Lidija Osipovna Dan Papers

Period  (1917-) 1940-1963
Total size   1.36 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Maiden name: Lidija Osipovna Cederbaum; born in Odessa, Russia 1878, died in New York 1963; Menshevik, sister of Julij Martov (Ju.O. Cederbaum ) and after a short marriage to G.S. Kance l', wife of Fedor Dan; involved in revolutionary activities and arrested in 1899; went to Munich in 1901 and worked for the editorial board of Iskra organ of the RS-DRP. After the split in the RS-DRP into Bolshevik and Menshevik factions she was drawn towards the Mensheviks. ; lived in Paris 1905-1911; returned to St. Petersburg and voluntarily joined Fedor Dan in exile in Siberia; returned to European Russia after the February Revolution; opposition to the Bolshevik government led to their expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1922; lived in Berlin and in 1933 in Paris; settled in the USA in 1940; representative of the Menshevik Delegation Abroad to the International Council of Social Democratic Women (ICSDW) .

Content

Correspondence, mainly letters received by Lidija Dan, from Rafail Abramovič, Friedrich Adler, Kathia Adler, Angelica Balabanoff, David and Lilija Dalin, Ekaterina D. Kuskova, Boris Nikolaevskij and others; manuscripts (typescripts) by Lidija Dan; notes; addressbooks; documents on anniversaries and on the death of Fedor Dan; personal documents; articles by others; documents on others; press clippings etc. Interuniversity Project on the History of the Menshevik Movement: typescripts of interviews by L. Haimson with Lidija Dan 1960-1962 with index.

Arrangement

Lidija Dan appointed Boris Sapir as a trustee for her literary heritage; he published some of the documents in 'Iz archiva L.O. Dan (From the archives of L.O. Dan )', Amsterdam 1987; the present metrage (1.20 metres) differs from the one given in the ' Guide to the International Archives and Collections' (1989); this is due to packing the documents in boxes rather than in the portfolios used previously; some documents belonging to the papers of F.I. Dan, such as letters to him, have been incorporated into his archive.

Alternate Form of Material

Partly published in: Iz archiva L.O. Dan. Otobral, snabdil primecanijami i ocerkom biografii L.O. Dan Boris Sapir (from the archives of L.O. Dan. Selected, annotated and with an outline of L.O. Dan's biography by Boris Sapir). Amsterdam, 1987.

LIST

1-20

Letters to L.O. Dan from various persons.   1940-1963. 2 boxes and 18 folders.

1

Abecadts.   1957. 1 greeting card; Abramovič, R.A.   1940, 1956-1959. 9 letters;
Abramson.   1956. 1 postcard.

2-5

Adler, E.Ja. Forties,   1950-1963, and n.d. 4 folders.

2

Forties, 1950-1952.

3

1953-1956.

4

1957-1960.

5

1961-1963 and n.d.

6

Adler, Felix .   N.d. 1 letter, 2 postcards; Adler, Friedrich .   1947-1953. 19 letters, 1 postcard, 2 telegrams; Aksel'rod, M. N.d. 1 card; Aldanov, M.A. and T.M.   1955-1957. 20 letters.

7

Alekseev, A.G.   N.d. 1 letter;
Al'perin, A.   1954-1958. 6 letters;
Anan'in, E.A.   1950-1957. 14 letters, 5 postcards;
Andler, L. N.d. 1 greeting card; Aronson, G.Ja. and A.Ja.   1954-1961. 43 letters;
Atran, F.   1951. 2 letters.

8

Balabanova, A.   1953, 1958-1961. 9 letters, 2 greeting cards, 7 postcards;
Berg, M.L.   1955. 1 postcard;
Berger, I.M.   1960-1961. 3 letters. With enclosure;
Berlin, J.   1961. 2 letters;
Berlin, P.A.   1955. 1 letter;
Bers, L.   1957-1958. 1 letter, 1 greeting card, 1 postcard; Binštok, G.O.   1945. 3 letters;
Bloch, E.   1956, 1963. 2 letters, 2 greeting cards; Braunthal, J.   1961. 2 letters;
Brojdo, V.   1946, 1952, 1956. 8 letters; Bruckus, Ju.   1941. 3 letters.

9

Carmichael, J.   1953. 1 letter;
Chanin, N.   1951. 1 letter;
Clenova, N.   1960. 1 letter;
Dalin, D.Ju. and L.Ja.   1950, 1953-1960 ; 13 letters, 5 postcards; Domger, L.   1957-1958, 1962. 4 letters, 1 greeting card; Domogackij, G.   1950. 1 letter;
Duntov, I.   1957. 1 invitation, 1 letter;
Dynkin, L.   1952, 1956. 1 postcard, 1 letter;
El'kin, A. and B.   1950-1957. 14 letters;
Erlich, A.T.   1960. 1 letter;
Erlich (Dubnova), S.S.   1958. 3 letters;
Estrin, S.E.   1955-1958. 5 letters, 1 greeting card, 2 postcards; Fišer, M.   1963. 1 letter, 1 postcard, 1 greeting card; Fraenkel, Jonathan.   1962. 2 letters.

10

Galič, L.E.   1946. 1 letter;
Gal'perin, S. and A.   1955. 2 letters;
Garvi, S.S.   1956-1957. 4 letters;
Geršuni, Ja.S.   1958, 1960-1962 ; Getzler, I.   1959-1962. 18 letters, 1 postcard; Geyer, D.   1962-1963. 8 letters;
Ginzburg, M.S.   1957-1958. 2 letters;
Gurevič, A.M.   1960. 2 letters.

