New Additions (1994-97)
1.General Collections
(1)18th-Century Russian Studies. 464 titles. Microfiche. 19,245 sheets.
[University Library]
This collection is an enormous assemblage of research works on 18th
century Russia,and research on Russian literature, thought, history,
economics, and politics from the 18th through the 20th centuries,
all compiled on microfiche. Works of 18th century Russian writers,
important periodicals, volumes of legal statutes, conference records,
private correspondence, memoirs, and research publications are included.
For example, among the books and sets of collected works by individual
authors, we can find those of A.D. Kantemir (published in 1867-68),
N.M. Karamzin (1848), the Collected Works of A.P. Sumarokou (1787),
a representative figure of Russian classicism, as well as A Collection
of Russian Antiquities in ten volumes edited by N.I.Novikov
("悌繧韲髑蓍驫 韲髑蓍驫 瘉瘠蓆袱 蓚剋瘰琿蒹 粽繧邇髓繪
們髑蓍驫蔘". 1773-1775)and A Complete Collection of Works of the
Theater in 43 volumes ("們髑蓍驫蓍 鱚瑩隱蓚謐鈬 骼瘰琿蒹 碌纒
韲髑蓍驫鱚瑩鞐譛逶骼辣辷蘂.剌甌, 1786-1794.T.1-43);
The Writings of Catherine the Great in 12 volumes (1901-07) edited by
A.N. Pypin ("剋辣辷緋閻鞐鴃蔬暿ナ燾 II 浯 ⅲ濵籵湜闔粳蓁逶br>頌褌闊驟 釶骰蓿繼鸙諟關蓐纓琿" タ.ヘ.マ靃竟.剌.,1901-07)
is also included.
In the fields of history and politics we can find The Correspondence
and Writings of Peter the Great in seven volumes (published from 1887-1918)
(苫頌癈赭竏 緋閻鞐鴈鞐 鴃 ツ褄韭魲贒. 7 TT. Cn6., 1887-1918),
Instruction of Catherine the Great ("ヘ瑕瓔 套 緋閻鞐鴈韵褌竡 代謌髓矗
投瑩辮蓁 ツ-- 籥迯詹 褌跛蔡驤骼辣辷關鈬褞邇碆竡
鼡鈕纃剌,1892), The Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire
(苫鸙濵骼瘰琿蒹 褌邇們髑蓍驫鉗 蓐閻韆. Cep. I(1649-1825)-III
(1881-1916). 剌,1830-1916), The Genealogical Book of Princes and
Nobles of the Russian Empire in two volumes (ヘ魵韭魵,H.ネ.,寅鮏ⅲ粹
鞳裨 葢ⅱ ミⅲ鴦.2 TT.Moc.,1787),proceedings of
the Conference of the Imperial Academy of Sciences from 1725-1803),
苫鸙頸顆褥胝齏琺Moc.,1790-1802),and 頒 瑩竟燗
(ム閨.,1870-1918).Included in addition are numerous valuable items
such as documents and research relating to the Non-Conformists,18th
century biographical dictionaries,and geographical reference works.
(2) 18th Century Russian Publications
(ム粽蓖隆 謗頌髑褌褄蓊竦琅籥迹褌閻鱶 XVIII 矼袱 1725-1800).
Cambridge, Mass., General Microfilm Co., 1978-1990.4,730 titles.
35mm microfilm. 819 reels. [Slavic Research Center]
This is the 'Collection of 18th Century Russian Publications' in five
volumes which was compiled by the Russian National Library (formerly
the Lenin Library), with assistance from other institutions, all reproduced
on microfilm This collection was to have eventually included
about 9,000 Russian-language items, but at the point where
the Slavic Research Center had received slightly more than half
(about 4,700 titles) of the projected total, the project was suddenly
suspended.
(3) The Soviet Biographic Archive, 1954-1985. (Radio Free Europe-Radio
Liberty, Inc. and Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace).
Alexandria, Va. : Chadwyck-Healey,1986. Microfiche. 2,812 sheets.
