Alexandra Andreevna Voronine Yourieff Papers
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6q2nd66g No online items Inventory of the Alexandra Andreevna Voronine Yourieff Papers Finding aid prepared by Processed by Natasha Porfirenko Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6010 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 2007 Inventory of the Alexandra 2003C45 1 Andreevna Voronine Yourieff Papers Title: Alexandra Andreevna Voronine Yourieff Papers Date (inclusive): 1910-1999 Collection Number: 2003C45 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: In English and Russian. Physical Description: 79 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 framed painting, 1 oversize photograph, 1 motion picture film(33.4 linear feet) Abstract: Memoirs, other writings, diaries, correspondence, financial records, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian émigré affairs. Includes papers of W. George Yourieff, husband of Alexandra Yourieff. Also includes material relating to the earlier brief marriage of Alexandra Yourieff in the 1920s to the Norwegian relief worker (subsequently Nazi collaborator) Vidkun Quisling. Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Yourieff, Alexandra Andreevna Voronine. Creator: Yourieff, W. George. Access The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Alexandra Andreevna Voronine Yourieff papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2003 Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. 1905 Born, Sebastopol August 20 1922 Spring Met Vidkun Quisling 1922 September Married Vidkun Quisling 10 1923 Abandoned by Quisling in Paris 1924 Brought to Norway, and subsequently sent to Nice, France, by Quisling 1929 Quisling halted correspondence and support; she subsequently traveled to China 1933 Russian Orthodox Archbishop of China annulled her marriage, enabling her to marry Dr. J. P. Ryabin circa 1936 Second husband J. P. Ryabin died 1936 Married W. George Yourieff, architect and honorary French consul in Tsingtao; Yourieff adopts the son from her second marriage 1947 Yourieff family immigrated to the United States 1993 Died, Palo Alto, California October 1 Scope and Content of Collection Alexandra Yourieff was the first wife of Vidkun Quisling, who collaborated in the German conquest of Norway in 1940 and was found guilty of treason and executed after Norway was liberated in 1945. She was 16 when she met and married him in 1922. During their marriage, Quisling was also involved with Maria Paseshnikova, later Maria Quisling. After years of separation, he ceased contact with Alexandra in 1929. She subsequently traveled to China, where she met and married Russian physician J. P. Ryabin. After Ryabin died in an accident, leaving her with their son, she married architect W. George Yourieff. They immigrated to the United States in 1947. Inventory of the Alexandra 2003C45 2 Andreevna Voronine Yourieff Papers Among the most significant material in the papers is Alexandra's manuscript describing her life with Quisling, which remains unpublished. The manuscript describes her childhood and the history of her family, but concentrates on the period of her relationship with Quisling, 1922–1929. Quisling was a Norwegian military attaché in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) in 1918–1919, and a close coworker of Fridtjof Nansen while Nansen was performing international relief work in Russia from 1922 to 1926. Quisling was attached to the Norwegian legation in Moscow from 1927 to 1929, the year the manuscript ends. The container list identifies notes, research materials, manuscript drafts, and other items relating to this work as "Writings--Quisling book." The manuscript tells the story of Alexandra's first meeting and romance with Quisling, which took place in Russia against the backdrop, broadly painted but fully substantiated, of a country devastated by wars, epidemics, and famine. Quisling's relief work, his actions, opinions, and general views, are described by a close and trusted witness. It continues with their life in Oslo from fall 1922 to spring 1923, describing Quisling's efforts to mold his young wife to his own pattern. Considerable space is devoted to covering their close circle of friends and the largely unknown Quisling clan in Norway. After describing their years of separation, the manuscript ends in 1929. The manuscript also