Box 1 -- Osip Mandelshtam Papers

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1 1 Stikhotvoreniia: book (Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo,
    1928); inscribed to "Natasha" [Shtempel'] in hand of
    OM -- V[oronezh], Mar. 1, 1937; some corrections marked V[oronezh] [19]36
    and [19]37 in hand of OM (black ink),
    notes and later additions to poems in hand of NM (pencil)
     
  2 Kamen': book (Petrograd: Giperborei, 1915); inscribed by OM
    to Sergei Platonovich Kablukov -- Dec. 2, 1915;
    additional poems written in book and on inserted
    sheets, all in hand of S. P. Kablukov unless
    otherwise noted; most poems dated:
    1. Moskva (V raznogolositse devicheskogo khora...), no. 84 1916
    2. Kto znaet? Mozhet byt' ne khvatit mne svechi... ,
    variant (Kogda sgustilsia mrak nad venchikom svechi...) 1917
    3. Na rozval'niakh, ulozhennykh solomoi..., no. 85 1916
    4. Ia poteriala nezhnuiu kameiiu..., no. 87 1916
    5. Solominka (Kogda, solominka, ne spish v ogromnoi
    spalne...), no. 86 1916
    6. Sobiralis' elliny voinoi..., no. 70 1916
    7. Tomu svidetel'stvo --iazychskii senat..., no. 94 1917
    8. Zolotistogo meda struia iz butylki tekla..., no. 92 1917
    9. Iudeiam (A. V. Kartashevu) (Sredi sviashchennikov
    levitom molodym...) , no. 100 1917
    10. Kogda oktiabr'skii nam gotovil vremenshchik...,
    no. 192: newspaper clipping 1917
    11. Notre Dame (Gde rimskii sudiia sudil
    chuzhoi narod...), no. 39: printed page
    from a different book 1912
    12. [Otryvok] ("...No v starom Kelne tozhe
    est' sobor..."), no. ? 1914
    13. [Otryvok] ("Kakaia veshchaia Kassandra..."),
    no. 180 1915
    14. O, etot vozdukh smutnyi, p'ianyi..., no. 107 1916
    15. Petropol': stanza I ("Mne kholodno.
    Prozrachnaia vesna...") no. 88, stanza II
    omitted in later publications, stanza III
    ("V Petropole prozrachnom my umrem...) no. 89 1916
    16. Kak etikh pokryval i etogo ubora..., no. 82 1915
    17. S veselym rhzaniem pasutsia tabuny..., no. 80 [1915]
    18. Miru (oda), Zverinets) (Otverzhennoe slovo
    "mir"...), no. 83 (slightly
    different version) 1916
     
  2 19. Madrigal (Kniagine Andronnikovoi) (Doch
    Andronika Komnena...), no. 512 1916
    20. Unichtozhaet plamen'..., no. 73 1915
    21. Imiabozhie (I ponyne na Afone...), no. 75 1915
    22. Evkharistiia (Vot daronositsa, kak
    solntse zolotoe...), no. 117 1915
    23. O svobode nebyvaloi..., no. 77 1915
    24. Na pogrebenie materi (Eta noch nepopravima...),
    no. 91 1916
    25. Moi tikhii son, moi son ezheminutnyi..., no. 145:
    handwritten on p.7 1918
    26. Istonchaetsia tonkii tlen..., no. 146 1919
    27. Net, ne podniat' volshebnogo fregata..., variant
    (Mne gashisha bezumnogo ne nado..., no. ?  (1913?)
    28. Zdes' otvratitel'nye zhaby..., no. 146 1919
    29. V moroznom vozdukhe rastaial legkii dym...,
    no. 183: handwritten on p.14 1919
    30. Temnykh uz zemnogo zatocheniia..., no. 158 1911
    31. Iz omuta zlogo i viazkogo..., no. 17 1911
    32. Kogda pokazyvaiut vosem'..., no. 160 n.d.
  2 33. Neu(m?)olimye slova..., no. 182 n.d.
    34. V lazuri mesiats novyi..., no. 155:
    handwritten on p.20 1911
    35. V samom sebe, kak zmei taias'..., no. 162 1911
    36. Kak ten' vnezapnykh oblakov..., no. 16 1910
    37. Kogda udar s udarami vstrechaetsia..., no. 12 1911
    38. Na perlamutrovyi chelnok..., no. 10:
    handwritten on p.24 1911
    39. Dusha ustala ot usilii..., no. 15:
    handwritten on p.27 n.d.
    40. Ot legkoi zhizni my soshli s uma..., no. 43 1913
    41. Sport (Rumianyi shkiper brosil miach
    tiazhelyi...), no. 166: handwritten on p.60-61 1914
    42. Zasnula chern', ziiaet propast' arkoi..., no. 163:
    handwritten on p.62 1913
    43. Avtoportret (V podniat'i golovy krylatoi...),
    no. 164: handwritten on p.64 1913
    44. Pust' imena tsvetushchikh gorodov..., no. 66: n.d.
    45. Priroda tot zhe Rim..., no. 65: variants n.d.
    46. Nemetskaia kaska --sviashchennyi trofei..., no. 179:
    handwritten on p.75 1914
    47. Kak ovtsy zhalkoiu tolpoi..., no. 178:
    handwritten on p.78 1914
     
