STALINKA

[Galina Rylkova]

Unlike Nabokov, I wouldn't assume to "read the team's mind correctly,"  
but my first association was not with the cult of Stalin but with one  
of the biggest repositories of books in Russia, usually referred to as  
"Leninka."
Sincerely,
Galina Rylkova
On Sep 25, 2005, at 12:35 AM, Edward M Dumanis wrote:

> I would friendly suggest to the announcing team of the University of
> Pittsburgh try to refrain from the terms that they chose both for the  
> name
> and the description of the archive. Something less affectionate than
> "uncle Joe" style  would be more appropriate. Somebody might try to use
> "Hitleriana" and "Hitlerka" for a Russian collection of Hitler-related
> papers but it would look like a collection for Neo-Nazis. Just replace
> Hitler for Stalin to see if any of your proposals would sound right.  
> For
> example, Staliniada cf. Hitleriada, and so on.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>
>
>
> On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, goscilo wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> 			
>> Though SEELANGS, unlike Norman Mailer, rightly discourages  
>> "advertisements
>> for oneself" when the pertinent item is a book that conceivably could  
>> bring
>> the author financial profit, the following announcement has nothing  
>> to do
>> with sales. Indeed, it is intended to render colleagues a service.
>>
>>
>> *  *  *
>>
>> The University of Pittsburgh team of Susan Corbesero, Helena Goscilo,  
>> and
>> Petre Petrov takes pleasure in announcing the launch of their  
>> STALINKA, a
>> comprehensive digital library of Staliniana for educational purposes.
>> STALINKA comprises both visual and verbal texts.  The latter,  
>> currently
>> under construction, includes biographical history, annotated  
>> bibliographies
>> of Joseph Stalin’s works, a "Who’s Who" of individuals and  
>> organizations
>> central to his activities, and critical scholarship on Stalin/ism. The
>> visual part of the collection (now approximately 370 images)  
>> encompasses
>> representations of Stalin in various genres: portraits, sculptures,
>> graphics, photographs, and material objects.  Hosted by the DRL  
>> (Digital
>> Research Library) within the University Library System (ULS), these  
>> images
>> may be accessed at
>>
>>
>> http://images.library.pitt.edu/s/stalinka
>>
>> We welcome anyone and everyone to the site, but emphasize that all the
>> images are copyrighted and may not be disseminated or used outside the
>> classroom without permission.  Enjoy!
>>
>> Helena Goscilo for the S-Team
>>
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