Marshall MacDuffie Papers, 1945-1962, bulk 1945-1953

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Series II: 1953 Trip to the USSR, 1947-1962

This series documents MacDuffie's trip to the USSR through writings, publications, ephemera, photographs, and slides.


Series II.1: General, 1947-1962

This subseries holds a variety of materials relating to MacDuffie's visit to the USSR. It includes a detailed account of his experience in the report "Russia after Stalin," several articles on Russian culture written for magazines, a copy of his book,The Red Carpet, and handwritten notes about trip, though it is unclear whether these were written while traveling or afterward. It also contains reports and clippings about the region and ephemera collected on the trip, such as tourist brochures, clothing catalogs, booklets on architecture, and newspapers.



Box 1 Folder 1-6 "Russia after Stalin"--Report on 1953 Trip, Copy 1, undated, 1953, undated



Box 2 Folder 1-8 "Russia after Stalin"--Report on 1953 Trip, Copy 1, undated, 1953, undated



Box 3 Folder 1-5 "Russia after Stalin"--Copy 2, undated



Box 4 Folder 1-6 "Russia after Stalin"--Copy 2, undated



Box 5 Folder 1 "Modern French Painting in Russia,", undated


Box 5 Folder 2-5 "My Friend Khrushchev,", undated, (4 folders)


Box 5 Folder 6 "TV Comes to Russia,", undated


Box 5 Folder 7 Handwritten Notes on USSR Trip, 1953



Box 6 Folder 1-2 Handwritten Notes on USSR Trip, 1953, (2 folders)


Box 6 Folder 3-5 Reports and Clippings, 1947-1949, (3 folders)



Box 7 Folder 1-5 Reports and Clippings, 1947-1949


Box 7 Folder 6 Joint Press Reading Service and Moscow Daily Press Review, 1953


Box 7 Folder 7 Moscow Daily Press Review, 1953



Box 8 Folder 1 Notes and Articles on Russian Art and Culture, 1952-1962


Box 8 Folder 2 Tourist Brochures, 1955-1956


Box 8 Folder 3 Russian Newspapers and Tourist Brochures, 1952-1962


Box 8 Folder 4 Architecture--Notes and Booklets, 1953


Box 8 Folder 5 Clothing Catalogs, 1955


Box 8 Folder 6-7 Magazines--Political Commentary and Cartoons, 1953-1959



Box 9 Folder 10 The Red Carpet: 10,000 Miles Through Russia on a Visa from Khruschev by Marshall MacDuffie, 1955


Box 9 Folder 1 Articles on MacDuffie and Russia in Colliers, 1954-1955


Subseries II.2: Photographs and Slides, 1953

This subseries contains photographs and slides taken during MacDuffie's trip though the USSR and depict many aspects of Russian life, including fashion, houses, public architecture, Soviet iconography, entertainment, sports, and others, as well as rural and urban landscapes. They have been arranged by material type.


Prints, 1953


Box 9 Folder 2 Churches


Box 9 Folder 3 Construction Scenes


Box 9 Folder 4 Contact Sheets


Box 9 Folder 5 Entertainment and Sports


Box 9 Folder 6 Gori; Stalin's Birthplace, Stalin's Grave


Box 9 Folder 7 Hermitage and Other Museums


Box 9 Folder 8 MacDuffie and Others


Box 9 Folder 9 Medicine



Box 10 Folder 1 People's Court


Box 10 Folder 2 People


Box 10 Folder 3 Rural Scenes


Box 10 Folder 4 Schoolchildren and Students


Box 10 Folder 5 Shopping Scenes


Box 10 Folder 6 Soviet Iconography


Box 10 Folder 7 Transport


Box 10 Folder 8-9 Urban Scenes


Box 10 Folder 10-11 Photo Sets in Cases



Box 11 Folder 5-9 Unidentified Photographs of Cities and People, circa, 1953



Box 12 Folder 1-7 Unidentified Photographs of Cities and People, circa, 1953


Slides, circa, 1953


Box 12 Folder 8-10 Art


Box 12 Folder 11 Buildings--M


Box 12 Folder 11 Buildings--K


Box 12 Folder 11 Buildings and Streets


Box 12 Folder 11 Buildings and Streets--Kiev


Box 12 Folder 11 Kids--K


Box 12 Folder 11 Houses


Box 12 Folder 11 Houses--TV


Box 12 Folder 11 People--V


Box 12 Folder 12 Gori and Tiflis


Box 12 Folder 12 Church


Box 12 Folder 12 Hotel Room


Box 12 Folder 12 Mejreskevi


Box 12 Folder 12 Snow Scenes


Box 12 Folder 12 People


Box 12 Folder 13 S+B Virgin Mary's Intercession Cathedral


Box 12 Folder 13 P+B Event


Box 12 Folder 13 Moscow Buildings


Box 12 Folder 14 Set 5--People


Box 12 Folder 14 Fashion


Box 12 Folder 14 Circus


Box 12 Folder 15 Tashkent


Box 12 Folder 15 A-ATA--Towns, People, Countryside


Box 12 Folder 15 Kiev Party


Box 12 Folder 15 Child's Party


Box 12 Folder 16 Farm


Box 12 Folder 16 Kiev Farm


Box 12 Folder 16 General


Box 12 Folder 17 Color Photos of Paintings