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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Thr 498

Georgii Grebenshchikov papers

Overview

Papers of Russian émigré writer Georgii Dmitrievich Grebenshchikov.

Dates

  • Creation: 1928-1935

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

.3 linear feet (1 box)

Partial manuscript of the memoir by Grebenshchikov, and letters to Grebenshchikov from prominent Russian expatriates, Michel Fokine, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Fedor Chaliapin.

Translations into English of these letters and manuscripts received with this collection, were collated by item number, and removed to the curatorial file.

Biographical / Historical

Georgii Dmitrievich Grebenshchikov [Георгий Гребенщиков] (1882-1964) was a Russian writer from the Altai region in Siberia. He escaped from Russia in 1920 with the White army and spent a few years in Paris. In 1924 he moved to the United States. In 1925, he cofounded, together with Leo Tolstoy's son Ilia Tolstoy, the Churaevka community in Southbury, Connecticut for Russian émigré writers. From 1941 to 1952, he was a professor of Russian literature and history at Florida Southern College.

Fyodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) was a Russian opera singer.

Michel Fokine (1880-1942) was a Russian choreographer.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a Russian composer.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author.

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2006MT-22. Purchased with the Howard D. Rothschild fund; received: 2006 August 9.

General note

Collection materials are in Russian.

Processing Information

Processed by: Irina Klyagin

Title
Grebenshchikov, Georgii, 1882-1964. Georgii Grebenshchikov papers, 1928-1935: Guide.
Author
Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou01863

Repository Details

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