v COLLECTIONS OF CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS NAME OF COLLECTION: yiadimir Feofilovich ZEELER Papers SOURCE; Purchase, 195T-196O Tj^nigrfltinn - TTiTrr>pp>* JAt.p-rfl-hn-pp? Art., & Mnsin in Tftrri gration; Tfed^t Party Lavyers in Emigration - ORAF DATES COVERED: ca. 18TO-195O NUMBER OF ITEMS: ^a- STATUS: (check appropriate desertphon) Cataloged: x Listed: x Arranged: x Not organized: CONDITION: (give number of vols., boxes, or shelves) Bound: Boxed: " X1 Stored: 0 VACATION: (Library)_ BAB CALL-NUMBER Ms RESTRICTIONS O N USE Readers must use photoqopies of letters from Il'ia Repin to Vladimir Zeeler. DESCRIPTiON- Papers of Vladimir F. Zeeler (l87 1 +-195^)» consisting of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and memorabilia. Zeeler was secretary PirfJc&J tlie Union of Russian Writers &.Journalists in Paris (Soiuz Russkikh ^P*«M*IM» i Zhurnalistov) and treasurer of the Union of Russian Lawyers in France-(Ob"edinenie Russkikh Advokatov vo Frantsii) in the interwar period. A sizable part of the collections concerns the painter Il'ia Repin (18M-193O). Included are letters to Zeeler from Repin and his children; photographs of Repin; and his artist's brushes. Other correspondents include: Konstantin Bal'mont; Aleksandr Benois; Ivan Bunin; Vladislav Khodasevich; Aleksandr Kuprin; Pavel Miliukov; Sergei Rakhmaninov; Nikolai Roerich; and Ivan Shmelev. There are one or two letters each from Marc. Chagall, Mikhail Fokin, Knut Hamsun (copy), Rudyard Kipling (copy), Vladimir Nabokov, Leonid Pasternak, Sergei Kusevitskii, Dmitrii Merezhkovskii, & Fedor Shaliapinv(Some of this correspondence concerns Repin.) Manuscripts include poems by Bal'mont, stories by Kuprin, and novels by Shmelev; there is also a nearly-complete manuscript of Pamiati pogibshikh (1929), a collection dedicated to the memory of Kadet Party members who had died f in 1917-1921, edited by Zeeler and others. There are many photographs, v some inscribed, of major cultural figures in the Russian emigration, including most of the people listed above, and also Leonid Andreev, Zinaida Gippius, Nikolai Berdiaev, Maksim Gor*kii, and Aleksandr Grechaninov, and many other major persons. sc For box list see following pages.
ZEELER PAPERS: BOX LIST Boxes 1-3. Cataloged Correspondence. 1. Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich Aleksandrova, Vera Amfiteatoov, Aleksandr Valentinovich Anderson, Paul Astrov, Nikolai Ivanovich Avksent'ev, Nikolai Dmitrievich Bal'mont, Konstantin Dmitrievich Benois, Albert A. Benois, Al f bert Nikolaevich Benois, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bilibin, Ivan Bogdanov-Bel'skii, Nikolai Petrovich Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich Burtsev, Vladimir L'vovich Chagall, Marc Chirikov, Evgenii Nikolaevich Denikina, Kseniia Vasil'evna Dobuzhinskii, Mstislav Valer f ianovich Evreinov, Nikolai Nikolaevich Faberge, Eugene Fedorov, Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Fedorov, Mikhail Mikhailovich Fokin, Mikhail Gershun, Boris L'vovich Girs, Mikhail Nikolaevich Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glikberg, Aleksandr Mikhailovich (pseudonym - A.Chernyi) Grebenshchikov, Georgii Dmitrievich Grigor'ev, Boris Gruzenberg, Oskar Osipovich Iakovlev, Aleksandr Evgen'evich Hamsun, Knut Kharitonov, Nikolai Khodasevich, Vladislav Felitsianovich Kipling, Rudyard Kizevetter, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich '"'.'"'"'"*"*" * v^ Kokovtsev, Vladimir Nikolaevich Korovin, Konstantin Alekseevich Kovarskii, II f ia Nikolaevich Kramar, Karel Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich Kusevitskii, Sergei Aleksandrovich r V 2. Lakhovskii, Arnol'd,,,., Lifar 1, Sergei Mikhailovich Lukomskii, Georgii Kreskent'evich L'vov, Lollii Ivanovich ' Maklakov, Vasilii Alekseevich Merezhkovskii, Dmitrii Sergeevich. Miliukov, Pavel Nikolaevich. / Munshtein, Leonid Grigor'evich (pseudonym - Lolo) ^ Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nemirovich-Danchenko,' Vasilii Ivanovich Nikolaevskii, Boris Ivanovich! (
