Rodion Mikhailovich Berezov Papers, 1944-1976

Rodion Mikhailovich Berezov Papers, 1944-1976

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
4078329 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Berezov, Rodion Mikhaĭlovich, 1896-1988; Rannit, Aleksis; Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979; Sedykh, Andreĭ, 1902-1994; Veĭnbaum, M. E. (Mark Efimovich), 1890-1973
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
4500 items (29 boxes)
Language(s):
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.

Permission to use must be obtained from donors; diaries closed until 15 June 1991.

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and Content

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, subject files, books and other printed materials of Berezov. The correspondence includes letters from Aleksis Rannit, Alexandra Tolstoy, and the editors of "Novoe russkoe slovo," Mark Weinbaum and Andrei Sedykh (pseudonym of Iakov Tsvibak). There are three different typescript versions and handwritten drafts of Berezov's novel "Volzhskii solovei" as well as manuscripts of his short stories and poems. There are also many notebooks containing drafts of poems and miscellaneous notes. Berezov's diaries cover the years 1944 to 1975. Printed materials include books and clippings about Berezov, also books by other authors from his library. A subject file on Alexandra Tolstoy contains numerous articles concerning her father as well as her work in this country; there are also poems by Berezov which are dedicated to her.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

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.

Permission to use must be obtained from donors; diaries closed until 15 June 1991.

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: Source of acquisition--Mr. and Mrs. Rodion Berezov. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Mr. and Mrs. Rodion Berezov. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1977.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Boutzilo, Eugenia (Mrs. Rodion Berezov). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1983. Accession number--B-87-4-21.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Boutzilo, Eugenia (Mrs. Rodion Berezov). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1984. Accession number--B-87-4-21.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1975.

Papers Accessioned 1977.

Papers Accessioned 1982.

Papers Processed 10/--/83.

Papers Processed ejs 04/--/87.

Papers Processed ejs 04/--/87.

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

Pseudonym of Rodion Mikhaĭlovich Akulśhin, emigre novelist and poet, whose works include "Chto bylo" "Krasota" and "Pesni zhizni.".

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Articles
Diaries
Manuscripts (documents)
Notebooks
Poems
Subject
Russian literature -- Foreign countries

Series I: Correspondence


Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence


Box 1

Rannit, Aleksis


Box 1

Sedykh, Andrei


Box 1

Tolstoy, Alexandra


Box 1

Weinbum, Mark Efimovich


Subseries I.2: Arranged Correspondence


Box 1

Berezov, Rodion


Box 1

Boutzilo, Eugenia (Mrs. Rodion Berezov)


Box 1

Gluhareff, Alia


Box 1

Vodnevskii, Nikolai


Box 1

A-M


Box 1

N-Z

Series II: Arranged Manuscripts, Documents, Photographs, and Subject Files


Manuscripts


Box 2

"Begstvo"


Box 2

"Efreda"


Box 2

"Itogi zhizni"


Box 2

"Khristos"


Box 2

"Kloun"


Box 2

"O pisateliakh"


Box 3

"Okno v Evanglie"


Box 3

"Prorok Iliia"


Box 3

"Razluka"


Box 3

"Van'ka Tsar"


Box 3

"Vechno zhivet"


Box 3

"Volk"


Box 4

"Volzhskii solovei"


Box 5

"Volzhskii solovei"


Box 6

"Volzhskii solovei"


Box 7

Miscellaneous Manuscripts, (5 folders)


Box 8

Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Lists


Box 8

Miscellaneous Manuscript Fragments


Box 8

Miscellaneous Poems, (6 folders)


Box 8

Miscellaneous Short Manuscripts, (4 folders)


Box 9

Miscellaneous Short Manuscripts, (10 folders)


Box 10

Diaries


Box 11

Diaries


Box 12

Diaries


Box 13

Diaries


Box 14

Diaries


Box 15

Diaries


Box 16

Notebooks

(Primarily drafts of poems)


Box 17

Notebooks

(Primarily drafts of poems)


Box 18

Notebooks

(Primarily drafts of poems)


Box 19

Manuscripts and an Album by Eugenia Boutzilo


Box 19

Documents


Box 19

Photographs


Subject Files


Box 19

Berezov, Rodion


Box 19

Tolstaia, Aleksandra L'vovna

Series III: Printed Materials


Box 20

Books


Box 21

Books


Box 22

Books


Box 23

Books


Box 24

Books


Box 25

Journals


Box 26-28

Clippings


Box 29

Clippings


Box 29

Miscellaneous Printed Materials