Collection Contents
Biographical/Bibliographical Files
Articles/Essays about Sokolov, in English and Russian (including essay by Donald B. Johnson), ca. 1975-1984
Bibliographies and lists of Sokolov's writing
Documents, including passport, ca. 1975-1977
Documents and correspondence, mostly regarding Sokolov's emigration from Russia his marriage to Johanna Steindl, and residence and visa issues, 1975-1977
Ardis
Correspondence from Sokolov and Johanna Steindl to Ardis (Carl and Eleandea Proffer, Raya and Ronald Meyer, 1975-1986
Correspondence from Carl and Ellendea Proffer to and about Sokolov, 1975-1984
Correspondence about Sokolov and to Ardis, 1975-1985
Correspondence from university faculty to Carl Proffer re Sokolov, 1975-1986
Financial documents mainly dealing with School for Fools, 1975-1985
Correspondence between publishing companies and Ardis about School for Fools, 1975-1984
British Broadcasting Corporation - correspondence re transmission of Sokolov’s books on BBC, 1985
Articles about Ardis, ca. 1986
Writings by Sokolov
Monographs
Shkola dl’a durakov ( School For Fools) [Sokolov’s 1st novel]
Russian Language
Original typescript draft, with corrections
Original typescript draft - uncorrected photocopy
Typescript draft - photocopy sent from Austria by Johanna Steindl, to Carl Proffer, 1976
Original page proofs, with SS’s corrections - photocopy
English Language
Typescript, with corrections
Typescript, with C. Proffer’s corrections
Typescript, with handwritten corrections
Proffer typescript and page proofs, with corrections
Page proofs and corrections by Nina Berberova, of Proffer’s translation
Page proofs, with author’s handwritten correction
Printed excerpts from the Twentieth Century Russian Reader - photocopy, 1985
Page proofs, uncorrected, with "Reviews of and comments on the Russian edition and advance copies of the English translation" (photocopies - two sets)
Reviews and essays (about Sokolov and School for Fools), arranged alphabetically by author
Correspondence (mostly to Carl Proffer at Ardis) and other material relating to publication and reviews of School for Fools
Dustjackets and silverprint proofs
Mezhdu sobakoi i volkom ( Between Dog and Wolf) [Sokolov’s 2nd novel]
Russian Language
Revised typescript manuscript - uncorrected photocopy
Next to last final typescript draft, with corrections
Revised final version of the typescript manuscript - photocopy, with corrections
Revised final, final version of the typescript manuscript - photocopy with corrections, 1979
Typescript fragments, with corrections
Page proofs - photocopy, with corrections - author’s copy
Serialization in Volga Magazine (1st Russian publication of novel) Edition 8 (1989): 62-92; Edition 9 (1989): 70-107, 1989
English Language - First typescript translation, - fragment, with corrections, 37 pages
Reviews and essays (about Sokolov and Between Dog and Wolf), arranged by author
Palisandria ( Astrophobia) [Sokolov’s 3rd novel]
Russian Language
Typescript manuscript final version, with corrections
Typescript manuscript final version - uncorrected photocopy, with handwritten acknowledgements
Galley proofs, with author’s handwritten corrections
Page proofs - photocopies, with author’s handwritten corrections
Page proofs - photocopies, with Sergei's penciled corrections
Transcripts of BBC broadcasts featuring Palisandria
Polish Language - Excerpt from Palisandria, appearing in Zeszyty Literackie Magazine, (Paris) vol.2, no.8 (Fall 1984): 20-31 - photocopy, 1984
Reviews and essays (about Sokolov and Palisandria), arranged by author,
Sokolov’s writings about Palisandria - photocopies
Dustjackets
Essays and Articles by Sokolov (in Russian and English, mostly photocopies), ca. 1971-1991
Newspaper Articles by Sokolov - appearing in Literaturnaya Rossia, ca. 1969-1971
Poems by Sokolov - untitled, appearing in Kovcheg Literature Journal (Paris), no. 6 (photocopy)
Published Interviews with Sokolov
Arranged by author/interviewer, ca. 1981-1985
Speeches/Lectures by Sokolov
“V Dome Poveshennogo” = “In the House of the Hung” - speech at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) at the conference of “Pereosmyslenie Prav Cheloveka - Rethinking Human Rights”
Speech at the Conference of Russian Literature in Immigration. Los Angeles, May 16, 1981
“Kluchevoe Slovo Slovestnosti: kak.” = “The Keyword of Literacy: How” - lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara (printed in Almanac Panorama issue 245, 20-27 Dec 1985), also includes related publicity, 1985
Photographs and Drawings of Sokolov
Includes 3 b/w prints and 1 b/w negative
Miscellany
“Balada o tret'em semestre - A Ballad of the Third Semester,” an anthology of articles and propaganda on the Five Year Plans about Russian agricultural and technological advancements
Notes, clippings, and miscellany re Sokolov and Ardis
Reviews and essays on other contemporary Russian authors
Tapes (audiocassettes)
A1843/CS Poem “Ugodnik Nikolai” and “O Sobake i Volke” (“Of Dog and Wolf”)
A1844/CS “Zabavnyi Balagan”
Donald Barton Johnson [DBJ] tapes (some tapes recorded on one side only), 1983
A13591-13593/CS Sokolov interviewed by DBJ (3 tapes), June 20, 1983
A13594/CS Sasha Sokolov I: Broadcast interview; Sokolov reads from Palisandria, Voice of America, Mar. 21, 1985
A13595/CS Sasha Sokolov Interview and Palisandria Reading for Tanya Retivov/Russian Service, Voice of America, May 29, [1985?]
A13596/CS Questions on Palisandria, Nov. 18, 1985
A13597/CS Mathius interview with Sokolov, at UCSB and published (in part?) in Nexus, Nov. 1985
A13598/CS Sokolov interviewed by DBJ re Palisandria, Dec. 2, 1985
A13599/CS Sokolov interviewed by DBJ, Dec. 4, 1985
A13600/CS Sokolov interviewed by DBJ (one side only), [Dec. 5, 1985?]
A13601/CS Sokolov interviewed by DBJ, Craftsbury Sports Center in Vermont (where Sokolov was working as a handyman and ski instructor), June 1987