Zeeler Box List - 2 2. continued Panina, Sofiia Vladimirovna Pasternak, Leonid Osipovich Pleshcheev, Aleksandr Alekseevich Potresov, Sergei Vasil f evich" (pseud.-s. Iablonovskii) 3. Rodichev, Fedor Izmailovich Rodicheva, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Roerich, Nikolai Konstantinovich Shaliapin, Fedor Ivanovich Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich Shpolianskii, Aminad Petrovich (pseud.-don Aminado) Sorin, Savelli Abramovich Stelletskii, Dmitrii Semenovich Rakhmaninov, Sergei Vasil'evich Remizov, Aleksei Mikhailovich Repin, Il f ia Efimovich Struve, Petr Berngardovich Teffi, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna (pseud, of N.A.Buchinskaia) Teslenko, Nikolai Vasil*evich Tyrkova-Williams, Ariadna V. Zaitsev, Boris Konstantinovich Zenzinov, Vladimir Mikhailovich Boxes k-5. Cataloged Manuscripts & Documents. h. Manuscripts Astrov, Nikolai Ivanovich CPoemsD Bal f mont, Konstahtin Dmitrievich "Byl Vladimir..." (poem) D.N.Krachkovskomu (poem) Nelomkomu (poem) Nezabyvaemoe (poem) "Otkuda vashe imia?..." (poem) Solntse poiushchee; Umirotvorenie(poems) Sonet Vladimiru Feofilovichu Zeeleru, Varvare Mikhailovne Zeelere (poem) Sorok let liubvi-i bolee (poem) V.F.Zeeleru (poem; 1932) V.F.Zeeleru (poem; 193M V.F.Zeeleru (poem; 1935) V.F.Zeeleru (poem; 1938) Vladimiru Feofilovichu Zeeleru (poem) Vladimiru Ozernomu (poem) Za stolom u V.F.Zeelera, v ego otsutstvie (poem) Zavetnoe slovo. Vladimiru Feofilovichu Zeeleru (poem) Gusev-Orenburgskii, Sergei Ivanovich Kniaziu Obolenskomu (poem) Korovin, Konstantin Alekseevich Luna (story) Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich Koleso zhizni (story) Malye dela (story) Tolstoi-sapozhnik (story) Lazarevskii, Boris Aleksandrovich -- Illiustratory Ukrainy (essay) Obolenskii, Vladimir Andreevich CPoemsD Pleshcheev, Aleksandr Alekseevich E.N.Roshchina-Insarova (biography) Repin, Il'ia Efimovich CNote about his portrait of Igor 1 V. Voinov3 CNote about his painting, "Bol f sheviki otnimaiut khleb u devochki"3 Rodichev, Fedor Izmailovich CAutobiography3 CGeorgii Evgen f evich L'vovD (essay) Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich CAutobiography & list of publications) Den* russkogo rebenka (essay) Niania iz Moskvy (novel) Priiatnaia progulka (story) 0 Dostoevskom (essay)
Zeeler Box List - 3 5. Manuscripts continued Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich Puti nebesnye (novel) Rozhdestvo v Moskve (story) Solntse mertvykh (first 8 chapters,of novel) 2 copies, and draft fragments of novel) Tvorchestvo A.P.Chekhova (essay) CWill] -- Manuscript fragments Documents L? vov, Lollii Ivanovich Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich Boxes 6-7* Cataloged Photographs, 6. Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich Alekhin, Aleksandr A Aleksandrovich, Aleksandr D. Amfiteatrov, Aleksandr V. Andreev, Leonid Nikolaevich Avksent'ev, Nikolai D. Bal'mont, Konstantin D. Bartenev, Sergei A. Benois, Al'bert A. Benois, Al'bert Nikolaevich Berdiaev, Nikolai A. Bilibin, Ivan Bogdanov-Bel'skii, Nikolai P. Braz, 0. F. ^Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich Burd-Voskhodov, Aleksandr P. Burtsev, Vladimir L'vovich Chekunov, Ivan Stepanovich Denikin, Anton Ivanovich Dobuzhinskii, Mstislav V. Dolgorukov, Pavel Dmitrievich Fedorov, Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedorov, Nikolai Iakovlevich Fokin, Mikhail i Gessen, Iosif Vladimirovich Gessen, Vladimir Iosifovich Gippius, Zinaida Nikolaevna Glazunov, Aleksandr K. Glikberg, Aleksandr M. Gor f kii, Maksim Grabbe, M. N. Grebenshchikov, Georgii D. Grechaninov, Aleksandr T. Grigor T ev, Boris Guchkov, Aleksandr Ivanovich Iuzhnyi, Iakov Ivanov, Sergei Karrik, Valerian Vil'iamovich Kartashev, Anton Vladimirovich Kedrov, Nikolai Kiselevskii, Georgii Mitrofanovich Kizejeetter, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokovtsov, Vladimir Nikolaevich Konovalov, Aleksandr Ivanovich Korovin, Konstantin Alekseevich Kramar, Karel Kshesinskaia, M. F. Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuznetsova, Galina Nikolaevna Lazarevskii, Boris Aleksandrovich Lifar*, Sergei Mikhailovich Lukomskii, Georgii Kreskent f evich L'vov, Georgii Evgen*evich L'vov, Lollii Ivanovich Maklakov, Vasilii Alekseevich Maliavin, Filipp Andreevich Merezhkovskii, Dmitrii Sergeevich Miliukov, Pavel Nikolaevich Minor, Osip Solomonovich Munshtein, Leonid Grigor*evich Muratov, Pavel Pavlovich Nabokov, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vasilii Ivanovich Orlov, Nikolai Otsup, Aleksandr Avdeevich Pasternak, Leonid Osipovich Pastukhov, Boris Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich Perel f man, Osip Isidorovich Piatigorskii, Grigorii- Pleshcheev, Aleksandr Alekseevich Plevitskaia, Nadezhda Vasil'evna Rakhmaninov, Sergei Vasil'evich
