Nadezhda Nilus collection

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1219
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1906-1995
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English French Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 82 ff., 1 vol., 1 bottle, manuscript, typescript, printed, and photographs

Scope and Content

Comprises the poems of N.D. Nilus and other Russian poets, 1921-1993; photographs of her, her Petrograd flat in 1918, and pupils of the Russian Institute for Girls, Serbia, 1927; books and articles about her life, poetry, and longevity written chiefly in French; a vodka bottle celebrating her 100th birthday; and her school-leaving autograph album, 1906, together with the death notice and obituary of Elizaveta Solonina, 1991

Administrative / Biographical History

Nadezhda Dmitrievna Nilus (1892-2000) was a member of the post-revolutionary Russian migr community in Paris

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Nadezhda Nilus, January 1991, January 1992, September, November and December 1993, June 1994, September 1995, n.d.

Note

English, French, Russian

Other Finding Aids

A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm