Register of the Taisiia Anatol'evna Bazhenova papers
Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Taisiia Anatol'evna Bazhenova papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1978
Collection Number: 2001C28
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
7 microfilm reels
(0.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, clippings, and photographs, relating to Russian literature and Russian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Bazhenova, Taisii͡a Anatol'evna
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Taisiia Anatol'evna Bazhenova papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Location of Originals
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Biographical Note
Taissiia Anatol'evna Bazhenova, 1900-1978
T. A. Bazhenova was born on 17 May 1900 into a literary family: her father, Anatolii Dmitrievich Bazhenov, was, among other
things, editor of the journal Irtysh, published by the administration of the Siberian Cossacks during the Russian Civil War.
It was during the Civil War, in 1918, that T. A. Bazhenova published her first work: a poem in the Omsk newspaper Zaria. On
arrival in Harbin in 1920, she became a correspondent of the newspapers Russkii golos and Zaria, and also served on the staff
of the Society for the Study of Manchuria (Obshchestvo izucheniia Man'chzhurskogo kraia). Upon marrying Aleksandr Stepanovich
Postnikov, she assumed his last name, but generally continued to publish her writings under her maiden name. Taisiia Anatol'evna
Bazhenova.
In the United States, she was a correspondent for most of the major Russian newspapers on the West coast, also contributing
articles, poems, short stories, and other pieces to journals and anthologies. Many of these are represented in the collection.
Her newspaper articles primarily reflected émigré life, and included interviews with actors, writers, singers, and others.
Scope and Content Note
T. A. Bazhenova was a journalist and writer who wrote short stories and newspaper columns on a variety of subjects, mostly
concerned with émigré life (sometimes under the pseudonyms Nina Krasovskaia (N. K.), N. Rusanov, and Miss Li). The collection
contains many of her writings, as well as collected materials (almost exclusively clippings) on émigrés and their activities
(apparently as background material for her own writings and interviews). Also of interest is her correspondence with various
literary and cultural figures, particularly Russian poets in China.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum
of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available
at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the
United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Russians -- United States
Russians -- China
Biographical File
1922-1978
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, family file, identity paper, poems and scrapbook, arranged alphabetically by physical form.
reel 1
Clippings about or mentioning T. A. Bazhenova
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 1
Bazhenov, Anatolii Dmitrievich (father)
reel 1
Death notice
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 2
reel 1
Writings (newspaper columns)
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 3
reel 1
Bazhenova, Evdokiia Ivanovna (mother)
Scope and Contents note
Death notices. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 4
reel 1
Postnikov, Aleksandr Stepanovich (husband)
Scope and Contents note
Obituaries and death notices. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 5
reel 1
Identity paper
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 6
reel 1
Poems dedicated to T. A. Bazhenova
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 7
reel 1
Scrapbook
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 8
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings of newspaper articles by or about her, and by and about her father, A. D. Bazhenov. Also includes some
correspondence and photographs.
reel 1
Miscellany
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 9
Correspondence
1915-1974
Scope and Contents note
Letters, cards, and attachments, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Includes letters addressed to A. D. Bazhenov and
A. S. Postnikov. See also Biographical File/Scrapbook.
reel 1
General
1925-1955 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes congratulatory letters on the 25th anniversary of her journalistic career, 1943. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder
1 : 10
reel 1
Unidentified
1915-1945 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 11
reel 1
Achair, Aleksei (Gryzov, Aleksei Alekseevich)
1927-1936
Scope and Contents note
Includes attached poems. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 12
reel 1
Berezovskii, E. P.
1925-1941
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 13
reel 1
Beta, Boris (Butkevich, Boris)
1924 or 1925
Scope and Contents note
Includes attached poems. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 14. See also Photographs for his likeness.
reel 1
Bibinov, M. S.
1934-1945
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 15
reel 1
Borzov, Nikolai
1934-1935 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 16
Butkevich, Boris - See Beta, Boris
reel 1
Dolgushkin, E. G.
1952
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 17
reel 1
Eliseev, F.
1969
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 18
reel 1
Grebenshchikov, Georgii and Tat'iana, fragment
1960 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 19
Gryzov, Aleksei Alekseevich - See Achair, Aleksei
reel 1
Gryzov, Aleksei G.
1925-1932
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 20
General note
See also Subject File/Cossacks--Siberia
reel 1
Guins, George C.
1943
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 21
reel 1
Highgate Road Social Science Research Station, Berkeley, California
1971
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 22
reel 1
Ivanov, Vsevolod
1924
Scope and Contents note
Includes attached poem. Museum of Russian Culture Box?Folder 1 : 23
reel 1
Kal', Aleksei
1937
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 24
reel 1
Kolosova, Marianna
1935
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 25
reel 1
Kulaeva, G.
1948
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 26
reel 1
Malozemova, Elizaveta
1934 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 27
reel 1
Mazurova, A.
1946 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 28
Mitropol'skii, A. - See Nesmelov, Arsenii
reel 1
Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco, California
1949 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 29
reel 1
Naumenko, V.
