Alvin Kapusta Collection

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Register of the Alvin Kapusta 87016 1 collection Title: Alvin Kapusta collection Date (inclusive): 1905-1986 Collection Number: 87016 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: Russian and English Physical Description: 36 manuscript boxes, 3 card file boxes, 3 envelopes(16.5 linear feet) Abstract: Clippings, photocopies of articles and pamphlets, photographs, notes, and bibliographies relating to Russian literature and art, especially in the emigration, and particularly to the writer Alekseĭ Remizov. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Kapusta, Alvin, collector. Access Collection is open for research. 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], Alvin Kapusta collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1987. 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. Scope and Content This collection was assembled by Alvin Kapusta, a special assistant for Soviet nationalities in the U.S. State Department. He received his education at Minot State College and the University of California, Berkeley. The collection consists of printed matter related to Russian and East European cultural and literary figures, to bibliographies of their work, and to bibliographical material in general. There is a detailed collection of printed matter related to the Russian author, Alekseĭ Remizov, including photocopies of his writings. Finally, there is a substantial amount of material dealing with the "Stundist" Movement in the Ukraine and the U.S., including accounts of religious persecution in the U.S.S.R. The bulk of the collection covers the period from 1950-1980. The Alekseĭ Remizov material includes photocopies of books published from 1908-1955. Subjects and Indexing Terms Remizov, Alekseĭ, 1877-1957. Russian literature. Art--Soviet Union. Russia--Emigration and immigration.

Boxes 1-4 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1914, undated Scope and Contents note Bibliographical material related to Russia and Eastern Europe. Includes bibliographical guides, and guides to libraries, archives, and printing houses dealing with Russian and East European material.

General

Box/Folder 1 : 1 Librovich, S. F., Istoriia knigi v Rossii, 1914 Box/Folder 1 : 2 Preservation, Russian material Box/Folder 1 : 3 Russian literature, price lists Box/Folder 1 : 4 Slavic archives outside the Soviet Union, arranged by country Box/Folder 1 : 5 Slavic book

Box/Folder 1 : 6

Library of Congress. Alexis Babine Collection, miscellaneous material including correspondence

Box/Folder 2 : 1-2

Slavic books at the Library of Congress

Russian émigré

Box/Folder 2 : 3 Bibliographical guide Box/Folder 2 : 4 Book abroad Box/Folder 2 : 5 Journals Box/Folder 2 : 6 Press Box/Folder 3 : 1 Publishing houses in the West dealing with Russian material, arranged alphabetically Writers, arranged alphabetically Box/Folder 3 : 2 General Box/Folder 3 : 3 Poets

U.S.S.R.

Box/Folder 3 : 4 Archives Box/Folder 3 : 5-6 Collectors and collections Box/Folder 4 : 1 Libraries Box/Folder 4 : 2-3 Library science Soviet Republics Scope and Contents note Includes directories of periodicals, presses, and libraries both within the Soviet Union and in emigration.

Box/Folder 4 : 4 Armenia Box/Folder 4 : 5 Belorussia Box/Folder 4 : 6 Georgia Box/Folder 4 : 7 Latvia Box/Folder 4 : 8 Lithuania Box/Folder 4 : 9 Moldavia Box/Folder 4 : 10 Turkistan Box/Folder 4 : 11 Soviet nationalities collections in the D.C. area Boxes 4-16 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1957-1980, undated Scope and Contents note Biographical material from periodical press re Russian cultural and literary figures, including dissident and Soviet writers.

Russian literary and cultural figures

Box/Folder 4 : General, 1957-1977 12-13 Scope and Contents note Includes biographical material, interviews, and book reviews from periodical press.

Register of the Alvin Kapusta 87016 3 collection BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1957-1980, undated Russian literary and cultural figures

Box/Folder 5 : 1-2 General, 1957-1977 Box/Folder 5 : 3 A Box/Folder 5 : 4 B Box/Folder 5 : 5 C Box/Folder 5 : 6 D Box/Folder 6 : 1 E-F Box/Folder 6 : 2 G-I Box/Folder 6 : 3 K-L Box/Folder 6 : 4 M Box/Folder 6 : 5 N Box/Folder 6 : 6 O-P Box/Folder 7 : 1 R Box/Folder 7 : 2 S Box/Folder 7 : 3 T Box/Folder 7 : 4 U-W Box/Folder 7 : 5 Y Box/Folder 7 : 6 Z

Dissidents and dissident writers, Soviet Union Scope and Contents note Includes biographical material, interviews, and book reviews from periodical press.

