Aleksei Ivanovich Pliushkov Papers, 1887-1968

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Pli︠u︡shkov
Bib ID:
4077905 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Pli︠u︡shkov, Alekseĭ Ivanovich, 1897-1968
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
110 items (1 box)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
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This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and Content

This collection includes approximately 75 stories, several collections of poems, and two novels by Pli︠u︡shkov; there are also about 25 essays by him on literary topics, and a brief autobiography. Photographs are chiefly of Pli︠u︡shkov and his wife. In addition, there is a photocopy of a document concerning the medical treatment given to Maksim Gorḱiĭ in 1887 by Pli︠u︡shkov's father after Gorḱiĭ attempted suicide.

Arrangement

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 on-site.

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

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1965.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1969.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1969.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1965.

Papers Processed 03/--/81.

Papers Accessioned 1969.

Papers Accessioned 1969.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Writer who wrote under the pseudonyms Siverskiĭ and Ugri︠u︡mov. Pli︠u︡shkov emigrated from the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Most of his publications were in emigre periodicals, and he taught at Cambridge University in the 1950s and 1960s.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Autobiographies (literary works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- England -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russian literature CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID