Aleksandr Ivanovič Gercen Papers

Period (1796-) 1834-1887 (-1924)
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Biography

Full name: Aleksandr Ivanovič Gercen (Herzen); born in Moscow 1812, died in Paris 1870; writer, famous critic of the Russian government; greatly influenced both the government and the political emigrés; gathered a circle of friends around him at Moscow University; their seditious opinions led to his exile; pardoned in 1839, again arrested in 1841; left Russia for Paris in 1847; after suppression of the June Days uprising in 1848 went to Italy; lost his wife in 1852 and, overcome by misfortune, fled to London; his house became a Mecca for political emigrés; founded the Free Russian Press in 1853, which brought out the first antitsarist publications like Poljarnaja Zvezda and Kolokol; supported the Polish rebellion in 1863 which antagonized the Russian public.

Content

Letters to Gercen from several correspondents, including Louis Blanc, Jules Michelet and Giuseppe Mazzini; album, containing drawings, a letter from Tsar Alexander I to Gercen's father, and letters to Gercen from Giuseppe Garibaldi, Victor Hugo, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Thomas Carlyle and others; letters from Gercen to several correspondents, including his son Alexander A. Herzen and his friend Nikolaj P. Ogarev; notes by Gercen and the manuscript (handwritten) of part V of `Byloe i Dumy'; personal documents of Gercen. Correspondence by Gercen's relatives and by Nikolaj Ogarev; manuscripts (handwritten) of poems, etc., by Ogarev; articles by and on Alexander A. Herzen; printed material.

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Alternate Form of Material

Security microfilms 1994 Partly published in: Nicolas Ogarev, lettres inédites à Alexandre Herzen fils. Introduction, traduction et notes par Michel Mervaud. Paris, 1978.

INTRODUCTION

Aleksandr Ivanovič Gercen (Herzen) was born in Moscow in 1812. He died in Paris in 1870. He was a writer and a famous critic of the Russian government. He greatly influenced both the government and the political emigres. He gathered a circle of friends around him at the Moscow University. Their seditious opinions led to his exile. He was pardoned in 1839, then again arrested in 1841. He left Russia for Paris in 1847. After suppression of the June Days uprising in 1848 he went to Italy. He lost his wife in 1852 and, overcome by misfortune, fled to London. His house became a Mecca for political emigres. He founded the free Russian Press in 1853, which brought out the first anti tsarist publications like Poljarnaja Zvezda and Kolokol. He supported the Polish rebellion in 1863 which antagonized the Russian public.

The collection was received in 1938 and contains letters to Gercen from several correspondents, including Louis Blanc, Jules Michelet and Giuseppe Mazzini, an album with drawings, a letter from Tsar Alexander I to Gercen's father, and letters to Gercen from Giuseppe Garibaldi, Victor Hugo, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Thomas Carlyle and others, letters from Gercen to several correspondents, including his son Alexander A. Herzen and his friend Nikolai P. Ogarev, notes by Gercen and the manuscript of part V of 'Byloe i Dumy', personal documents of Gercen, correspondence by Gercen's relatives and by Nikolai P. Ogarev, manuscripts of poems by Ogarev, articles by and on Alexander A. Herzen and printed material.

The numbers mentioned in the NB's refer to the printed edition of Gercen's works by M.K. Lemke (Leningrad, 1919-1925).

LIST

1

Letters (123) from Aleksandr I. Gercen (Herzen) to his son Alexander A. Herzen.  26 August 1858-15 May 1865.  1 folder.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 1100, 1107-1108, 1110, 1112, 1121, 1123, 1125, 1127, 1131, 1140, 1145, 1149, 1156-1158, 1175, 1178, 1180, 1184, 1188- 1189, 1193, 1201, 1208, 1210, 1213, 1219, 1221, 1229, 1238, 1242, 1245, 1274, 1279, 1283, 1293, 1299, 1301, 1306, 1311, 1316, 1332-1333, 1343, 1349-1350, 1358, 1361, 1366, 1375, 1381-1383, 1394, 1401, 1409, 1427, 1459, 1463, 1494-1495, 1504-1505, 1507, 1515, 1528, 1538, 1554-1555, 1561, 1577-1578, 1661, 1708, 1765, 1845, 1857-1859, 1861-1862, 1867, 1895, 2153, 2155-2156, 2169, 2254, 2261, 2273, 2287, 2302, 2307, 2328, 2336, 2353, 2359, 2361, 2371, 2373, 2384, 2417, 2422, 2436, 2453, 2456, 2468-2469, 2478, 2480, 2480 bis, 2510, 2516, 2520, 2545-2546, 2573, 2580, 2592, 2597, 2598-2599.

2

Letters (110) from Aleksandr I. Gercen (Herzen) to his son Alexander A. Herzen.  18 May 1865-13 December 1869.  1 folder.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 2600, 2613, 2616, 2631, 2649, 2661, 2669, 2677, 2680, 2715, 2734, 2748, 2753, 2759, 2767, 2770, 2772-2773, 2784, 2786, 2806, 2819, 2824, 2833, 2842-2843, 2866, 2868-2869, 2891, 2908-2909, 2916, 2922, 2924, 2928, 3005, 3040, 3075, 3117, 3125, 3144, 3147, 3164-3165, 3170, 3174, 3180, 3183, 3185, 3192, 3210, 3219, 3222, 3225, 3250-3251, 3261-3263, 3265-3266, 3290, 3311, 3318, 3323, 3333, 3335, 3363, 3367-3368, 3385, 3390, 3397, 3402, 3406 bis, 3421, 3423, 3425, 3446, 3456, 3468, 3474, 3481-3482, 3500, 3507-3508, 3511, 3515, 3518, 3521, 3523, 3525, 3530- 3531, 3535, 3541, 3544, 3549-3551, 3554-3555, 3562, 3573, 3602, 3614, 3617, 3625.

3

Letters (34) from Aleksandr I. Gercen (Herzen) to his son Alexander A. Herzen.  1858-1869 and n.d.  1 folder.
NB. Not published in the Lemke edition.

4-16

Letters from Aleksandr I. Gercen (Herzen) to various persons.  1845, 1851-1853, 1856, 1858-1870.  13 covers.

4

Dolgorukov, P.V. (12 letters). 1860-1865.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 1368, 1392, 1396-1397, 1402, 1413, 1490, 1518, 1526, 1699, 1729, 2596.

5

Czartoryski. (1 letter). 1862.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under no.: 1855.

6

Kavelin, K.D. (1 letter). 1845.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under no.: 436.

7

Kel'sievy. (5 letters). 1861, 1863.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 1698, 1997-1998, 2001, 2004.

8

Ogarev, N.P. (59 letters). 1867- 1870.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 3195, 3197, 3280, 3286, 3288, 3292, 3296, 3298-3299, 3302, 3313, 3315 bis, 3316, 3321, 3324, 3332, 3336-3337, 3345-3346, 3348, 3351, 3354, 3357, 3364, 3384, 3387, 3392-3393, 3400, 3410, 3412, 3417, 3441, 3469, 3470, 3488-3489, 3495, 3498, 3502, 3510, 3513, 3519, 3565, 3579, 3585, 3588-3589, 3597-3598, 3600, 3616, 3618 (second part), 3619, 3627-3628, 3631-3633.

9

Ogareva, N.A. (2 letters). 1865- 1866.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 2565, 2764.

10

Orsini, F. (1 letter). 1856.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under no.: 869.

11

Reichel, M.K. (9 letters). 1852- 1853.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 606, 627, 631, 634, 636, 687, 692, 694, 699.

12

Gercen (Herzen), Natal'ja A. (10 letters) (his wife). 1851.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 503, 505-507, 509, 511, 514, 518-520.

13

Sazonov, N.I. (written together with his wife Natal'ja A. Gercen (Herzen). (1 letter). 1852.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under no.: 555.