1974
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 30
reel 1
Nesmelov, Arsenii (Mitropol'skii, A.)
1935
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 31
reel 1
Okulich, Iosif Konstantinovich
1946
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 32
reel 1
Ostroumov, Boris Vasil'evich
1925
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 33
reel 1
Serebrennikova, A.
1973
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 34
reel 1
Shcherbakov, Mikhail Vasil'evich
1934-1935
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 35
reel 1
Shul'gin, Pavel
1943-1944 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 36
reel 1
Sten, Anna
1935 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 37
General note
See also Biographical File/Scrapbook for additional letter and Subject File/Sten, Anna
reel 1
Sudakov, Aleksandr
1942
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 38
reel 1
Volkova, Mariia
1939 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 39
reel 1
Zharov, Sergei
1937
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 40
Speeches and Writings
1919-1956 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper columns, poetry, and short stories, arranged chronologically by title. See also Biographical File/Scrapbook
Newspaper columns
1920-1956 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes reviews, news coverage, and other brief matter. Lengthy and serialized pieces are arranged by title below.
reel 1
Holographs
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 1
reel 1
Typescripts
Scope and Contents note
Many items are untitled and/or fragmented. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 2
reel 1
Undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 3
reel 2
1920-1940
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 4
reel 2
1941-1956
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 5
reel 2
Poetry
1919-1943 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph, typescript and printed copies. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 6
reel 3
Short stories
Scope and Contents note
Primarily untitled fragments. Holograph and typescript. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 1
reel 3
"Amerikanskaia soldatka"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 2
reel 3
"Apriel'"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 3
reel 3
"Chuzhoi bereg"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph and typescript. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 4
reel 3
"Diadiushka Karakhana"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 5
reel 3
"Kharbin - San Frantsisko"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 6
reel 3
"Kuma"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 7
reel 3
"Na sopkakh Man'chzhurii"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 8
reel 3
"Rozhdestvenskie obychai"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 9
reel 3
"Shkola Santa Klausov"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 10
reel 3
"Siennoi bazar"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph and typescript. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 11
reel 3
Story of pre-Revolutionary Russian army life
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 12
reel 3
"Vesna v revoliutsiiu,"
Viestnik Obshchestva russkikh veteranov Velikoi voiny
undated
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 13
reel 3
"Zelenyi abazhur"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 14
reel 3
"Intimnost'"
1924 April 27
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 15
reel 3
"Stantsiia Oloviannaia,"
Viestnik Obshchestva russkikh veteranov Velikoi voiny, and
Feniks
1934 September 1935 September 15
Scope and Contents note
Holograph and printed copy. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 16
Subject File
1919-1978
Scope and Contents note
Clippings and letter, arranged alphabetically by subject
reel 3
Actors--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 17
reel 3
Air pilots--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 18
reel 3
Artists--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 19
reel 4
Ballet dancers--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 20
reel 4
Brynner, Yul
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 21
reel 4
Cherkasskii, Aleksei
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 1
reel 4
Choirs (Music)--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 2
reel 4
Composers--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 3
reel 4
General
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 4
reel 4
Siberia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 5
reel 4
Displaced persons
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 6
reel 4
Don Cossack Chorus (Conductor: Serge Jaroff)
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 7
reel 4
Dukhobors
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 8
reel 4
General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus
Scope and Contents note
Includes letter from Rostislav Petrov to G. T. Sukhov, editor of
Novaia zaria, 1940. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 9
reel 4
Kurenko, Mariia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 10
reel 4
Mamoulian, Rouben
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 11
reel 4
Orchestra conductors--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 12
reel 4
Pianists--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 13
reel 5
Romanov family
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings on émigré Romanovs and on various pretenders to the throne. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 14
reel 5
Russian literature
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 15
reel 5
Russian poetry
Scope and Contents note
Includes a prose poem by Anton Sorokin entitled
Simfoniia revoliutsii (Omsk, 1919). Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 1
reel 5
Russians--California--San Francisco
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 2-3
reel 5
Russians--China
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 4
reel 6
Russians--Philippines
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 5
reel 6
Russians--United States
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 6
reel 6
Russkaia Osvoboditel'naia Armiia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 7
reel 6
Russkaia Osvoboditel'naia Armiia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 8
reel 6
Scientists--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 1
reel 6
Shaliapin, Fedor
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 2
reel 6
Singers--Russia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 3
reel 6
Soviet Union--History--Revolution
1917-1921
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 4
reel 6
Sten, Anna
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 5
reel 6
Wood, Natalie
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 6
reel 6
World War, --Peace
1939-1945
Scope and Contents note
Materials relating to the activities of Soviet delegates at the San Francisco Conference, 1951. Museum of Russian Culture
Box/Folder 6 : 7
reel 7
Miscellany
Scope and Contents Note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 8-10
reel 7
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents note
Sixteen negatives and eighteen prints depicting Taisiia Bazhenova, Aleksandr Postnikov, Boris Beta, Sikorskii aircraft and
miscellaneous other people, places and things. Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 11