[Slavic Research Center]
This is a collection of Soviet-era biographical material. Originally
this material was information gathered about prominent Soviet figures
over a span of some 30 years by the library personnel at Radio Free
Europe, for the use of broadcasting staff, and was known as the 'Red Archive'.
It comprises extensive biographical data about important personalities
in the Soviet Communist Party and government, members of the State
Security Committee,officials of the Koinsomol, military figures,
and other publicly active people such as directors of enterprises,
prominent scholars and artists, and the like - altogether more
than 50,000 persons in public life. Information is taken from more
than 35 newspapers, in addition to journals, books, handbooks, biographical
directories, the main periodicals of the Soviet central government,
the principal newspapers of the 15 former Soviet republics,
督ⅰ 謗骼闢,督ⅰ 鉤黑韭闢,督ⅰ 謌鱚鞐鴦顋
and many other journals containing all sorts of biographical information.
Every piece of material is marked with the date and publication source;all
together,this collection contains some one million pieces of information,
in alphabetical order,covering the years 1950 to 1986.
(4) The Soviet World, 1948-1988 Bibliography of Articles from the Soviet
and the Western Press I Institute for Soviet and East European Studies,
University of Amsterdam, (1992) Microfiche. 550 sheets. [Slavic Research
Center]
This bibliography contains information about the Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe as seen in newspapers and periodicals. There is a microfiche
catalogue to this collection, which has been reproduced on microfiche from
the collection of newspaper and journal articles, and dissertation information
gathered by the Soviet and Eastern Europe Research Institute at
the University of Amsterdam. It includes more than 30,000 titled items
extracted from about 300 newspapers and journals from 1948 until January,
1988. Among the original sources are the representative newspapers
and magazines of the former Soviet Union, as well as the main Slavic
research journals published in Western Europe. A separate index contains
topical classification lists, and the microfiches are arranged to follow
that order.
(5) 争瘠蓆竦瑣 ハⅱ裴,1917-1970 (Bibliography of Korea).
Tokyo :Nauka, 1985. 2,351 titles. 35mm microfilm. 53 reels.
[University Library]
This bibliography contains information about Korea-related publications
in the Soviet Union from 1917 until 1970. This is the microfilm version
of resource material published in 1981 by the Far Eastern Research
Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR under the title
特鞦魲ハⅱ裴 1917-1970"; the microfilm version was produced
through the auspices of Japan's Nauka Publishing House.
It contains research information on Soviet-Korean relations,
but is valuable for the study of Japan.Korean relations as well.
Current holdings amount to approximately 1,600 titles (many are lacking),
and the remainder have not yet been published. The history portion of this
bibliographical collection (including international relations) comprises
nearly half of the total number of titles.
(6) チ鞦謌釿鞐熄鉈蓙 (Bibliography of Japan). Tokyo: Nauka ,
1978.14,149 titles.35mm microfilm. 726 reels. [divided among
the Slavic Research Center, University Library,and the Department
of General Education]
This collection is a microfilm version of the original Russian
collection of Japan-related publications printed from the year 1734
through 1958. This collection is based upon特鞦謌釿鞐熄鉈蓙
and consists of a bibliographical catalogue in two volumes, the first
containing data for 1734-1917, and the second for 1917-1958; the titles
of all books and journal articles appearing in it have been reprinted
on microfilm through the auspices of the Nauka Publishing House in Japan.
This is a most valuable and indispensible collection for the study of
Russo-Japanese and Soviet4apanese relations Excepting the 'Religion'
section in the first part (Department of General Education)
and the 'Foreign Relations'section (University Library],
the rest of the collection is administered by the Slavic Research Center.
(1) Censorship in Tsarist Russia. 59 titles. Microfiche. 342 sheets.
[University Library]
This is a collection of publications relating to official censorship
under the Tsarist Russian regime. The collection contains a selected
number of publications pertaining to the system of censorship which
functioned as part of the Tsarist Russian political establishment.
Most previous historical research on the censorship apparatus has
foeused on the institution from the standpoint of its victims,
but this collection contains mostly official publications of
the censor's office and items of a semi-official character,
so the collection is important for checking and reconfirming previous
research. Included among the titles are such works as N.A.
