Vera Bunina papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1067
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1892-1977
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian French German
  • Physical Description
    • 8641 items, manuscript, typescript, photocopies, diaries, notebooks, and printed Includes canvas document pouch

Scope and Content

Comprises the personal and literary papers and correspondence of Vera Bunina

Administrative / Biographical History

Vera Nikolaevna Bunina (ne Muromtseva; 1881-1961) was a translator and memoirist, the wife of Ivan Bunin, and a member of the post-revolutionary Russian migr community in France

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Militsa Greene, 1983-1991

Note

In Russian, English, French, German

Other Finding Aids

A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the published catalogue: Anthony J Heywood, Catalogue of the I. A. Bunin, V. N. Bunina, L. F. Zurov and E. M. Lopatina Collections, edited by Richard D. Davies, with the assistance of Daniel Riniker (Leeds: Leeds University Press, 2000)