Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Morshen, Nikolaĭ and Narokov, Nikolaĭ
- Abstract:
- Writings, correspondence, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Russian literature. Includes papers of Nikolaĭ Narokov, Russian writer and father of Nikolaĭ Morshen.
- Extent:
- 6 manuscript boxes (2.5 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- Mainly in Russian
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Nikolaĭ Morshen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes drafts of writings by both Nikolaĭ Narokov and Nikolaĭ Morshen, some of them autobiographical, particularly reminiscences and sketches reflecting their experiences under Soviet rule. A small amount of correspondence concerns their lives as displaced persons in Germany following the Second World War; also included are the writings of another émigré and colleague, Vladimir Markov, a professor of Russian literature at the University of California at Los Angeles.
- Biographical / historical:
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Marchenko, a Russian émigré writer best known under the pen name Nikolai Morshen, taught Russian at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey and wrote poetry in his spare time. His father, Nikolai Vladimirovich Marchenko, pen name Nikolai Narokov, is known for two novels: Mogu! and Mnimye velichiny, translated into English as The Chains of Fear (Chicago: Regnery, 1958).
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2013.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Nikolaĭ Morshen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563