  2 48. Liuter v Vormse (Zdes' ia stoiu -- ia ne
    mogu inache...), no. 42: handwritten on p.79 1915
    49. Variant, appended to Abbat (no. 74):
    handwritten on p. 79 n.d.
    50. Ot vtornika i do subboty..., no. 76 1915
    51. Amerikanka (Amerikanka v dvadtsat' let...), no. 52 n.d.
    52. Variant of Abbat, (no. 74) n.d.
    53. Imperatorskii Visson, no. 199: handwritten
    on p.85 1915
    54. Kakoi prozrachnyi blesk..., poem by
    S. P. Kablukov 1919
    55. Rus', ne tebia dukh mesti lichnoi..., poem by
    Viacheslav Ivanov
    56. [Blagovolni...]; (poem by S. P. Kablukov?) n.d.
    57. Kogda mozaik niknut travy..., no. 152 1910 (1915)
    58. Negodovan'e starcheskoi kifary..., no. 184 1915
    59. Egiptianin (Ia izbezhal surovoi peni...),
    no. 171: printed page from a
    different book
    60. Egiptianin (Ia vystroil sebe blagopoluchia
    dom...), no. 172 1915
    61. Pust' v dushnoi komnate, gde klochia seroi
    vaty..., no. 173 1913
    62. "My boimsia, my ne smeem...": translation of
    Phèdre by Jean Racine,
    closing fragment, no. 82 (first version) 1916
     
  3 Drafts of poems; draft of translation (fragments):
    1. Kak rastet khlebov opara..., no. 130: draft of
    poem in hand of OM n.d.
    2. Ia poteriala nezhnuiu kameiu..., no. 87:
    poem typewritten
    on obverse of item 1, pencil sketches in margins n.d.
    3. [Vazha Pshavela] Gogotur i Apshina (Govoriat,
    iz Bloia Apshina...), no. 466: translation
    of poem by that author (draft fragment), in hand
    of OM, editorial corrections in hand of NM n.d.
    4. [Vazha Pshavela], no. 466: fragment of translation
    draft, front page in hand of NM, inside pages
    in hand of OM, title on cover in hand of
    N. Khardzhiev. n.d.
     
     
     
  4 Poem manuscripts; translation draft:
    1. Dozhdik laskovyi, melkii i tonkii..., no. 504:
    two author's manuscripts, corrections
    in hand of OM, both dated Aug. 22 1911
    2. Oda voiuiushchim derzhavam (alt. title in pencil
    Mir), no. ?: author's manuscript of poem Jan. 11 1916
    3. I derzkii probezhal po riadam vostorg...:
    translation draft of play by Jules Romain,
    fragment, in hand of OM n.d.
     
     
  5 Printed article, article drafts, letter:
    1. "Petr Chaadaev": printed journal article;
    source: Apollon (Sep. 1915; no. 6-7),
    pp.57-62 1915
    2. "Petr Chaadaev": fragments of author's draft n.d.
    on obverse of one sheet:
    3. Letter from Headmaster of Teneshev School to
    E. V. Mandelstam (OM's father) Nov. 3, 1914
     
  6 ["Retsenziia na knigu I. Erenburga"]: review of book
    by Il'ia Ehrenburg, fragment of author's draft,
    title on cover in hand of N. Khardzhiev n.d.
     
