Lopatin (Boris Petrovich) papers

Biographical File 1917-1941 and undated

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Address book, autobiography, calling cards, certificates, family file, medical records, naturalization records, writings about Lopatin, and miscellany, arranged alphabetically by physical form.

box 1, folder 1

Address book undated

box 1, folder 2

Autobiography undated [circa 1934]

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An autobiographical essay and a letter of application for a correspondent position.

box 1, folder 3

Calling cards undated

box 1, folder 4

Certificates 1917

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Residence certificate and voter registration certificate for elections of the All Russian Constituent Assembly.

Family file

box 1, folder 5

Lopatin, Oleg Borisovich (son) 1937

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Typescript of untitled story or essay.

Lopatina, Agata Sergievna (wife)

box 1, folder 6

Biographical 1917-1928

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Voter registration certificate for elections of the All Russian Constituent Assembly and copies of naturalization papers.

box 1, folder 7

Diary undated

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Holograph.

box 1, folder 8

Diary 1915-1916

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Typescript. Contains notes about the birth of her son Oleg and the first months of his life.

box 1, folder 9

Correspondence 1941

box 1, folder 10

Writings 1941 and undated

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Holograph and typescript. Impressions of viewing Charlie Chaplin's movie The Great Dictator and a notebook of various drafts.

box 1, folder 11

Miscellany undated

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Verse written for her son Oleg ("Lel'") by Boris Beta and Arsenii Nesmelov, as well as verse dedicated to her.

box 1, folder 12

Medical records 1919-1941

box 1, folder 13

Naturalization records 1923-1928

box 1, folder 14

Writings about Lopatin 1919

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Statement by Hector J. Boon regarding the closing of the newspaper Ekho and the arrest of its editor B. P. Lopatin.

box 1, folder 15

Miscellany 1930 and undated

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Contains an exhibit catalog of works by members of The United Scenic Artists of America (includes 6 works by Lopatin), a description of one of his works, a drawing of a house, a letter of introduction from United Artists Studio Corp., a contractor's license, a list of agents, and an advertisement for furnished apartments and rooms in Paris.

box 1, folder 16

Correspondence 1917-1938 and undated

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General correspondence, arranged chronologically. Includes letters from friends and relatives, as well as letters to and from publishers.

Diaries 1915-1941

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All the entries from 1915-1923 are devoted to his son Oleg.

box 1, folder 17

1915-1926

box 1, folder 18

1916-1917

box 1, folder 19

1918

box 1, folder 20

1919-1923

box 1, folder 21

1940-1941

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Also includes newspaper clippings, as well as entries about B. P. Lopatin's medical problems and their treatment.

Writings 1919-1943 and undated

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Arranged chronologically, then thereunder by title.

"The Converted: A One Act Play," undated

box 1, folder 22

Complete text, typescript

box 1, folder 23

Drafts of scenes II and III, holograph and typescript

box 2, folder 1

"Dvazhdy emigrant," typescript undated

box 2, folder 2

Fragment (pages 5-8) of an essay about American women, typescript undated

box 2, folder 3

"Herman from Bohemia," holograph undated

box 2, folder 4

"History of Art Sketched," typescript undated

box 2, folder 5

"How Can America Stay out of War," typescript undated

box 2, folder 6

"Igrushka," typescript undated

box 2, folder 7

"Il'ia Muromets, bogatyr' russkii. (Skazanie)," holograph and typescript undated

box 2, folder 8

"An Imaginary Interview," holograph undated

box 2, folder 9

"Mat' i syn," holograph undated

box 2, folder 10

"Movie Directory Primary. Dedicated to Ignorabuses (sic!) of Hollywood," holograph undated

box 2, folder 11

"Nevostrebovannaia liubov'," holograph undated

box 2, folder 12

"Otkrytoe pis'mo Bludnomu Synu," typescript undated

box 2, folder 13

Outline for a 4-act play about a Jewish family, holograph undated

box 2, folder 14

"Paskha," proofs undated

box 2, folder 15

"The Passing Art of Old Japan," typescript undated

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Also includes a photograph of B. P. Lopatin and his family visiting painter Gihei Anayama.

