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Title: Evgeniia Sergeevna Isaenko papers Date (inclusive): 1902-1971 Collection Number: 2000C67 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: Mainly in Russian. Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 10 microfilm reels(1.9 linear feet) Abstract: Writings, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian literature and to Russian émigré affairs. Includes some papers of Aleksei Leonidovich Isaenko, husband of Evgeniia Isaenko. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Isaenko, Evgeniia Sergeevna Access Collection is open for research. Boxes 12-15 not microfilmed, originals at the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Evgeniia, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired. Location of Originals In part, originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. Biography E. S. Isaenko was born Evgeniia Pechatkina in Askhabad on 16 December 1899, the daughter of General Sergei Pechatkin. Living in Harbin following the Revolution, she was among the first Russian students to depart for the United States in the early 1920s, where she continued her education at Pomona College. For personal reasons, she left college and went to San Francisco, making her living performing menial labor as a packer in a factory, dishwasher, seamstress, etc. Meanwhile, she devoted her free time to Russian social life, actively participating in musical, theatrical and literary presentations. She directed and acted in plays, and wrote articles, reviews, short stories and two books, Perekati-Pole (published in 1953) and Petr Ivanovich (1961). Though she married Aleksei Leonidovich Isaenko and assumed his last name, she continued to publish under her maiden name. Her husband was also active in the San Francisco Russian community as librarian of the Russian Club and Russian Center. He was born in Orenburg in 1894, the son of Major General Leonid Isaenko. Receiving a degree in law from Moscow University in 1917, he joined the White Army in Siberia during the Civil War. He arrived in America in 1923, and met Evgeniia Sergeevna through their common interest in theatrical and social activities. He died in 1957; Evgeniia Sergeevna Isaenko died in Burlingame, California, in July 1969.? Born, Ashkhabad, Zakaspiiskaia oblast', Russia 1922 Studied at Vladivostok University 1924 Studied at Pomona College, Claremont, California 1953 Author, Perekati-Pole 1961 Author, Petr Ivanovich 1970? Died, San Francisco, California 1894 July 2 Born, Orenburg, Russia (N.S.) 1917 Law degree, Moscow University Graduated, Aleksandrovskoe voennoe uchilishche 1918-1920 Officer, Orenburg Cossack Host 1923 Arrived in the United States 2000C67 2
1957 November Died, San Francisco, California 15 Scope and Content Note This collection contains the papers of Evgeniia Sergeevna Isaenko, an émigré writer and poet, author of the novel Perekati-Pole, published, as were many of her works, under her maiden name Evgeniia Pechatkina (she appears also to have published under the initials E. P., as well as under the pseudonyms E. Sergeeva and Maksim Davydov). Isaenko was an active figure in the Russian émigré community, staging plays and taking part in other social events, particularly those related to the Russian Center. The collection also contains biographical materials relating to and correspondence of her husband, Aleksei Leonidovich Isaenko, a former army officer and director of the Russian Center library. Detailed processing and preservation microfilming of these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials remain at the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco, as its property. A transfer table of corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Archives. The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials. Subjects