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"Voronezhskie tetradi"; [addition to archive] (undated), undated
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Collected manuscripts of poems, poem drafts and fragments; collated items in individual envelopes, description on each cover, items in hand of OM, NM, E. Ia. Khazin, N. Shtempel', L. N. Gumilev, also typewritten; many items bear pencil marks in angle brackets signed N. Kh. (Nikolai Khardzhiev); I. Semenko's item numbering continues from previous folder (" Novye stikhi"). Items 50-122: "Voronezhskie tetradi": poems written in exile in Voronezh (1935-1937): 50. Chernozem ( Pereuvazhena, perecherna, vsia v khole...), no. 299 (1935 April). I. author's final manuscript (undated). II. author's final manuscript (1935 April). III. Esli by povedal Bog..., no. ?, copy in hand of NM, undated (on reverse of II) (undated) -- 51. Ia zhivu na vazhnykh ogorodakh..., no. 353: typewritten (undated) -- 52. Den' stoial o piati golovakh..., no. 313 (1935 April-May). I. author's manuscript of early (shorter) version (1935 April-May). II. typescript, same version and date (undated). III. typed copy of last three stanzas as given in no. 315, made by I. Semenko in late 1940s (her note) (undated) -- 53-53a. Da, ia lezhu v zemle, gubami shevelia..., no. 306 (1935 May). I. "Tam degot' progudel, lazur'iu shevelia...": variant of first two stanzas of no. 306: author's manuscript (1935 May). II. same text as above: author's manuscript (1935 May ). III. complete text as given in no. 327: typescript (1935 May) -- 54. Eshche my zhizn'iu polny v vysshei mere, no. 302: copy in hand of NM, made in 1937 (undated) -- 55. [Kama], no. 308-310 (undated). I. Kak na Kame-reke glazu temno, kogda..., no. 309: variant, author's manuscript (undated). II. Ia smotrel, otdaliaias' na khvoinyi vostok..., no. 310: author's manuscript; (III and IV on reverse of sheet with I and II) (undated). III. Lishiv menia morei, razbega i razleta..., no. 307: copy in hand of NM (undated). IV. "...mne skazhet: nichego, otets...", fragment in hand of NM (undated). V. Kak na Kame-reke..., no. 308: author's draft of uncensored variant of last two stanzas (undated) -- 56. Stansy ( Ia ne khochu sred' iunoshei teplichnykh...), no. 312 (1935 May). I. copy in hand of NM (undated). II. "Prokliatyi shov, nelepaia zateia...", variant (no first stanza, other stanzas in different order): copy in hand of NM (1935 May). III. "Liubliu shinel' krasnoarmeiskoi skladki...", variant of stanza: two typed copies, one copy in hand of NM (undated) -- 57. Ot syroi prostyni govoriashchaia, no. 311: copy in hand of NM (undated) -- 58. Vozmozhna li zhenshchine mertvoi khvala?..., no. 314: copy in hand of N. Shtempel', date in hand of OM (1935 June 3-1926 December 14) -- 59. Rimskikh nochei polnovesnye slitki..., no. 316: copy in hand of NM (undated) -- 60. Za Paganini dlinnopalym..., no. 298: copy in hand of N. Shtempel', date in hand of OM (1935 summer) -- 61. Iz-za domov, iz-za lesov..., no. 322 (1926 December 6-9). I. copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1926 December 6-9). II. copy and date in hand of NM (1926 December 6-8). III. typed copy, slightly different version (undated) -- 62. Rozhdenie ulybki ( Kogda zaulybaetsia ditia...), no. 342 (1926 December 8-1937 January 17). I. copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1926 December 9-1937 January 6). II. copy and date in hand of NM (1926 December 8-1937 January 17). III. copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1926 December 8-1937 January 9). IV. copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1926 December 9-11). V. copy in hand of NM (undated) -- 63 (1926 December). I. Moi shchegol, ia golovu zakinu..., no. 324: copy in hand of NM (1926 December 10-27). II. Detskii rot zhuet svoiu miakinu..., no. 326, variant of no. 324: copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1926 December 9-13). III. Detskii rot zhuet svoiu miakinu..., no. 326: copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1926 December) -- 64. Nynche den' kakoi-to zheltorotyi..., no. 294: copy in hand of NM (1926 December 