Center for Soviet and East European Studies in the Performing Arts records, circa 1100-1991 | Southern Illinois University Special Collections Research Center

By Melanie Bilbrey

Collection Overview

Title: Center for Soviet and East European Studies in the Performing Arts records, circa 1100-1991

Predominant Dates:1965-1991

ID: 3/RG 20/11

Primary Creator: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Center for Soviet & East European Studies.

Other Creators: Marshall, Herbert, (1906-1991), Southern Illinois University (Carbondale campus). Center for Soviet & East-European Studies.

Extent: 3.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year.

Date Acquired: 07/15/1996

Subjects: Art - Soviet Union, Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948., Performing arts - Europe, Eastern, Performing arts - Soviet Union, Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976., Soviet Union - Study and teaching

Forms of Material: Southern Illinois University (Carbondale campus). Center for Soviet & East-European Studies - Archives

Languages: English, Spanish;Castilian, French, German, German, Russian, Yiddish

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Center for Soviet and East European Studies in the Performing Arts opened in 1969 with Unity Theater actor and director Herbert Marshall as Director. This collection documents the Center's beginnings, day-to-day operations, student and faculty staff, and accomplishments, including productions, grants, and press coverage. The Center's director, Herbert Marshall, included his own writing and research, which focuses primarily on Sergei Eisenstein, correspondence, and budget and expansion proposals. Also included are film strips and color slides depicting Soviet art from the early 12th century until the late 20th century.

Biographical Note

The Center for Soviet & East-European Studies in the Performing Arts began in 1969. Its establishment was influenced by the United States's movement to ease Cold War tensions and develop closer cultural and trade relations with the Soviet Union. The Center's Spring 1969 Bulletin notes that scholars believed that developing these relations would require studying not only Soviet Union and Eastern European economies, but cultural history as well. The Bulletin also states that the Center's objective was to "maintain a repository of information for interested scholars on heretofore untouched areas of Soviet and East-European cultural life. Specifically...the theory and practice of the performing arts as they have been pursued in pre-revolutionary Russia and the USSR, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania, and Yugoslavia." It was directed by Herbert Marshall, a British born filmmaker who studied under Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein. Marshall retired from Southern Illinois University in 1979.

In 1971 the name changed to the Center for Soviet & East-European Studies but maintained its arts and culture focus.

Subject/Index Terms

Art - Soviet Union
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948.
Performing arts - Europe, Eastern
Performing arts - Soviet Union
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
Soviet Union - Study and teaching

Administrative Information

Repository: Southern Illinois University Special Collections Research Center

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted access.

Use Restrictions: To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult Special Collections Research Center to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.

Acquisition Source: Accession 518.

