hou01863 Grebenshchikov, Georgii, 1882-1964. Georgii Grebenshchikov papers (MS Thr 498): Guide. 01/17/2007 Irina Klyagin Finding aid prepared using DACS 11/07/2013 Loaded into OASIS MS Thr 498 Grebenshchikov, Georgii, 1882-1964. Georgii Grebenshchikov papers: Guide. Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University b MS Thr 498 Grebenshchikov, Georgii, 1882-1964. Georgii Grebenshchikov papers, 1928-1935. 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

Collection materials are in Russian.

Papers of Russian émigré writer Georgii Dmitrievich Grebenshchikov.

Processed by: Irina Klyagin

*2006MT-22 Purchased with the Howard D. Rothschild fund; received: 2006 August 9.

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Preferred Citation for Publication:

Georgii Grebenshchikov Papers (MS Thr 498). Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Georgii Dmitrievich Grebenshchikov [Георгий Гребенщиков] (1882-1964) was a Russian writer from the Altai region in Siberia. He escaped from Russia in 1920 with the White army and spent a few years in Paris. In 1924 he moved to the United States. In 1925, he cofounded, together with Leo Tolstoy's son Ilia Tolstoy, the Churaevka community in Southbury, Connecticut for Russian émigré writers. From 1941 to 1952, he was a professor of Russian literature and history at Florida Southern College.

Fyodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) was a Russian opera singer.

Michel Fokine (1880-1942) was a Russian choreographer.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a Russian composer.

Arranged alphabetically by author.

Partial manuscript of the memoir by Grebenshchikov, and letters to Grebenshchikov from prominent Russian expatriates, Michel Fokine, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Fedor Chaliapin.

Translations into English of these letters and manuscripts received with this collection, were collated by item number, and removed to the curatorial file.

 (1) Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938. 2 letters to Georgii Grebenshchikov, 1932-1934. 1 folder.

English translation in the curatorial file.

(2) Fokine, Michel,1880-1942. Correspondence with Georgii Grebenshchikov, 1928-1935 and undated. 1 folder.

18 letters.

Also includes a draft of GG's essay on Fokine, Новая победа русского искусства в Америке[Novaia pobeda russkogo iskusstva v Amerike], a program, a dinner invitation and a rain check ticket.

English translation in the curatorial file.

(3) Grebenshchikov, Georgii, 1882-1964. В гостях у Михаила и Веры Фокиных [V gostiakh u Mikhaila i Very Fokinykh] : autograph manuscript, undated. 1 folder.

Essay about author's conversations with Fokine from unpublished book Русский жемчуг[Russkiĭ zhemchug] .

Also includes Fokine's critique (autograph manuscript).

English translation in the curatorial file.

(4) Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Letter to Georgii Grebenshchikov, 1929. 1 folder.

English translation in the curatorial file.