9-28) -- 65. Ne u menia, ne u tebia -- u nikh..., no. 328 (1926 December 9-27). I. copy in hand of NM (1926 December 9-27). II. shorter variant, copy in hand of NM (1926 December 11) -- 66. Ia v serdtse veka -- put' neiasen..., no. 332 (1926 December). I. copy in hand of NM, inscription on top and bottom in hand of OM (1926 December). II. copy in hand of NM (1926 December 14) -- 67. Vnutri gory bezdeistvuet kumir..., no. 330 (1926 December). I. manuscript in hand of NM, corrections and date in hand of OM (1926 December 10-26). II. manuscript in hand of NM, corrections and date in hand of OM (1926 December 13). III. manuscript in hand of NM, corrections and date in hand of OM (1926 December). IV. copy (final version) in hand of NM (1926 December 10-26) -- 68 (1926 December). I. Plastinkoi tonen'koi zhilleta..., no. 334: copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1926 December 15). II. Plastinkoi tonen'koi zhilleta..., no. 334: copy in hand of NM (1926 December). III. fragment of no. 297 (from line "Semipalatnye prostory...": copy in hand of NM (undated). IV. Plastinkoi tonen'koi zhilleta..., no. 334;, 1926 December 15-27, on obverse of sheet: Sosnovoi roshchitsy zakon..., no. 333: both in hand of NM, 1926 December 16-17 (1926 December 15-27) (1926 December 16-17). V. letter from NM to E. Ia. Khazin 1926 December 19, contains: no. 297 and no. 333, 1926 December 15, 1926 December 16 (1926 December 19) (1926 December 15) (1926 December 16) -- 69. Sosnovoi roshchitsy zakon..., no. 335: copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1926 December 16-18) -- 70. Eta oblast' v temnovod'e..., no. 338 (1926 December). I. final manuscript in hand of NM, corrections and date in hand of OM verso (1926 December 24). II. fragment of Plastinkoi tonenkoi Zhiletta, no. 354, in hand of MN (undated). III. copy in hand of NM (1926 December). IV-V. "Shlo tsepochkoi v temnovod'e...", no. 339 (variant of no. 338): 2 copies in hand of NM, both dated, same date (1926 December 26). VI-VII. "Noch. Doroga. Son pervichnyi...," variant of no. 338: 3 copies in hand of NM, one dated (1926 December 23-25). VIII-IX. "Gde ia? Chto so mnoi durnogo?" variant of no. 338, 2 copies in hand of NM, one dated (1926 December 23-25) -- 71.[ Vekhi dal'nego oboza...], no. 340: copy in hand of N. Shtempel', date in hand of OM (1926 December 26) -- 72. Kak podarok zapozdalyi..., no. 336: copy in hand of NM (1926 December 29-30) -- 73. Ottogo vse neudachi..., no. 337 (undated). I. typed copy (undated). II. two copies in hand of NM (1926 December 29-30) -- 74. Tvoi zrachek v nebesnoi korke..., no. 345 (1937 January 2-February 2). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 January 2). II. copy in hand of NM, date in hand OM; according to NM, OM's date is incorrect (note by I. Semenko) (1937 February 2) -- 75. Ulybnis', iagnenok gnevnyi s rafaeleva kholsta..., no. no. 321 (1937 January). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 January 9). II. copy in hand of NM (1937 January) -- 76. Kogda v vetviakh ponurykh..., no. 344 (1937 January 9-10). I. copy in hand of N. Shtempel', date in hand of OM (1937 January 9). II. copy in hand of NM (1937 January 9-10) -- 77. Drozhzhi mira dorogie..., no. 346-347 (1937 January 12-18). I. no. 346: copy in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1937 January 12). II. no. 346: copy of first two stanzas in hand of NM, date in hand of OM (1937 January 12-14). III. no. 347: copy in hand of NM (1937 January 12-18). IV. no. 347: typed copy (1937 January 12-18) -- 78. Vlez besenok v mokroi sherstke... , no. 348 (1937 January 12-18). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 January 12-18). II. typed copy, date in hand of NM (1937 January 18) -- 79. [ Eshche ne umer ty, eshche ty ne odin...], no. 354: copy of last two stanzas (1937 January 15-16) -- 80. V litso morozu ia gliazhu odin..., no. 349: copy in hand of NM (1937 January 16) -- 81. O, etot medlennyi, odyshlivyi prostor!..., no. 313: copy in hand of NM (1937 January 16) -- 82. Ne sravnivai: zhivushchii nesravnim..., no. 317: typed copy (undated) -- 83. Kak zhenstvennoe serebro gorit..., no. 353; copy in hand of NM (undated) -- 84. Ia nynche v pautine svetovoi..., no. 355 (1937 January 19). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 January 19). II. typed copy (undated) -- 85. Kak zemliu gde-nibud' nebesnyi kamen' budit..., no. 357 (1937 January 20). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 January 20). II. typed copy (1937 January 20) -- 86. Slyshu, slyshu rannii led..., no. 358 (1937 January 21-22). I. short variant, copy in hand of NM (1937 January 21). II. full variant (1937 January 22) -- 87. Liubliu moroznoe dykhan'e..., no. 359: copy in hand of NM (1937 January 24) -- 88. Kuda mne detsia v etom ianvare..., no. 360: copy in hand of NM (1937 February) -- 89. Kak svetoteni muchennik Rembrandt..., no. 369 (1937 February). I. copy in hand of NM verso (1937 February). II. Eshche on pomnit bashmakov iznos...., no. 363, 2 stanzas and two lines in hand of NM (undated). III. final manuscript in hand of NM (blue ink) (1937 February 4) -- 90. Razryvy kruglykh bukht i khriashch i sineva..., no. 366: copy in hand of NM (1937 February 4) -- 91. Gde sviazannyi i prigvozhdennyi ston..., no. 356 (1937 January 19-February). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 February). II. final manuscript in hand of NM (blue ink) (1937 January 19-February 4). III. typed copy (1937 February) -- 92. Kak derevo i med' --Favorskogo polet..., no. 369 (1937 February). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 February). II. typed copy (1937 February) -- 93. Oboroniaet son svoiu donskuiu son'..., no. 371 (1937 January 18-February). I. author's draft manuscript (1937 February 3). II. (on reverse of I.): first manuscript of final variant in hand of NM ("Ukhodiat vdal' liudskikh golov bugry..."), last stanza in hand of OM (1937 January 18-February 3). III. copy of final version in hand of NM (undated). IV. typed copy of above, cut in half, text crossed out (1937 February) -- 94. Sred' narodnogo shuma i spekha..., no. 361: copy in hand of NM (1937) -- 95. Vooruzhennyi zren'em uzkikh os..., no. 346: copy in hand of NM (1937 February) -- 96. Poiu, kogda gortan' syra, dusha sukha..., no. 327: copy in hand of NM (1937 February) -- 97. Byli ochi ostree tochimoi kosy..., no. 368: copy in hand of NM (1937 February) -- 98. Eshche on pomnit bashmakov iznos..., no. 363: typed copy (1937 February 7-11) -- 99. Ia v l'vinyi rov i v krepost' pogruzhen..., no. 370 (1937 February). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 February). II. copy in hand of NM (1937 February 12) -- 100. Esli b menia nashi vragi vziali..., no. 372 (1937 February). I. copy in hand of NM (up to fourth line from end) (1937 February). II. typed copy, cut in half (1937 February) -- 101. Ia moliu, kak zhalosti i milosti..., ( Ia proshu, kak zhalosti i milosti... ) no. 373 (1937 March 3). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 March 3). II. copy in hand of NM (1937 March 3). III. typed copy (1937 March 3) -- 102. Na doske malinovoi, chervonnoi, no. 341: copy in hand of NM (1937 March 6) -- 103. Ia videl ozero stoiavshee otvesno..., no. 379 (1937 March 4). I. author's final manuscript, title: Reims-Laon (1937 March 4). II. copy in hand of NM (1937 March 4) -- 104. Stikhi o neizvestnom soldate, no. 362 (1937-1969). I. author's manuscript (1937 March 3). II. copy in hand of NM made in 1930s (OM's lifetime -- I. Semenko) (1937 March 9-10). III. copy of fragment in hand of NM (undated). IV. fragment ("Skvoz' efir desiatichno oznachennyi...") in hand of NM, paper and style of hadwriting identical to copy of fragment in A. Belomu cycle (items 45-48)(I. Semenko) V-VI. fragments in hand of NM (undated). VII. copy in hand of NM: pages from "Al'bom no. 1" made in OM's lifetime (important for establishing principal text -- I. Semenko) (1937) Note: On same sheets: copies of Esli b menia nashi vragi vziali..., Kak po ulitsam Kieva-viia..., Ia skazhu eto nacherno, shopotom..., Rim (Gde liagushki...) Zabludilsia ia v nebe: chto delat'? (2 variants), O, kak zhe ia khochu..., Mozhet byt' eto tochka bezumiia... (no. no. 372, 361, 376, 381, 378-379, 384, 346 resp.). . VIII. fragments in NM's hand: attempts to reconstruct