14

Tchorževskij, S. (67 letters). 1860- 1869.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 1529, 1533-1534, 1575-1576, 1580, 1606, 1935, 1963, 2003, 2376, 2378, 2412, 2414, 2418, 2434, 2437, 2440, 2455, 2491, 2544, 2594, 2630, 2660, 2785, 2832, 2889, 2890, 2897, 2912, 2947, 2949, 2954, 2956, 2961-2962, 2992, 3001, 3009, 3122, 3138, 3142, 3150, 3153, 3184, 3186, 3196, 3202, 3228, 3231-3232, 3236, 3317, 3334, 3347, 3356, 3375, 3447, 3449, 3454, 3465, 3472, 3477, 3480, 3612, 3620, 3623.

15

Vogt, C. and Mrs. Vogt (3 letters). 1858-1860.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 1102, 1351. One letter was not published (dated 26 June 1860).

16

Unknown. (2 letters). 1858?, 1866.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under no.: 2831 (1866). The other letter was not published in Lemke (1858?).

17

Copies of letters (42) from A.I. Gercen to N.P. Ogarev, copied by Nikolaj Herzen.  1868-1869.  1 cover.
NB. Not published in the Lemke edition.

18

Miscellaneous notes.  1861, 1867, 1869 and n.d.  1 cover.
NB. Two notes were published in the Lemke edition nos.: 3036, 3621.

19

Copies by N.A. Ogareva from notes and from 2 letters to her.  1860-1869.  1 cover.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 2886 (letter), 1426, 1830, 2220, 2274, 2285, 2438, 2523, 2776, 2930, 3264 (notes).

20

Photocopies of letters from A.I. Gercen to Grant Duff and a typescript 'Herzen and Grant Duff' by Mrs. Grant-Sokolov, granddaughter of Grant Duff.  1859, 1862.  1 cover.

21

Album, containing letters to Alexander Herzen, drawings, clippings and other documents.  1796, 1812, 1841, 1843, 1849-1858, 1860-1861, 1864.  1 volume.
NB. A photograph of his children and of Alexander Herzen on his death bed were transferred to the audiovisual section of the IISH.

Draft of the contract between Alexander Herzen and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, signed by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. 14 August 1849.

Letters from Alexander Herzen to Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (3). 1851, 1855.
NB. Published in the Lemke edition under nos.: 502, 546, 792.

Drawings (4). N.d.

Letter from N.V. Gogol' to A.P. Elagina. N.d.

Document signed by tsar Aleksander I, awarding I.A. Jakovlev the order of St. Anne. 30 August 1812.

Drawings (2). N.d.

Receipt, signed by Arakčeev, for a letter from Napoleon to Alexander I, brought by Jakovlev. N.d.

Letters from Sergej Stroganov to Alexander Herzen (2). 1841, 1843.

Drawing of a political caricature. N.d.

Letter from Miloradovič, Černigov, to Jakovlev? 21 March 1796.

Clippings (4). 1861.

Letter from Garibaldi to Alexander Herzen. 13 April 1861.

Letter from Pierre-Joseph Proudhon to Alexander Herzen. 27 September 1851.

Postcripts (2). 1849?, 1851?

Letter to Mme. Alexander Herzen. Sender unknown. 15 December 1850.

Letter from James Fazy to Alexander Herzen. N.d.

Letter from Louis Blanc to Alexander Herzen. 20 February 1857.

Letter from Victor Hugo to Alexander Herzen. 19 July 1860.

Manuscript. Author unknown. 1858.

Letter from Ševčenko indirectly to Alexander Herzen. N.d.

Letter from Garibaldi to Alexander Herzen. 23 September 1864.

Letter from I. Kireevskij to Alexander Herzen. N.d.

Letter from Čaadaev to Alexander Herzen. N.d.

Letter from Victor Hugo. 16 May 1864.

Letter from 24 Polish emigrants to Alexander Herzen. 29 November 1854.

Letter from Niegolewski to Alexander Herzen. 24 July 1855.

Resolutions of a meeting in Newcastle on Tyne concerning the exile of Victor Hugo. With accompanying Letter from J. Cowes to Alexander Herzen. 1855.