Box/Folder 8 : 1 General Box/Folder 8 : 2 A-M Box/Folder 8 : 3 N-Z Box/Folder 8 : 4-5 Amalrik, Andrei Box/Folder 8 : 6 Brodsky, Iosif Box/Folder 8 : 7-9 Daniel, IUlii, "Delo Andreia Siniavskogo i IUliia Daniela" Box/Folder 9 : 1 Daniel, IUlii, "Delo Andrea Siniavskogo i IUliia Daniela" Box/Folder 9 : 2 Kuznetsov, Anatolii Box/Folder 9 : 3 Maksimov, Vladimir Box/Folder 9 : 4 Nekrasov, Victor Box/Folder 9 : 5 Siniavskii, Andrei [See also Daniel, IUlii above] Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Scope and Contents note Clippings from Western press.

Box/Folder 9 : 6-7 General Box/Folder 9 : 8 1965-1969 Box/Folder 9 : 9 1970-1974 Box/Folder 10 : 1 1975-1976 Box/Folder 10 : 2 1977-1980

Russian émigré writers

Box/Folder 10 : General 3-4 Scope and Contents note Includes biographical material, interviews, and book reviews from periodical press.

Box/Folder 11 : 1 A-R Box/Folder 11 : 2 S-Z Box/Folder 11 : 3 A Box/Folder 11 : 4 B Box/Folder 12 : 1 C-D Box/Folder 12 : 2 E

Box/Folder 12 : 3 F Box/Folder 12 : 4 G Box/Folder 12 : 5 H-I Box/Folder 12 : 6 K Box/Folder 13 : 1 L-M Box/Folder 13 : 2 N-O Box/Folder 13 : 3 O-P Box/Folder 13 : 4 R-S Box/Folder 13 : 5 S Box/Folder 14 : 1 T Box/Folder 14 : 2 U-V Box/Folder 14 : 3 W-Z Box/Folder 14 : 4 Aldanov, Mark Box/Folder 14 : 5 Avterkhanov, A. Box/Folder 14 : 6 Bakhrakh, Aleksandr Box/Folder 14 : 7 Berezov, Rodion Box/Folder 14 : 8 Bunin, Ivan Box/Folder 14 : 9 Elagin, Ivan Box/Folder 14 : 10 Fesenko, Tat'iana Box/Folder 14 : 11 Filippov, Boris Box/Folder 15 : 1 Gul', Roman Box/Folder 15 : 2 Ivask, IUrii Box/Folder 15 : 3 Khodasevich, V. Box/Folder 15 : 4 Klenovskii, Dmitrii Box/Folder 15 : 5 Koriakov, Mikhail Box/Folder 15 : 6 Kuprin, Aleksandr Box/Folder 15 : 7 Levitskii, Sergei Box/Folder 15 : 8 Meier, IUrii Box/Folder 15 : 9 Merezhkovskii, Dmitrii Box/Folder 15 : 10 Nabokov, Vladimir Box/Folder 15 : 11 Ossorgin, M. Box/Folder 15 : 12 Polchaninov, R. Box/Folder 15 : 13 Pushkarev, S. Box/Folder 15 : 14 Rafal'skii, S. Box/Folder 15 : 15 Rzhevskii, Leonid Box/Folder 15 : 16 Sedykh, Andrei Box/Folder 15 : 17 Shakhovskoi, Archbishop Ioann Box/Folder 15 : 18 Shmelev, Ivan Box/Folder 15 : 19 Struve, Gleb Box/Folder 15 : 20 Teffi Box/Folder 15 : 21 Terapiano, IUrii Box/Folder 15 : 22 Tsvetaeva, Marina Box/Folder 15 : 23 Weidle, Vladimir Box/Folder 15 : 24 Zamiatin, Evgenii Box/Folder 15 : 25 Zaitsev, Boris

Third emigration Scope and Contents note Clippings from periodical press, arranged alphabetically.

Box/Folder 16 : 1 A-K Box/Folder 16 : 2 L-Z Boxes 16-31 ALEKSEI REMIZOV FILE, 1905-1955, undated Scope and Contents note Bibliographical and biographical material re Alekseĭ Remizov, photocopies and translations of his writings, critical works re Remizov, and miscellaneous material related to Alvin Kapusta's study of this writer.

Box/Folder 16 : General archive 3-5 Scope and Contents note Includes photocopies of correspondence, bibliographical, biographical, and critical material and writings by the author.

