Joseph Brodsky collection of letters, manuscripts, notes and books from his library, 1972-1995

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Items from the Joseph Brodsky Book Collection



Box 1 Folder 1 Steven G. Kellman to Joseph Brodsky, 26 October 1995


Box 1 Folder 2 Letter from David Cronin to Joseph Brodsky and program for a memorial service for Lola Szladits, 17 April 1990. Removed from: Love and death by Lola L. Szladits


Box 1 Folder 3 Letter from Stanley Holwitz, The University of California Press, to Joseph Brodsky, 19 June 1995. Removed from: Letters from prison and other essays by Adam Michnik


Box 1 Folder 4 Postcard from Michael Marchto Joseph Brodsky, undated Removed from: Child of Europe : a new anthology of East European poetry Edited by Michael March., undated


Box 1 Folder 5 Letter from Rosamond Richardson to Joseph Brodsky, 11 November n.y. Removed from: The long shadow: inside Stalin's family by Rosamond Richardson


Box 1 Folder 6 Invoice from Odyssey Book Shop, 24 February1992. Removed from: Conjunctions and disjunctions by Octavio Paz


Box 1 Folder 7 Page from the New Yorker magazine, 15 April 1985 with cartoon. Removed from: The unquiet grave : a word cycle by Palinurus (Cyril Connolly)., April 1985


Box 1 Folder 8 Letter to Joseph Brodsky on The New Republic letterhead, dated 6 December, and a notice from Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Removed from: The Akhmatova journals by Lydia Chukovskaya


Box 1 Folder 9 Note to Joseph Brodsky from Jonathan, 24 August 1990. Removed from: Selected poems by Zbigniew Herbert


Box 1 Folder 10 Photograph of Susan Sontag and a clipping. Removed from: The benefactor, a novel .by Sontag


Box 1 Folder 11 Joanna, 22 May 1991 (postcard with photocopy of poem and birthday invitation to Alexandra Pringle's 40th Birthday Party). Removed from: Postwar Polish poetry : an anthology selected and edited by Czesław Miłosz., May 1991


Box 1 Folder 12 Letter from Jane Howle, Baskerville Publishing, to Joseph Brodsky, 2 November 1993. Removed from: The seventh wife : a novel by Andrei Moscovit


Box 1 Folder 13 Robert Conquest Forword to Vaksberg's book on Vyshinsky (T.ms.). Removed from: The prosecutor : Andrei Vyshinsky and the Moscow show trials by Arkady Vaksberg


Box 1 Folder 14 Review of "An Analysis of 'Markings' by Gustag Aulen". Removed from: Markings by Dag Hammarskjold


Box 1 Folder 15 Two poems by Jacob Miller. Removed from: The Yorkville anthology of new writers : a collection of poetry & prose edited by Jacob Miller.


Box 1 Folder 16 Unsigned post-it note. Removed from: The best American poetry, 1988 John Ashbery, editor


Box 1 Folder 17 Two 1972 receipts from the Pensione accademia "Villa Maravegie", Venice. Removed from: The young British poets edited by Jeremy Robson, 1972


Box 1 Folder 18 Note from Grace Gavalieri, undated. Removed from: WPFW 89.3 FM poetry anthology edited by Grace Cavalieri


Box 1 Folder 19 Letter to Joseph Brodsky from Poetry International Rotterdam, 11 June 1994. Removed from: Poetry : a spoken anthology


Box 1 Folder 20 Handwritten note to Joseph Brodsky. Removed from: Carel Willink : tekeningen en aquarellen = drawings and watercolors: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 19 September t/m 1 November 1992.


Box 1 Folder 21 Anna Akhmatova: Two photocopies of English-language translations and two handwritten notes. Removed from: Sochinenii︠a︡ by Anna Akhmatova


Box 1 Folder 22 Letter from Sergeĭ Batovrin to Joseph Brodsky, 29 October 1993 New York City, and two photocopied pages relating to Ėkologii︠a︡ smysla: Ecology of meaning. Removed from: Ėkologii︠a︡ smysla = Ecology of meaning by Sergeĭ Batovrin, October 1993


Box 1 Folder 23 "Of 'Self' and Saintly Expanses" Clipping from the Boston Phoenix, 7 December 1976. Removed from: Zoloto skifov by A.M. Khazanov


Box 1 Folder 24 Three postcards and two photographs. Removed from: Tekhnologii︠a︡ chërnogo rynka, ili, Krestʹi︠a︡nskoe isskustvo golodatʹ by Lev Timofeev


Box 1 Folder 25 Carol Fergus letter, 2 September 1977. Removed from: O dukhovnom v iskusstve by Vasiliĭ Kandinskiĭ


Box 1 Folder 26 Article on Mikhail Baryshnikov from the Daily Telegraph, 24 August 2002. Removed from: Baryshnikov in black and white introduction by Joan Acocella


Box 1 Folder 27 Four pages from New Yorker magazine. Removed from: Joseph Czapski, rétrospective: Musée Jenisch, Vevey, du 30 juin au 15 septembre, 1990


Box 1 Folder 28 Postcard from Tom and Debbie, 1975. Removed from: Tragedii. by Per. s drevnegrech. I. Annenskogo. [Vstupit. statʹi︠a︡ i komment. V. I︠A︡rkho. Ill.: V. Noskov].


Box 1 Folder 29 Letter to Brodsky from Igorʹ Efimov of Hermitage publishers, 15 February1991. Removed from: Posvi︠a︡shchaetsi︠a︡ Akhmatovoĭ : stikhi raznykh poėtov, posvi︠a︡shchennye Akhmatovoĭ sostavlenie P. Dėvidson i I. Tlasti ; vstupitelʹnai︠a︡ statʹi︠a︡, podgotovka teksta i primechanii︠a︡ P. Dėvidson ; predislovie E.B. Reĭna


Box 1 Folder 30 Letter from Terry Karten, Harper Collins to Joseph Brodsky, 13 May 1991. Removed from: Dreyfus : a family affair, 1789-1945 by Michael Burns.


Box 1 Folder 31 Note, undated Removed from: Six American Poets: an anthology edited by Joel Conarroe, undated


Box 1 Folder 32 Clipping from the Boston Globe. Removed from: Stikhotvorenii︠a︡; Poėmy by E.A. Baratynskiĭ ; izdanie podgotovil L.G. Frizman


Box 1 Folder 33 Letter from Cynthia LeClaire to Joseph Brodsky, 30 January 1992. Removed from: Homage to the Light by Cynthia LeClaire


Box 1 Folder 34 Letter from Inna Rostovt︠s︡eva to Joseph Brodsky, 1992. Removed from: Luchshie stikhi goda by po mnienii︠u︡ literaturnykh kritikov Larisy Baranovoĭ


Box 1 Folder 35 Distinguished Alumnae Awards 1986. Removed from: When in the rain a snow : poems by Joan Vayo


Box 1 Folder 36 Typed letter from Svetlana Perttu to Joseph Brodsky, 26 June 1993. Removed from: Dva okeana slez, ne prolitykh po mne--rasskazy by Svetlana Perttu.


Box 1 Folder 37 Letter from the author to Joseph Brodsky and letter from Anto Sepp to Joseph Brodsky, 1 & 9 December 1991. Removed from: Poetry in cadence : a sample by Mac Ashworth, Jr.


Box 1 Folder 38 Postcard with portrait of Adam Mickiewicz. Removed from: Stikhotvorenii︠a︡ Poėmy by Adam Mit︠s︡kevich


Box 1 Folder 39 Letter from Xenia Khlevnikov to Joseph Brodsky, 5 December 1976. Removed from: To see a thing : rhythms, typographs, and prose poems by Keith Gunderson


Box 1 Folder 40 Business card with inscription from Zeszyty literackie. Removed from: Widokówka z tego świata : i inne rymy z lat 1986-1988 by Stanisław Barańczak


Box 1 Folder 41 Letter from Bojana Mojsov 30 November 1990 Removed from: Oro oko grotla by Zlata Kocić., November 1990


Box 1 Folder 42 Two-page typed poem to Joseph Brodsky by Valeriĭ Rodev, 26 March1990 Removed from: Prokhodi︠a︡ vdolʹ kanala : stikhi by Vladimir Frenkelʹ, March1990


Box 1 Folder 43 Letter from Ruth Greenstein, Harcort Brace Jovanovich to Joseph Brodsky, 13 January 1992 Removed from: First light : mother & son poems : a twentieth-century American selection edited by Jason Shinder., January 1992


Box 1 Folder 44 Letter from Michael Edwards to Joseph Brodsky, 21 May 1985 Removed from: The ballad of Mobb Conroy by Michael Edwards, May 1985


Box 1 Folder 45 W.H. Auden "The English Attitude" and "The Anti-Hero" Removed from: The brothers Karamazov translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett


Box 1 Folder 46 Letter from the author to Joseph Brodsky, 23 October, 1991 from Winston-Salem, NC Removed from: Poems of praise and protest : covering 60 years by Doris Sanford Arnold., October, 1991


Box 1 Folder 47 Photocopy of article entitled "Amerikanskai︠a︡ poėzii︠a︡ nashikh dneĭ" by M.L. Rozentalʹ Removed from: Slezy bludnogo syna by Ivan Gundulich


