Joseph Brodsky collection of letters, manuscripts, notes and books from his library, 1972-1995
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1921
- Bib ID:
- 13074127 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 12 linear feet (1 manuscript box (processed); one section of books (unprocessed))
- Language(s):
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English
, Russian
.
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
This is a collection of letters, manuscripts, notes, cards, etc. removed from books in Josph Brodsky's working library. There are no letters by Brodsky. The books have been cataloged.
The Joseph Brodsky Book Collection contains approximately 1,350 volumes of the working library of Brodsky.
Arrangement
Arranged by folder title.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Joseph Brodsky collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
20017.2018.M088: Source of acquisition--[source of acquisition]. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--2017.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers processed, ptl 02/14/2018.
Revision Description
2018-02-15 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Brodsky, original Russian name Iosip Aleksandrovich Brodsky (born in Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. on May 24, 1940 and died in Brooklyn, New York on January 28, 1996). Celebrated Russian-born American poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987 for his lyric and elegiac poems.
Subject Headings
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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