and Indexing Terms Isaenko, Aleksei Leonidovich, 1894-1957. Russia. Russian literature. Russians--United States. United States. Box 1-2 Biographical File, 1902-1971 Autobiographical note, clipping, identity papers, scrapbooks and other materials arranged alphabetically by physical form. Includes biographical materials of family members Box/Folder 1 : 1 Box/Folder 1 : 2 Box/Folder 1 : 3 Box/Folder 1 : 4 Box/Folder 1 : 5 Box/Folder 1 : 6-8 Box/Folder 2 : 1 Box/Folder 2 : 2 Box/Folder 2 : 3 Box/Folder 2 : 4 Addresses (lists and business cards) Autobiographical note Clipping Journalistic accreditation Programs Scrapbooks Scrapbooks Subject file - Family Isaenko, Aleksei Leonidovich (husband) Birth certificate Correspondence with first wife, Mariia Isaenko, n.d. Immigration papers. Includes photograph, 1923, and certificate of naturalization, 1929 Box/Folder 2 : 5 Box/Folder 2 : 6 Military service records Obituaries. Includes death notices and related materials. Also includes letter from N. Lapenson to N. A. Slobodchikov, 1971, forwarding these materials Box/Folder 2 : 7 Passport 2000C67 3
Biographical File, 1902-1971 Box/Folder 2 : 8 Box/Folder 2 : 9 Box/Folder 2 : 10 Residence permit School records Writings. Notes and poetry Box/Folder 2 : 11 Isaenko, Leonid Fedorovich (father-in-law). Military service records Box/Folder 2 : 12 Pechatkin, Sergei Evgen'evich (father). Sympathy cards and letters on death of, 1947 Box/Folder 2 : 13 Miscellany Box 2-3 Correspondence, 1928-1968 Includes correspondence of A. L. Isaenko. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent Box/Folder 2 : 14 General, 1934-1962 and undated Box/Folder 2 : 15 Unidentified, 1945-1968 and undated Box/Folder 2 : 16 Al'tman, A., 1945 Box/Folder 2 : 17 Antonii, Archbishop of Los Angeles, 1967 Box/Folder 2 : 18 Baillet, Margarete, 1953 Box/Folder 2 : 19 Berezov, R., 1954 Box/Folder 2 : 20 Borzov, Nikolai V., 1935-1953 Box/Folder 2 : 21 Briditskii (Bryditzki), Victor F., 1946 Includes writing entitled "Tishina," [1946]. Holograph Box/Folder 2 : 22 Buk, Zoia Andreevna, 1949-1950 Box/Folder 2 : 23 Bushkov, Mr., 1949 Box/Folder 2 : 24 Bykova, babushka, 1949 and undated Box/Folder 2 : 25 Chekhov, Mikhail, 1944 Box/Folder 2 : 26 Colman, S., n.d. Box/Folder 2 : 27 Consolidated Committee of the Russian National Organizations, 1934-1951 Box/Folder 2 : 28 Demidov, V., Rev., 1949-1950 Box/Folder 2 : 29 Destina, Vera, 1945 Includes related third-party correspondence to and from B. K. Grachev and N. N. Gracheva, c. 1934 Box/Folder 2 : 30 El'nitskii, Ivan and Nataliia, 1968 Box/Folder 3 : 1 Emel'ianova, Ol'ga Nikolaevna, n.d. Box/Folder 3 : 2 Evreinov, Nikolai Nikolaevich, 1950-1951 Box/Folder 3 : 3 Flanin (?), F., 1942 Box/Folder 3 : 4 Foster, Liudmila A., 1968 Box/Folder 3 : 5 Gerasimenko, A., [1942]-1943 Box/Folder 3 : 6 Glagolin, B., n.d. Box/Folder 3 : 7 Glebov, Ivan A. (Gleboff, John A.), 1954-1958 Box/Folder 3 : 8 Gornyi, Sergei, n.d. Includes photograph Box/Folder 3 : 9 Grebenshchikov, Georgii D., 1941-1954 2000C67 4
Correspondence, 1928-1968 Box/Folder 3 : 10 Gribanovskii, Pavel (Gribanovsky, Paul), 1953 Box/Folder 3 : 11 Grot, E., n.d. Box/Folder 3 : 12 Guins, George C., 1942-1954 Includes third-party correspondence to Guins Box/Folder 3 : 13 Iastrebov, Innokentii, 1949 Box/Folder 3 : 14 Isaenko, A. L., 1928-1929 and undated Box/Folder 3 : 15 Iur'eva, Militsa, 1943 Box/Folder 3 : 16 Izdebskaia, Galina, 1943-1946 Includes clippings and letter from Witold Izdebsky Box/Folder 3 : 17 Kasperuk, Konstantin, 1948-1951 and undated Box/Folder 3 : 18 Kazem-Bek, A., 1942 Box/Folder 3 : 19 Khorvat, Kamilla, 1949-1950 Box/Folder 3 : 20 Kirchev, N. S. and Kircheva, P. M., 1943-1945 Box/Folder 3 : 21 Konstantinov, Petr Filaretovich, 1945-1949 Box/Folder 3 : 22 Korovai-Metelitskii, Aleksei