David Magarshack papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1397
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1930-1992
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 15,932 ff., 25 vols, manuscript, typescript, printed, and photographs

Scope and Content

Comprises literary works, albums of newspaper cuttings, and letters by, or relating to, David Magarshack and his wife Elsie, including material relating to A.P. Chekhov and F.M. Dostoevskii

Administrative / Biographical History

David Magarshack (1899-1977) was a Russian Jew from Riga, who emigrated to Great Britain, studied at London University and established himself as a translator of Russian literature into English and a biographer of Russian writers

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Elsie Magarshack, July 1984, July and October 1985, August 1987, October 1991

Note

In English, Russian, Japanese

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