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Box 7

 Container

Contains 80 Results:

Letters. Fritz Heeb, Zürich, to Elisabeth Markstein, circa 1975-1993

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1056
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1056)
Scope and Contents

Fritz Heeb's wife, Irina, frequently adds a note at the end of a letter.

Dates: circa 1975-1993

Letters. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to Lev Kopelev and Raisa Orlova, 1981-1985

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1062
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1062)
Scope and Contents

Lev Kopelev sent these copies to Markstein.

Dates: 1981-1985

Letters. Lev Kopelev to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1982-1985

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1063
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1063)
Scope and Contents

The copies of these two long letters were probably sent to Markstein by Kopelev; see folder 1062.

Dates: 1982-1985

Correspondence. Michael Scammell, Leonia (NJ), with Elisabeth Markstein, Vienna, 1982 August-October

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1064
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1064)
Scope and Contents

Scammell asks Markstein about the relationship between Solzhenitsyn and Heeb, Licko, Olga Carlisle and other matters. His biography of Solzhenitsyn was published in 1984.

Dates: 1982 August-October

Letter. Elisabeth Markstein, Vienna, to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1992 January 26

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1065
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1065)
Scope and Contents

Letter concerns the publication by Novyi Mir of Solzhenitsyn's memoir Bodalsia telenok s dubom.

Dates: 1992 January 26

Letter. Elisabeth Markstein to the editors of Novyi Mir, circa 1999

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1067
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1067)
Scope and Contents

Letter was a response to the publication in Novyi Mir of Solzhenitsyn's memoir Ugodilo zernyshko promezh dvukh zhernovov and provides a clarification of the relationship between Solzhenitsyn and Heeb.

Dates: circa 1999

Photographs. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1940-1943

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1069
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1069)
Scope and Contents

The small (4 x 3 cm.) photo dated May 5, 1940 shows Solzhenitsyn as a 21 year-old student; the second (16 x 10 cm.) dated 1943 shows Solzhenitsyn as a lieutenant in the Red Army.

Dates: 1940-1943

Photograph. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1967-1968

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1070
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1070)
Scope and Contents

The photo is signed and inscribed: "To Lise with friendly regards"; it appears that the print dates from May, 1967 and that it was given to Markstein in August of 1968.

Dates: 1967-1968

Photographs. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, wife and son, 1971

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1071
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1071)
Scope and Contents

9 of the photos show Solzhenitsyn with his first son Ermolai (b. 1970), and 2 show mother (Natalia) and son. One of the photos is dated September 1971 and is inscribed by Solzhenitsyn: "To our invaluable friend, Betta"; "Betta" was the code name Markstein used in some of her correspondence with Solzhenitsyn.

Dates: 1971

Photographs. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Elisabeth Markstein, et al., 1974 February

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1072
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1072)
Scope and Contents

Photos show Solzhenitsyn, Markstein, and others at Sternenberg near Zürich shortly after Solzhenitsyn's exile from the USSR.

Dates: 1974 February

Photograph. Elisabeth Markstein and Fritz Heeb, 1981 December 8

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1073
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1073)
Scope and Contents

Photo shows Markstein and Heeb on the occasion of Heeb's 70th birthday.

Dates: 1981 December 8

Photographs. Solzhenitsyn and family in Cavendish, Vermont, 1979-1991

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1074
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1074)
Scope and Contents

Photographs are inscribed by Natalia Solzhenitsyn.

Dates: 1979-1991

Articles. About Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1968-1985

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1077-1115
Identifier: (MSE/REE 0017-1077 to 1115)
Scope and Contents

Folders 1077 through 1085 contain articles in English; 1086 through 1108 articles in German; 1109 through 1112 articles in Russian; 1113 through 1115 articles in Swedish, Spanish, and French. Articles within each language group are arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1968-1985