Metadata: S. A. Vengerov
Collection
- Country:
- Russia
- Holding institution:
- Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Holding institution (official language):
- Институт русской литературы (Пушкинский Дом) Российской Академии наук
- Postal address:
- 199034, St. Petersburg, nab. Makarova, d. 4
- Phone number:
- (812) 328-19-01
- Web address:
- http://www.pushkinskijdom.ru
- Email:
- irliran@mail.ru
- Reference number:
- F. 377
- Title:
- S. A. Vengerov
- Title (official language):
- Венгеров С. А.
- Creator/accumulator:
- Vengerov, Semyon Afanas’evich
- Date(s):
- 1873/1993
- Language:
- Russian
- German
- French
- Polish
- Extent:
- 8,841 archival storage units
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
The fonds contains manuscripts of S. A. Vengerov’s scholarly works on the history of Russian literature of the 19th and early 20th century (1874-1920), as well as his literary and journalistic works, including a review of Sacher-Masoch’s “Galician Tales” (1876), etc.; personal documents of S. A. Vengerov and materials pertaining to his bibliographic, legal, editorial, publishing, pedagogical, and public activities, including “A Family Tree of S. A. Vengerov”, compiled by Iu. M. Jabotinsky (1977); autobiographical statements (1912-20); responses by various persons, including P. Iu. Vengerova (née Epshtein) (Pauline Wengeroff), to his works (1876-1911); S. A. Vengerov’s correspondence with various persons (1864-1920), as well as correspondence of his family members and other relatives (1876-1933); materials of various persons, in particular, correspondence and literary works; clippings from newspapers and journals containing articles and pieces, including on the “Jewish question”, with notes by S. A. Vengerov (1835-1925) and a collection of revolutionary materials (leaflets, proclamations, speeches, appeals; 1900s-10s).
Much of the fonds consists of materials for the Critical Biographical Dictionary of Russian Writers and Scholars, including autograph manuscripts and authorised typescripts of autobiographical statements and questionnaires, lists of printed works, clippings from newspapers, and letters of representatives of Russian-Jewish literature, theatre, art, and scholarship: David Aizman (1914), A. M. Azarkh (Granovskii, 1919), N. I. Al’tman (undated), Mark Arnshteyn (pseudonym: Andrzej Marek) (1913), N. I. Bakst (undated), D. Benar’e (D. L. Manevich (1912), B. I. Bentovin (1902), L. M. Berlin (1891), V. L. Berman (1892), S. A. Bershadsky (1891), B. L. Binshtok (1897), L. M. Binshtok (1890-91), M. L. Binshtok (1914), N. L. Blokh (1913), A. I. Braudo (undated), I. K. Brusilovskii (1919), Ia. A. Vaksman (1912), M. S. Varshavskii (1893), Z. A. Vengerova (1913-14), P. Iu. Vengerova (1910), M. V. Vishniak (undated), A. L. Volynskii (Flekser) (1913-14), A. M. Vinaver (1894), Iu. I. Gessen (1919), S. D. Gefter (undated), M. D. Ginzburg (undated), M. I. Gintsburg (1913), A. S. Gol’denveizer (1913), L. O. Gordon (1887), S. O. Gruzenberg (1913), L. Ia. Gurevich (1913), Simon Dubnow (1913, 1919), O. Dymov (Perel’man) (undated), Vladimir Jabotinsky (1913), E. G. Kagarov (1915, 1920), I. R. Kugel’ (undated), M. A. Krol’ (1898, 1913), I. M. Kulisher (1914), M. I. Kulisher (1895), A. M. Lesman (undated), S. G. Lozinskii (1913), G. K. Lukomskii (1915), Ia. M. Lur’e (undated), V. L. L’vov-Rogachevskii (undated), Ia. M. Magaziner (1914), D. G. Maggid (1913), Samuil Marshak (1915), B. G. Medem (1913), L. N. Nevakhovich (undated), I. D. Novik (1919), B. A. Oks (undated), O. L. Orsher (pseudonym: d’Or) (undated), M. N. Pargman (1913), O. Ia. Pergament (1893), Ia.-S. I. Perel’man (1913), M. L. Pesis (undated), N. O. Pruzhanskii (1898, 1902), I. N. Rabinovich (pseudonym: Larin) (undated), N. A. Rubakin (1898), A. N. Trainin (1913), V. O. Trakhtenberg (1913), I. B. Feinerman (pseudonym: Teneromo) (1912), E. N. Chirikov (1913-14), O. A. Shapir (1898, 1913), N. L. Shapir (undated), S. S. Iushkevich (1905), I. V. (Kh.) Iashunskii (1915), and others. The fonds also includes are letters to S. A. Vengerov from S. An-skii (Rapoport) (1903-07), N. I. Bakst (1889, 1890), Ia. L. Berman (1894-1901), L. M. Berlin (1907-08), V. G. Tan-Bogoraz (1904, 1905), A. I. Braudo (1890-1919), A. L. Volynskii (Flekser, 1882-1914), Iu. I. Gessen (undated), S. M. Ginzburg (1908-09), Baron D. G. Gintsburg (1902-07), Jacob Gordin (1905), O. O. Gruzenberg (1901-14), S. O. Gruzenberg (1911), Ia. G. Gurevich (1893-1905), Vladimir Jabotinsky (1900-13), S. V. Kissin (undated), A. E. Krymskii (1902-10), M. I. Kulisher (1891 and undated), V. L. L’vov-Rogachevskii (undated), Samuil Marshak (1909-15), I. M. Frenkel’ (1913), E. N. Chirikov (1907-15), F. Ia. Shternberg (1905-06) and others.
