Domherr mss., 1937-1975
Summary Information
Repository:
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly
Creator
Domherr, Ludwig L. 1894-
TitleDomherr mss., 1937-1975
Collection No.
LMC 1318
Extent
92 items.
Language
Materials are in English and Russian.
Abstract
The Domherr mss., 1937-1975, consists of
papers of Russian editor and translator Ludwig Leopoldovich Domherr, 1894-
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Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Ludwig Leopoldovich Domherr, born in 1894, was a Russian editor and translator.
Domherr left the Soviet Union in 1942, lived as a refugee in Austria and Paris
following the war, and emigrated to the United States in 1951. His first job in the
U.S. was with the Ford Foundation's Research Program on the U.S.S.R.; in 1956 he
joined the staff of
America Illustrated, published by
the U.S. Information Agency, becoming chief of the Russian language staff in the
1960's.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Miscellaneous; II.
Aleksandr Herzen Letters.
Scope and Content Note
The Domherr mss., 1937-1975, consists of papers of Russian editor and translator
Ludwig Leopoldovich Domherr, 1894- . Present in the collection are notes and
transcriptions of letters of Alexander Herzen prepared by Domherr for publication,
as well as newspaper clippings about Domherr's work on the Herzen letters. Most of
the material is in Russian.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Domherr, Ludwig L. (Ludwig
Leopoldovich), 1894-
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Herzen, Aleksandr,
1812-1870.
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Herzen, Aleksandr,
1812-1870.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift. 1988
Usage Restrictions
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Domherr mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
Miscellaneous
Folder 1
Biographical. Includes Domherr's curriculum vitae
Folder 2
U.S. Information Agency.
Includes photographs.
Folder 3
Andro, Anna Alekseevna. Concerning diary
Folder 4
Oksman, Julian. Correspondence and clippings, 1959-1970
Folder 5
Tomashevskii, B.V. Correspondence
Folder 6
"Anna Akhmatova: Requiem,
1935-1940"
(photocopy)
Folder 7
Clippings concerning Pushkin, 1937-1960s
Folder 8
Domherr, Ludwig.
The Pushkin Edition of
the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
(Mimeographed series, No.
45, New York City, Research Program on the U.S.S.R., 1953)
Folder 9
"Scholarly Yearbook for 1954" (Saratov State University, Linguistics
Department)
Series:
Aleksandr Herzen Letters
Box 1
Folder 10
Correspondence and notes, 1952-1958
Folder 11-13
Herzen to Herwegh letters. Transcripts and notes
Folder 14-15
Herzen to N.I. and T.A. Astrakov letters. Transcripts and
notes
Folder 16
Clippings concerning Domherr's Herzen work [1937?]
Folder 17
"A.I. Herzen: The Unpublished Letters to N.I. and T.A.
Astrakov"
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