Engel'gardt's historical narrative of 200 years of official Russian
censorship from 1703 to 1903 entitled An Historical Overview of
Russian Censorship and the Development of Printing, 1703-1903
(ン淏褄瑩蔗,ヘ.メ.,鳶 頌頌髑褌辯齔驍鞐艪蓿蒹貅br>閻鱶,1703-1903".剌,1904),), A Collection of Statutes and Ordinances
Concerning the Censorship from 1720 to 1862 ("ム碚韭 闔髓琿鈞諷辷
鞐髀鉋纃蓍 闔 辯齔1720 1862 r.". Cn6.,1862), and M. K.
Lemke's An Historical Outline of 19th Century Russian Censorship and
Journalism (ヒ褌,フ.ハ.,鳶闔 蔡鴈韆渹暿跿琿頌
ユイユ 鸙褪,1857-1864 窿.
(2)Menshevik Collection of Newspapers, Periodicals, Pamphlets and Books
Related on the Menshevik Movement.
Stanford : Hoover Institution on War and Peace, 1896-1940.247 titles.
35mm microfilm. 49 reels. [Faculty of Literature]
This is the microfilm version of the famous collection of Menshevik
books, newspapers, periodicals, and pamphlets, 247 items in all,
of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. All items were published
between 1893 and 1940.
(3) Nineteenth Century Russian Publicists. 88 titles. Microfiche.
1,553 sheets. [Faculty of Literature]
This collection is comprised of the works and writings
of some 88 prominent figures who had substantial influence
upon 19th century Russian society, political life, and thought.
At present, the collection contains material about 50 of those personages,
among them Bakunin, Chernyshevskii, Hertsen, Pisarev, Plekhanov, Solov'ev,
and Tkachev.
(4) Personal Sources for the History of Russia in the Nineteenth Century.
55 titles.Microfiche. 620 sheets. [Faculty of Literature]
This is a collection of material on private individuals for use
in research on 19th century Russian history. Included are diaries,
correspondence, biographies, and autobiographies of historians, critics,
authors, literary figures, and journalists whose lives and careers are
most relevant to the study of 19th century Russian history; all the material
has been reproduced on microfiches. Many items in the collection were
formerly difficult to obtain.
(5) Russian History and Culture. (Scarce Books on 19th and Early 20th
Century Russia from the Helsinki University Library) Compiled by
Russian and East European Center, University of Ulinois. Ann Arbor,
Mich. University Microfilms International, 1978-1988,1989-2,146
titles. Microfiche. 8,000 sheets. [Slavic Research Center]
This collection consists of some 2,000 rare books selected by the
Russian and East European Center at the University of Illinois from
among some 300,000 Russian-language books published in the 19th and
early 20th centuries which are in the Helsinki University Library,
formerly one of Imperial Russia's domestic publications depository
libraries; all items are reproduced on microfiches. This project was
started in 1978, and by the close of its first decade in the alltumn
of 1988, the first phase of 20 units (one unit signifying approximately
100 titles) was completed; the second phase is currently underway.
A cumulative index to the 20 units included in the first phase was
issued in 1988, and processing of new additions to the second series
is continuing.
(additional updated information)
UMI's Description of the Collection
(6) Russian Revolutionary Literature: (The Collection of the Houghton
Library at Harvard University. Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides and
Periodicals).
A Descriptive Guide and Key to the Collection on Microfilm
compiled by Kenneth E. Carpenter. New Haven, Conn., 1976.
Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1978.
1,168 titles.35mm microfilm. 47 reels. [Slavic Research Center]
This is a collection of publications from the time of
the Russian Revolution. It contains 1,100 items related
to pre-1917 Russian revolutionary activity from the archives
of the Houghton Library at Harvard University, reproduced
on microfilm. Among the items,which date from the time
of Hertsen, are the writings of revolutionary theoreticians,
propaganda leaflets, pamphlets, and periodicals; many of
the items were published underground or in foreign countries.
A catalogue for this collection, which lists the items bysubject,
author, and title,is also available.
