Alyce Batchelder Collection of George Grebenstchikoff
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 589
Scope and Contents
The papers in this collection document the work of Alyce Batchelder as well as the correspondence and writings of George Grebenstchikoff. Alyce Batchelder's correspondence documents her work as literary executor for the George Grebenstchikoff estate after Grebenschikoff's death. George Grebenstchikoff's papers document a variety of personal and professional domains, including his activity to honor the Russian writer Ivan Bunin and his account of a lawsuit brought against him by Harold Hecht. The collection also contains a few early letters to George Grebenstchikoff's wife Tatiana that date from the years before her emigration to the United States.
Dates
- 1898 - 1995
- Majority of material found within 1947 - 1967
Creator
- Batchelder, Alyce (Collector)
Language of Materials
Materials in Russian and English.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Alyce Batchelder Collection of George Grebenstchikoff is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alyce Batchelder, 2002.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into four Series: Correspondence, Writings, Other Papers, and Personal Effects.
Extent
4.69 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The papers in this collection document the work of Alyce Batchelder as well as the correspondence and writings of George Grebenstchikoff (in Russian, Georgii Grebenshchikov). Alyce Batchelder's correspondence documents her work as literary executor for the George Grebenstchikoff estate after Grebenschikoff's death. George Grebenstchikoff's papers include professional correspondence and a collection of Russian medals. Correspondents include Dmitri Alexandrow, Pearl S. Buck (letters related to the Russian writer Ivan Bunin), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, George Sabo, Igor Sikorsky and Maurice J. and Lilli Swetland. The collection also contains a few early letters to George Grebenstchikoff's wife Tatiana that date from the years before her emigration to the United States. Realia in the collection include Russian military and religious medals.
George Grebenstchikoff, 1882-1964
George Grebenstchikoff (in Russian Georgii Dmitrievich Grebenshchikov) was born May 6 (April 24 Old Style) 1883 in the Tomsk Oblast of Russia. In 1917 he married Tatiana Denisovna Stadnik, whom he met when she acted in a play he wrote. He published segments of his serialized novel Churaevy before emigrating to Paris (1920) and then the United States (1924). In 1925 he and Ilia Tolstoi founded the Churaevka artists' colony in Southbury, Connecticut, where Grebenstchikoff also directed the Alatas publishing house. The Grebenstchikoffs later moved to Florida, where George Grebenstchikoff taught creative writing and Russian literature at Florida Southern College from 1941 to 1952.
In addition to Churaevy, Grebenstchikoff's principal writings include the novel The Turbulent Giant (1940) and Egorkina zhizn' (published posthumously in 1966), an autobiographical work.
Alyce Batchelder befriended George and Tatiana Grebenstchikoff in Lakeland, Florida and became the literary executor for the George Grebenstchikoff estate in 1965.
In addition to Churaevy, Grebenstchikoff's principal writings include the novel The Turbulent Giant (1940) and Egorkina zhizn' (published posthumously in 1966), an autobiographical work.
Alyce Batchelder befriended George and Tatiana Grebenstchikoff in Lakeland, Florida and became the literary executor for the George Grebenstchikoff estate in 1965.
- Alexandrow, Dmitri
- Authors, Russian -- 20th Century
- Batchelder, Alyce
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
- Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953
- Grebenshchikov, Georgīĭ, 1882-1964
- Grebenstchikoff, Tatiana
- Medals -- Russia
- Photographs
- Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953
- Russian literature -- 20th Century
- Sabo, George
- Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972
- Swetland, Lilli
- Swetland, Maurice J.
Creator
- Batchelder, Alyce (Collector)
- Grebenshchikov, Georgīĭ, 1882-1964
- Title
- Guide to the Alyce Batchelder Collection of George Grebenstchikoff
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Lisa Conathan
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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