Description
Writings, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian literature and to Russian émigré affairs. Includes
some papers of Aleksei Leonidovich Isaenko, husband of Evgeniia Isaenko.
Background
E. S. Isaenko was born Evgeniia Pechatkina in Askhabad on 16 December 1899, the daughter of General Sergei Pechatkin. Living
in Harbin following the Revolution, she was among the first Russian students to depart for the United States in the early
1920s, where she continued her education at Pomona College. For personal reasons, she left college and went to San Francisco,
making her living performing menial labor as a packer in a factory, dishwasher, seamstress, etc. Meanwhile, she devoted her
free time to Russian social life, actively participating in musical, theatrical and literary presentations. She directed and
acted in plays, and wrote articles, reviews, short stories and two books, Perekati-Pole (published in 1953) and Petr Ivanovich
(1961).
Extent
1 manuscript box, 10 microfilm reels
(1.9 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
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.