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Abstract This collection consists of correspondence and other material related to the publication of the book My Life in Russian Theatre (Little, Brown and and Co., 1937) by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858 - 1943), who was known for being an innovative theatre director, writer, teacher, playwright, and producer. Nemirovich-Danchenko co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre with Konstantin Stanislavsky and helped usher in the new genre of naturalism in theatrical performance and...

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This collection includes materials gathered during two trips to Russia in 1977 and 1989. The posters, most pins, a 45 rpm record, and maps are from a March 1977 trip to Moscow and Leningrad with a Lehigh University Alumni Association tour. The prints, photographs, and t-shirts are from the donor's attendance at the 1989 International Conference on Environment & Society in Moscow as a representative of the League of Women Voters.

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Collection of blank postcard portfolios depicting Leningrad, Moscow, and the Neva, plus five photographs taken in the former USSR circa 1975 by Jerome L. Yesko. Mr. Yesko traveled to Russia in 1975 as part of a legal exchange program between U.S. lawyers and their Soviet counterparts. Mr. Yesko purchased the postcards and brought them back to the U.S. where he gave them to his daughter, Jill Yesko, as a souvenir of his trip.