     
  7 "Opravdanie sobornoi idei": outline of artlicle,
    in hand of OM, title on cover in hand of
    N. Khardzhiev n.d.
     
     
  8 ["Otryvok iz stat'i"]: fragment of lost article, draft
    in hand of OM, title on cover in hand of
    N. Khardzhiev n.d.
     
     
  9 "O momente 'obshcheniia' v poeticheskom tvorchestve":
    article, published in 1913 as "O sobesednike,"
    fragments of final typescript
    (pp. 1-2, 5-6) n.d.
     
     
  10 "K vykhodu "Al'manakha muz": article, complete author's draft,
    title on first cover in hand of
    N. Khardzhiev, on second in hand of NM [1916]
     
  11 Fragments of article draft, letter:
    1. "Skriabin i khristianstvo": article, published as
    Pushkin i Skriabin, fragments of
    author's manuscript (text of complete article lost),
    title on cover in hand of N. Khardzhiev [1915-1918]
    on obverse of last sheet:
    2. Letter from E. E. Mandelshtam (OM's brother) to
    Headqurters of Chief of Staff [1917-1918]
     
  12 ["Lui Pergo"]: review of book on animals by Louis Pergaud,
    complete author's draft [early 1930s]
     
  13 Fragments of article draft; poems:
    1. "Kiev": essay, fragments of draft, one sheet in
    hand of OM, two sheets in hand of NM;
    for NM's copy of printed text see B2 F5 [1926]
    on obverse of sheets: typescripts of 5 poems:
    2. Chistil'shchik: no. 408 [1926]
    3. Avtomobilishche, fragment, no. 409 [1926]
    4. Kooperativ, no. 413 [1926]
    5. Mukha, fragment, no.414 [1926]
    6. Zverinets (Otverzhennoe slovo "Mir"...),
    stanzas 5 and 6, no. 83 [1914]
     
  14 "Berezil'": essay, fragments of copy in hand of NM published 1926
     
  15 "Vozvrashchenie": essay/memoir, unfinished; complete copy
    in hand of NM n.d.
     
  16 "Ogiust Barb'e": article on Auguste Barbier, fragment of
    copy in hand of NM published 1923
  17 OM's correspondence with publisher (ZIF) and Federation of
    Soviet Writers: typewritten transcript of letters
    from and to OM regarding publishing agreements
    and royalties for translations; also
    transcripts of OM's statements and letters
    concerning accusations of plagiarism in his 
    translation of Eulenspiegel Legend, copies 1928-1932
     
  18 "Shpigun": film review, complete original typescript [1929]
     
  19 "Veer gertsogini": article on literary criticism,
    complete original typescript,
    notes in hand of NM 1926
     
  20 "Krovavaia misteriia 9-go ianvaria": article, first
    two sheets of typescript; [1922]
    for fragments of copy in hand of E. Ia. Khazin
    see Box 2, Folder 12
     
  21 "Men'sheviki v Gruzii": essay/memoir, typed
    manuscript, corrections and comments on
    margins in hand of NM [1923]
     
  22 "Sukharevka": essay, fragments of author's manuscript,
    first paragraph of first page in hand of
    NM, original typescript, corrections
    in hand of NM, a note in red ink on top
    of first page: "Piece not suitable for Izvestiia
    due to lack of social critique. Will do for
    Vecherka [Vecherniaia Moskva]." [1923]
     
  23 "Kukla s millionami": film review, complete original
    typescript, 1926
    also later copy of opening fragment in hand of NM
     
  24 "Kholodnoe leto": essay, complete typescript,
    also carbon copy of last page [1923]
     
  25 ["Otryvki o Mikhoelse"]: article, unfinished, fragments of
    author's draft; for NM's copy of printed text
    see Box 2, Folder 6 [1926]
     
  26 "O poetakh: 2. Kto zhe oni takie?": magazine article, first
    published as "Armiia poetov," original typed
    manuscript, page 4 missing, corrections
    in hand of NM; 1923
    for NM's copy of part 1 see Box 2, Folder 12
     
  27 "Stat'ia o perevodakh": article on translations, fragment of
    original typescript, title and date on
    cover and sheet in hand of NM, 1931?
     
  28 "Stat'ia o Serafimoviche": review of a book by Aleksandr
    Serafimovich, author's draft, five sheets
    of transcript in hand of NM, first page
    and carbon copy of typed transcript 1926
     
  29 Drafts of novella, translation fragments:
    1. Egipetskaia marka: novella, OM's largest work
    of fictional prose, collated fragments of
    author's draft manuscript, also typed transcripts
    with handwritten drafts on obverse, some sheets with
    drawings and sketches in margins; [1927]
    last four pages written on obverse of:
    2. Translation of Eulenspiegel Legend by Charles
    de Coster: fragments of typescript [1927-28]
     
  30 Early translations:
    1. Fragment of translation: untitled, unidentified,
    final manuscript in hand of OM n.d.
    [early 1910s?]
    2. Pervaia vigiliia: fragment of translation, source
    unidentified, final manuscript with corrections
    in hand of OM n.d.
    [mid-1910s?]
     
  31 1. prose about "Finlandiia": fragments of
    author's draft (text not included in final version),
    one sheet with drawings in margins [1924]
    on obverse:
    2. Egipetskaia marka: fragment in hand of OM
     
  32 Fragments of OM's letters to authorities regarding his physical
    condition and living situation in Voronezh: three sheets
    in NM's hand (copies of OM's manuscripts or
    dictated by him) [late 1926-1937]
  33 Two letters on one sheet:
    1. Letter from OM to NM: handwritten,
    on obverse of page 2:
    2. Letter from MN to OM: reply to above letter both n.d. [mid-1930s?]
  34 Two letters from NM to OM: fragments, handwritten [1919]
     
  35 OM's note to NM: 1 sheet in OM's hand n.d.
     
  36 Letter from A. A. Akhmatova to NM: handwritten [late 1940s?]
     
  37 Telegram from OM and
    E. E. Mandelshtam (OM's brother) to NM, regarding
    OM's transfer to sanitarium [late 1920s?]
     
  38 Letter to NM (sender unidentified): one typed sheet
    regarding OM's manuscripts in state and private
    archives, signature illegible Jan. 20 1968
     
  39 Postcard from A. A. Akhmatova to NM: addressed to NM
    in Tashkent Aug. 1945
     
  40 Letter from OM to S. Z. Fedorchenko: typewritten copy of
    original letter, original kept in Central
    Literary Archives (TsGALI) in Moscow Jul. 9 1924
     
  41 Letter from V. Merkulov to I. Ehrenburg: typewritten,
    contains typescript of OM's poem:
    Rekviem (na smert' Andreiia Belogo) (10 ianvaria 1934)
    (Menia presleduiut dve-tri sluchainykh frazy...), no. 289 letter 1952
     
  42 Transcript of OM's oral comments: one sheet in hand of NM,
    comments on Othello, Pasternak and Goethe n.d.
     
  43 Letter from "Natasha" [Shtempel'] to NM: handwritten,
    regarding OM's manuscripts and Voronezh poems 1967
     
  44 Notebook: five sheets in OM's hand, apparently notes for
    radioplay on Goethe (Iunost' Gete) [1935]
     
  45 Molodost' Gete: radioplay on Goethe's youth, original
    typescript, some pages missing, corrections
    in hand of NM, published in New York edition as
    Iunost' Gete 1935
     
  46 Molodost' Gete: radioplay on Goethe's youth, fragments of draft [1935]
     
  47 Article manuscript and drafts; telegram:
    1. "Zametki o Shen'e": article on André Chenier,
    fragments of draft,
    several sheets of final manuscript,
    all in hand of NM first published
    1928
    one draft sheet written on obverse of
    2. Telegram from "Otets" (OM's father) to Khazim
    Mandelshtam n.d. [1923]
     
  48 Chetvertaia proza: two copies of manuscript, both in
    hand of NM, ten sheets each, one copy
    apparently older (made in OM's lifetime?) n.d.

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