Zeeler Box List - h Photographs continued Remizov, Aleksei Mikhailovich Repin, Il'ia Efimovich Rodichev, Fedor Izmailovich Ryzhkov, Viktor Aleksandrovich Sanin, Aleksandr Akimovich Shaliapin, Fedor Ivanovich Shaliapin, Boris Fedorovich Shcherbatov, Sergei Shebeko, Nikolai Nikolaevich Shervashidze, Aleksandr K. Shingarev, Andrei Ivanovich Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich Shukhaev, Vasilii Sikorskii, Igor* Sliozberg, G. B. Sorin, Savelli Abramovich Speranskii, Valentin Spesivtseva, Ol'ga A. Stasov, Vladimir Vasil'evich Stelletskii, Dmitrii Semenovich Stepun, Fedor Avgustovich Struve, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Struve, Petr Berngardovich Surguchev, Il f ia Dmitrievich Teffi, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Teslenko, Nikolai Vasil'evich Tkhorzhevskii, Ivan Ivanovich Tolstoi, II'ia L f vovich Trefilova,V6ra Unkovskii, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vinogradov, Sergei Vishniak, Mark Veniaminovich Volkov, Aleksandr Zaitsev, Boris Konstantinovich Zeeler, Vladimir Feofilovich..,L ^J\c? ' :.. "".-'.-.:. Zurov, Leonid Fedorovich PLEASE NOTE! Caricatures by V. V. Karrik are filed in Box 6, after photographs of Karrik.
Zeeler Box List - Boxes 8 & 9» Materials relating to Il'ia Repin and his Family. ) 8. Correspondence Repin Family Correspondence (various family members) Tat * iana I. Iazeva (nee Repina) Iurii I. Repin Vera I. Repina Correspondence relating to Il'ia E. Repin 9. Other Materials Clippings about Repin Clippings of articles and letters by Repin Komitet po uvekovecheniiu pamiati I.E.Repina Lists of works by and about Repin Manuscripts by V.F.Zeeler on Repin Miscellaneous Materials Newspaper Reproductions of Repin 1 s Works Photographs of II'ia Repin*s" family and home (Penaty) Reproductions of Repin 1 s Works (prints, photographs) Repin 1 s Brushes, Colors, Crayons Box 10. Correspondence; Manuscripts; "Bal Pressy" Materials. Correspondence General Correspondence ^. Elena Bal'mont (Mrs. Konstantin D.),- v * Correspondence relating to K.D.Bal'mont V "K.D.Bal'mont" album (contents removed & cataloged) "Arkhiv N.I.Markova" Correspondence relating to A. A. Pleshcheev Correspondence relating to Russkii Zagranichnyi Istoricheskii Arkhiv Correspondence about I.S.Shmelev Manuscripts * Pamiati pogibshikh Miscellaneous Manuscripts Subject File - "Bal Pressy, 1936" Box 11. Subject Files; Cai»iocrbua*es; Photographs; Miscellaneous. Subject Files Den 1 Russkoi Kul'tury (correspondence, minutes, notes, printed items, miscellaneous) Ob"edinenie».Russkikh Advokatov vo Frants±i (Constitution, 1930 printed report, financial materials, Starynkevich vs. Levashkevich) ' Photographs Individual Photographs Civil War Front-Stalag 122, Compiegne, 19UI-U2 Ivan Shmelev (related photographs) Miscellaneous photographs from the emigration,.1921-19^8 Photographs relating to the Orthodox Church Russkii Kul'turno-Istoricheskii Mficellaneous
Publications Based on the V.F. Zeeler Papers Schwartz, Stephen. "intellectuals and assassins - annals of Stalin's killerati," The Nev York Times Book Review, Jan. 2U, 1988. (photograph of Nadezhda Plevitskaya) Draper, Theodore "The mystery of Max Eitingon,"..The New York Review of Books, April 14, 1988. (photograph of Nadezhda Plevitskaya) Valkenier, Elizabeth. Kridl. December, 1995. "Repin in Emigration," The Harriman Review, (excerpts from letters by Repin) "Pis'mo T.I. Repinoi-IAzevoi k V.F. Zeeleru: Vstupitel<!naia zametka i publikatsiia I.A. Doronchenkova" Belaruska-Ruskae Kul'turnae iizaemadzeianne kantsa XlX-pachatku XX st. Vitsebsk: Kamintern, 1995. \