Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov papers, 1918-1974 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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	Writings, 1918-1964 (continued)
			“K kn. S. M. Kachurinu” (“To Prince S. M. Kachurin”), draft of annotated English translation by Nabokov, circa 1950s See also Container 10, Reel 8, Poetry reading entitled “Recital in New York (with Poems) in the Early Fifties”
			“K rodine” (“To My Native Land”), draft in Russian, circa 1942
			“K Rossii” (“To Russia”), photocopies of drafts in Russian, circa 1928
				(2 folders)
			“Kakie bol ʹshiia shliapy” (“What big hats”), photocopy of draft in Russian, circa 1929
			“Kakim by polotnom” (“No Matter How”), drafts in Russian, circa 1944
				(2 folders)
			“Lastochka” (“The Swallow”), from the novel Dar, drafts in Russian, 1936, undated
				(2 folders)
			“A Literary Dinner” (working title “Diner Littéraire”), draft in English, 1942
			“The Monkey”
				Biographical note on V. F. Khodasevich, photocopies of drafts in English, circa 1941
					(2 folders)
				Draft of translation into English by Nabokov of “Obez ʹiana” by V. F. Khodasevich, circa 1941
			“Mr. N. on Russian Poetry,” drafts in English, 1944
				(2 folders)
			“My s toboiu tak verili v sviaz ʹ bytiia” (“We so firmly believed in the linkage of life”), draft in Russian, circa 1928
			“Na zakate” (“At Sunset”), drafts in Russian, circa 1935, circa 1941
				(3 folders)
BOX 13			“Nepravil ʹnye iamby” (“Irregular Iambics”), draft in Russian, in part photocopies, 1952, undated
BOX 13				(2 folders)
			“Nerodivshemusia chitateliu” (“To an Unborn Reader”), draft in Russian, circa 1930
			“Oblaka” (“Clouds”), draft in Russian, undated
			“Obrashchenie” (“The Appeal”; working title “K otchizne”), drafts in Russian, 1939
				(2 folders)
			“Ode to a Model,” draft in English, 1955
			“Okno” (“The Window”), draft in Russian, circa 1930
			“Osa” (“The Wasp”) (working title “Muka”), draft in Russian, 1928
			“Ostrova” (“The Islands”), draft in Russian, circa 1928
			“Ot schastiia vliublennomu ne spitsia” (“For Happiness the Lover Cannot Sleep”), drafts in Russian, 1928
				(2 folders)
			“Perina” (“Feather Bed”), also known as part one of “Berlinskaia vesna” (“Berlin Spring”), draft in Russian, undated
			“Pervaia liubov ʹ” (“First Love”), draft in Russian, circa 1930
			“P ʹianyi korabl ʹ” (“The Drunken Ship”), draft of translation into Russian by Nabokov of “Le bateau ivre” by Arthur Rimbaud, circa 1928
				(2 folders)
			“Pochtovyi iashchik” (“The Mailbox”), also known as part two of “Berlinskaia vesna” (“Berlin Spring”), draft in Russian, 1925
			“The Poem,” draft in English, circa 1944
			“Poety” (“The Poets”), draft in Russian, undated
			“Predstavlenie” (“The Presentation”), drafts in Russian, 1930, undated
				(2 folders)
			“Probuzhdenie” (“The Awakening”), draft in Russian, circa 1931
			“Prokhozhii s elkoi” (“A Passer-by with a Christmas Tree”), draft in Russian, 1925
			“Provans” (“Provence”), poem in two parts, part one (first line “Sloniaius ʹ pereulkami bez tseli”), draft in Russian, 1923
			“Pustiak – nazvan ʹe machty, plan – i sledom” (“A trifle, the name of a mast, a plan”), draft in Russian, 1926
			“Rain,” draft in English, 1955
			“Rasstrel” (“The Execution”), draft in Russian, circa 1927
			“The Room,” draft in English, circa 1950
			“Rusalka – Zakliuchitel ʹnaia stsena k pushkinskoi ’Rusalke'” (“The Water Nymph – A Concluding Scene to Pushkin's ’Rusalka'”), draft in Russian, circa 1942
				(2 folders)
			“Sam treugol ʹnyi dvukrylyi, beznogii” (“He was triangular, two-winged, and legless”), draft in Russian, 1932
			“Shakhmatnyi kon ʹ” (“The Chess Knight”), drafts in Russian, 1927, 1930
				(2 folders)
			“Siren ʹ” (“Lilac”), draft in Russian, 1928
			“Smert ʹ” (“Death”), draft in Russian, 1924
			“Sneg” (“Snow”), drafts in Russian, circa 1930
				(2 folders)
			“Snimok” (“The Snapshot”), draft in Russian, 1927
			“Snoviden ʹe” (“A Vision in a Dream”), drafts in Russian, 1927
				(2 folders)
			“Son” (“The Dream”), photocopy of draft in Russian, 1939
			“Speaking of Bugs,” draft in English, undated
			“Stansy” (“Stanzas”), draft in Russian, 1924
			“Stansy o kone” (“Stanzas on a Horse”) (working title “Stansy o loshadi”), draft in Russian, circa 1929
			“Tol ʹko pomniu kholodnost ʹ vashu” (“I Only Remember Your Coldness”), draft in Russian, undated
			“V raiu” (“In Paradise”), draft in Russian, 1928
			“Vesna” (“Spring”), draft in Russian, 1925
			“Voluptates Tactionum,” draft in English, circa 1951
			“Vozdushnyi ostrov” (“Aerial Island”), draft in Russian, circa 1929
			“A War Poem,” draft in English, 1942
		Translations
			Eugene Onegin, translation of novel in verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
				Correspondence with publisher
					Correspondence, 1959-1963, undated
						(2 folders)
					Enclosures separated from original documents
						Corrections, undated
						Draft material, 1959-1963, undated See also Container 18, Reel 12, Vol. III, commentaries
							(2 folders)
						Miscellaneous, undated
						Queries
							Appendices, undated
							Commentary, 1959-1961, undated
								(1 folder)
BOX 14 REEL 10								(2 folders)
							Discrepancies, undated
							Front matter, 1962
							Russian transliterations, undated
							Text translations, undated
				Draft A
					Vol. I
						Foreword, 1958
						Method of transliteration and calendar, 1958
						Translation, 1960
							(10 folders)
						Translator's introduction, 1958
							(3 folders)
BOX 15					Vol. II, commentaries, 1958
BOX 15						(13 folders)
BOX 16 REEL 11						(7 folders)
					Vol. III
						Commentaries, 1958
							(6 folders)
BOX 17							(8 folders)
						Appendices, 1958, undated
							(5 folders)
				Draft B, undated
					Vol. I
						Foreword
						Table of contents, list of illustrations, and translator's mottoes
						Translator's introduction
							(4 folders)
					Vol. II, commentaries
						(1 folder)
BOX 18 REEL 12						(8 folders)
					Vol. III, commentaries See also Container 13, Reel 9, Enclosures, Draft material
						(7 folders)
BOX 19						(4 folders)
				Draft C, vol. I, translator's introduction, undated
				Draft D, vol. I, translation on 4" x 6" cards, undated
				Draft E, vol. I, translation, undated
				Draft F, vol. III, appendix I, undated
					(2 folders)
				Galley proofs, corrected
					First proof
						Vol. I, 1961
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