Scope and Contents

A. James McAdams Collection of Eastern European Dissident Materials comprises 16 folders of materials relating to dissident groups and subject files on notable historians. Materials cover topics from East Germany pre-unification, the German Democratic Republic (GDR/DDR), Hungarian anti-communist groups, Polish solidarity, and subject files on historians whose work relates to dissident groups. Formats include books, medals, serials, emblems, CDs, and subject files.

Abstract Eleonora Petrovna Gomberg-Verzhbinskaia was a well known art critic and historian of art, and the collection consists of documents, diaries, correspondence, written drafts, photographs, books, and slides. Gomberg's daughter, Nina Rabinowich, is a practicing artist, and her husband, Boris Rabinowich, was an important non-conformist artist. The family emigrated to Vienna, Austria, in 1977, and the collection includes catalogs, brochures, and posters for art exhibits of both Boris and Nina as...