Names: Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982 - Columbia University Libraries Archival Collections Search Results

Creator: Kazem-Bek, Aleksandr, 1902-1977
Abstract Or Scope: The Aleksandr Kazem-Bek Papers consist of correspondence, family and personal documents, writings, lectures, notes, manuscripts, photographs, printed materials, and research materials related to the life and professional and political activities of Aleksandr Kazem-Bek – Russian émigré social and political activist, founder and leader of the "Union of Young Russia" ("Mladorossy"), professor of Russian language and literature, and journalist. The collection contains significant documents of the "Mladorossy" movement.

Creator: Columbia University. Department of Slavic Languages
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence of linguist Roman Jakobson with Professor Ernest Simmons of Columbia University's Department of Slavic Languages. The letters discuss Jakobson's years as a teacher at Columbia University, and Slavic studies in the United States.

Creator: Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973
Abstract Or Scope: Papers of George Vernadsky (Georgii Vladimirovich Vernadskii, 1887-1973), Yale University professor of Russian history. The collection also includes materials from the Vernadsky/Vernadskii family, especially George Vernadsky's wife, Nina Vernadsky, his parents, Vladimir Vernadskii and Nataliia Vernadskaia, and his sister, Nina Toll'.

Creator: Shevelʹov, I︠U︡riĭ
Abstract Or Scope: The papers comprise correspondence, writings, memoirs, personal documents, research notes, printed materials, photographs of Iurii Shevel'ov, prominent scholar, Slavic linguist, philologist, literary historian, and literary critic, longtime professor of Slavic philology at Columbia University.

Creator: Kridl, Manfred, 1882-1957
Abstract Or Scope: These papers, which concern mostly Kridl's years in the United States, consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Among the correspondents are Oskar Kalecki, Roman Jakobson, Hans Kohn, Czesław Miłosz, Leszak Serafinowicz (Jan Lechoʹn), Kazimierz Wierzyʹnski, Jʹosef Wittlin, and Florian Zaniecki; there are one or two items each from Vladimir Nabokov, Harlow Shapley, and Antoni Slonimski. The manuscripts include lectures and articles by Kridl; there are also personal and family documents. There are about 100 photographs from Warsaw during the 1944 uprising and immediately after World War II. Printed materials include copies of books by Kridl.

Creator: Ledkovskai︠a︡-Astman, Marina
Abstract Or Scope: Family correspondence (Nabokov, Falts Fein, Sviatopolk-Mirsky, Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Roman Yakobson); diaries, notesbooks, photographs, printed matters, official documents. Rare photographs of Nicholas II and his family; documents and manuscripts of Ledkovsky/Nabokov/ Falts-Fejn families.

Creator: Veĭdle, V., 1895-1979
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, photographs, subject files, art reproductions, and printed materials of Vladimir Veidle (also known as Vladimir Vasilʹevich Weidlé, 1895-1979), Russian critic of art and literature, writer and scholar.

Search