the poem by memory 1950s-1960s when manuscript and manuscript copies had not yet been retrieved (I. Semenko) (1950s-1960s) -- 105. Rim ( Gde liagushki fontanov, raskvakavshis'...), no. 381 (1937 March 16). I. copy in hand of NM (1937 March 16). II. copy in hand of NM (1937 March 16). III. typed copy (1937 March 16) -- 106. [ Zabludilsia ia v nebe: chto delat'?...], no. 378: author's draft ("Odinokoe nebo vidnee...), one stanza in hand of NM (undated) -- 107. Zabludilsia ia v nebe: chto delat'?..., variant, no. 379 (1937 March 19). I. final manuscript in hand of NM (1937 March 19). II. final manuscript in hand of NM (1937 March 19) -- 108. Dlinnoi zhazhdy dolzhnik vinovatyi..., no. 383: copy in hand of NM (1937 March 21) -- 109. Fleity grecheskoi miata i iota..., no. 387 ( Fleity grecheskoi teta i iota...): copy in hand of NM (1937 April 7) -- 110. Goncharami velik ostrov sinii, no. 385: typed copy with corrections in NM's hand 1950s on obverse: words from beginning of Stikhi o neizvestnom soldate, undated (1950s) (undated) -- 111. Nereidy moi, nereidy..., no. 297 (1926). I. copy in hand of NM (pencil) (1926). II. copy in hand of NM (ink) (undated) -- 112. Ia skazhu eto nacherno, shopotom..., no. 376 ( Ia skazhu tebe nacherno-shopotom...): copy in hand of NM (1937 March 9) -- 113. Nebo vecherom v stenu vliubilos'..., no. 377: copy in hand of NM (1937 March 9) -- 114. Mozhet byt' eto tochka bezumiia..., no. 380: copy in hand of NM (1937 March 15) -- 115. O, kak zhe ia khochu..., no. 384: typed copy (undated) -- 116. Kak po ulitsam Kieva-Viia..., 395 ( Kak na ulitsakh Kieva-Viia...): copy in hand of NM (1937 April) -- 117. Ia k gubam podnushu etu zelen'..., no. 388 ( Ia k gubam podnoshu etu zemliu...) (1937 April). I. author's final manuscript (1937 April 30). II. author's final manuscript, slightly different from above on obverse of sheet: list of Voronezh poems in NM's hand (1937 April) -- 118. Kleikoi kliatvoi lipnut pochki..., no. 389 ( Kleikoi kliatvoi pakhnut pochki...) (1937 April 2-May 2). I-II. author's draft on two sheets verso of second sheet: notes for Stikhi o neizvestnom soldate, no. 347, in hand of OM and NM (undated). III. author's final manuscript; on obverse: list of Voronezh poems in OM's hand (continued from item 117) (1937 May 2). IV. copy in hand of N. Shtempel', note in hand of OM: "very bad" (refers to incorrect date on copy -- I. Semenko) (1937 April 2). V. copy in hand of N. Shtempel' (1937 April 2) -- 119. Na menia natselilas' grusha, da cheremukha..., no. 394: author's manuscript (1937 May 4) -- 120. K pustoi zemle nevol'no pripadaia..., no. 394: two author's final manuscripts, one in pencil, with corrections, one in ink, same date on both (1937 May 4) -- 121. "Shutochnye stikhi 1937 goda": all author's manuscripts (1937 February 24). I. Devochku v deve shchadia..., no. 449 (undated). II. Mal'chika v muzhe shchadia..., no. 449 (undated). III. Iskusstv prilichnykh khorovoda..., no. 447 (1937 February 24). IV. --Natasha, kak pisat': "balda"?..., no. 337 (undated) -- 122. "Shutochnye stikhi 1937 goda": copies in hand of NM (1937 February 24). I. Natasha spit. Zefir letaet..., no. 548, first two lines in hand of OM (1937 February 24). II. Prishla Natasha. Gde byla?..., no. 326 (undated). III-IV. Natasha, akh, kak mne nelovko!..., no. 547 Istochnik slez zamerz..., no. ? (1937 February 24). V-VI. O, eta Lena, eta Nora..., no. 392 (1937 February 24). VII. Natasha, akh, kak mne nelovko..., no. 546 (undated). Items 123-135: [Addition to poetry archive]: miscellaneous uncollected poems and fragments from 1930s (1931 April 23-1969 May 9) -- 123. Mir nachinalsia strashen i velik..., no. 516, copy in hand of NM (undated) -- 124. Mne kazhetsia, my govorit' dolzhny..., no. ? (undated) -- 125. fragments of lost poems reconstructed by NM from memory (1932-1937). I. I plamennyi poliak revnivets fortepiannyi..., no. 522 (undated). II. Chaikovskogo boius'..., no. 522 (undated). III. I malen'kii Ramo..., no. 522 (1937). IV. Miauknul kon'..., no. 439 (1932) -- 126. [ Stikhi o Staline], no. 517, without first two stanzas (beginning: "Khudozhnik, beregi i okhraniai boitsa..."): copy in hand of NM (1937) -- 127. Tianuli zhily, zhili-byli..., no. 514: copy in hand of NM (1935 May) -- 128. ["Razgovor s Pasternakom]: notes on three sheets in hand of NM (pencil), additional notes and date in hand of N. Khardzhiev (1937) -- 129. poems NM recorded by memory in Moscow for (1937-1939). I. G. Ehrenburg (1930s). I. Vooruzhennyi zren'em uzkikh os..., no. 346 (undated). II. Razryvy kruglykh bukht i khriashch i sineva, no. 328 (undated) -- 130. Ubiitsa, prestupnaia vishnia..., no. ?: poem recorded with omissions by memory by L. N. Gumilev (undated) -- 131. copy of seven poems on one sheet in hand of NM, probably made in OM's lifetime (I. Semenko) (undated). I. O, kak zhe ia khochu..., no. 384 variant, exists only in this copy (undated). II. Mozhet byt', eto tochka bezumiia..., no. 380 (undated). III. Eshche on pomnit bashmakov iznos, no. 363 (undated). IV. Ia skazhu eto nacherno, shepotom..., no. 376 (undated). V. Nebo vecheri v stenu vliubilos'..., no. 377 (undated). VI. Kogda shchegol v vozdushnoi sdobe, no. 327 (undated). VII. Ne sravnivai --zhivushchii nesravnim..., no. 317 (undated) -- 132. typed copy of seven 1935 poems, made in OM's lifetime (undated). I. Mir nachinalsia strashen i velik..., no. 516 (undated). II. Mne kazhetsia, my govorit' dolzhny..., no. ? (undated). III. Da, ia lezhu v zemle, gubami shevelia..., no. 327 (undated). IV. Liubliu shinel' krasnoarmeiskoi skladki..., stanza 2 of no. 312 (1) ( Stansy) (undated). V. Kak na Kame-reke..., no. 308 (undated). VI. Ia smotrel, otdaliaias', na khvoinyi vostok..., no. 310 (undated). VII. Pereuvazhena, perecherna, vsia v khole (Chernozem), no. 299 (undated) -- 133. Net, ne migren', no podai karandashik mentolovyi..., no. 317 (1931 April 23-1969 May 9). I. copy in hand of N. Khardzhiev, note in hand of N. Shtempel' that the (incorrect) poem was written in Voronezh in 1935 (1931 April 23). II. biographical note of N. Shtempel' on this poem, dated (1969 May 9) -- 134. "Iazyk-medved' vorochaetsia glukho...," no. 241: fragment of lost poem, typed copy made by I. Semenko in late 1940s "from flawed handwritten copy" (undated) -- 135 (undated). I. list of humorous poems in hand of NM (undated). II. OM's comments on treatment in inner prison during his first arrest, recorded by NM (undated). III. typed copy of two epigrams: on M. Petrovykh, on L. N. Gumilev (undated)
- Arrangement
The collection has been foldered strictly in the order in which it was found. Most of the material had been previously processed and described. Many items were identified and grouped by Nadezhda Mandelʹshtam; part of the collection was organized by Nikolai Khardzhiev; much of the work on collating and describing poetry and prose manuscripts was done by Irina Semenko. The present inventory draws almost exclusively on these earlier descriptions. In several cases, however, no description was available, and attempts were made to organize certain items (without disturbing the original order of item envelopes) and identify them. Thus, Nadezhda Mandelʹshtam's correspondence (Box 3, Folders 102-104) has been itemized and chronologically arranged within the three envelopes in which it was originally placed. Some additional corrections (Boxes 1 & 3) have been made by Pavel Polian (Nerler) in December 1999.
Material for some items was frequently found in different parts of the collection, therefore, for prose, cross-reference has been made to relevant folders. Besides, for poetry and for prose, respective indexes to titles and first lines have been compiled. For letters, there are indexes to addressees and senders.
Collection History
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Access & Use
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- Credit this material:
"Voronezhskie tetradi"; [addition to archive] (undated); Osip Mandelʹshtam Papers, C0539, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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- Box 2
NoteThis collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library. Originals in boxes 1-6 (5 boxes of originals and 1 box of original binders and folders) are stored in special vault facilities.
