members.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Audiotapes
Radio broadcasting -- Soviet Union
Sound recordings
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
Russians -- Great Britain
Personal Records
1954-1989
Arrangement
Arranged by physical form alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Includes sport and school awards certificates and clippings.
Clippings and articles
1964-1989
Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles regarding Колкер and his family
box 25, folder 10
School award certificates
1954-1955
box 25, folder 9
Sports certificates
1960-1970
Correspondence
1962-2011
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
box 15, folder 3
Адамс Вальмар (Valmar Adams)
1972-1991
box 14, folder 13
Алёхин Алексей Давидович
1997
box 16, folder 8
Аллой Владимир Ефимович
1984-1985
box 16, folder 2
Антокольский Павел Григорьевич
1973
box 14, folder 1
Ardis Publishers
1984-1989
box 15, folder 7
Афанасьев Виктор Васильевич
1972-1974
box 15, folder 8
Бабинский Ханан Иосифович
1991
box 15, folder 2
Балабуха Андрей
2000-2001
box 16, folder 11
Басовский Наум Исаакович
1998-2001
box 15, folder 8
Белянин Владимир Николаевич
1978-1984
box 16, folder 1
Берберова Нина Николаевна
1983-1985
box 16, folder 4-6
Берг Раиса Львовна
1977-1996
Scope and Contents
Includes writings.
box 15, folder 11-12
Бешенковская Ольга Юрьевна
1985-1997
Scope and Contents
Includes writings.
box 14, folder 3
Бобышев Дмитрий Васильевич
1984-1995
box 14, folder 13
Боков Николай Константинович
1995-1996
box 15, folder 5
Брейтбарг Екатерина Алексеевна
1987-1992
box 15, folder 1
Вишняк Владимир
1996-1998
box 14, folder 7
Волчек Дмитрий Борисович
1985-1996
box 15, folder 2
Воронель Нина Абрамовна
1998
box 15, folder 1
Гампер Галина Сергеевна
1998
box 14, folder 11
Gilbert, Martin
1983-1994
box 16, folder 9
Гинзбург Арина Сергеевна
1992
box 14, folder 6
Глезер Александр Давидович
1985-1990
box 15, folder 8
Гомберг-Вержбинская Элеонора
1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs depicting Нина Рабинович, Леонид Эпштейн, Элеонора Гомберг-Вержбинская, Марк Качанов.
box 16, folder 9
Дедюлин Сергей Владимирович
1984-1987
box 14, folder 5
Ефимов Игорь Маркович
1984-1989
box 15, folder 7
Запесоцкая Римма Григорьевна
1985-1987
box 15, folder 4
Иванов Борис Иванович
1984
box 14, folder 8-9
Игнатова Елена Алексеевна
1984-2004
box 16, folder 9
Иловайская-Альберти Ирина Алексеевна
1987-1997
box 15, folder 3
Карпова Наталья Владимировна
1992-1993
box 17, folder 2
Kasack, Wolfgang
1998-1994
box 14, folder 14
"Континент" (Владимир Максимов и Наталья Горбаневская)
1984-1991
box 8, folder 9
Кушнер Александр Семёнович
1989-2006
box 16, folder 2
Латынин Леонид Александрович
1972-1973
box 16, folder 7
"Некоторые ленинградские письма"
1977-1984
Scope and Contents
Includes family letters.
box 16, folder 1
Лосев Лев Владимирович
1985-1988
box 16, folder 3
Межиров Александр Петрович
1973-1991
box 15, folder 5
Меклер Юрий Борисович
1987
box 15, folder 9
Меркин Владимир Моисеевич
1969-1971
box 15, folder 3
Миллер Лариса Емельяновна
1987-2000
box 14, folder 12
Пархомовский Михаил Аронович
1993-2001
box 16, folder 8
"Письма к британским евреям (Nicola Rubin, Rosalind & Paul Colin), помогавшим советским отказникам"
1982
box 15, folder 1
Плющ Леонид Иванович
1998
box 16, folder 2
Полевой Борис Николаевич
1972-1973
box 15, folder 2
Полухина Валентина Платоновна
1986-1993
box 14, folder 11
Померанц Григорий Соломонович
1991-2003
box 15, folder 6
Поповский Марк Александрович
1985
box 14, folder 10
Russica Publishers Inc.