(7) Russian Revolutionary Pamphlets, 1860-1923. From the Slavonic
Collections in the British Library of Political and Economic Science,
London School of Economics. London.
243 titles. Microfiche. 329 sheets. [Slavic Research Center]
This is a collection of Russian revolutionary pamphlets from
the archives of the British Library of Political and Economic Science,
attached to the London School of Economics.
Items which are not to be found in the Harvard Houghton collection listed
above are collected here on microfiches. Most of the pamphlets included
were published between 1900 and 1907. A list is attached which shows
the contents classified in alphabetical order by name of author.
The previously introduced Souvarin and Bernstein Collections at Hokkaido
University also contain a large number of revolutionary pamphlets,
and these three major collections mutually complement one another
to provide a rich source of research material on the entire
revolutionary era.
(8) Siberian Press Materials (1917-1924). 121 titles. Microfiche.
335 sheets. [Slavic Research Center]
This collection consists of 113 publications and eight journals,
dating from the time immediately after the October Revolution,
which concern Siberia. It should be noted that items in the collection
are not limited to those actually published in Siberia; the collection
has been reproduced on microfiche.
(9) 尤鱚韆琺粳竇釿鞐髓瑩蔡鱶褂 們髑蓙,骼瘰琿逶綣br> 銓蔬辮瑕竇辣鞐譛轢竡 珀牀剌,1859-1868.メ黑 1
(1859)-25(1868)=No.1-415//
Microfiche.349 sheets.[Slavic Research Center]
This collection is comprised of geographical and statistical
materials compiled by the General Headquarters of the Tsarist
Russian Army. No. 1(1859)-415(1868) (lacking: nos.117-122;
247-249; 256-265).
(10) フ瑣褞鞨譖 蔡鴈韆頌髑褌鞳碆譫 フⅲ.,蓿.
16 titles. 35mm microfilm. 26 reels. [University Library]
This is an important collection of material relating to
Russian revolutionary history. It contains the illegal newspaper
of the Social Democratic Labour Party of the Russian revolutionary
era, materials from the Social Democratic Labour Party and
the Social Revolution Party during the October Revolution,
as well as stenographic conference notes of the Soviet government.
Much of the material is drawn from books and journals of the
months immediately following the Revolution, with suitable headings
and titles attached.Among the items can be found the journals "ヌ瑩
(ツ靃. 1-4, 1901-1902), to which G. V. Plekhanov
and P. B. Aksel'rod contributed,"ミ裘鸙 浯琿ⅲ"
(1930-1937),寅裘鸙 魵 no.1.9/12; 1923, no.1/3; 1924,
no.1/2).
(11) ム粽蕣 魵悶髓逶 褌跏鱚鴈碾 闔 49 笂痳齏ウナ糅ⅰ裨鵫
ミⅲ(茸骼蝌趾褊濵暦釶鈬 骼矼塚躋逑聹瑪晗br> 驟譛驫鈑髓矼迯鉗 關鉤逸諷迯鉐鱶).
TOM 1-23, & 關蓚鈕纃蒹. 剌, 1903-1905. 35mm microfilm. 2 reels.
[Slavic Research Center]
A collection of reports from Local Committees in 49 prefectures
of European Russia.
(The Special Conference on the Needs of Agriculture, organized
by Imperial order).
(12)メ蕘 フ褥顥褌跏鱚鴈碾 逑聹瑪驟譛驫銛鈑髓矼迯鉗 關鉤逸諷迯鉐鱶.
TOM 1-58. 剌甌, 1903.
35mm microfilm. 12 reels. [Slavic Research Center]
Transactions of Local Committees on the Needs of Agriculture .58 vols.
(1)Symbolism, Futurism, Acineism and Imaginism monographs,periodical
and joint publications. Microfiche. 82 cases.
[Faculty of Literature]
This collection features nearly all the books of poetry
and journals devoted to poetry in which appear the works of
representative poets of the new movement in Russian literature
and arts, which took place from the 1890's to the 1920's,
and gave rise in succession to poetic symbolism, futurism,
acineism, and imaginism. In addition, the collection contains
works of criticism and research about the various schools
of poetry.