Zitron (Isidore) collection of papers of Sydney Leyton, circa 1942-1957
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Isidore Zitron collection of papers of Sydney Leyton
- Dates:
- circa 1942-1957
- Creators:
- Zitron, Isidore
- Extent:
- 3.0 linear feet (6 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English and Russian.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Isidore Zitron collection of papers of Sydney Leyton (Collection 164). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of manuscripts, appointment books, notebooks, notepads, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newspapers in Russian, and telegrams.
- Biographical / historical:
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Zitron was born on December 30, 1883 in Kiev, Russia; graduated from Novorossisky Univ. in 1908, later receiving his LLD; attended University of Petrograd while practicing law in the office of Oscar Grusenberg; with his brother Alexander, wrote two books about the history of the Russian Parliament, "Gossudarstvennaya Duma;" left Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution; between 1920-42, studied international law at Berlin and Heidelberg and wrote for German newspapers before establishing an office in Paris, where he worked as a writer and translator; fled France and moved to New York where he taught at the Berlitz School and wrote for Russian and French language newspapers; taught Russian at the Navy School at the University of Colorado, 1944-45; beginning in 1946, taught Russian and French at the International School of Languages under the Veterans Administration.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown.
- Processing information:
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-04-18 15:20:35 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Isidore Zitron collection of papers of Sydney Leyton (Collection 164). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988