Comprises literary works, albums of newspaper cuttings, and letters by, or relating to, David Magarshack and his wife Elsie, including material relating to A.P. Chekhov and F.M. Dostoevskii
David Magarshack papers
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- ReferenceGB 206 LRA/MS 1397
- Dates of Creation1930-1992
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Russian
- Physical Description15 932 ff. 25 vols manuscript typescript printed and photographs
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
David Magarshack (1899-1977) was a Russian Jew from Riga, who emigrated to Great Britain, studied at London University and established himself as a translator of Russian literature into English and a biographer of Russian writers
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Acquisition Information
Elsie Magarshack, July 1984, July and October 1985, August 1987, October 1991
Note
In English, Russian, Japanese
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm