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Author/Creator:Stepun, Fedor, 1884-1965.
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Title:Fedor Stepun papers, 1902-1965 (bulk 1946-1965).
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Physical Description:33.2 linear feet (73 boxes)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Chiefly in Russian and German.
Purchased from Margaret Stepun on various funds, 1967.
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Organization:Organized into six series: I. Correspondence, 1943-1965. II. Writings, 1917-1965. III. Organizational Affiliations, 1952-1965. IV. Personal Papers, 1922-1965. V. Writings of Others, 1910-1964. VI. Photographs and Artwork, 1902-1965.
- Access and use:Boxes 72-73: Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
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Biographical / Historical note:Fedor Stepun, Russian émigré writer, editor, professor, political commentator, who emigrated to Germany after being expelled from Soviet Russia in 1922.
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Summary:The Papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, and personal papers documenting the life and work of Fedor Stepun as an émigré writer, educator, and political commentator. Principal correspondents include such famous Russian émigré writers as Nikolaĭ Arsenʹev, Ivan Bunin, Roman Gulʹ, I︠U︡riĭ Ivask, Michael Karpovich, Aleksandr Kerensky, Victor Leontovitsch, S. P. Melʹgunov, N. P. Poltorat︠s︡kiĭ, Leonid Rzhevskiĭ, Gleb Struve, Dmitrij Tschižewskij, V. Veĭdle, M. V. Vishni︠a︡k, Boris Zaĭt︠s︡ev, Lev Zander, V. V. Zenʹkovskiĭ, and Nicolas Zernov. Stepun was also in contact with noted German thinkers of his day, including Ernst Benz, Bernt von Heiseler, Max Horkheimer, Richard Kroner, Johannes Kühn, Thomas Mann, Zenta Maurin̦a, Paul Mildner, Carl Neumann, Ernesto Saemisch, Otto Taube, and Paul Tillich. There is also correspondence with a variety of other groups of people from his work as an editor, professor, as well as personal correspondence with friends and family.
The Writings consist of manuscript drafts, typescripts, and related publication material for a number of Stepun's major books and many of his shorter writings. All of Stepun's post-World War II books are represented here, including material for different translations. There are extensive notes and manuscripts of Stepun's lecture courses and individual lectures, papers relating to Stepun's participation in the Tolstoy Foundation and the Institut für Filmwesen, and a number of writings by such authors as V. I. Ivanov and Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev. In addition, the collection contains a number of photographs of Stepun his wife Natalía Nikolaevna Nikolśkaia and her family, and a portrait by émigré artist Sergei Ivanov.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:Fedor Stepun Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
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Subjects:Ioann, Archbishop of San Francisco and Western United States, 1902-1989.
Adamovich, Georgiĭ.
Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich, 1886-1957.
Arsenʹev, Nikolaĭ Sergeevich, 1888-1977.
Benz, Ernst, 1907-1978.
Berberova, N. (Nina)
Berdi︠a︡ev, Nikolaĭ, 1874-1948.
Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953.
Florovsky, Georges, 1893-1979.
Frank, Tatʹi͡ana.
Frank, Viktor, 1909-1972.
Gadamer, Frida.
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002.
Gulʹ, Roman, 1896-1986.
Heiseler, Bernt von, 1907-
Heiseler, Gertrude.
Horkheimer, Max, 1895-1973.
Ivanov, Lidiia.
Ivanov, Sergeĭ.
Ivanov, V. I. (Vi︠a︡cheslav Ivanovich), 1866-1949.
Ivask, I︠U︡riĭ.
Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959.
Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich, 1881-1970.
Klum, Edith.
Kroner, Alice.
Kroner, Richard, 1884-1974.
Kühn, Johannes, 1934-
Leontovitsch, Victor.
Lilienfeld, Fairy von, 1917-2009.
Losskiĭ, N. O. (Nikolaĭ Onufrievich), 1870-1965.
Lowrie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander), 1889-1974.
Luther, Arthur, 1876-1955.
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
Maurin̦a, Zenta, 1897-1978.
McFalls, Richard.
Medtner, Anna Mikhaĭlovna, 1877-1965.
Melʹgunov, S. P. (Sergeĭ Petrovich), 1879-1956.
Mildner, Irmengard.
Mildner, Paul, 1955-
Morozov, Ivan, 1883-1942.
Müller, Ludolf, 1917-2009.
Muromt︠s︡eva-Bunina, V. N. (Vera Nikolaevna)
Neumann, Carl, 1832-1925.
Nikolśkaia, Natalía Nikolaevna.
Paeschke, Hans.
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.
Piroschkow, Vera, 1921-
Poltorat︠s︡kiĭ, N. P. (Nikolaĭ Petrovich), 1921-1990.
Rzhevskiĭ, Leonid, 1905-1986.
Saemisch, Ernesto, 1902-1984.
Shcherbatov, Sergeĭ, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1875-1962.
Stammler, Heinrich A.
Steininger, Alexander, 1930-
Stepun, Fedor, 1884-1965.
Struve, Gleb.
Taube, Otto, Freiherr von, 1879-
Tillich, Hannah.
Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965.
Tschižewskij, Dmitrij, 1894-1977.
Ulʹi︠a︡nov, N. (Nikolaĭ), 1904-1985.
Varshavskiĭ, V. S. (Vladimir Sergeevich), 1906-
Veĭdle, V., 1895-1979.
Vishni︠a︡k, M. V. (Mark Venʹi︠a︡minovich), 1883-1977.
Vodov, S.
Zaĭt︠s︡ev, Boris, 1881-1972.
Zander, L. A. (Leon Alexander), 1893-1964.
Zenʹkovskiĭ, V. V. (Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich), 1881-1962.
Zernov, Nicolas.
Zurov, Leonid.
Institut für Filmwesen.
Tolstoy Foundation (Germany)
Authors, Exiled.
Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives.
Authors, Russian--20th century.
Political refugees--Soviet Union.
Russian literature--20th century.
Russia--Emigration and immigration.
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Genre/Form:Photographs.
Sketches.
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