box 2, folder 16

"Revolutionist in Exile: Story of Leon Trotsky," typescript undated

box 2, folder 17

"Sharmanka," holograph undated

box 2, folder 18

"Sokrat – revoliutsioner filisofskoi mysli," holograph undated

box 2, folder 19

"Stroiat," holograph and typescript undated

box 2, folder 20

"Tourists' Reports on Russia," holograph undated

box 2, folder 21

Untitled article (in Russian) on contemporary youth, typescript undated

box 2, folder 22

Untitled article on Manchuria, typescript undated

box 2, folder 23

Untitled autobiographical fragment covering the years 1896-1905, typescript and holograph undated

box 2, folder 24

Untitled draft (part III) of a story about a lieutenant in the Russian Civil War in Siberia, holograph undated

box 2, folder 25

Untitled essay on children's complaints about their parents, holograph undated

box 2, folder 26

Untitled first-person narrative of a young Jewish woman, holograph, also includes one page of typescript undated

box 2, folder 27

Untitled list of questions about the outbreak of World War II, holograph undated

box 2, folder 28

Untitled manuscript about a tiger hunt in the taiga, holograph undated

box 2, folder 29

Untitled plot summary for a story, holograph undated

box 2, folder 30

Untitled sketch about a visit to a poolroom, holograph undated

box 2, folder 31

Untitled storyline about a lady-in-waiting and an officer of the Chevaliers Guard Regiment, holograph, Russian text in pencil with English translation in pen on the reverse undated

box 2, folder 32

"The War Furnace of Central Asia," typescript undated

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Also includes a map "Sinkiang Province of China" drawn by B. P. Lopatin.

box 2, folder 33

"What I Had Seen and Heard in Hollywood," holograph undated

box 2, folder 34

"What Is Poetry," holograph undated

box 2, folder 35

"What Next from Japan?," typescript undated

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"Who Is Encircling Whom?," typescript undated

box 2, folder 37

Fragments of newspaper articles written during the Russian Civil War, clippings [1918-1919]

box 2, folder 38

Untitled album of mounted clippings of articles under B. P. Lopatin's pseudonyms S. Rokotov and B. Shuiskii 1919 undated

box 2, folder 39

Verse, typescript, "A Farewell" and "Dedication to an Ending," undated

box 2, folder 40

"Kak tsarevich sdielalsia pomoshchnikom sadovnika," holograph undated [1922]

box 2, folder 41

"Skazka o chernoi sobakie," holograph 1922

box 2, folder 42

"Gandi I gandizm," typescript undated [1924]

box 2, folder 43

"Krest'iane i kommunizm," typescript 1924

box 2, folder 44

"Lenin," typescript 1924

box 2, folder 45

"Smert' Lenina," proofs undated [1924]

box 3, folder 1

"Lev Tolstoi," typescript and holograph undated [1928]

box 3, folder 2

Fragments of letters to editors, clippings 1931-1932 and undated.

box 3, folder 3

"Japan's Future and U.S. Neutrality," typescript undated [1931].

box 3, folder 4

"Japanese Domination in Asia and the Pacific," typescript undated [1932].

box 3, folder 5

"Manchurian Vignettes. (From a War Correspondent's Notebook)," typescript undated [1932].

box 3, folder 6

"Oligarchy vs. Democracy in Asia,"typescript undated [1932].

box 3, folder 7

"The Only Tsar Created by the Revolution," typescript undated [1932].

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Also includes a photograph

box 3, folder 8

"Russia's Place in the Sino-Japanese Conflict,"typescript undated [1932].

box 3, folder 9

"Strategy of Japan in the Far East," holograph undated [1932].

box 3, folder 10

Croquis 1933-1942.

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Eleven sketches (in Russian)

box 3, folder 11

"What Can Prevent the Japanese Hegemony over the Pacific," typescript undated [1933].

box 3, folder 12

"Meaning of Russia's F.Y.P. [Five Year Plan]," typescript 1934

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Also includes hand-drawn charts on industrial output and iron ore production

box 3, folder 13

"Serge Soudeikine in Hollywood," typescript undated [1934].

box 3, folder 14

"The World's Oldest Revolutionist," typescript undated [1934].

Nabroski khudozhnika 1936-1937 undated.

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A series of sketches, which B. P. Lopatin also translated into English as Sketches En Route. (Reminiscences of a Hollywood Artist)

box 3, folder 15

"Voprosy," typescript undated.

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Also includes "Questions," typescript, undated.

box 3, folder 16

"Ona poniala," typescript undated.

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Also includes "She Understood," typescript, undated.

box 3, folder 17

"Domik na gore," typescript undated.

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"Dobraia Samaritianka," typescript.

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Also includes "Good Samaritan," typescript, undated.

box 3, folder 19

"Piatistvol'nyi dub," typescript undated.

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Also includes "Live Oak," typescript, undated.

box 3, folder 20

"Vse lgut," typescript 1936

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Also includes "Everybody Lies."

box 3, folder 21

"Piat' korolev," typescript undated [1937].

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Also includes "Five Queens," typescript, undated.

box 3, folder 22

"Farmer Dzhakson," typescript undated.

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Also includes "Jackson, the Farmer" typescript, undated.

box 3, folder 23

"Kto vyigral?" typescript undated.

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Also includes "Who Won?" holograph, , undated.

box 3, folder 24

"B'iula," typescript undated.

box 3, folder 25

"Lecture on Art," typescript undated.

box 3, folder 26

"Meet Henry Matisse," typescript undated [1936].

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Untitled essay on Charlie Chaplin, typescript undated [1936].

box 3, folder 28

Untitled essay on the Soviet Union, holograph undated [1936].

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"Opyt politicheskikh obzorov," typescript 1938

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Untitled articles (in Russian) on Nazism, Communism, and the Tripartite Pact, typescript and holograph 1938-1940.

box 3, folder 31

"Ersatz," typescript undated [1939].

box 3, folder 32

"Honeymoon," typescript 1939

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Also includes a holograph Russian text of this piece signed Agata Lopatina

box 3, folder 33

"Malthus' Follower," undated [1939].

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Holograph (Russian original) and "A Follower of Malthus", B. P. Lopatin's English translation. The English version is in part written on the reverse of rejection letters from various publishers of Lopatin's other articles

box 3, folder 34

"Why the Soviet Russia – Germany Pact?"typescript undated [1939].

box 3, folder 35

"We Shall Come Back: An Original Screen Treatment," typescript, originally entitled "Tale of One Village," undated [1942].

box 4, folder 1

"Khorosho zadumannyi den',"typescript and holograph [1943].

Subject File 1909-1939 and undated

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Documents and printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 4, folder 2

Art –- European undated.

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Notes prepared by B. P. Lopatin in Russian and English on European art from the Middle Ages to the 20th century

box 4, folder 3

Artists -- Public opinion undated.

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Notes prepared by B. P. Lopatin regarding a poll he took of thirteen individuals about artists

box 4, folder 4

Dillinger, John 1934

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Clipping from the Los Angeles Examiner and notes by B. P. Lopatin

box 4, folder 5

Koni, Fedor Alekseevich (1809-1879) 1909

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Clipping from Niva magazine of article on the 100th anniversary of Koni's birth

box 4, folder 6

Poetry -- Russian and French undated.

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Copies of verse by A. Polezhaev, F. Tiutchev, M. LermontovN. Minskii, I. Nikitin, and some folksongs.

box 4, folder 7

Russia –- History (1879-1937), undated.

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Notes prepared by B. P. Lopatin on the revolutionary movement in Russia, especially the revolutions of 1905 and 1917.

box 4, folder 8

Russian and Soviet Art and Architecture, 1937-1939 and undated.

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Clippings from Moscow News and Soviet Russia Today

box 4, folder 9

Russian Literature, 1937-1938 and undated.

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Clippings about Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky and Leonid Leonov

box 4, folder 10

Sayings, undated.

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Russian, French and other sayings collected by B. P. Lopatin

box 4, folder 11

Soviet Poetry, undated.

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Clippings of verse about Lenin, Stalin and other subjects by Armenian, Buryat, Georgian, Kazakh, and Lezgin poets translated into Russian

box 4

Printed Matter,1932-1942 and undated

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Issues of Soviet periodicals, a pamphlet by Maxim Gorky, as well as an illustration depicting the Kremlin, Red Square and St. Basil's Cathedral

box 4, folder 12

Gorky, Maxim. To American Intellectuals, New York, International Publishers 1932 (International Pamphlets No. 28)

box 4, folder 13

Iskusstvo. Incomplete issue from 1937 (pages 125-166)

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Ogonek. Ezhenedel'nyi literaturno-khudozhestvennyi illiustrirovannyi zhurnal 1942: No. 35 (30 Aug.)

box 4, folder 15

Orlov, V. "U stien Kremlia / By the Walls of Kreml," undated. An illustration depicting the Kremlin, Red Square and St. Basil's Cathedral

box 4, folder 16

Photographs 1940 and undated

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One photograph of Agata Sergievna Lopatina and one photograph of Oleg Borisovich Lopatin, as well as a contact print of the decoration of a theatrical or movie set.