- Creator
- Breshko-Breshkovskai︠a︡, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934
- Physical description
- .3 linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- A few letters are in French and Russian
- Preferred Citation
- Catherine Breshkovsky papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovska︠i︡a (1844-1934), whose anglicized name was Catherine Breshkovsky, was a member of the Social Revolutionary Party in Russia. After the 1917 Revolution, she left for Prague where she was active in efforts to aid the Russian refugee community. Papers include letters and postcards, 1923-1934, from Breshkovsky in Prague to Irene Dietrich in Brooklyn, New York, in which she thanks Dietrich for her gifts of clothing, school supplies, money, and other necessities to the Russian refugees Breshkovsky was aiding. Breshkovsky also discusses her efforts to help the refugees, particulary children; conditions in Russia; Russian revolutionary figures; world affairs; and personal matters. Also included are letters to Dietrich from Breshkovsky's friends, George Lazarev, Olga Kerensky, Alice Stone Blackwell, and Larissa Archangelski, and family; and photographs of Breshkovsky, ca. 1920s-1930s, and of George Larazev and Olga Kerensky and her younger son Gleb. Lazarev correspondence includes a 23-page letter written in 1928 in which Lazarev describes Breshkovsky's and his own revolutionary activities in Russia.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Tuttle, Ruth Dietrich, 1951Key terms
Names
- Breshko-Breshkovskai︠a︡, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934
- Archangelski, Larissa
- Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950
- Dietrich, Irene
- Kerensky, Gleb
- Kerensky, Olga
- Lazarev, George
Subjects
- Children -- Soviet Union
- International relief -- Czech Republic -- Prague
- Refugees -- Czech Republic -- Prague
- Refugees -- Soviet Union
Places
- Prague (Czech Republic) -- Social conditions
- Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1945
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Refugees
- Soviet Union -- Social conditions
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library