Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1909 - 2018
- Majority of material found within 1959 - 2010
Creator
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Box 33 (correspondence): Restricted until 2034 November 1.
Box 34 (audiovisual material): Restricted until 2054 September 24.
Box 35 (diaries): formerly retricted until 2019 September 24.
For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Boxes 15-22 and 34 (audiovisual material): Restricted fragile. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Box 36: (computer disk): Restricted Fragile Material. Reference copies of electronic files are available. Consult Access Services for further information.
Existence and Location of Copies
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
August 2019 Acquisition: Purchased from Tomas Venclova on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2019.
Arrangement
Extent
37.02 Linear Feet ((43 boxes) + 2 rolls, 1 broadside, and electronic documents)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Tomas Venclova, 1937-
Venclova's major writings include: Kalbos ?enklas: eil?ra??iai (1972), Neustoichivoe ravnovesie: Vosem' russkikh poeticheskikh tekstov (1986) Tank?janti ?viesa (1990), and Aleksander Wat: Life and art of an iconoclast (1996). He also published several volumes of Lithuanian translations, including the poetry of Anna Akhmatova, Joseph Brodsky and Czes?aw Mi?osz.
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization. Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Alekseeva, Li︠u︡dmila, 1927-
- Audiotapes
- Audiovisual materials
- Authors, Lithuanian -- 20th Century
- Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Dissenters -- Soviet Union
- Electronic documents
- Emigration and immigration
- Lithuania -- Politics and government
- Lithuanian literature -- 20th Century
- Lithuanian poetry -- 20th Century
- Michnik, Adam, 1946-
- Miłosz, Czesław, 1911-2004
- Photographs
- Poets, Lithuanian -- 20th Century
- Venclova, Tomas, 1937-
- Videotapes
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Tomas Venclova Papers
- Author
- by Lisa Conathan
- Date
- 2010
- 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
Opening Hours
Access Information
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