Letter from Ledru Rollin to Alexander Herzen. N.d.

Letter from L. Kossuth to Alexander Herzen. 4 March 1854.

Letter from Mazzini to Alexander Herzen. N.d.

Letters of Garibaldi to Alexander Herzen (2). 1854.

Letter from K. Schurz to Alexander Herzen. 14 June 1855.

Letter from F. Orsini to Alexander Herzen. 26 July 1852.

Letter from G. Medici to Alexander Herzen. 6 November 1852.

Letter from Victor Hugo to Alexander Herzen. 29 July 1855.

Letter from Victor Hugo to Alexander Herzen. 15 March 1857.

Letter from Victor Hugo to Alexander Herzen. 13 April 1858.

Letter from T. Carlyle to Alexander Herzen. 13 April 1853.

Letter from Ernest Jones to Alexander Herzen. 10 March 1855.

Letter from C. Ribeyrolle to Alexander Herzen. 9 February 1856.

Letter from V. Schelcher to Alexander Herzen. 26 July 1858.

Letter from E. Barthelemy to Alexander Herzen. 14 March 1854.

Letter from F. Freyligrath to Alexander Herzen. 9 September 1858.

Letter from Klapka to Alexander Herzen. 21 September 1858.

Letter from G. Kinkel to Alexander Herzen. 22 November 1858.

22

Manuscript 'Byloe i Dumy'. Part V. With printed pages.  1852-1860?  1 volume.

23

Documents concerning the naturalisation of Alexander Herzen.  1851.  1 cover, large size.

24-37

Letters from various persons to Alexander Herzen.  1850-1869 and n.d.  14 covers.

24

Acollas, E. (2 letters). N.d.

25

Blanc, Louis. (3 letters). 1857- 1860.

26

Buloz, J. (1 letter). 1866.

27

Engel'son. (2 letters). 1852.

28

Herwegh, Georg. (21 letters). 1850.

29

Michelet, J. (30 letters). 1851-1869.
NB. With a letter to A.A. Herzen.

30

Naquet, A. (1 letter). N.d.

31

Ogarev, N.P. (3 letters). 1860 (?), 1862 and n.d.
NB. Two letters probably to Alexander Herzen.

32

Orsini, F. (1 letter). 1856.

33

Quadrio, M. (4 letters). 1869 and n.d.

34

Quinet, E. (4 letters). 1866, 1869.

35

Saffi, A. (3 letters). 1853, 1855.

36

Thorel, T. (1 letter). 1852.

37

Mazzini. (19 letters). 1850-1869.

38-49

Correspondence and other documents.  1834-1835, 1838, 1850-1853, 1856, 1859 and n.d.  12 covers.

38

Letter from I.A. Jakovlev to A.A. Jakovlev. (1838?) N.d.

39

Statement from Graf Benkendorf to kn. P.M. Volkonskij concerning Herzen's exile. 16 November 1834.

40

Letters from Karl Staal to I.A. Jakovlev. (3). 1834-1835.

41

Letter from D. Golicyn to I.A. Jakovlev. 3 April 1835.

42

Birth certificate of N.A. Zachar'ina (Natal'ja A. Gercen), given May 5th. 1838, and official request to get it, dated April 1838. 1838.

43

Statement concerning the nomination of L. Richtenberger as Herzen's mandatory. February 1850.

44

Instruction for Herzen to leave France. April 1850.

45

Permission to remain in Nice from the Ministerio dell' Interno (Turin). 12 May 1851.

46

Letter from the French consul in Nice to Alexander Herzen concerning his refused visa for France. 23 April 1852.

47

Letter from the Ministère de la Police Générale (Paris) to Baron de Rothschild. 9 January 1853.

48

Letter from the Conseil d'Etat Canton de Fribourg to Alexander Herzen concerning the refusal of his French visa. 16 April 1856.

49

Letter from the French consul-general in London to Alexander Herzen concerning the refusal of his French visa. 24 September 1859.

