The Literary Authors from Europe and Eurasia Web Archive brings together web sites related to literary authors (of both fiction and non-fiction essays), translators, critics and publishers from Europe and Eurasia. The project launched in May 2019 aims to preserve the history of the contemporary literary process as reflected in the non-print publishing activity of important […]
In addition to tried-and-true traditional formats (both physical and digital), Slavic collection at Harvard owns items that are unusual, one-of-a-kind or simply rare. Please take a look at some of our most unusual recent new additions. Nashi v Solsberi : nastolʹnai︠a︡ igra Moskva : Tipografii︠a︡ Prima / (Igrolend. Nastolʹnye igry), 2018 Nashi v Solsberi (Our people […]
The new Harvard Library online LibGuide Soviet history: archival resources at Harvard university library and archives is now published. This guide contains a list of Harvard-owned archival materials documenting the history of the Soviet Union. It is arranged chronologically and by topic/provenance. The guide brings together primary sources that vary in scope and format. Many materials […]
P’esy : sbornik vazhnykh dlia nas tekstov za vse 14 let teatra / teatr.doc ; [Elena Isaeva and 16 others]. [Moscow, Russia : publisher not identified], 2016. HOLLIS # 014793077 Harvard Library owns a unique e-book containing a collection of plays written for the Moscow Teatr.doc theater. This small independent theater was founded in […]
Ogonek digital archive (DA-OGN) Minneapolis, MN : East View Information Services Harvard Library users now have access to the digital archive of Ogonek, a long-running illustrated weekly from Russia. Ogonek has been published continuously since 1923, in the tradition of the eponymous pre-revolutionary magazine published in 1899-1918. In the Soviet years its run reached millions of […]
Early Russian cinema online [Leiden] : IDC Publishers : Brill HOLLIS # 15042874 We are happy to announce the arrival of the Early Russian cinema online, an electronic archive of 57 Russian film periodicals from 1907-1918. The collection includes both “serious” and more popular titles produced by the major Russian film studios, film distributors and […]
September 6 – December 21, Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library To mark the centennial of the Russian Revolution, Houghton Library in collaboration with the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Slavic Division at Widener Library presents an exhibition showcasing original documents from the period, assembled from its own holdings as […]
[Kanonnik”]. [Russia : publisher not identified], 7159 [i.e. 1651]. HOLLIS # 13359988 Skazanīe o volʹnom stradanīi gospoda nashego Iisusa Khrista. [place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, between 1800 and 1899] HOLLIS # 13359989 Miesiats mart, imia angela. [Russia : publisher not identified, between 1800 and 1899?] 464 pages ; 37 cm […]
Krasnyi Arkhiv digital archive Minneapolis, MN : East View Information Services HOLLIS # 6918745 Harvard ID-holders now have access to another online primary source archive: Krasnyi arkhiv digital archive. Krasnyi arkhiv was a scholarly historical journal published in Moscow in 1922-1941 by the Central Archive and later by the Central Archival Administration of […]
Welcome to the Harvard Library’s Slavic collection blog maintained by the Slavic division of Widener Library. In this blog we will be publishing the latest news about the collection. The topics will cover new acquisitions, gifts, special collections as well as our efforts in improving access to the materials through cataloging and digitization. To learn […]