Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas Papers, 1915-1987

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Series I: Correspondence, 1941-1982, undated

The series consists mainly of letters to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas from prominent Russian authors.



Box 1 Folder 1 Abashidze, Grigol, to Antal Hidas, Tbilisi, 1951, (1 telegram)


Box 1 Folder 2 Aliger, Margarita, to Agnes Kun, Moscow, 1966, 1982, (2 autograph letters signed)


Box 1 Folder 3 Andronikov, Iraklii, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow, 1947, 1964, (1 autograph letter signed, 1 typed letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 4 Bazhan, Mykola and Nina, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1974, 1978, undated, (3 autograph letters signed, 14 autograph postcards signed)


Box 1 Folder 5 Bek, Aleksandr, to Agnes Kun, December 14, 1960, (1 autograph letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 6 Belkin, A., to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1961-1969, undated, 3 autograph letters signed, 4 autograph cards signed)


Borisov, Ivan, to Iren Kun, pos. Shemakhinskii, 1964

(see Series II: Writings--Subseries II.2: Writings by Others--Borisov (Box 3, Folder 28)


Box 1 Folder 7 Brik, Lili, to Agnes Kun, Moscow, 1965, (2 autograph letters signed, 1 envelope)


Chukovskaia, Marina

(see Chukovskii, Nikolai)


Box 1 Folder 8 Chukovskii, Kornei, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow, 1959, 1961, 1963, (2 autograph letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed)


Box 1 Folder 9 to 12 Chukovskii, Nikolai and Marina, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1953-1973, (40 autograph letters signed, 1 typed letter signed, 19 autograph postcards signed, 2 telegrams)


Box 1 Folder 13 Fadeev, Aleksandr, to various persons, 1941-1944, undated, (2 autograph notes signed, 1 typed letter signed, 1 photocopy of a typed note, 2 envelopes)


Box 1 Folder 14 Fedin, Konstantin, to Antal Hidas, 1951, 1960, (2 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed, 1 envelope)


Box 1 Folder 15 Inber, Vera, to Agnes Kun, Leningrad, April 2, 1949, (1 autograph letter signed, including manuscript of poetry translations)


Box 1 Folder 16 Isakovskii, Mikhail, to Agnes Kun, April 20, 1950, (1 typed letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 17 Ishov, Mikhail Mikhailovich, to Antal Hidas, Leningrad, undated, (1 autograph letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 18 Kazakevich, Ėmmanuil, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow, October 1, 1960, (1 typed letter signed)


Knipovich, Evgeniia:


Box 1 Folder 19 to 22 Letters to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1956-1978, undated, (37 autograph letters signed, 15 autograph postcards signed)


Box 1 Folder 23 Article on Antal Hidas's novel Gospodin Fitsek, undated, typescript


Box 1 Folder 24 Letters to Agnes Kun signed by Katia, 1963, 1973, undated


Box 1 Folder 25 to 27 Kopelev, Lev, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, [1957-1974], undated, (47 autograph letters signed, 2 typed letters signed, 12 autograph postcards signed, 1 telegram)


Kozlov Family, 1984

see Polevoi, Boris (Box 2, Folder 10)


Box 1 Folder 28 Levik, Vil'gel'm, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1960-1975, undated, (12 autograph letters signed, 5 autograph postcards signed, 2 telegrams)


Box 1 Folder 29 Marmazhov, Il'ia, Antal Hidas, 1954-1970, undated, (4 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed, 1 telegrams)


Box 1 Folder 30 Marshak, Samuil, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Ialta, July 27, 1963, (1 autograph letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 31 to 35 Martynov, Leonid and Nina (nee Popova), to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1951-1978, undated, (42 autograph letters signed, 17 autograph postcards signed)


Box 1 Folder 36 Mil'chakov, Aleksandr, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow, 1966-1969, (1 autograph letter signed, 4 autograph postcards signed)


Box 1 Folder 37 Morits, Iunna, to Agnes Kun, Moscow, [1955], (1 autograph letter signed)


Orlova, Raisa Davydovna

see Kopelev, Lev


Otten, Petr:



Box 2 Folder 1 To Antal Hidas, Omsk, 1961-1975, undated, (5 autograph letters signed, 17 autograph postcards signed)


Box 2 Folder 1 To Eduard Otten from Antal Hidas, 1976, (1 autograph letter signed)


Box 2 Folder 2 to 3 Papernyi, Zinovii and Valeriia, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow, 1960-1976, undated, 42 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed, 3 telegrams)


Pervomaiskii, Leonid:


Box 2 Folder 4 to 5 To Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Kiev, Irpen', 1948-1975, undated, (8 autograph letters signed, 18 typed letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed)


Box 2 Folder 5 Hidas, A. to Leonid Pervomaiskii, undated, (2 drafts of a letter)


Box 2 Folder 6 to 10 Polevoi, Boris, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1959-1984, undated, (44 autograph letters signed, 9 typed letters signed, 33 autograph postcards signed, 4 telegrams. )

There are also postcards from B. Polevoi's son Aleksei.


Box 2 Folder 11 Prokof'ev, Aleksandr, to Antal Hidas, Leningrad, 1961, (1 typed letter signed, 1 telegram)


Box 2 Folder 12 Rozhdestvenskii, Robert, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, undated, (1 autograph letter signed)


Box 2 Folder 13 Rozov, Viktor, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1964-1968, (3 autograph postcards signed)


Box 2 Folder 14 Samoilov, David, to Agnes Kun, [1960s], (8 autograph letters signed, 5 typed letters signed)


Box 2 Folder 15 Stel'makh, Mykhailo, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, [1959]-1974, (2 autograph letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed)


Box 2 Folder 16 Surkov, Aleksei, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1960-[1976], (7 autograph letters signed, 1 typed letter signed, 8 autograph postcards signed, 7 telegrams)


Tikhonov, Nikolai, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas:


Box 2 Folder 17 Original letters, 1954-1973, undated, (6 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed)


Box 2 Folder 18 to 20 Typed copies of letters, 1949-1976, (138 pages)


Box 2 Folder 21 Treneva, Natal'ia, to Agnes Kun, 1959-1968, undated, (5 autograph letters signed, 4 telegrams)


Box 2 Folder 22 Turkov, Andrei, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1964-1973, undated, (11 autograph letters signed, 4 autograph postcards signed)


Box 2 Folder 23 Venclova, Antanas, to Antal Hidas, 1953, 1963, (3 autograph letters signed)


Box 2 Folder 24 Zabolotskii-Kaverin Family, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, 1973, undated, (2 autograph letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed)


Box 2 Folder 25 Zharov, Aleksandr, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow, December 31, 1959, (1 typed postcard signed)

Series II: Writings, 1940-1987, undated

The series comprises mainly manuscripts of Antal Hidas and famous Russian poets. Organized in two Subseries.


Subseries II.1: Antal Hidas's Writings, 1943-1968, undated

Contains typescript with holograph corrections of Hidas's memoirs. The memoirs are compilation of Hidas's essays written in various years. Arranged according to page numeration.


Memoirs, (carbon copy of typescript with holograph corrections):



Box 3 Folder 1 "Razgovor s samim soboi", undated


Box 3 Folder 2 "Kak ia liubliu vas, rebiata!", 1963

(about A. Fadeev)


Box 3 Folder 3 "Nedostaet odnogo cheloveka", 1967

(about Bruno Jasienski)


Box 3 Folder 4 "Samoe glavnoe" (about Gorkii), undated


Box 3 Folder 5 "Pered romanom", 1962


Box 3 Folder 6 "Dorogie moi… khoroshie…", undated


Box 3 Folder 7 "Pamflet i ego istoriia", 1968


Box 3 Folder 8 "Romanticheskii revoliutsioner", 1961-1967

(about Karikas)


Box 3 Folder 9 "Na den' rozhdeniia", undated


Box 3 Folder 10 "Byli i budut…", 1966

(about I. Mikitenko)


Box 3 Folder 11 "Avtoportret", 1943


Box 3 Folder 12 "Pobedil on - Miklosh Radnoti", undated


Box 3 Folder 13 "Slovo k molodym", undated


Box 3 Folder 14 "My pered nim v dolgu", undated

(about Maiakovskii)


Box 3 Folder 15 "Mon Diue!", undated


Box 3 Folder 16 'Stroki, obletevshie mir", undated


Box 3 Folder 17 "Oblaka: rech', proiznesennaia v Borzhomi na soveshchanii poetov za kruglym stolom", 1966


Box 3 Folder 18 "Razgovor s chepel'tsami", undated


Box 3 Folder 19 "Dvorik ty moi dvorik: Bela Bartok v Moskve", undated


Box 3 Folder 20 "Seismograf i dvigatel' dushi", undated

(about L. Martynov)


Box 3 Folder 21 "Na strazhe dobra", undated


Box 3 Folder 22 "Moi otvet", undated


Box 3 Folder 23 "Perelistaem zimu", undated


Box 3 Folder 24 "Duet veterok s Dunaia", undated

(about Mate Zalka)


Box 3 Folder 25 "Miniatiury", undated


Box 3 Folder 26 "Obeliski postaviat im", undated


Subseries II.2: Writings by Others, 1940-1987, undated

The Subseries contains mainly holograph manuscript and typescripts of original poetry and translations by famous Russian poets, such as Boris Pasternak, Nikolai Chukovskii, Mariia Petrovykh, Semen Kirsanov, Boris Slutskii, David Samoilov, Leonid Pervomaiskii, Leonid Martynov, Vsevolod Rozhdestvenskii, Andrei Voznesenskii, Nikolai Zabolotskii. Zabolotskii's writings include a bound typed manuscript "Stolbtsy i poemy. Stikhotvoreniia." N. Zabolotskii compiled this book of his poems in 1958 and considered it a complete edition of his poetry. This handmade book is one of seven copies. The Subseries also includes memoirs of Ivan Borisov and Ferenc Jancsik, and Semen Budennyi's essay on Bela Kun. There is also a photograph of Ivan Borisov, which remains with his memoirs, and three drawings of Leonid Martynov, which are stored along with his writings.


Box 3 Folder 27 Akhmatova, Anna. "Requiem", undated

(samizdat typescript received from A. Akhmatova)


Box 3 Folder 28 to 32 Borisov, Ivan Kuz'mich. "Tragicheskaia ispoved' Litvinova Vladimira Pavlovicha - zhivshego s 1892 goda po 1950", 1892, 1964, (typescript with holograph corrections; Borisov's photograph, [1918])



Box 4 Folder 1 Budennyi, Semen. "Nash drug Bela Kun", undated, (signed typescript, 5 pages)


Box 4 Folder 2 Chukovskii, Nikolai. Translation of Sandor Petofi's poem, undated, (typescript with holograph corrections of Agnes Kun, 4 pages)


Inber, Vera. Translation of Endre Ady's poems, holograph manuscript

see Series I: Correspondence--Inber (Box 1, Folder 15)


Box 4 Folder 3 Jancsik, Ferenc. "Ispoved' vengerskogo kommunista", 1987, (carbon copy of typescript, signed, 16 pages)


Box 4 Folder 4 Kedrin, Dmitrii. Translation of Sandor Petofi's poems, undated, (holograph manuscript, 32 pages)


Box 4 Folder 5 Kirsanov, Semen. Original poem and translation, 1962, undated, (typescript with holograph corrections; original poem is signed; 5 pages)


Knipovich, Evgeniia. Article on Antal Hidas's novel "Gospodin Fitsek", typescript with holograph corrections

see Series I: Correspondence--Knipovich (Box 1, Folder 23)


Kopelev, Lev:


Box 4 Folder 6 "Berlin. Nachalo vesny shest'desiat chetvertogo goda", undated, carbon copy of typescript with holograph corrections; 64 pages)


Box 4 Folder 7 "Poeziia muzhestva i dobra", undated, signed typescript with holograph corrections; 11 pages)


Box 4 Folder 8 "Sila i nezhnost'", undated, (typescript of synopsis of his book about Antal Hidas; 2 pages)


Box 4 Folder 9 Larina, Anna (aka Larina-Bukharina). Transcript of Nikolai Bukharin's letter of 1937 "Budushchim pokoleniiam rukovoditelei partii" with her foreword, 1937, 1987, (holograph manuscript; 4 pages)