provides information about Quisling's childhood, habits, and idiosyncrasies, as well as vivid close-ups of his brothers and mother, who is shown to be quite different from the portraits depicted by other Quisling biographers. In addition, the text paints fascinating pictures of spontaneous and concerted measures by both individuals and governments to cover up their tracks in the wake of dealings with Quisling. Beyond the Quisling story, it offers firsthand information about prominent figures, including Soviet poet Vladimir Maiakovskii, Max Reinhardt, Isadora Duncan, Arthur Rubinstein, Pablo Picasso, and other celebrities of Paris and Nice from the period 1923–1929. The collection also includes many papers of W. George Yourieff, and records of his business as architect and builder. Alexandra always regarded herself as an artist, and insisted that dancing had been her true vocation. She developed into a very able painter, so documentation of her artistic activities is also included. Subjects and Indexing Terms Quisling, Vidkun, 1887-1945. Russians--China. Russians--United States. Box/Folder: 1 W. George Yourieff Box/Folder: 1 : 1-2 Day books, 1961-1962 Day books labeled "Diaries" Box/Folder: 1 : 3 Undated Box/Folder: 1 : 4-5 1957-1958 Box/Folder: 1 : 6 1977-1979 Box/Folder: 1 : 7 Obituary of Antonina Aleksandrovna Yourieff published in The Palo Alto Times, 1959 October 17 Box/Folder: 1 : 8 Biography of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Tatarinoff (Antonina Yourieff's brother) Box/Folder: 1 : 9 W. George Yourieff (Antonina Yourieff's son)--Power of attorney, 1989 Box/Folder: 1 : 10 Sales agreement for burial lot, Alta Mesa Improvement Company, Palo Alto, California, 1954 October 18 Box/Folder: 1 : 11 Alta Mesa (cemetery), 1961 Family correspondence Box/Folder: 1 : 12 General, 1951-1956 Box/Folder: 1 : 13 Aleksandr Yourieff (son), 1952-1956 Box/Folder: 1 : 14 Family photographs, undated Box/Folder: 1 : 15 Text of address by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Harvard University, 1978 June 8. Scope and Contents note In English and Russian Box/Folder: 2 : 1 Writings--Quisling book. Article on Maria and Vidkun Quisling, 1980 March 28. Scope and Contents note In English and Norwegian Box/Folder: 2 : 2 Family correspondence, 1922, 1956-1959, 1980, 1991, 1997 Inventory of the Alexandra 2003C45 3 Andreevna Voronine Yourieff Papers Box/Folder: 2 : 3 Alexandra Yourieff death certificate, County of Santa Clara, California, 1993 October 1 W. George Yourieff Box/Folder: 2 : 4 Diary (looks like day book), 1971 Business-related material--Building estimates Box/Folder: 2 : 5 1958 Box/Folder: 2 : 6-7 1963 Box/Folder: 2 : 8 1966 Box/Folder: 2 : 9 1967 Box/Folder: 2 : 10 1968 Box/Folder: 2 : 11 1969 Box/Folder: 2 : 12 Personal taxes, 1956-1958 Box/Folder: 2 : 13 Photographs of Alexandra Yourieff, undated Box/Folder: 3 : 1 Writings--Quisling book. Chronology of events, correspondence, and legal documents concerning Alexandra's efforts to get her belongings from Oslo, Norway, 1983 Box/Folder: 3 : 2 Correspondence, 1995-1996 Box/Folder: 3 : 3 W. George Yourieff Construction Company--Appraisal of condominium, 1964 Box/Folder: 3 : 4 Photocopies of official documents, 1947-1948, 1983 Box/Folder: 3 : 5-6 Family correspondence, notes, 1960-1976 Box/Folder: 3 : 7 Photographs, undated W. George Yourieff Box/Folder: 3 : 8 Day book, 1950 Box/Folder: 3 : 9 Notes, 1996 Box/Folder: 4 : 1 Writings--Quisling book. In Quisling's Shadow: The Memoirs of His First Wife, by Alexandra Voronine Quisling Yourieff with W. George Yourieff and Kristen A. Seaver, undated. Scope and Contents note Typescript Box/Folder: 4 : 2 Correspondence, 1953-1988 Box/Folder: 4 : 3 Correspondence, notes, legal documents, photos, 1947-1975 Box/Folder: 4 : 4 Statements, 1944-1988. Scope and Contents note Photographic prints Box/Folder: 4 : 5 Children's magazine Lastochka, 1940 Writings--Quisling book Box/Folder: 4 : 6 Contract between W. George Yourieff and Kirsten A. Seaver, 1981 July 22 Box/Folder: 4 : 7 Yourieff, Alexandra--Claims, 1980-1981 Box/Folder: 4 : 8 Transcripts of tapes by Alexandra Voronine Yourieff, book #1, 1975. Scope and Contents note In Russian Box/Folder: 4 : 9 W. George Yourieff--Business-related material, 1987 Box/Folder: 4 : 10 Correspondence (in Russian and Chinese), business cards, photographs, 1945-1988. Scope and Contents note Includes clippings about