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

Container	Contents

	Correspondence, 1923-1952 (continued)
			Sovremennye zapiski, 1937
			Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1938
			Ullstein GmbH, 1935
			University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 1939
			Unkovskii, V., 1938
			Wereldbibliotheek-Vereening, 1939
			Zelenskii, Filip, 1923
			Zenzinov, V., 1935-1938
			Unidentified, 1939-1942, undated
		Letters sent
			Fondaminskii, Ilʹia See same container and reel, Letters sent, Sovremennye zapiski
			Klement, Otto, 1935
			Kortner, Fritz, 1937
			Life, 1943
			Maklakov, V. A., 1938
			Nikolajević, N., 1933
			Novoe russkoe slovo, 1941
			Pavlovski, M., 1937
			Pertzoff, Peter, 1933-1944, undated
			Poslednie novosti, 1937
			Rudnev, V. V. See same container and reel, Letters sent, Sovremennye zapiski
			Rydelius, Ellen Victoria, 1937
			Sovremennye zapiski, 1937
			Tatarinov, Raisa
			Vremea, publishers, 1939
			Zenzinov, V. See same container and reel, Letters sent, Sovremennye zapiski
BOX 1-21 REEL 1-13	Writings, 1918-1964
BOX 1-21 REEL 1-13		Drafts, proofs, and printed versions of biographies, book reviews, essays, memoirs, novellas, novels, plays, poems, short stories, and translations of works by others as well as correspondence and notes.
		Arranged alphabetically by type of writing, title, and type of material.
BOX 1 REEL 1		Fiction
			Novels
				Bend Sinister
					Book review by A. Nazaroff, broadcast on “Voice of America” radio, transcript in Russian, 1947
					Draft in English, undated
						(2 folders)
BOX 2 REEL 2						(2 folders)
				Dar (The Gift)
					Drafts in Russian, undated
						Chapters 1 and 4
							(3 folders)
						Fragments
						Unpublished chapter drafts
							(2 folders)
					Printed version in Sovremennye zapiski in Russian, 1937-1938
						(2 folders)
				Kamera obskura (Camera Obscura, 1936, and Laughter in the Dark, 1938), draft fragment in Russian, 1931
				Korolʹ, dama, valet (King, Queen, Knave), draft fragment in Russian, undated
				Lolita, notes in English on 4"x 6" cards, 1950-1955 See also Containers 10-12, Reels 8-9, Lolita: A Screenplay
					(6 folders)
BOX 3 REEL 3				Mashenʹka (Mary), draft in Russian, circa 1925
BOX 3 REEL 3					(2 folders)
				Otchaianie (Despair), draft in Russian, 1932
				Pale Fire, draft in English on 4"x 6" cards, 1957-1961, undated
					(17 folders)
BOX 4 REEL 4					(24 folders)
BOX 5					(23 folders)
BOX 6 REEL 5					(5 folders)
				Pnin, notes in English, undated
				Podvig (Glory), draft in Russian, 1930
					(2 folders)
				Priglashenie na kaznʹ (Invitation to a Beheading)
					English edition, 1959
						Draft
							(5 folders)
BOX 7 REEL 6							(1 folder)
						Galley proofs
							(3 folders)
						Setting copy
							(5 folders)
					French edition, preface, page proofs, undated
					Russian edition, draft, undated
						(2 folders)
				The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
					English edition, draft (Chapters 3-4, 6, 8-14, 17), circa 1941
					French edition, corrections to translation, undated
				Zashchita Luzhina (The Defense)
					English edition, draft, undated
						(2 folders)
BOX 8 REEL 7						(2 folders)
					Russian edition, draft fragments, undated
			Short stories and novellas
				“The Assistant Producer,” 1943
					Draft in English
					Notes in English on 4" x 6" cards
				“Britva” (“The Razor”), drafts in Russian, undated
					(2 folders)
				“The Double Monster,” draft in English, 1950
				“Double Talk,” draft in English, undated
				“Govoriat po russki” (“They Speak Russian”), drafts in Russian, undated
					(2 folders)
				“Korolek” (“The Leonardo”), printed version in Poslednie novosti in Russian, 1933
				“Lik”
					Draft in Russian, 1938
					Printed version in Russkie zapiski in Russian, 1938
				“Mademoiselle O,” drafts in English, undated
					Draft A (second part)
					Draft B (first part)
				Nabokov's Dozen See Container 10, Reel 8, same heading
				“Nabor” (“Recruitment”)
					Draft in Russian, undated
					Printed version in Poslednie novosti in Russian, 1935
				“Natasha,” draft in Russian, 1927
				“Obida” (“A Bad Day”), draft in Russian, 1931
				“Ograda” [“Muzyka”] (“Music”), draft in Russian, undated
				“Ozero, oblako, bashnia” (“Cloud, Castle, Lake”)
					Draft in Russian, 1937
					Printed version in Sovremennye zapiski in Russian, 1937
					Translations
						English
							By Nabokov, “Song” from “Cloud, Castle, Lake,” new version, draft in Nabokov's hand, undated
							By Peter Pertzoff, drafts, undated
								Revised by Nabokov
								With notes in Véra Nabokov's hand
						French (“Mirage”), draft, undated
				“Passazhir” (“The Passenger”), draft in Russian, 1927
				“Pilʹgram” (“The Aurelian”)
					Drafts in Russian (working title “Palomnik”), 1930
						(2 folders)
					Printed version in Russian with Nabokov's notes in English for English translation, undated
				“Pisʹmo v Rossiiu” (“A Letter That Never Reached Russia”), draft in Russian, undated
				[Po utram, esli solntse priglashalo menia...], draft fragment in Russian, undated
				“Podlets” (“An Affair of Honor”), draft in Russian, 1927
				“Poseshchenie muzeia” (“The Visit to the Museum”), printed version in Sovremennye zapiski in Russian, 1939
				“Rozhdestvenskii rasskas” (“A Christmas Story”), draft in Russian, undated
				“Sluchay iz zhizni” (“A Slice of Life”), draft in Russian, undated
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