Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Nazimova collection, Nazimova papers
About this Item
Title
- Nazimova collection,
Other Title
- Nazimova papers
Summary
- Correspondence, programs, press clippings, and scrapbooks documenting the American stage and film career of the Russian-born actress Nazimova, particularly during the silent film era. Includes letters (1903-1943) from Nazimova to her sister, Nina Lewton; many early letters are in Russian but most have English translations. Other letters (1927-1940) are written to her friend, Leona Scott. Also includes a memoir by her niece, Lucy Olga Lewton.
Names
- Nazimova, 1879-1945
Headings
- - Lewton, Lucy Olga
- - Lewton, Nina
- - Scott, Leona
- - Actors
- - Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
- - Silent films--United States
- - Theater--United States
Notes
- - Arranged in three series. Series 1: Kling-Lewton Papers, 1877-1988; Series 2: Harry E. Vinyard, Jr., Papers, 1905-1959; and Series 3: Oversize, 1905-1929.
- - Gift, Jean Louise Kling, Lucy Olga Lewton, and Val Lewton, 1991-1992.
- - Transfer, Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, 1992.
- - Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- - Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
- - Actress; born Adelaide Leventon; also known as Alla Nazimova.
- - Collection material in English, with Russian.
- - Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001040
Medium
- 1,400 items.
- 4 containers plus 1 oversize.
- 1.8 linear feet.
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Library of Congress Control Number
- mm95081203
Access Advisory
- Open to research.
- Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.