Mariia Turkova papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1391
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1910-1973
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 25 ff., 1 vol., manuscript, typescript, printed, and photographs

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Letters to M. G. Turkova (Tourkoff) from D. I. Klenovskii (also copy letter from M. G. Turkova to D. I. Klenovskii) (19, 1960-1972); (2) Photographs: P. V. Petrov giving Russian lesson to Gr. D. Aleksei Nikolaevich, [1917?]; P. V. Petrov, Tsarskoe Selo, 1918 (inscribed to M. V. Vizi); (3) M. Vizi, Golubaia trava: Tret'ia kniga stikhov, San Francisco, 1973

Administrative / Biographical History

Mariia Genrikhovna Turkova (ne Vezey/Vizi; 1904-1994) was a poetess and a member of the post-revolutionary Russian migr community in the United States, resident in San Francisco

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Mary Vezey (Tourkoff), July 1991; Olga Tourkoff, April 1995

Note

In 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

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