Related Materials: FP 20-3-F3 John Mercer papers, Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Preferred Citation: [after identification of item(s)], Center for Soviet and East European Studies in the Performing Arts, Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Processing Information: Processed by Matt Gorzalski, Brooke Dunn, and Melanie Bilbrey in January and February of 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1: Teather Magazine (TeatP), 1921
Folder 2: Herbert Marshall Correspondence, Personal and Business, 1930, 1950-1973
Folder 3: Michel Kovatchevitch, 1947
Folder 4: Inventory, 1965-1980
Folder 5: Equipment Research and Projects, 1966-1968
Folder 6: Inter-Office Correspondence, 1967-1968
Folder 7: Civil Service Material, 1969-1975
Folder 8: Campus Correspondence, 1970
Folder 9: Bulletin Inquiries, 1970-1974
Folder 10: Telephone Calls, 1970
Folder 11: PEN, World Association of Writers, 1970-1977
Folder 12: N.E.H., 1970
Folder 13: Russian Language Specialties, 1970
Folder 14: Soviet Art Collection, 1970
Folder 15: U.N. University (Global or World University), 1971-1974
Folder 16: Columbia University, 1971
Folder 17: Translation Correspondence, 1971-1975
Folder 18: Theater Research, 1971-1974
Folder 19: Summer Research, 1971-1974
Folder 20: Byelorussian Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1971-1975
Folder 21: National Endowment for the Humanities, 1971-1975
Folder 22: Mail Books, 1971-1975
Folder 23: European and Soviet Studies Committee, Foreign Study, 1971-1973
Folder 24: Continuing Education (Summer Extension Courses), 1971-1973
Folder 25: Stenographic Studies, 1971
Folder 26: Research and Projects, C. Stone and Endowment, 1972
Folder 27: Prentice Hall, 1972-1974
Folder 28: Hill and Wang (Arthur Wang), 1972-1975
Folder 29: American Society for Theatre Research, 1972-1975
Folder 30: Publishers Correspondence, 1972-1977
Folder 31: International Exchange of Persons, 1972-1974
Folder 32: The Film Journal Correspondence, 1972-1974
Folder 33: Center for Chinese Studies, 1972-1974
Folder 34: Faculty Administrative Data, 1972-1975
Folder 35: Funding Sources, 1972-1976
Folder 36: European and Soviet Studies Committee, 1972-1974
Folder 37: Theater Majors and Graduates, 1972
Folder 38: Poems, 1972
Folder 39: Higher Education Cordinating Council, 1972-1974
Folder 40: Europe Travel Itinerary, 1973
Folder 41: American Film Institute, 1973-1976
Folder 42: Bulletin Subscribers, 1973-1976
Folder 43: Proposed Budget for Center, 1973-1974
Folder 44: Budget Plan for Center, 1973-1974
Folder 45: SIU Bookstore Textbook Ordering Policy, 1973
Folder 46: International Education, 1973
Folder 47: Senior Fellowships, 1973-1975
Folder 48: Faculty Council, 1973-1976
Folder 49: Center for Soviet and E. European Studies Committee, 1973-1974
Folder 50: State University Retirement, 1973, May
Folder 51: SIU Foundation, Ken Miller, 1973
Folder 52: SIU Science Fiction Society, 1973
Folder 53: Speech Graduate Committee, 1973
Folder 54: SIU Centers Abroad, 1973
Folder 55: Salaries, H.M., 1973-1974
Folder 56: Theater Department, 1973
Folder 57: Wages -Student Workers, 1973
Folder 58: Principia College, 1973-1976
Folder 59: University - La Trobe, Australia, Jerry Toeplitz, 1973
Folder 60: Constantine Bid, University of Ottawa, 1973
Folder 61: Hoover Institution, Bertram Wolfe, 1973
Folder 62: Alabama and Florida Universities, 1973-1977
Folder 63: Ukranian Anthology, 1973
Folder 64: Thanathology, 1973
Folder 65: Summer School - Moscow, 1973
Folder 66: Society for Cinema Studies, 1973-1975
Folder 67: Society for Cinema, 1973-1976
Folder 68: Michael Denneny, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1973-1975
Folder 69: N.E.H. Accounts, 1973-1974
Folder 70: Projects, 1973, January 1-1974 August 31
Folder 71: Eisenstein Research General Information and Conditions, 1973
Folder 72: Department of State Scholar-Diplomat Seminar, 1973
Folder 73: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages, 1973-1976
Folder 74: The Daily Egyptian, 1973-1976
Folder 75: Commodities, 1973-1974
Folder 76: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Budget Allocations, 1973-1975