- Administrative/biographical history:
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Semyon Afanas’evich Vengerov (1855-1920) was a literary critic, historian of literature, bibliographer and editor. He was the son of the memoirist P. Iu. Vengerova (née Epshtein) (Pauline Wengeroff) and brother of Z. A. and I. A. Vengerova (on whom see the description of this archive’s f. 39 (“Z. A. Vengerova, N. M. Minskii”). In 1872, he entered the Medical Surgical Academy, which he left in 1874. In 1875 he entered the St. Petersburg University law school, graduating in 1879 with a PhD. In 1880, he passed examinations (without having attended classes) of the Imperial Iur’ev [Dorpat/Tartu] University’s history and philology department, receiving his candidate’s degree, and was then invited by St. Petersburg University’s department of the history of Russian literature to prepare for his professorship. He left the university due to financial constraints and worked for eight years in the administration of the Libava-Romny railroad. From 1897 to 1899, he served as a privat-docent at St. Petersburg University. In 1899, he was dismissed from the university and would resume lecturing only in 1906. He contributed to the periodicals Nedelia, Russkii mir, Russkaia mysl’, Russkoe bogatstvo, Vestnik Evropy, etc. In 1909, Khar’kov University awarded S. A. Vengerov the academic degree of doctor of Russian literature. In 1910, he was appointed professor of the Higher Women’s Courses and the Psycho-Neurological Institute. In 1919, he became a professor of Petrograd State University and from 1917 served as director of the Russian Book Chamber. He served as editor of numerous publications, including such periodicals and bio-bibliographic works as the Critical Biographical Dictionary of Russian Writers and Scholars (six volumes, St. Petersburg, 1889-1904, published in unfinished form) and Sources for a Dictionary of Russian Writers (in two volumes, St. Petersburg, 1900-17, also published in unfinished form). He was actively involved in operations of the Literary Fund, where he was elected several times as secretary, treasurer and chair, and was a member of many literary, historical and other societies.
The Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) (IRLI RAN) is a research institution within the Russian Academy of Sciences system. It was established in December 1905 on the initiative of several Russian cultural figures. In 1899, the Academy of Sciences had organised a commission to prepare celebrations of the centenary of Alexander Pushkin’s birth. The commission originally planned to erect a monument to the poet, but eventually it was decided to establish a museum and library. In April 1906, government funding was allocated for the acquisition of Pushkin’s library, which, upon its transfer to Pushkin House, became the initial basis for an enormous collection of books, manuscripts, and items related to the great Russian poet. The main fonds of the Pushkin House was assembled by B L Modzalevskii. He also drafted the “Pushkin House statute”, ratified by Emperor Nicholas II in 1907. Since 1930, the Pushkin House has been the academic Institute of Russian Literature while also preserving its original name of Pushkin House. In 1955, the Pushkin House was added to the State Codex of Particularly Valuable Objects of Cultural Heritage. The Pushkin House is currently one of the leading centres for research on Russian literature.
The manuscripts department constitutes a complex for source studies; along with the literary museum and library, it served as the basis for the establishment of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) (IRLI RAN) in 1930. It was organised in 1906, when the Pushkin House received the library of A. S. Pushkin, numbering over 3,500 volumes. In 1908, the first manuscript materials were received: A. N. Pleshcheev’s letters to V. D. Dandevil’ and autograph manuscripts of A. S. Pushkin; subsequently received (1928) was a collection of Pushkin-era manuscripts and memorabilia that had belonged to A. F. Onegin. By resolution of the government (1938) and Academy (1948), all Pushkin autograph manuscripts formerly held in the country’s various archives were concentrated at Pushkin House. In 1917, the manuscript heritage of M. Iu. Lermontov was transferred to Pushkin House, and in 1919, the Dashkov collection and the collection of M. I. Semevskii, consisting especially of the extensive archive of the journal Russkaia starina [Russian Antiquities]. Upon the incorporation of Pushkin House into the Academy of Sciences structure in 1930, the manuscripts department was established and tasked with the special functions of collecting, housing, systematising and studying the manuscript heritage of Russian writers, and fonds of their personal papers were organised. The manuscripts department also includes collections of literary organisations, publishing houses and periodicals. In all, the manuscripts department houses over 900 fonds and collections. There are also numerous reference and biblioGraphic materials, first and foremost the card catalogue of S. A. Vengerov. This is joined by the card catalogues of B. L. and L. B. Modzalevskii, as well as of V. I. Saitov; these contain bibliographic, biographical and genealogical information, not only about writers but also about the entire cultural stratum of 19th-century Russian society. The manuscripts department is constantly updated with new materials. The department’s research activities are reflected in its publications and editions, its primary serial being the Yearbook of the Manuscripts Department of Pushkin House. The web site of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) features an electronic version of the publication Personal Fonds of the Manuscripts Department of Pushkin House. An Annotated Index (St. Petersburg, 1999).
- Access points: locations:
- Russia
- Access points: persons/families:
- Arnshteyn, Mark
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds comprises seven series arranged by structure, theme and alphabetically.
- Finding aids:
- Inventories are available.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Theological Seminary
