Serge Diaghilev correspondence relating to book collecting
Overview
Correspondence between Russian ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev and booksellers in Paris, Berlin, London, Warsaw and Moscow.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1938
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1925-1929
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
1 linear feet (2 boxes)The collection contains letters, telegrams and notes from Serge Diaghilev to booksellers in Paris, Berlin, London, Warsaw and Moscow (including Karl W. Heirsmann, Otto Harrassowitz, and Mezhdunarodnaia kniga), and a letter from the notable Pushkin scholar Modest Hofmann. Letters are primarily in Diaghilev's and Boris Kochno's hands. The collection encompasses the last four years of Diaghilev's life, except for one unidentified letter from 1938.
Biographical / Historical
Serge Diaghilev was a Russian ballet impresario, the founder, producer and artistic director of Ballets Russes. In his late years he turned to book and manuscript collecting. He built up a collection of rare Russian printed books, manuscripts and scores.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2003MT-112. Purchased with the Howard D. Rothschild fund; received: 1998.
- Title
- Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929. Serge Diaghilev correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01708
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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