Fedor Il'ič Dan Papers

Period  1903-1947
Total size   0.7 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Fedor (Theodore) Dan pseudonym of Fedor Il'ič Gurvic ·; born in St. Petersburg 1871, died in New York 1947; Menshevik; studied medicine; one of the founders of the Sojuz Bor'by za Osvoboždenie Rabočego Klassa 1895; his (second) wife was Lidija O. Cederbaum , a sister of Martov; left Russia in 1900; in 1902 he became closely linked with the editors of Iskra ; after 1903 he became a central figure of the Menshevik fraction of the RS-DRP, while living most of the time in Western Europe; he was active in the Second International and an editor of Golos Social' demokrata; returned to Russia in 1913 and wrote for Menshevik papers in St. Petersburg; was permitted to emigrate in 1922 and became member of the Delegation Abroad of the Rossijskaja Social-Demokratičeskaja Rabočaja Partija (RSDRP) and editor of Socialističeskij Vestnik ; active in the Sozialistische Arbeiter-Internationale (SAI) ; after increasing differences in point of view he resigned in 1940 from the chairmanship to the Delegation Abroad and the editorship of the Socialističeskij Vestnik; from 1943 till 1946 he wrote his opus ' Proizchoždenie bol'ševizma '.

Content

Some letters received by Fedor Dan 1926-1928, 1940-1946; correspondence between Aleksandr Potresov and Julij Martov 1910-1913 (copies); letters by Fedor Dan to Victor and by Friedrich Adler (copies); letters from Fedor Dan to Pavel Aksel'rod and others, annotated by Lidija Dan; letters received on his 70th and 75th birthday; addressbook; editorial documents of Golos Social'demokrata 1907-1912; documents relating to the Delegation Abroad of the RSDRP 1921-1934; editorial documents of Socialističeskij Vestnik 1923-1934; documents relating to the Labour and Socialist International (LSI/SAI) 1923-1925; articles by Fedor Dan; articles by others; typescript, translations and other documents relating to his publication ` Proischždenie bol'sevizma' .

Arrangement

Boris Sapir published some documents from the F.I. Dan papers in 'Theodore Dan - Letters', Amsterdam 1985. About 80 letters, F.I. Dan wrote to Berta Mering from 1922 till 1946, have been incorporated into her papers.

Processing information

List made by Hermien van Veen in 1995

Alternate Form of Material

Partly published in: Fedor Il'ic Dan, Pis'ma (1899-1946). Otobral, snabdil primecanijami i ocerkom politiceskoj biografii Dana Boris Sapir (Theodore Dan, Letters 1899-1946. Selected, annotated and with an outline of Dan's political biography by Boris Sapir). Amsterdam, 1985.

LIST

1

Letters to F.I. Dan from various persons.   1928, 1940-1946 and n.d.  1 folder.

2

Photocopies of letters from F.I. Dan to Victor and Friedrich Adler .   1905, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1942-1945.  1 cover.

3

Photocopies of letters from F.I. Dan to P.B. Aksel'rod , annotated by L.O. Dan.   1903-1905.  1 folder.
NB. The originals of the letters in inv.nr. 3 are in the P.B. Aksel'rod papers at the IISH. The photocopies were given to L.O. Dan for annotation.

4

Letter from F.I. Dan to "Kostja".   [1912].  1 piece.

5

Ts. copies of letters to Ju. Martov from various persons.   1903, 1907, 1908, 1910 and n.d.  1 folder.

6

Ts. copies of correspondence between Ju. Martov and A.N. Potresov .   1910-1913. With notes, [partly] by F.I. Dan. N.d.  1 folder.

7

Letters received by F.I. Dan on, and documents relating to his 75th birthday.   1941.  1 folder.

8

Letters received by F.I. Dan on, and documents relating to his 80th birthday.   1946.  1 folder.

9

Two address booklets of F.I. Dan. (After   1940 ).  2 pieces.

10

Letters and other editorial documents of Golos Social'demokrata .   1907-1912 and n.d.  1 cover.

11

Documents relating to the Delegation Abroad of the RS-DRP.   1921-1934 and n.d.  1 folder.

12-13

Correspondence of, and manuscripts of articles for Socialističeskij Vestnik .   1923-1934 and n.d.  2 folders.

14-15

Documents relating to the SAI .   1923-1925 and n.d.  2 folders.

16

Lists of names for 'International Handbook of Socialism and the Labour Movement'. C.   1929.  1 folder.

17

Letters to F.I. Dan concerning requests for his articles and about their publication.   1926-1927.  1 folder.

18

French translation of a declaration, published in Novyj Put' .   1942.  1 piece.

19

File relating to a lecture, delivered by F.I. Dan at the Russian Economic Institute , New York.   1942.  1 cover.

20-26

Documents concerning 'Proizchoždenie bol'ševizma'.   1944-1947 and n.d.  1 box and 6 folders.

20

Typescript of 'Proizchoždenie bol'ševizma'. 1946. (box)

21-22

French translation of 'Proizchoždenie bol'ševizma'. N.d.  (2 folders).

23

Translations of parts of 'Proizchoždenie bol'ševizma' into German (by E.K. Adler ) and English. N.d. (folder)

24-25

Exercise-books with notes to 'Proizchoždenie bol'ševizma'. N.d.  (2 folders).

26

Summaries of and letters concerning the possible publishing of 'Proizchoždenie bol'ševizma'. 1944-1947 and n.d. (folder)

27

Manuscripts of articles by F.I. Dan.   1924 and n.d.  1 cover.

28

Processed articles by F.I. Dan.   1922, 1938.  2 pieces.

29

Notes by F.I. Dan, extracts, list of books from F.I. Dan's library and other documents.   1924 and n.d.  1 folder.

30

Manuscripts of articles by others, and fragments of manuscripts.   [1916], 1919, 1925 and n.d.  1 folder.

31

Processed articles by unidentified persons.   1916 and n.d.  3 pieces.

32-33

Press clippings.   1932.  2 folders.