Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Formakov (Arsenii Ivanovich) papers
2002C37  
No online items No online items       Request items ↗
View entire collection guide What's This?
Search this collection
Collection Details
 
Table of contents What's This?
  • Access
  • Use
  • Acquisition Information
  • Preferred Citation
  • Biographical/Historical Note
  • Scope and Content of Collection

  • Title: Arsenii Ivanovich Formakov papers, 1910's-1983
    Date (inclusive): 1910s-1983
    Collection Number: 2002C37
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: Russian
    Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes (1.2 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, and photographs, relating to conditions in forced labor camps in the Soviet Union.
    Creator: Formakov, Arseniĭ
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2002.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Arsenii Ivanovich Formakov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Russian-Latvian teacher; prisoner in Soviet forced labor camps, 1940-1955.
    1900 March 15 Born, Libava, Latvia
    1920s Teacher in Daugavpils, Latvia
    1920s Studied at Institute of Engineering in Petrograd, Russia
    1920s Editor of Dvinskii Golos (Voice of Dvinsk)
    1925 Author, Vechera Proshlogo, collected poems
    1926 Author , V Puti, collected poems, Dvinsk
    1930 Author, Nasha Iunost', novel
    1932 June 12 Married Anna Ivanovna Zakaznova
    1934 Author, Vstrecha, collected poems, Daugavpils
    1938 Author, Faina, novel
    1940 - 1947 December Exiled to Siberia
    1949 September - 1955 August Exiled to Siberia for the second time
    1955 August Returned to Riga after amnesty
    1960s through 1980s Worked for local Latvian radio music programs
    1960s through 1980s Translator of Latvian poetry
    1983 March 7 Died

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The papers of Arsenii Ivanovich Formakov, Latvia-based Russian poet, teacher, journalist, and writer who was twice exiled to Siberia, consist of correspondence, memoirs, other writings, and photographs, relating to conditions in forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The Correspondence contains letters from Formakov to his wife and children and letters to Formakov, from other poets and publishers. Included are several copies of letters from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, relating to his gulag book and labor camps. The Writings includes memoirs, stories, and poems. The Printed Matter includes poems, songs lyrics, and music scores by other poets and songwriters. The Miscellany includes Formakov's watercolor drawings, portaits, drawings from labor camps, clippings, and other documents. The Photographs consists of four photo albums with prints depicting family life scenes and other topics.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Russian literature
    Forced labor -- Soviet Union
    Latvia