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Title: Vladimir M. Il'in papers
Date (inclusive): 1924-1997
Collection Number: 2014C46
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian émigré affairs, and to accusations
of fascism brought against Il'in. Includes posthumous family correspondence relating to Freedom of Information Act inquiries.
Creator:
Il'in, Vladimir M., 1886-1958
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 2014.
[Identification of item], Vladimir M. Il'in papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Vladimir Il'in (born Vladimir Berner) was a Russian military officer who emigrated to the United States, where he became publisher
and editor of the satirical magazine
Bich (The Whip). His day job was at the Sikorsky Aircraft factory, from which he was fired after Walter Winchell "outed" him as
a fascist. In fact, his only connection to fascism was that Anastase Vonsiatsky's magazine
Fashist was published in the same printing house. Correspondence in the papers from Il'in, and later his son Anatole document his
attempt to clear his name and record.
The collection contains Il'in's memoirs, as well as a number of plays and prose writings, some of which are semiautobiographical.
Also included is correspondence from friends and family members stuck in the 1920s USSR, describing conditions and events,
as well as correspondence from Il'in, and later his son Anatole, attempting to clear his name and record against accusations
of fascism, including letters from Senator Clare Boothe Luce and others. Also included is a rare photograph of the staff
of the New York daily
Novoe russkoe slovo and a rare émigré periodical from 1924, as well as posthumous family correspondence relating to Freedom of Information Act
inquiries.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Fascism -- United States
Journalists