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Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman Collection http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5x0nd340 No online items Register of the Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman collection Finding aid prepared by Olga Verhovskoy Dunlop and David Jacobs Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6003 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 2007 Register of the Irwin T. and 98074 1 Shirley Holtzman collection Title: Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman collection Date (inclusive): 1899-2010 Collection Number: 98074 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 157 manuscript boxes, 9 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 32 cubic foot boxes(111.4 linear feet) Abstract: Printed matter, writings, letters, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the Russian writers Isaak Babel', Boris Pasternak and Joseph Brodsky. Consists primarily of printed matter by and about Pasternak, Brodsky and Babel'. Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Holtzman, Irwin T creator: Holtzman, Shirley. Access Box 8 restricted; use copies available in Box 4. Box/Folder 22 : 8-15 closed; use copies available in Box/Folder 20 : 1-7. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Archives Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1998, with subsequent increments received through 2004. Additional increments are expected. An increment was added in 2011. 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. Biographical Note Irwin T. Holtzman is a prominent and enthusiastic bibliophile, who has spent a lifetime collecting books on a wide variety of subjects. He is especially interested in modern writers and the publication of their works since 1927, the year of his birth. He has made generous donations of several collections to academic and cultural institutions, both in the United States and abroad. Of particular interest are his collections of modern American and American Indian authors, donated to the University of Michigan; an American literature collection in the Russian State Library; a collection of modern Israeli writers, housed in the Holtzman-Harman Room at the University of Jerusalem; and the present collection of Boris Pasternak, Leonid Pasternak, Isaac Babel, and Joseph Brodsky materials in the Hoover Institution Archives. Scope and Content of Collection The Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman Collection consists mainly of material related to the life and work of the Russian authors Isaac Babel, Joseph Brodsky and Boris Pasternak. It also includes material related to the publication of their writings and the process of collecting these publications by I. T. Holtzman. The collection includes biographical material about the writers; their correspondence and writings; material related to conferences and exhibits about their work; photographs; phonotape cassettes and videotapes; as well as drawings, posters, memorabilia, and clippings. The bulk of the collection was acquired in 1998, with subsequent increments received through 2002. The majority of the collection consists of printed copies of writings by the authors, as well as writings about or related to their work. Of special interest is material illustrating the process of publishing books by these authors, including the evolution of works through the stages of galley proofs, page proofs, printed wrappers, and sample pages. Also of interest are books signed or dedicated by the authors, as well as rare, early, and limited editions of their works. In the description, transliterations are supplied for non-Roman alphabets. The Isaac Babel materials in the collection are noteworthy for their comprehensiveness. Irwin T. Holtzman has endeavored to collect all known materials published by or about Babel, including foreign translations. There are art works, video and sound recordings, conference materials, and marginalia, all related to Babel's life and work. Some of these materials are rare, and their being grouped as a whole makes them of interest to Babel scholars. Register of the Irwin T. and 98074 2 Shirley Holtzman collection The Babel materials are organized by headings established by Mr. Holtzman, and they illustrate the art of collecting itself, with the various strands connecting Babel's life and work, as well as links among his contemporaries and interpreters, being made visible through the criteria used by the collector in selecting and organizing the Babel materials. The Holtzman collection also contains a number of books by and about Leonid Pasternak, with illustrations of his paintings and drawings. Please note that some original Pasternak correspondence and writings are restricted, for which use copies are available in Box 20. Arrangement Arranged into series by author, with additional author series for each additional increment of materials. Subjects and Indexing Terms Babel', I. (Isaak), 1894-1941. Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996. Holtzman, Shirley. Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich,1890-1960. Russian literature. Joseph Brodsky File 1956-2000 Scope and Contents note Appraisals, bibliographies, and packing lists; biographical material re Brodsky; clippings; his correspondence, speeches, and writings; material related to academic conferences and exhibits about Brodsky; writings about Brodsky; photographs and drawings of Brodsky; phonotape cassettes and videotapes of readings by or about Brodsky; posters related to his work and public appearances, memorabilia, and printed matter, including books, scholarly journals, and popular magazines, arranged by physical form. The extensive printed matter, at the end of the series, consists of publications by and about Joseph Brodsky, and is arranged chronologically by title or author, with the spellings conforming to those of the original publications. Transliterations are supplied for non-Roman alphabets General Bibliographies of Joseph Brodsky holdings Box/Folder 1 : 1 General 1992-1998 Holtzman Collection Box/Folder 1 : 2 General 1993 Box/Folder 1 : 3 Bigelow, Thomas, "Joseph Brodsky: A Descriptive Bibliography" 1994 Scope and Contents note Typescript Box/Folder 1 : 4 University libraries and the Library of Congress 1996 Scope and Contents note Electronically generated lists Box/Folder 1 : 5 Bookseller's catalogs 1978-1992 Box/Folder 2 : 1-2 Bookseller's catalogs 1978-1992 Correspondence of Irwin T. Holtzman Box/Folder 2 : 3 General 1987-1998 Box/Folder 2 : 4 Bigelow, Thomas 1992-1994 Box/Folder 2 : 5 Miscellany Biographical file 1956-1996 Box/Folder 2 : 6 Biographies and photocopy of "Lichnaia kartochka" 1956 Scope and Contents note Typescript Register of the Irwin T. and 98074 3 Shirley Holtzman collection Joseph Brodsky File 1956-2000 Clippings Box/Folder 2 : 7-9 English language press 1972-1996 Russian language press Box/Folder 2 : 10 General 1992 Box/Folder 2 : 11 Vechernii Leningrad 1964 January 8 Box/Folder 2 : 12 Memorial service programs 1996 Box/Folder 2 : 13 Obituaries 1996 Box/Folder 2 : 14 Miscellany. Scope and Contents note Includes university magazines, catalogs, and other printed matter related to Brodsky's teaching career in the United States, 1991-1996 Conference file 1995-1997 Box/Folder 2 : 15 Commemorative Conference to Honor Joseph Brodsky, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1996 Box/Folder 2 : 16 General Box/Folder 3 : 1 Binder of material related to the conference Box/Folder 3 : 2 International Seminar, Helsinki 1995 Scope and Contents note Program Box/Folder 3 : 3 III-ia Mezhdunarodnaia nauchnaia konferentsiia, posviashchennaia tvorchestvu Iosifa Brodskogo 1997 Scope and Contents note Printed program Correspondence 1972-1990 Box/Folder 3 : 4 Auden, W. H. 1972 Scope and Contents note Photocopy Box/Folder 3 : 5 Gowar, Michael 1981 Box/Folder 3 : 6 Holtzman, I. T. 1986-1990 Box/Folder 3 : 7 Zweig, Paul 1974-1977 Exhibit file 1996-1997 Box/Folder 3 : 8 Commemorative Conference to Honor Joseph Brodsky, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library 1996 General note See also Conference file/Commemorative Conference to Honor Joseph Brodsky Scope and Contents note Program for the exhibit. Box/Folder 3 : 9 Muzei Anny Akhmatovoi 1997 General note See also Oversize file/Posters Scope and Contents note Flyer and announcement for memorial exhibit on the anniversary of Brodsky's death. Speeches and writings 1967-1996 General note See also Printed matter for printed copies of books (Boxes 9-18) General Register of the Irwin T. and 98074 4 Shirley Holtzman collection Joseph Brodsky File 1956-2000 Box/Folder 3 : 10 General 1967-1992 Scope and Contents note Clippings and photocopies Box/Folder 3 : 11 Poetry readings. Miscellany, including programs and reviews 1972-1996 Box/Folder 3 : 12 "The Condition We Call Exile" n.d Scope and Contents note Typescript Box/Folder 3 : 13 Elegy to John Donne and Other Poems 1967 Scope and Contents note Page proof signed by author Box/Folder 3 : 14 "A Writer Is a Lonely Traveler," New York Times Magazine 1972
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