Box 1 Folder 48 Letter from Samuel Ramer to Joseph Brodsky, 21 May 1991 Removed from: Blockade diary by Elena Kochina ; translated & introduced by Samuel C. Ramer, May 1991


Box 1 Folder 49 Letter to Joseph Brodsky from David, 17 October 1976 and envelope to Joseph Brodsky from Mr. Vl. Maramzine in Paris Removed from: Sobranie stikhov, 1913-1939 by Vladislav Khodasevich, October 1976


Box 1 Folder 50 Letter from Slobodan Milić to Joseph Brodsky and printed poem signed by Slobodan Milić Removed from: "Miłość jest wszystkim, co istnieje "


Box 1 Folder 51 Letter from Vadim Mesi︠a︡t︠s︡ to Joseph Brodsky, 5 June 1992 Removed from: Kalendarʹ vspominalʹshchika : stikhi by Vadim Mesi︠a︡t︠s︡, June 1992


Box 1 Folder 52 Letter from Farrar, Straus & Giroux to Joseph Brodsky, 10 July 1995 Removed from: Blockade diary by Lidiya Ginzburg, July 1995


Box 1 Folder 53 Letter from Myra Sklarew to Joseph Brodsky, undated Removed from: Like a field riddled by ants : fictions of Myra Sklarew, undated


Box 1 Folder 54 Letter from Vladimir Levinzon to Joseph Brodsky, 31 May 1991 Removed from: Pri svete dni︠a︡ : stikhi 1960-1990 by Vladimir Levinzon, May 1991


Box 1 Folder 55 Letter from the Tatʹi︠a︡na Shcherbina to Joseph Brodsky, letter from Nancy Condee and Vladimir Padukov, typed poem and author's business card, 1986 Removed from: Nati︠u︡rmort s prevrashchenii︠a︡mi by Tatʹi︠a︡na Shcherbina, 1986


Box 1 Folder 56 Card from University of Cambridge, Department of Slavonic Studies with note to Joseph Brodsky Removed from: Po zagładzie by Wiktor Woroszylski.


Box 1 Folder 57 Letter from Jean Williams to Joseph Brodsky and two related clippings, 16 May 1992 Removed from: Homecoming : images of Vietnam collected by Jean R. Williams, May 1992


Box 1 Folder 58 Photocopy of poem entitled "Shadrach" Removed from: Evidence by Andrew Harvey


Box 1 Folder 59 Zbigniew Machej's business card Removed from: Dwa zbiory wierszy by Zbigniew Machej


Box 1 Folder 60 Letter to Joseph Brodsky from Gabriėlʹ Valk, Effect Publishing, 7 June 1991 Removed from: Graver : stikhotvorenii︠a︡, June 1991


Box 1 Folder 61 Letter from Robert Siegel, 9 November 1973 and five pages of typed poems by Robert Siegel Removed from: The beasts & the elders, November 1973


Box 1 Folder 62 Postcard to Joseph Brodsky from Marie D., 7 September 1988 Removed from: Kholodnyĭ kli︠u︡ch : stikhi by Mikhail Sinelʹnikov., September 1988


Box 1 Folder 63 Mailing label from M.L. Gasparov to Joseph Brodsky Removed from: Russkiĭ stikh : uchebnyĭ material po literaturovedenii︠u︡ by sostavlenie i primechanii︠a︡ M.L. Gasparova.


Box 1 Folder 64 Letter from Sergeĭ Alikhanov to Joseph Brodsky, 4 August 1988 Removed from: Vinogradnik : stikhi by Silovan Narimanidze., August 1988


Box 1 Folder 65 Letter to Joseph Brodsky in envelope from Savoy Hotel, London Removed from: Edinstvo vremeni : stikhi by Aleksandr Revich


Box 1 Folder 66 Card from Edward Mycue to Joseph Brodsky Removed from: The Singing man my father gave me by Edward Mycue


Box 1 Folder 67 Letter from Daniel Weissbort to Joseph Brodsky, December 1991 Removed from: Fathers by Daniel Weissbort, December 1991


Box 1 Folder 68 Letter from Lars Gustafsson to Joseph Brodsky, 15 May 1991 Removed from: Poems. Selections, May 1991


Box 1 Folder 69 Letter from Sharon Wevill to Joseph Brodsky, 11August 1989 Removed from: Spellbound by Sharon Wevill


Box 1 Folder 70 Letter from Gerd Wasén to Joseph Brodsky, 11 December 1987 Removed from: Fyrtiotalistens revolutionära fickdikter by Gerd Wasén, December 1987


Box 1 Folder 71 Letter from Michael Blumenthal to Joseph Brodsky, 5 November 1984 Removed from: Laps : a poem by Michael Blumenthal, November 1984