Longinovich, 1964-1969 Includes poetry Box/Folder 3 : 23 Kovalenko, Georgii, Rev., 1950 Box/Folder 3 : 24 Lapenson, Nadezhda, 1950-1954 Box/Folder 3 : 25 Lavreniuk (Lawreniuk), S. V., 1953-1954 Box/Folder 3 : 26 Loukashkin, Anatolii Stepanovich, 1966 Box/Folder 3 : 27 MacGuire (von Arnol'd), Antonina, 1949-1950 and undated Box/Folder 3 : 28 Mairovskii, Georgii Dmitrievich, 1950 Box/Folder 3 : 29 Mazurova, A., 1945-1951 Box/Folder 3 : 30 Mort, V., 1959-1960 Box/Folder 3 : 31 Narokov, N., 1954-1958 Box/Folder 3 : 32 Nasonova, Anna Petrovna, 1951-1954 Box/Folder 3 : 33 Nekrasov, Boris, 1950 and undated Box/Folder 3 : 34 Osip'ian, Aramais, 1954 Box/Folder 3 : 35 Pechatkin, Sergei Evgen'evich, 1928-1930 Box/Folder 3 : 36 Pirang, Aleksei Nikolaevich, 1949-1953 Box/Folder 3 : 37 Pirang, Andrei Nikolaevich, 1946-1950 Includes Pirang's immigration papers Box/Folder 3 : 38 Podberesky, N., n.d. Box/Folder 3 : 39 Polon, A., 1950 and undated Box/Folder 3 : 40 Porokhovshchikov, Petr S. (Porohovshikov, Peter S.), 1945 Box/Folder 3 : 41 Redin, Kira, 1967 Box/Folder 3 : 42 Roshchina, E., 1951 Box/Folder 3 : 43 Rozen, E. K., 1951-1954 and undated Box/Folder 3 : 44 Russkaia zhizn' ( Russian Life), 1942-1953 Includes third-party correspondence to editor Box/Folder 3 : 45 Sabov, G., 1943-1953 Box/Folder 3 : 46 San Francisco Committee for the Aid of Russian Disabled Veterans Outside of Russia, Inc., 1958-1963 Box/Folder 3 : 47 Satovskii, Iu., 1940 Box/Folder 3 : 48 Seryshev, Innokentii Nikolaevich, 1953-1961 Box/Folder 3 : 49 Sheremet'eva, E., 1959 2000C67 5
Correspondence, 1928-1968 Box/Folder 3 : 50 Shrubak (Schrubak), M. A., 1950 Box/Folder 3 : 51 Shul'gin, P. Box/Folder 3 : 52 Sudakov, Aleksandr (Sudakoff, Alexander), 1942-1945 Includes poetry Box/Folder 3 : 53 Svoboda, Pavel, 1954 Box/Folder 3 : 54 Turkova (Tourkoff), M., 1958 Box/Folder 3 : 55 Ungern, Iurii, 1948 and undated Box/Folder 3 : 56 Valiansky, Vitalii A., 1954 Box/Folder 3 : 57 Varypaeva, V., 1942 Box/Folder 3 : 58 Vatel', N., 1951-1953 Box/Folder 3 : 59 Volkov, Boris Nikolaevich, 1950 Copies of letters to the editor of Russkaia zhizn' Box/Folder 3 : 60 Voloshin, Alex, 1953 Box/Folder 3 : 61 Vol'skii, Andrei and Vera, 1950 Box/Folder 3 : 62 von Mohrenschildt, Dimitri, n.d. Box/Folder 3 : 63 Zabelin, P., 1949-1950 Box/Folder 3 : 64 Zhitkova, D., 1956 Box 4-8 Short stories, novellas, poetry, newspaper articles, arranged chronologically by title Box/Folder 4 : 1 Box/Folder 4 : 2-6 General Addresses in honor of various individuals Notebooks, n.d. Include inserts. Mainly holograph drafts of works, but also include entries of a diary nature Box/Folder 5 : 1-3 Box/Folder 5 : 4 Box/Folder 5 : 5 Box/Folder 5 : 6 Box/Folder 6 : 1 Notebooks Notes, n.d. Poetry, n.d. Reviews of plays, lectures, literary-musical evenings and similar events, n.d. "A. K. Tolstoi," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 2 "Chaikovskii," n.d. Holograph and typescript Box/Folder 6 : 3 "Den' russkago rebenka," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 4 "Dragotsennaia devochka," n.d. 2000C67 6
Box/Folder 6 : 5 "Eia pamiati.. Ekaterina Mironovna Chepigo," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 6 "El'f," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 7 "Gogolevskii iubileinyi spektakl'" n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 8 "Iavliautsia li Mertvyia dushi Gogolia anafemoi ili apofeozom Rossii?" n.d. Holograph and typescript Box/Folder 6 : 9 "Inostrannoe vliianie na russkuiu kul'turu," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 10 "Irina Blank," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 11 "Izmena," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 12 "Izobretatel'," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 13 "Kak ia ukral arkhiereiskikh pievchykh," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 14 "Kontora," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 15 "Krestiny," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 16 "Lana," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 17 "Led'ka," n.d. 2000C67 7
Box/Folder 6 : 18 "Malen'kii brodiaga," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 19 "Maskaradnyi eskiz," n.d. Holograph Box/Folder 6 : 20 "Mest'," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 21 "Motyl'ki," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 22 "My Boy Friend," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 23 "Nashi 'zasedateli'," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 24 "Nasmork," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 25 "Nechistaia sila," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 26 "Nian'ka i promyvanie," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 27 "Nochnye krasavitsy," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 28 "Ob"edinenie talantov," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 29 "Obrashchenie," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 30 "Odin den' v atel'e," n.d. 2000C67 8
Box/Folder 6 : 31 "Ona i ia," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 32 "Opravdanie 'Oblomovshchiny'," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 33 "Oproverzhenie," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 34 "Opyty," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 35 "Otets Il'ia," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 36 "Otviet na zashchitu 'Priznanie Patriarkha' B. S. Glagolina," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 37 "Pamiati stareishago chlena organizatsii 'ART' G. A. Kalinina," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 38 "Panikhida," n.d.. Includes clipping Box/Folder 6 : 39 "Paskhal'nyi nabrosok," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 40 "Piatoe izmerenie," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 41 "Pod novyi god," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 42 "Predskazanie," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 43 "Proidennyi put'," n.d. 2000C67 9
Box/Folder 6 : 44 "Putevye zametki," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 45 Review of Boris Gerasimov-Sherwood, Dva tigra, n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 46 Review of Irina Saburova, Posle, n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 47 Review of Nikolai Ul'ianov, Atossa, n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 48 Review of Victor Petrov, Saga Fort Ross, n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 49 Reviews of various issues of the periodical Sovremennik, n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 50 "Rozhdenie Russkoi zhizni," n.d. Box/Folder 6 : 51 "Rozhdestvenskii arbuz," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 1 "Rukovodstvo k ukroshcheniiu muzhchiny," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 2 "Russkaia zhenshchina v muzyke i literature," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 3 "Russkie liudi," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 4 "Russkie v Kalifornii," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 5 "Russkiia dieti v biedie," n.d. 2000C67 10