Box 4 Folder 10 Levik, Vil'gel'm. Translation of Sandor Petofi's poem, undated, (typescript with holograph corrections; 1 page)


Martynov, Leonid:


Box 4 Folder 11 to 15 Translations of Janos Arany's, Endre Ady's, Attila Jozsef's, and Antal Hidas's poems, and Mihaly Vorosmarty's drama,, undated, typescripts and holograph manuscripts


Box 4 Folder 16 Poemy. Moskva: Sovetskii pisatel', 1940

(book with Martynov's inscription to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas)


Various poetry and translations

see Series I: Correspondence--Martynov (Box 1, Folders 31-35)


Box 4 Folder 17 Drawings, undated, (3 pencil drawings)


Box 4 Folder 18-20 Pasternak, Boris. Translations from Hungarian, undated, (typescripts with holograph corrections; total in three folders - 53 sheets; in folder 20 "Translations of Petefi" pages 18, 19, 30-35 are absent within consecutive numbering 1 through 38)


Pervomaiskii, Leonid. Draft of poem, 1972

see Series I: Correspondence--Pervomaiskii (Box 2, Folder 5)



Box 5 Folder 1 Petrovykh, Mariia. Translations of Sandor Petofi's poems, undated, (signed typescripts with holograph corrections; 4 pages)


Box 5 Folder 2 Rozhdestvenskii, Vsevolod. Translations of Sandor Petofi's poems, undated, (holograph manuscripts; 3 pages)


Box 5 Folder 3 Samoilov, David. "Detskii risunok", undated, (typescript of poem; 1 page)


Box 5 Folder 4 Slutskii, Boris. Translations of Antal Hidas's poems; article about Endre Ady; original poetry, undated, (typescripts and holograph manuscripts; 11 pages)


Box 5 Folder 5 Tikhonov, Nikolai. Translations of Sandor Petofi's and Antal Hidas's poems , undated, (signed typescripts with holograph corrections; 6 pages)


Box 5 Folder 6 Voznesenskii, Andrei. Original poems, 1962, undated, (typescripts with holograph corrections; 21 pages)


Zabolotskii, Nikolai:


Box 5 Folder 7 "Stirka bel'ia", undated, (holograph manuscript of poem; 1 page)


Box 5 Folder 8 "Stolbtsy i poemy. Stikhotvoreniia"

(Bound typescript. This handmade book is one of seven copies. N. Zabolotskii compiled this book in 1958 and considered it as a complete edition of his poetry)


Box 5 Folder 9 "Stonet Dunai." Translations of Antal Hidas's poems, 1946, (holograph manuscript; 15 pages)

Series III: Printed Materials, 1917-1944, undated

The Series includes are edition of Maiakovskii's Liubliu (which is claimed to be from Lili Brik's personal library; Martynov' Poemy with inscription to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas; Communist and Soviet propaganda pamphlets, 1918-1944; and nine issues of the newspaper Edinstvo of 1917. The newspapers are stored in BAR Flat box #5. All items of this series are cataloged in CLIO.


Books:


Box 5 Folder 10 Maiakovskii, Vladimir. Liubliu, undated

(from Lili Brik's personal library)


Martynov, Leonid. Poemy. Moskva: Sovetskii pisatel', 1940

(book with Martynov's inscription to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas)

see Series II: Writings--Subseries II.2: Writings by Others--Martynov (Box 4, Folder 16)


Box 5 Folder 11-13 Communist and Soviet propaganda pamphlets, 1918-1944


Periodicals:



Box Flat Box #5 Edinstvo: ezhednevnaia rabochaia gazeta, pod redaktsiei G. V. Plekhanova, 1917

no.13, 16-18, 26, 29, 34, 44, 47

Series IV: Third Parties Materials, 1915-1947

The Series comprises of personal documents (various IDs) of M. Martsinovich, E. Pokras, and A. Razorenova.



Box 5 Folder 14 Personal Documents of:


Martsinovich, Mariia, 1923-1942


Pokras, Evgeniia, 1929-1943


Razorenova, Aleksandra, 1915


Unidentified, 1947