Register of the Leonard Bertram Schapiro papers
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
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Title: Leonard Bertram Schapiro papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1984
Collection Number: 87034
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
24 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes
(10.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, radio broadcasts, correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed matter relating to Russian history
and literature during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and to the development of the Soviet political system.
Creator:
Schapiro, Leonard, 1908-1983
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 1987.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Leonard Bertram Schapiro papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Leonard Bertram Naman Schapiro (1908-1983) was a British academic and scholar of Russian politics. He taught for many years
at the London School of Economics, where he was Professor of Political Science with Special Reference to Russian Studies.
Schapiro's most famous book was
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union, first published in 1960 with a revised and expanded edition in 1970. He was chairman of the Institute for the Study of Conflict
in 1970. He wrote many books and articles about communism, particularly in the context of the Soviet Union.
Schapiro also translated into English novels by Ivan Turgenev.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers document the career of British academic and scholar of Russian politics Leonard Bertram Schapiro. Materials include
speeches and writings, radio broadcasts, correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed matter relating to Russian history
and literature during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and to the development of the Soviet political system.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Russia -- History
Soviet Union -- Politics and government
Correspondence
1950-1984
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with editors and educational institutions organized chronologically or alphabetically by individual or organization.
Includes academic papers enclosed or filed with letters.
box 11
Association des Amis d'Ivan Tourguenev
1984
box 11
Brichto, Sidnei Rabbi
1982-1983
box 11
Cambridge University Press
1982
box 13
Condolence letters on death of Schapiro
1983-1984
box 11
Congratulations to Schapiro on being awarded a CBE in the Queens birthday honours list
1980-1981
box 12
Editorial correspondence and readers' reviews
1951-1983
box 18
Editorial correspondence and readers' reviews (continued)
box 22
Editorial correspondence and readers' reviews (continued)
box 11
Gerszuni, Jacob
1977-1981
box 17
Maurice Temple Smith Limited
1981-1983
box 11
The New York Review of Books
1982
box 11
Nicolaevsky, Boris I.
1957
box 11
Royal Insitute for Unternational Affairs, London
1983
box 11
St. Anthony's College
1968-1979
box 11
University of London
1982-1983
box 11
University of Manchester
1982-1983
box 11
University of Toronto
1983
box 18
Vol'skii (Volsky), Nikolai and Valentina
1957-1967
box 11
Yale University
1982-1983
Speeches and Writings
1928-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes typescripts, clippings, reprints, and correspondence. Arranged chronologically.
box 17
"The Classificatory System of Relationship: Its Origin, Influence and Importance; a Study in Social Evolution"
1928
box 17
"Statutory Restrictions on Freedom of Contract Between Landlord and Tenant"
1929
box 9
Notes, drafts, and excerpts
1929-1970
box 10
Notes, drafts, and excerpts (continued)
box 11
Notes, drafts, and excerpts (continued)
box 17
"The Door With the Lions," by Aleksandr Drozdov, translated into English by L Schapiro
circa 1935
box 17
"Planning for Britain"
1935
box 4
Articles
1946-1983
Scope and Contents
Consists of articles, arranged chronologically by Schapiro.
box 20
"The Participation of the Soviet Union in International Institutions"
1948
box 2
The Origin of the Communist Autocracy: Political Opposition in the Soviet State, First Phase, 1917-1922
1948-1955
Scope and Contents
Includes book reviews, correspondence,
box 3
The Origin of the Communist Autocracy: Political Opposition in the Soviet State, First Phase, 1917-1922 (continued)
box 19
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1948-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, clippings, writings, printed matter, and notes.
box 23
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (continued)
box 18
The Soviet Attempt to Change Human Nature
1950
box 20
"The Soviet Concept of International Law"
circa 1950
box 1
Book reviews
1950-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, drafts, and clippings. Arranged alphabetically by authors' names.
box 4
Development in the Soviet Communist Party Between 1939 and 1952
1950-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes other articles on the Soviet history and political system and correspondence.
box 22
Repatriation of Deserters
1952
box 14
Lectures, talks, and broadcasts on Russian history for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
1952-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and clippings.
box 15
Lectures, talks, and broadcasts on Russian history for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (continued)
box 16
Lectures, talks, and broadcasts on Russian history for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (continued)
box 19
Lectures, talks, and broadcasts on Russian history for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (continued)
box 18
"How Strong the Communism?"