Box/Folder 7 : 6 "Shestero," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 7 "Sila tantsa," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 8 "Simvolika Vishnevogo sada," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 9 Speech in honor of unidentified individual, n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 10 "Sumerki," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 11 "Sviataia lozh'," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 12 "Sviataia zemlia," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 13 "Teatr v San-Frantsisko," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 14 Untitled article honoring Russkaia zhizn' on the occasion of its 15 th year of publication, n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 15 "V gostiakh u Litfonda," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 16 "V letnei kabine," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 17 "Varen'e," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 18 "Veshchee," n.d. 2000C67 11
Box/Folder 7 : 19 "Veter neset tuchu," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 20 "Vozvrashchenie," n.d. Box/Folder 7 : 21 "Za bortom," n.d. Holograph and typescript Box/Folder 7 : 22 "Za chashkoi chaiu," n.d. Holograph Box/Folder 7 : 23 "Russkaia zhenshchina v emigratsii,". 1929 Box/Folder 7 : 24 "Apchkhi," Nashe vremia, 1935 Printed copy Box/Folder 7 : 25 "Vanda," Rampa, 1941 and printed copy. Includes entire issue #1 of Rampa, edited by Isaenko Box/Folder 7 : 26 "Studencheskaia odisseia,". 1946 Box/Folder 7 : 27 Speech at a banquet in honor of S. A. Zharov, 1946 November 3 Holograph Perekati-pole, 1953 Box/Folder 7 : 28 Correspondence, 1947-1960 Box/Folder 7 : 29 Financial statements. Includes receipts and ledger. May also include financial records for sales of Petr Ivanovich Box/Folder 7 : 30 Box/Folder 7 : 31 Reviews Miscellany. Includes blurb and other prepublication materials, lists of booksellers, and advertisements Box/Folder 7 : 32 "Park Montalvo,". 1955 June 8 2000C67 12
Box/Folder 7 : 33 "Pechat' sud'by,". 1956 February 23 Box/Folder 8 Petr Ivanovich, 1961 General note See also Perekati-pole/Financial statements Box/Folder 8 : 1 Correspondence, 1960-1969 Box/Folder 8 : 2 Reviews Box/Folder 8 : 3 "Ioann Damaskin,". 1968 September 16 Box/Folder 8 : 4 "Svet i teni,". 1969 Holograph Box 8-10 Plays, n.d. Plays and sketches by V. Mort, N. Narokov, A. Zhernakova, and others, staged by Isaenko or with her participation. May contain plays written by Isaenko. Arranged alphabetically by name of author Box/Folder 8 : 5-7 General and unidentified. Includes fragments, sketches adapted from other works, monologues, individual roles, notes for actors Box/Folder 9 : 1 A-I Box/Folder 9 : 2 K-N Box/Folder 9 : 3 R Box/Folder 9 : 4 S Box/Folder 10 : 1 T Box/Folder 10 : 2 U-Z Box 10-11 Subject File, 1932-1968 Clippings, correspondence, writings, posters, scrapbook and other matter, arranged alphabetically by heading Box/Folder 10 : 3 ART Society Box/Folder 10 : 4 Nikolaev, Konstantin Nikolaevich Box/Folder 10 : 5 Ostrenko, A. Box/Folder 10 : 6 Radio Liberty. Materials relating to a literary-musical fundraiser for the benefit of Radio Liberty, San Francisco, 1968 Box/Folder 10 : 7 Box/Folder 10 : 8 Box/Folder 10 : 9 Box/Folder 10 : 10 Box/Folder 10 : 11 Box/Folder 11 : 1-3 Refugees Russian Center (Russkii tsentr), San Francisco Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov' Shipunov, Ivan Tolstoy Foundation Miscellany 2000C67 13
Photographs, 1920s-1960s Box 12-15 Photographs, 1920s-1960s Albums, loose prints and negatives, arranged by subject Box/Folder 12 : 1 Negatives Prints Box/Folder 12 : 2 34 prints of E. S. and A. L. Isaenko, together, separately, and in groups Box/Folder 12 : 3 5 prints of the Russian Club, San Francisco, 1925 Box/Folder 12 : 4 120 prints of unidentified and miscellaneous individuals, groups, events, and places Box/Folder 13 : Albums. 1-2 Primarily family and vacation photographs. Include depictions of flood in Harbin, China, 1920s Box/Folder 14 : 1-4 Box/Folder 15 : 1-3 Box/Folder 15 : 4 Box 1 Albums Albums One oversize photograph of unidentified actor in makeup Incremental Materials Materials acquired after the microfilming of the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco collection 2000C67 14