Help and advice needed

[Raoul Smith]

The Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, MA would love to have any books or articles on icons that you might have as well as books on OCS and medieval Slavic languages.

Actually, if any SEELANGER has books on these topics that they want to give to us, the Museum would love to have them.

--Raoul Smith


Prof. Raoul Smith, Research Fellow
Head, Center for Icon Studies
Editor, Journal of Icon Studies
Museum of Russian Icons
203 Union Street
Clinton, MA 01510 USA

Phone: 978-598-5000 ext. 24
Fax: 978-598-5009
E-mail: rsmith at museumofrussianicons.org
www.museumofrussianicons.org

The Museum of Russian Icons inspires the appreciation and study of Russian culture by collecting and exhibiting icons and related objects; igniting the interest of national and international audiences; and offering interactive educational programs. The Museum serves as a leading center for research and scholarship through the Center for Icon Studies and other institutional collaborations.
Музей Русских Икон вдохновляет местных и международных посетителей на изучение и преклонение перед русской культурой через коллекционирование и показ икон и связанных с ними произведений искусства, и через организацию интерактивных образовательных программ. Центр Изучения Икон и сотрудничество с другими организациями  позволили Музею стать ведущим исследовательским центром в этой области.




From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jules Levin
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:17 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Help and advice needed

Subj  need advice and help

Dear SEELANGers,
When I retired in 2003 my books and papers were all boxed up.  The Baltic ling collection-better than any library collection west of the Rockies-- has found a home in the Indo-European library at UCLA.  Some books were accepted by the UCLA Slavic Dept library, but I was left with many boxes of books and papers.  Initially I had a few places to store them, but now we have moved into a 4th floor condo in West Los Angeles and all the boxes have wound up here, and since this is our last stop before the old folks' home, I must dispose of them before I feel pressured to get rid of everything quickly.  At this point for health reasons I cannot even easily move the boxes around, much less take them somewhere else without help.  The books are mostly in Russian or English, linguistics, language pedagogy, some literature, etc.  There are real treasures to be found.*

Ideally I would like assistance in sorting, repacking, and removing boxes, someone who can also go through old class notes-- discarding HO's, saving lecture notes, etc.  I envision a Slavic dept grad student as the ideal assistant.  I am prepared to wait for the December holiday to do this if necessary, so it could be someone who normally isn't located in Los Angeles.   It has been suggested that I could be provided with someone to do this-my official status is UCLA emeritus-but I am prepared to pay for the labor if necessary.  Of course the individual will be welcome to build her or his own library from the collection.

Ideally of course I would like to get actual American money for my books, but I am not delusional.  Failing that, I would like books to go to a library that can give me a donation receipt and pay for shipping.  Failing that... suggestions welcome.  It occurs to me that some solid plan for disposal of the books will be necessary first to guide the assistant in sorting, etc.

*examples of material of real value:
1.  In 1961 in Moscow I found a copy of Pasternak's translation of Hamlet (Princ datskiy) on a bukinist counter, published in '40 or '41.  It is a remarkably clean copy, no marginalia, with one exception.  One line is carefully underlined-his translation of "A man may fish with the worm that have eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm"   But the Russian is a little different.  I can't quote it because I don't know where it is in the boxes.  That's why I need assistance.
2.  I have a photocopied collection of the holy books of Rudametkin's branch of Molokans (Obshchestvo svyatyx prygunov), published in Los Angeles before any Russian books were officially published in America.  The text is in non-standard Russian, and samples can be seen on line in an article I wrote that was posted on line without my permission--http://www.molokane.org/molokan/History/Levin/Levin_Merritt.htm.
3.  I have a photo-copy of a hand-written MS by someone who was arrested in the 30's and went through the gulag.  Right now they are not available separately; I am shamelessly offering them to tempt some eager young Slavicist to seize this opportunity.
So, dear colleagues, please advise regarding 2) getting assistance, and 1) disposing of all the books.
Jules Levin
Los Angeles


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