50

Letters (98) from N.P. Ogarev to A.A. Herzen.  1863-1877 and n.d.  1 folder.

51-52

Letters (10) from N.P. Ogarev to N.A. Herzen and O.A. Monod-Herzen and G. Monod.  1871-1876 and n.d.  1 cover.

53

Letter from N.P. Ogarev to Neville.  1865?  1 piece.

54

Letters (5) from N.P. Ogarev to N.A. Ogareva.  N.d.  1 cover.

55

Letters (2) from N.P. Ogarev to unknown addressee.  N.d.  1 cover.

56

Letter from N.P. Ogarev to A.A. Herzen.  N.d.  1 piece.

57

Letter from O.A. Herzen to N.P. Ogarev.  N.d.  1 piece.

58

Manuscripts (9) of poems by N.P. Ogarev.  N.d.  1 cover.

59

Manuscript of 'Bedlam, ili den' iz našej žizni (eskiss dlja komedii)' by N.P. Ogarev.  N.d.  1 cover.

60

Receipt for second part of Bachmet'evskij Fond, written and signed by N.P. Ogarev.  N.d.  1 cover.

61-66

Letters from N.A. Ogareva to various persons.  1859-1874, 1878 and n.d.  6 covers.

61

Herzen, A.I. (3 letters). N.d.

62

Ogarev, N.P. (50 letters). 1859- 1873 and n.d.

63

Kel'sieva. (1 letter). N.d.

64

Michel, Mme. (1 letter). N.d.

65

Herzen, N.A. (1 letter). 1878.

66

Unknown. (1 letter). 1874.

67

Letter from A.A. Herzen to N.N. Satina.  1882.  1 piece..

68

Letters from Vispino to Herzen.(3).  1884.  1 cover.

69

Telegram from Meščerskij to Mme Steiger.  1881.  1 piece.

70

Text of a warrant for Meščerskij and Korob'in from Herzen in the affair Satin.  N.d.  1 piece.

71

Letter from Monod to unknown addressee.  1884.  1 piece.

72

Declaration by Carl Vogt.  1884.  1 piece.

73

Letter from A. Satin to A.A. Herzen.  N.d.  1 piece.

74

Letter from M. Satin to A.A. Herzen.  1885.  1 piece.

75

Letters (3) from Korob'in to A.A. Herzen.  1884-1885.  1 cover.

76-78

Letters from Natalie Herzen to various persons.  1919-1920.  3 covers.

76

Bonnard, R. (1 letter). 1920.

77

Legrand, J. (3 letters). 1919-1920.

78

Boucheron, P. (1 letter). 1919.

79-81

Letters from various persons to Natalie Herzen.  1918-1920.  3 covers.

79

Boucheron, P. (1 letter). 1919.

80

Exploits. (2 letters). 1918.

81

Legrand, J. (4 letters). 1919-1920 and n.d.

82

Letters (4) from Hugo Herzen to François Burthe.  1924.  1 cover.

83

Letter from François Burthe to Hugo Herzen.  1924.  1 piece.

84

Letter from N. Herzen to Hugo Herzen.  1924.  1 piece.

85

Letter from Jules Moisy to François Burthe.  1924.  1 piece.

86

Letters (2) from the Département Politique de la Confédération Suisse to Julién Schaller and Ch. Vogt concerning the execution of the testament of Alexander Herzen.  1870-1871.  1 cover.

87

Letter from the Direction de l'Interieur Canton de Fribourg to Julién Schaller concerning the execution of the testament of Alexander Herzen.  1870.  1 piece.

88

Letter from Julién Schaller to the Conseil Fédéral Suisse concerning the execution of the testament of Alexander Herzen.  1870.  1 piece.

89

Letters (3) from Julién Schaller and Ch. Vogt to A.A. Herzen concerning the execution of the testament of Alexander Herzen.  1870.  1 cover.

90

Letter from Tschangion? to A.A. Herzen.  1872.  1 piece.

91

Declaration from S. Tchorževskij.  N.d.  1 piece.