Box/Folder 17 : General archive 1-5 Box/Folder 18 : General archive 1-2

Bibliography

Box/Folder 18 : General 3-5 Box/Folder 19 : General 1-6 Box/Folder 20 : General 1-6 Box/Folder 21 : Minor works 1-4 Box/Folder 21 : 5 Major works

Photocopies of published works

Box/Folder 22 : 1 Akhru. Povest' peterburgskaia, 1922 Box/Folder 22 : 2 Bezpriiutnaia, 1922 Box/Folder 22 : 3 Chasy, 1908 Box/Folder 22 : Chortov log i polunoshchnoe solntse. Razskazy i poemy, 1908 4-5 Box/Folder 22 : 6 Chto est' tabak, undated Box/Folder 22 : 7 Dokuka i balagur'e, 1914 Box/Folder 22 : 8 E. Tibetskii skaz, 1922 Box/Folder 22 : 9 Golubinaia kniga, 1946 Box/Folder 22 : 10 Koriavka, 1922 Box/Folder 22 : 11 Kukkha. Rozanovy pis'ma, 1923 Box/Folder 22 : 12 Lalazar. Kavkazskii skaz, 1922 Box/Folder 23 : 1 Limonad. Sirech': put' dukhovnyi, 1907 Box/Folder 23 : 2 Meliuzina Bruntsvik, 1952 Box/Folder 23 : 3 Myshkina dudochka, 1953 Box/Folder 23 : 4 Nikola milostivyi, 1918 Box/Folder 23 : 5 Nikoliny pritchi, undated Box/Folder 23 : 6 O Iude printse Iskariotskom, 1908 Box/Folder 23 : 7 O sud'be ognenoi, undated Box/Folder 23 : 8 Ognenaia Rossiia, undated Box/Folder 23 : 9 Ogon' veshchii. Sny i predson'e, 1954 Box/Folder 23 : 10 Podorozh'e, 1913 Box/Folder 23 : 11 Posolon, 1906 Box/Folder 23 : 12 Povest' o Ivane Semenoviche Stratilatove, 1922 Prud, 1908 Box/Folder 24 : 1 Part I Box/Folder 24 : 2 Part II Box/Folder 24 : 3 Razskazy, 1910 Box/Folder 23 : 4 Rusaliia, 1923 Box/Folder 23 : 5 Russkiia zapiski, 1939 July Box/Folder 23 : 6 Skazki obez'ian'iago tsaria Asyki, undated Box/Folder 23 : 7 Skazki Russkago Naroda skazannyia Alekseem Remizovym, 1923

Box/Folder 23 : 8 Sobach'ia dolia, 1922 Box/Folder 23 : 9 Snezhok, 1918 Box/Folder 23 : 10 Strannitsa. Povest', 1918 Box/Folder 25 : 1 Tri serpa, 1929 Box/Folder 25 : 2 Tsar' Dodon, 1921 Box/Folder 25 : 3 Tsar' Maksimilian, 1920 Box/Folder 25 : 4 Ukrepa, 1916 Box/Folder 25 : 5 V pole blakitnom, 1922 Box/Folder 25 : 6 Vesennee porosh'e, 1915 Box/Folder 25 : 7 Za sviatuiu Rus'. Dumy o rodnoi zemle, 1915 Box/Folder 25 : 8 Zavetnye skazki, undated Box/Folder 25 : 9 Miscellaneous short work, 1905-1955

Box/Folder 25 : 10

Biographical material

Box/Folder 26 : 1

Reminiscences about Remizov

Box/Folder 26 : 2

Correspondence

Criticism

Box/Folder 26 : 3 Bibliography of critical material Box/Folder 26 : 4 Rysten'ko, A. V., Zametki o sochineniiakh Alekseia Remizova, 1913 Box/Folder 26 : 5 Soviet Box/Folder 26 : 6 A Box/Folder 27 : 1 B-C Box/Folder 27 : 2 D-G Box/Folder 27 : 3 H-I Box/Folder 27 : 4 J-K Box/Folder 27 : 5 L-R Box/Folder 28 : 1 S Box/Folder 28 : 2 T-X Box/Folder 28 : 3 Y-Z

Translations of his work

Box/Folder 28 : General 4-5 Box/Folder 28 : 6 For translation Box/Folder 29 : 1 Ou finit l'escalier

Visual material

Box/Folder 29 : 2 Drawings and calligraphy, critical material Box/Folder 29 : 3 Photocopies of drawings for frontispieces Box/Folder 29 : 4 Images of Aleksei Remizov, drawings and handwritten and illustrated albums from Thomas P. Whitney Collection

Kapusta, Alvin Scope and Contents note Miscellaneous material related to his study of Remizov.

