Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004245, Fri, 2 Jul 1999 10:41:32 -0700

Subject
Chekhov Publishing House archives (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-L once again thanks Aphonse Vihn for this
information on Chekhov House which was VN's first Russian-language
publisher in the U.S.
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From: Alphonse Vinh <AVinh@npr.org>

Aplologies if someone already sent in the answer--I
don't read all the Nabokov messages due to the press of
time. But here is the location information for the archives of Chekhov
House.

//Alphonse Vinh

Collection Name:
Izdatelstvo imeni Chekhova (New York, N.Y.)
Repository Name:
Columbia University, Library, Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian
and East European
History and Culture, New York NY
LC Reference:
92798165
Type:
Records
Collection Dates: 1951-1958
Extent: ca. 850 items (3 boxes and 1 package of 12 lps)
Description:
Finding aid in the repository.Phonograph records.English
name, Chekhov Publishing House; specialized in Russian emigré literature;
closed in 1956. Correspondence, mss. of writings, biographical information
on many of the authors, and 12 phonograph records. Correspondents include
Ivan Bunin, Vladimir Nabokov, Aleksei Remizov, Gleb Struve, and Boris
Vysheslavtsev. Gift of the publishing house, 1956, and YMCA Historical
Library, 1981.

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