92

Documents concerning the funeral of Alexander Herzen.  1870.  1 cover, large size..

93

Manuscript of an article on Alexander Herzen by his son A.A. Herzen.  N.d.  1 cover.

94

Clipping of a printed letter from Alexander Herzen to Mme Kouronta in 1839. In Russian.  1906.  1 cover, large size..

95

Pamphlet La voix de Guernesy, poem by Victor Hugo. With autograph dedication to Alexander Herzen.  1867.  1 piece.

96

Copy of the letter from A.A. Herzen to tsar Nicolas II. With a letter from the Délegation Impériale de Russie (Berne) and newspaper clippings of an article and a letter to the editor by A. Herzen.  1898.  1 cover.

97

Typescript and printed articles by and on A.A. Herzen.  1871, 1891, 1906 and n.d.  1 cover.

98

Letter from Mrs.Vl. Herzen to A.A. Herzen.  1887.  1 piece.

99

Letter from T. Passek to A.A. Herzen.  1887.  1 piece.

100

Letter from unknown sender to A.A. Herzen.  1887.  1 piece.

101

Letter from A.A. Herzen to T. Passek.  1887.  1 piece.

102

Letters (14) from M.K. Reichel to A.A. Herzen.  1859, 1871-1875.  1 cover.

103

Other correspondence.  1863 and n.d.  1 cover.

104

Manuscript of a poem by S. Nadson on Herzen's grave.  N.d.  1 piece.

105

Manuscript of a poem by Makšeeva on Herzen's grave.  N.d.  1 piece.

106

Manuscript of the obituary on Herzen by J. Michelet.  1870.  1 cover.

107

'La Mazourka'. Printed article by Alexander Herzen. With corrections.  1869.  1 piece.

108

Proofs of the articles 'Les Allemands russes et les Russes allemands', 'La jeune Russie et la vieille Russie' and 'Les fins et les commencements' by Iskander. (202 p.).  1863 and n.d.  1 folder.

109

Newspaper articles on Alexander Herzen.  1851-1852, 1912.  1 cover, large size.

110

Printed letter from Alexander Herzen to 'Monsieur le Ministre de l'Intérieur à Dresde'.  1858.  1 piece.

111

Typed copies of letters to Alexander Herzen (1850- 1873), 'to be published by Berlin'. With typed notes.  N.d.  1 cover.

CONCORDANCE

1a.	1.
1b.	2.
1c.	3.
1d. I.	4.
1d. II.	5.
1d. III.	6.
1d. IV.	7.
1d. V.	8.
1d. VI.	9.
1d. VII.	10.
1d. VIII.	11.
1d. IX.	12.
1d. X.	13.
1d. XI.	14.
1d. XII.	15.
1d. XIII.	16.
1e.	17.
1f. I.	18.
1f. II.	19.
1g.	20.
2a. I-XLVI.	21.
2b.	22.
2c.	23.
2d. I.	24.
2d. II.	25.
2d. III.	26.
2d. IV.	27.
2d. V.	28.
2d. VI.	29.
2d. VII.	30.
2d. VIII.	31.
2d. IX.	32.
2d. X.	33.
2d. XI.	34.
2d. XII.	35.
2d. XIII.	36.
2d. XIV.	37.
2e. I.	38.
2e. II.	39.
2e. III.	40.
2e. IV.	41.
2e. V.	42.
2e. VI.	43.
2e. VII.	44.
2e. VIII.	45.
2e. IX.	46.
2e. X.	47.
2e. XI.	48.
2e. XII.	49.
3a. I.	50-55.
3a. II.	56-57.
3a. III.	58.
3a. IV.	59.
3a. V.	60.
3b.	61-66.
3c. I.	67-75.
3c. II.	76-81.
3c. III.	82-85.
3c. IV.	86-91.
3c. V.	92.
3c. VI.	93-97.
3d. I.	98-101.
3d. II.	102.
3d. III.	103.
3e.	104-106.
3f. I.	107.
3f. II.	108.
3f. III.	109-110.
3g.	111.