11

Haimson, L.   1954, 1959-1960. 8 letters;
Hannak, H. and J.   1946, 1954, 1963. 3 letters;
Héroys, H.   1953. 1 letter;
Hertz, P.   1951. 5 letters, 1 postcard; Jarbljum, M.   1959-1963. 11 letters;
Kagansky, Joseph.   1952. 1 letter;
Kahan, A.   1953. 1 letter;
Kalnina, Klara .   1959. 1 letter, 1 postcard; Karpovič, M.M.   1958-1959. 8 letters;
Kennan, G.F.   1958. 3 letters;
Krestovskaja, L.A.   1955-1956. 2 letters.

12-13

Kuskova, E.D.   1945-1958 and n.d. 2 boxes.

12

1945-1954.

13

1955-1958 and n.d.

14

Lazerson, M.Ja.   1956. 1 letter;
Landyševa, E.A.   1956. 1 letter and 1 postcard; Leichter, O.   1947, 1952-1956. 5 letters, 5 postcards; Liber, S.   1957. 2 letters;
Logunova, R.S.   1956-1957. 5 letters;
Lodyženskij, I.I.   1941. 1 letter;
Lochova, M.   1957. 1 letter;
Lunc, G.M.   1956, 1957. 1 letter, 1 postcard; Mandel'štam, M.O.   1956. 1 greeting card, 1 letter;
Margolina.   1944. 1 letter;
Mel'gunov, M. and P.   1956-1957, 1963. 14 letters, 1 postcard; Meyer, A.G.   1956. 2 letters;
Myl'nikov, P.   1956-1957. 5 letters;
Mosely, Ph.E.   1959. 2 letters.

15

Nekrasov, V.A.   1955-1956. 2 letters, 1 greeting card; Nikolaevskij, B.I.   1940, 1957-1958, 1961. 12 letters;
Nowogrudsky, E.   1957. 1 letter;
Pjatova, S.   1955. 1 letter;
Pollak, Marianne .   1941-1959. 8 letters, 1 greeting card; Prodet, G.   1946-1948. 10 letters;
Raev, M.I.   1959-1962. 3 letters.

16

Rozenfel'd, O.I.   1951-1962. 15 letters, 2 postcards; Romanova, E.   1957. 1 letter;
Rüter, A.J.C.   1959, 1962. 10 letters.

17

Sapir, B.M. and Berti .   1942-1962. 22 letters, 2 postcards; Šapiro, Leonard .   1960, 1962. 4 letters;
Scott, John and Marija I.   1957-1959. 1 greeting card, 4 letters;
Sedova, N.I.   1932. 1 letter;
Sorin, S.   1944. 1 letter;
Souvarine, B.   1956-1963. 6 letters;
Stencel', E.O. and Z.S.   1956-1957. 8 letters, 1 postcard; Stiassky, E.   1955. 1 postcard, 1 letter;
Šub, N.D.   N.d. 1 letter;
Topalovich, M. and Z.   1959. 1 letter;
Tron,   1941. 1 letter;
Trockij, I. N.d. 1 greeting card; Turin, M.G.   N.d. 1 letter.

18

Volin, S.Ju.   N.d. 1 letter;
Volosov, B.I.   1944-1946, 1957. 5 letters;
Vol'skij, N.V.   1953-1962. 51 letters;
Vulich, M.   1959. 1 letter.
NB. See also inv.nr. 19

19

Typed copies of the letters from N.V. Vol'skij in inv.nr. 18.

20

Zalkind, M. and S.   1954-1958. 22 letters and 4 postcards; Životovskij, I.T.   1951-1957, 1962-1963. 12 letters;
Letters from unidentified persons.   1943-1963. 10 letters, 4 postcards; Greeting cards.   1951-1957. 25 cards.

21

Copies of letters from L.O. Dan to various persons and extracts from letters.   1952-1963. 1 folder.

22

Letters and press clippings on the death of F.I. Dan .   1947. 1 folder.

23-24

Letters and other documents relating to L.O. Dan's 75th and 80th birthday and her death.   1953, 1958, 1963. 2 folders.

25-27

Documents relating to the naturalization of L.O. and F.I. Dan and other personal documents. (   1937 )   1940-1957. 3 folders.

28

Addresses.   N.d. 1 folder.

29-32

Manuscripts (typescripts) by L.O. Dan.   1942, 1959, 1962 and n.d. 3 folders.

33

Correspondence, outlines, and other documents concerning the Inter-University Project on the History of the Menshevik Movement.   1958-1960 and n.d. 1 folder.

34

Typescripts of interviews by L. Haimson with L.O. Dan (Inter-University Project on the history of the Menshevik Movement. With index on the interviews and notes by B.M. Sapir .   1960-1962. 1 box.

35-36

Notes, excerpts and other documents.   1951, 1957, 1958 and n.d. 2 folders.

37

Biographical notes on F.I. Dan, probably by L.O. Dan.   N.d. 1 cover.

38-39

Photographs and photocopies of photographs. 2 folders.
NB.Original photographs in IISH audiovisual Department.

40-42

Manuscripts and notes by, or on: E.A. Anan'in , L. Blit , Evg. Bolchovitinov , Brunovskij , P.A. Garvi , G.D. Gurvič , B.A. Dvinov , Ju.P. Denike , Ju.O. Martov , V.A. Nekrasov , O. Rozenfel'd , Z. Šaer , M.D. Šiškin , unidentified author on Kolyma.   1918-1962 and n.d. 3 folders.

43

Various publications.   1950-1954, 1956, 1961-1963 and n.d. 1 folder.

44

Miscellanea. With list by B. Sapir.   1917, 1933, 1942, 1946 and n.d. 1 folder.

45

Press clippings.   1937, 1947-1956 and n.d. 1 folder.