1954-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes dratfs, correspondence, and clippings.
box 4
The Future of Russia
1955
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and drafts.
box 5
The Future of Russia (continued)
box 4
The Vekhi Group and the Mystique of Revolution
1955
box 22
The Vekhi Group and the Mystique of Revolution (continued)
box 18
"The Finance of Revolution"
1958
box 4
The Nature of Total Power
1958
box 22
The Role of the Jews in the Russian Revolutionary Movement
1958-1973
box 3
"John A. Armstrong. Preliminary Draft of Chaps I-XXIII of GPSU, Vol. III," comments by L. Schapiro
1959
box 18
" Marxism Behind the Iron Curtain"
1959
box 21
"Russia. Marxism and Europe"
circa 1960
box 19
"Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Conscience of Western Civilization?"
1960-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and clippings.
box 20
Lenin After Fifty Years
1960-1968
box 3
"Continuity and Change in the New Party History"
1961
box 22
The Chinese Ally from the Soviet Point of View
1962
box 4
The Russian Background of the Anglo-American Jewish Immigration
1964
box 14
"Lenin's Intellectual Formation and the Russian Revolutionary Background"
1965
box 21
"Russian Anti-Semitism: Old and New"
1968
box 23
The Political Thought of the First Provisional Government
box 22
Epilogue: Some Reflections on Lenin, Stalin and Russia
circa 1970
box 8
English translations of Ivan Turgenev's works
1970-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts of "The Bachelor, "Asya," and "Spring Torrents"; correspondence, broadcast scripts, and reviews of books.
box 18
English translations of Ivan Turgenev's works (continued)
box 11
"The International Department of the CPSU: Key to Soviet Policy"
1971-1974
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence.
box 22
"Marx's View of Ideology and its Transformation by Lenin"
1978
box 20
Soviet Reaction to "Eurocommunism"
1978-1979
box 23
Antisemitism in the Communist World
1979
box 3
"Recurrent Themes in Russian Social and Political Thought"
circa 1979
box 21
"A. M. D. G., Chapters I-XII", manuscript
circa 1980
box 22
The Concept of Ideology as Evolved by Marx and Adapted by Lenin
1980
box 5
John Danz Fund lectures, University of Washington Press, Seattle
1980
box 5
"The Russian Revolutions and the Origin of Present-Day Communism"
circa 1980
box 3
"The Soviet Union and the P.L.O."
circa 1980
box 20
"The Soviet Union and the P.L.O." (continued)
box 6
The Soviet Worker: Illusions and Realities
1981-1984
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts and correspondence.
box 23
"Stolypin-Most Controversial Russian Statement"
1092
box 6
Turgenev: His Life and Times
1892-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes book reviews, correspondence, notes, and research material.
box 7
Turgenev: His Life and Times (continued)
box 8
Turgenev: His Life and Times (continued)
box 14
Turgenev: His Life and Times (continued)
box 22
"The Triumph of Humanity in Turgenev's Work"
1983
Writings by Others
1964-1981
box 18
Reviews of Schapiro's books
1967-1984
box 3
Russian history books review by various authors
1964-1981
box 11
Hayward, Max
1963-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, writings, and clippings.
box 13
Pasternak's
Doctor Zhivago
1956-1958
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, correspondence, clippings, a photograph, and other material relating to Pasternak's works.
box 3
Roginskii, Arsenii Borisovich
1981-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and writings.
box 11
Third International Conference of Sovietologists and Sinologists, Japan and India
1960-1969
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs depicting Schapiro and other conference participants.
box 17
Wofe, Bertram D.
1924-1979
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, writings, photographs, and clippings.
envelope A
Portraits of Schapiro
1940-1970
envelope mB
Lieut L.B. Schapiro, Intelligence Division of the German Control Command
1945-1946
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Schapiro and group pictures.
Printed Matter
1960-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and other printed matter related to peace, peace scholarship, and military balance.
Arranged by format.