Box/Folder 29 : General 5-6 Box/Folder 30 : 1 General Box/Folder 30 : 2 Correspondence re Remizov, arranged alphabetically Box/Folder 30 : 3 Book search, want lists Box/Folder 30 : 4 Work file Box/Folder 30 : 5 Working folder Box/Folder 31 : 1 Work plans and preparations Boxes 31-35 SUBJECT FILE, 1951-1983, undated Scope and Contents note General material related to Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R., including history, religion, nationalism, and dissident movements.

Box/Folder 31 : 2 Bulgaria Box/Folder 31 : Central Asia 3-7 Box/Folder 32 : 1 Central Asia Box/Folder 32 : 2 Czechoslovakia Box/Folder 32 : 3 Ethnic organizations, 1975-1983 Scope and Contents note Includes guides and directories.

Box/Folder 32 : 4 Poland

Religion

Baptists in the U.S.S.R., material related to persecution Box/Folder 32 : 5 Amnesty International, bulletins and correspondence, 1979-1983 Box/Folder 32 : 6 International Representation for the Council of Evangelical Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union Inc., bulletins, 1983-1984 "Biulleten' soveta rodstvennikov uznikov evangel'skikh khristian-baptistov v S.S.S.R." Box/Folder 32 : 7 No. 24 Box/Folder 32 : 8 No. 37 Box/Folder 32 : 9 No. 38 Box/Folder 32 : 10 No. 39 Box/Folder 32 : 11 No. 40 Box/Folder 32 : 12 No. 41 Box/Folder 32 : 13 No. 42 Box/Folder 32 : 14 No. 51 Box/Folder 33 : 1 Khristiianskii visnik, printed copies, 1951-1958, 1983 Box/Folder 33 : 2 Unofficial religious publications "Stundism" Box/Folder 33 : 3 General Box/Folder 33 : History 4-5

Box/Folder 33 : 6

Russian emigres. General

Box/Folder 34 : 1

Russian emigres. General

Box/Folder 34 : 2

Vozrozhdenie, miscellaneous photocopies

Ukraine

Box/Folder 34 : 3 Bibliographical material Box/Folder 34 : 4 History Box/Folder 34 : 5 Miscellaneous printed matter

U.S.S.R.

Box/Folder 34 : 6 General Box/Folder 34 : 7 Art Box/Folder 35 : 1 History Box/Folder 35 : 2 Human rights Box/Folder 35 : Literature 3-5 Box/Folder 35 : 6 Nationalism

Yugoslavia

Box/Folder 35 : 7 Dissidents, biographical material Box/Folder 35 : 8 Mihajlov, Mihajlo Box 36 ALVIN KAPUSTA WRITINGS, 1983, undated Scope and Contents note Typescripts and photocopies of Alvin Kapusta's writings. Typescript copies unless otherwise indicated.

Box/Folder 36 : 1 "East Slavic Genealogy" Box/Folder 36 : 2 "The First Slavonic Bible, 1581 and Ivan Fedorov" Box/Folder 36 : 3 "75th Anniversary First Baptist Church, Max, North Dakota", printed copies, 1983 Box/Folder 36 : 4 "Soviet Nationalities: Archives in a Submerged Nation. The Case of the Ukraine" Box/Folder 36 : 5 "The State Records of Today's Superpowers: How the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Manage Their National Archival Heritage" Boxes 37-39 INDEX CARD FILE, undated Scope and Contents note Material on Russian and East European bibliography and literature.

Photo file AUDIOVISUAL FILE, undated Scope and Contents note Photographs of Russian and East European writers, cultural figures, and dissidents.

Envelope A 14 prints related to Maksimilian Voloshin, undated Scope and Contents note Includes 4 prints of Voloshin, 2 of his wife, 1 of his father, and 1 of himself and his mother.

Envelope B 42 prints of Ukrainian dissidents, undated Scope and Contents note Includes 3 prints of Viacheslav Chornovil, 2 prints of Ivan Dziuba, and 2 prints of Valentin Moroz.

Envelope C 9 miscellaneous prints, undated Scope and Contents note Includes Russian writers and Ukrainian dissidents.