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

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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						Unpublished chapter drafts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
				“That in Aleppo Once...,” draft in English, undated
				“Tiazhelyi dym” (“Torpid Smoke”), printed version in Poslednie novosti in Russian, 1935
				“The Vane Sisters,” draft in English on 4" x 6" cards, undated
					(4 folders)
BOX 9				“Vesna v Fialʹte” (“Spring in Fialta”)
					Draft in Russian, 1936
					English translation by Peter Pertzoff, draft revised by Nabokov in English, undated
				“Zaniatoy chelovek” (“A Busy Man”), drafts in Russian, undated
					(2 folders)
		Nonfiction
			Biography
				Nikolai Gogol, corrections to translation, French edition, undated
			Memoir
				Conclusive Evidence: A Memoir
					English edition
						Foreword (not used), drafts, undated
							(2 folders)
						Chapter 1
							Draft, undated
							Galley proof corrections on 4" x 6" cards, undated
							Notes, undated
						Chapter 2, draft, 1949
						Chapters 3, 8, 10-12, drafts, undated
							(7 folders)
						Chapter 15
							Drafts, undated
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