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Scope and Content of the Material
Title:
Pasternak
family papers
Date (inclusive): 1877-2013
Collection Number: 96063
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian, English, German, French, and Italian
Physical Description:
160 manuscript boxes, 24 oversize boxes, 4 card file boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 phonotape cassette, 1 videotape cassette,
1 motion picture reel, digital files
(108.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, memoirs, other writings, biographical data, printed matter, drawings, photographs, and other audiovisual
material relating to Russian art and literature, culture in the Soviet Union, and Russian émigré life. Includes papers of
Leonid and Rosalia
Pasternak
; their sons, the poet and novelist Boris
Pasternak
and architect and memoirist Aleksandr
Pasternak
; their daughters, Josephine
Pasternak
and Lydia
Pasternak
Slater; and other family members.
Creator:
Pasternak
, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960
Creator:
Pasternak
family
Creator:
Pasternak
, Leonid Osipovich, 1862-1945
Creator:
Pasternak
, Zh. L. (Zhozefina Leonidovna)
Creator:
Slater, Lydia
Pasternak
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Boxes 37 and 44-49 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996, 2004, and 2015.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item],
Pasternak
family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Form Available
In part, also available on microfilm (55 reels).
Scope and Content of the Material
The resulting intimate correspondence, dating from the 1920s and 1930s, between Boris
Pasternak
, his parents, and his sisters is of primary importance. Also of interest are Josephine and Lydia's extensive correspondence
with
Pasternak
literary scholars, family, and friends. The bulk of the collection concerns the work of Leonid
Pasternak
, a famous painter, and Josephine's and Lydia's efforts to preserve and publicize his legacy both in the Soviet Union and
abroad. Included in this part are the artist's drawings and sketches, as well as working material and manuscripts prepared
for the publication of his memoirs. Also of interst are Lydia
Pasternak
Slater's writings in Russian, German, and English and her translations.
Olga Freidenberg, a niece of Leonid
Pasternak
, kept diaries/memoirs that give a full account of her school and university years, scholarly life, and the tragic siege of
Leningrad, where she and her mother were living.
The smaller archive related to Rosalia Kaufman-
Pasternak
, a well-known classical pianist, gives interesting insights into the world of Russian music in the years just before the
revolution.
The collection also includes materials from Lydia's children and Boris's son, Evgenii
Pasternak
.
As a whole, the collection gives a valuable glimpse into the artistic and cultural life of Russia from the 1880s to the late
1970s as seen in the life and work of a multi-faceted and talented family.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Soviet Union -- Civilization
Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration
Drawing
Art -- Russia