1985-1986
box 15, folder 1
Санчук Виктор Генрихович
1986-1988
box 15, folder 4
Сергеева Людмила Георгиевна
1973-2010
box 8, folder 1-3
Скобло Валерий Самуилович
1969-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes writings.
box 15, folder 4
Советские журналы, газеты и издательства
1971-1977
Scope and Contents
Includes Kolker's poetry reviews.
box 14, folder 11
Сопровский Александр Александрович
1984-1985
box 15, folder 1
Струве Никита Алексеевич
1987
box 15, folder 1
Суперфин Габриэль Гаврилович
1984
box 15, folder 13
Танков Александр Семёнович
1990-2001
box 14, folder 10
Толстой Иван (Ivan Tolstoi)
1994-1996
box 14, folder 4
Фёдорова Аида Петровна
1994
box 8, folder 7-8
Хазанов Борис (Геннадий Моисеевич Файбусович)
1988-2002
box 16, folder 10
Шаховская Зинаида Алексеевна
1981-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes other correspondence concerning Шаховская.
box 8, folder 4-6
Эпштейн Леопольд Викторович
1971-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes notebook with poems and translations.
box 14, folder 2
Эзрохи Зоя Евсеевна
1994-1995
Scope and Contents
Includes writings.
box 15, folder 1
Юрьенен Сергей Сергеевич
1987-1988
box 26
1982
Physical Description: 8, 35mm roll negative film
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of Kolker's writings
box 25, folder 8
1986-1996
Scope and Contents
Includes "List of Publications"
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Russian service
1984-2006
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by physical form and thereunder chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Includes broadcast transcripts, office files, and correspondence with listeners.
box 18, folder 3-5
General
1990-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, memoranda, financial records and other material relating to Kolker's career at BBC.
Broadcast transcripts
1990-2001
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Correspondence
1990-2005
Scope and Contents
Includes listener letters from the Soviet Union as well as clippings, writings, photographs and similar enclosures, pasted
or freely inserted within text.
Ленинградская неофициальная поэзия
1982-1989
Scope and Contents
Includes unofficial poetry collections "Острова", "ЛЕА", "Топка".
box 25, folder 7
Pushkin House
1971-1995
Scope and Contents
Poetry events program
box 17, folder 4
Чистяков Фёдор Иванович
1921-1934
Scope and Contents
Партийный и военный архив
Sound Recordings
1990-2016
Conditions Governing Access
Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials,
please contact us for more information.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Professional sound recordings of radio broadcasts to the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia as well as home recordings. The
tapes titles have been retained.
"Новости науки и техники"
1990-1995
box 10
1990-1993
Physical Description: 21, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 11
1993-1995
Physical Description: 21, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 11
"Muhammad Asad"
1992
Physical Description: 1, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 12
"Ландау Лев Давыдович"
1993
Physical Description: 1, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 12
"London City Library"
1993
Physical Description: 1, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 12
"Адамович Георгий"
1994-1996
Physical Description: 2, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 13
"Dorzhiev"
1994-2016
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 13
" Анна Ахматова: "Реквием" , читает автор. Вступление: Питер Норман"
1995
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 12
"Поворот винта: Владимир Вейдле"
1996
Physical Description: 2, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 13
"Ismaelism. Andreev/V. Dannreutehr"
1998
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 13
"Интервью с Юрием Колкером. Таллинское радио "Купе" Андрея Танцырева"
2000
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 13
"Игорь Безродный. Интервью"
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 13
"Песни Юхана Вийдинга"
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 13
"Sutin (Ridgeway)"
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 13
"Зинаида Миркина. Стихи"
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
Writings by Others
1970-2006
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, notes, short stories, poems, and articles submitted to BBC.
box 24, folder 5
General
1970-2006
Scope and Contents
Includes notes, drafts, and articles.
box 24, folder 6
Берг Лев Семёнович
1995-2000
box 25, folder 2
Ескин Константин
circa 1975
Костина-Колкер Татьяна
1974-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes "Скрипты репортажей для радиостанции Liberty" and other writings.
box 24, folder 7
Петкевич Т. В.
circa 2002
box 17, folder 3
Шаховская Зинаида Алексеевна
1979-1997
box 24, folder 12
Эпштейн Леопольд Викторович
circa 1995
Protest materials
undated
box 9, folder 4
undated
Scope and Contents
"Israel Fights for Europe. Those Who Blame Israel are Hypocrites If Not Nazis," picket sign.
box 25, folder 11
undated
Scope and Contents
Copy of photograph depicting Колкер with the sign.
Digital materials
Physical Description: 1 external hard drive
Access
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