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Amherst College Center for Russian Culture Konstantin Solntsev Collection 1828-1968 [1924-1959] Accession Number: CRC91-0019, CRC92-0006 Quantity: 27.5 linear feet Containers: 22 Record Storage Boxes 3 Archival Boxes 9 Flat Archival Boxes Processed: 1997 March-October Finding Aid Prepared: 1997 November-December by: Tanya Chebotarev, Assistant Curator of Russian Collections Access: In general, there is no restriction on access t o the Konstantin Solntsev Collection for research use. Selected items may be restricted to protect the privacy rights of individuals or for other legal reasons. Copyright: It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of copyrights. Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Director of the Amherst College Center for Russian Culture. © Amherst College Center for Russian Culture 1997 December 1 Konstantin Solntsev Collection Scope and Content Notes The Konstantin Solntsev Collection was donated to the Amherst College Center for Russian Culture by Thomas Whitney, Amherst College Class of 1937. The material, which consists of correspondence, manuscripts, mementos, photographs, printed matter and clippings, documents K. Solntsev's personal life and professional activities. Konstantin Ivanovich Solntsev was born in 1894 in Spassk (near Riazan'). In 1914, after graduation from St. Petersburg University, where he was a student of history in Professor Shliapkin's class, he became a volunteer in the Russian Army. After the October Revolution Solntsev emigrated to the United St ates. Later he lived in Berlin and Paris. In 1948 he came back to America. In Paris K. Solntsev became a taxi-driver and a passionate collector of Russian émigré materials. His goal as a trained historian was to document not only Russian literary and cultural events abroad, but the everyday life of the Russian community in exile. Solntsev's intention to preserve Russian history led him to buy a small house near Paris, where he start ed collecting and processing Russian periodicals and mementos. Apparently, Solntsev's purpose was to organize a Museum of Russian Émigré Literature in Paris. His personal friendship with Russian writer Alexei Remizov and his wife Serafima Remizova-Dovgello helped him to acquire a part of the Remizov Papers as well as several other collections from the circle of Remizov's literary acquaintances. In the United States Solntsev taught Russian language and literature at Syracuse University. Beyond his teaching duties, Solntsev was a devoted archivist and bibliographer. His contributions to Russian periodicals in the U.S. played a pivotal role in reconstructing the historical significance of the Russian émigré community in the West. Konstantin Solntsev died in New York in July 1961. The collection is divided into two series described as follows. I. Konstantin Solntsev Papers, 1900-1968, 5 linear feet: This series is further divided into three subseries: Correspondence, Personal Materials, Pro fessional and Research Materials. 1. Correspondence, 1927-1961, 0.75 linear feet, contains K. Solntsev's correspondence with friends and general professional correspondence. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and each folder is arranged in chronological order. Unidentified correspondence has been placed at the beginning of the series. Separate listings have been given for each correspondent with three or more letters. Individuals writing one or two letters have been placed in "Letter" general files. An asterisk indicates that the sender used a pseudonym. 2. Personal Materials, 1909-1959, 0.75 linear feet, consists of address books, diaries, financial records, memoirs and photographs. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by type and each folder is arranged in alphabetical order. © Amherst College Center for Russian Culture 1997 December 2 Konstantin Solntsev Collection 3. Professional and Research Materials, 1900-1968, 3.5 linear feet, contains bibliophilic materials, drafts and clippings of Solntsev articles, his correspondence and research materials on specific topics, his lecture notes and a literary miscellany. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically. II. Third Party Materials, 1828-1968, 22.5 linear feet: This series is compiled of collected materials, personal documents of Russian émigrés belonging to Solntsev's circle, correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials. The series is divided into two subseries: Papers of Contemporaries and Printed Materials. 1. Papers of Contemporaries, 1828-1960, 3.00 linear feet, consists of biographical material, correspondence and manuscript s by various authors. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by personal subject. 2. Printed Materials, 1896-1968, 19.5 linear feet, contains booklists, bulletins, catalogs, clippings, journals, newspapers, mementos, programs and reprints by various authors. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject and then in chronological order. Related Material: The Amherst College Center for Russian Culture has information about K. Solntsev beyond that found in this collection. Sources include: A. Remizov and S. Remizova-Dovgello Papers. Contact the Amherst College Center for Russian Culture for further information. © Amherst College Center for Russian Culture 1997 December 3 Konstantin Solntsev Collection History of the Collection The Konstantin Solntsev Collection constituted a part of Thomas Whitney, Amherst College Class of 1937, donation. Mr. Whitney bought this collection in 1964 from the widow of Konstantin Solntsev, Mrs. Barbara Solntsev. In 1996, when the collection was reviewed, internal evidence suggested that K. Solntsev arbitrarily incorporated into his own collection a part of the Vladimir Zenzinov Papers. In 1997, this part of the Vladimir Zenzinov Papers was removed from the Solntsev Collection and added to the Vladimir Zenzinov Papers. On the other hand, Kuprin's and Shmelev's materials, which were formerly maintained as a separate collection, were incorporated into the Konstantin Solntsev Collection. © Amherst College Center for Russian Culture 1997 December 4 Box and Folder Listing Konstantin Solntsev Collection Series I, Konstantin Solntsev Papers, 1900-1968 Subseries 1, Correspondence, 1927-1961 Box Folder No. No. Dates Description Personal Correspondence: 1 1 [1930 Mar 7] Unidentified 1940 Dec 13; Unidentified 1941 Jun 15 1945 Sep 29; Aldanov, M.* 1946 Apr 22 1948 Jan 7; Avtonomov, N. 1948 Feb 2 1960 Apr 12 Berezniaia, P. 1927 Dec 22 - Bialkovskii, M. 1927 Nov 12 1958 Feb 22 - Butkovich, V. and A. 1960 Sep 10 2 1949 Dec 5-27; Dobuzhinskii, M. 1951 Apr 30 1948 Jun 6; Falkovskii, E. 1951 May 31 1949 Jan 12 Fedotov, G. 1930 Mar 19 Fokin, B. 1959 Jan 16 Giatsintov, E. 1960 Jan 5 Gurland, E. 1938 Dec 26; Karrik, V. 1938 Aug 7 1929 May 21; Kheraskov, I. 1939 Dec 20; 1958 Sep 6 © Amherst College Center for Russian Culture 1997 December 5 Box and Folder Listing Konstantin Solntsev Collection Series I, Konstantin Solntsev Papers, 1900-1968 Subseries 1, Correspondence, 1927-1961 Box Folder No. No. Dates Description 1 3 1952 Apr 10; Maevskii, V. 1959 May 4 1929 May 15 - Mel'gunov, S. 1934 Dec 4 4 1935 May 25 - Mel'gunov, P. and S. 1936 Dec 19 5 1937 Jan 3 - Mel'gunov, P. and S. 1938 Sep 14 6 1939 Jan 11 - Mel'gunov, P. and S. 1939 Dec 9 7 1948 Feb 18 - Mel'gunov, P. and S. 1951 Oct 25 8 1949 Jan 21; Nabokov, V. 1950 Dec 12 1951 Jan 25 Nabokova, V. 1960 Aug 19 Navrotskii, J. 9 1960 Dec 15 Ozeretskovskaia, N. 1959 Dec 15 - Ragozin, S. 1959 Dec 19; 1960 Dec 23 1929 May 24 Schah-Paronwantz, D. 1930 Jan 26 Sergeev, M. 1945 Nov 29 Shmelev, I. 1958 Dec 3 Sivtsov, G. 1951 Jan 16 - Slobodzinskii, G. and S. 1952 Jan 17 © Amherst College Center for Russian Culture 1997 December 6 Box and Folder Listing Konstantin Solntsev Collection Series I, Konstantin Solntsev Papers, 1900-1968 Subseries 1, Correspondence, 1927-1961 Box Folder No. No. Dates Description 1 9 1935 Nov 15 - Stepanova, P. 1936 Nov 27 1931 Jan 1; Svatikova, P. 1959 Oct 19 10 1945 Jun 26 - Timashev, T. 1948 Feb 18 1943 May 22 - Timoshevich, N. 1945 Apr 14 11 1947 Nov 19 - Vaulin, V. 1948 Aug 22 1948 Jan 12 - Vishniak, M. 1927 Jul 31 - Volianik, N. 1928 Aug 7 1946 Mar 21; Zaitsev, B. 1947 Sep 3; 1961 Mar 11 1949 Jan 15 Zenzinov, V. Professional Correspondence. Incoming: 1 12 1929 Jul 8; Unidentified 1947 Feb 1 - 1948 Feb 20; 1949 Feb 19 1929; 1950 "A" general 1958-1961 1959 May 29 - Andreevskii, B. 1960 Feb 21 © Amherst College Center for Russian Culture 1997 December 7 Box and Folder Listing Konstantin Solntsev Collection Series I, Konstantin Solntsev Papers, 1900-1968 Subseries 1, Correspondence, 1927-1961 Box Folder No. No. Dates Description 1 12 1952 Sep 15 - Aronson, G. 1961 Jul 22 13 1947; 1952; "B" general 1958; 1960; 1961 1947 Feb 8 - Beliaev, N. 1947 Jun 18 1951 Mar 6 - Bondarenko, V. 1951 Oct 30 1950 Apr 19 - Browsin, B. 1951 Dec 16; 1958 14 1952; 1960 "C", "D" general 1929; 1935; "F" general 1960-1961 1952; 1958; "G" general 1959 1958 Feb 2 - Gabrichevskii, G. 1959 Jun 10 15 1939; 1960 "I", "J" general 1947 16 1927; 1947; "K" general 1952; 1958 - 1961 1949 Nov 18 - Kartashev, A. and P. 1960 Jun 18 1947 Mar 24 - Kovalev, A. 1947 Dec 22 © Amherst College Center for Russian Culture 1997 December 8 Box and Folder Listing Konstantin Solntsev Collection Series I, Konstantin Solntsev Papers, 1900-1968 Subseries 1, Correspondence, 1927-1961 Box Folder No. No. Dates Description 1 16 1947 Jan 17 - Kozerchuk, D. 1947 Jun 2 17 1929; 1947; "L" general 1952 1938 Mar 30 - Losskii, N. 1938 Apr 29 18 1929; 1949; "M" general 1951; 1959 - 1961 19 1927; 1950 - "N" general 1951; 1959 1945 Nov 24 - Nikolaevskii, B. 1948 Feb 5 20 1929 Dec 31; Osorgin, M.* 1931 Apr 27 21 1938; 1947; "P" general 1950; 1958 - 1960 22 1949; 1958; "R" general 1960 1947 Nov 2 - Rudnitskii, A.