Box 2

Folder 1: Ph.D Programs, 1973-1975
Folder 2: K.B. Rao - World University Service, 1973
Folder 3: University of Maryland, 1973
Folder 4: N.E.H. General Information, 1974
Folder 5: British Film Institute, 1974-1976
Folder 6: American Council for Emigres in the Professions, 1974
Folder 7: Research Assignment, H. Marshall, 1974-1975
Folder 8: Soviet Festival, 1974-1975
Folder 9: Graz Correspondence, 1974-1975
Folder 10: Graduate Assistant Applicants, 1974-1975
Folder 11: Graduate Research Assistants, 1974-1976
Folder 12: Center's Accounts and Expenses, 1974-1976
Folder 13: Eisenstein Research and Translation Budget Summary, 1974
Folder 14: Sabbatical Leave Requests, 1974-1975
Folder 15: Student Affairs Research and Evaluation Center, 1974-1975
Folder 16: Travel (Completed Forms), 1974 May
Folder 17: Telephone Logs, 1974
Folder 18: SIU Press - Vernon Sternberg, 1974
Folder 19: Orchestras, 1974
Folder 20: University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1974
Folder 21: University of Ottawa, 1974
Folder 22: University of Iowa, 1974
Folder 23: Oklahoma State University, 1974
Folder 24: Ohio State University, 1974-1975
Folder 25: Indiana University, Robert Byrnes, 1974-1975
Folder 26: Carnegie Mellon University, 1974
Folder 27: Boston College, 1974
Folder 28: Theater Library Association Membership, 1974
Folder 29: Soviet Union/Union Sovietque, 1974
Folder 30: Slavic Review, 1974
Folder 31: Sight and Sound, Penelope Houston, 1974-1976
Folder 32: The Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, 1974-1975
Folder 33: Robert Loomis, Random House, 1974
Folder 34: Eisenstein - Dingerson, 1974
Folder 35: Washington University, 1975
Folder 36: Victoria University - Wellington, 1975 April
Folder 37: Vassar College (Eugene Loebl), 1975
Folder 38: University of Rochester, 1975
Folder 39: University of Pennsylvania, 1975
Folder 40: University of Kansas, 1975-1976
Folder 41: University of California Film Archives, 1975
Folder 42: University of Arizona, Kim Braithwaite, 1975
Folder 43: United Nations University, 1975
Folder 44: Rutgers University, 1975-1976
Folder 45: Purdue University, 1975
Folder 46: C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, 1975
Folder 47: Oregon State University, 1975
Folder 48: John Carroll University, Michael S. Pap, 1975
Folder 49: George Washington University, Steven Grant, 1975
Folder 50: Edinboro State College, Gordon Flood, 1975-1976
Folder 51: Eastern Illinois University, Stephen Harak, 1975-1976
Folder 52: Cleveland State University, 1975
Folder 53: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts (Harvard University), 1975
Folder 54: Ball State University, 1975
Folder 55: Sunday Times, England, 1975-1977
Folder 56: Society of Authors, 1975-1976
Folder 57: Saturday Review, Norman Cousins, 1975
Folder 58: St. Louis Jewish Light, 1975
Folder 59: Praxis, Ronald Reimers
Folder 60: Plenum Publishing (De Capo Press), 1975
Folder 61: Da Capo Press Correspondence, 1975-1976
Folder 62: N.E. Humanities Eisenstein, 1975
Folder 63: National Endowment for the Arts Dr. M. Dingerson Grant, 1975-1976
Folder 64: American Association of University Professors, 1975-1977
Folder 65: Club of Rome, 1975-1976
Folder 66: Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois, 1975
Folder 67: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1975-1977
Folder 68: Academic Affairs and Research, 1975-1976
Folder 69: Washington Visit, 1975 October
Folder 70: Contemporary Soviet Art Activities, 1975-1976
Folder 71: Carbondale Federation of University Teachers, 1975 May 9
Folder 72: Newspaper Clippings, 1975-1985
Folder 73: New York and Daily Egyptian Newspaper Clippings, 1975-1985
Folder 74: Campus Mail, 1975
Folder 75: Personal Finances, 1975-1985
Folder 76: SIU College of Education Newsletter, 1975
Folder 77: Project to be Submitted, 1975
Folder 78: TV Series and Russian Cinema, 1975
Folder 79: Travel Expenses, 1975
Folder 80: President Scholar Program, 1976
Folder 81: University of Waterloo, 1976
Folder 82: University of Pittsburgh, 1976
Folder 83: Rockefeller University, 1976
Folder 84: Queen's University, Toronto, 1976
Folder 85: Richmond College, 1975
Folder 86: Northwestern University, 1976-1977
Folder 87: New York University, 1976
Folder 88: Montclair State College, 1976
Folder 89: Fordham University, 1976
Folder 90: State University of New York at Buffalo, 1976-1977
Folder 91: Final Week of Cannes, Dilys Povell, 1976
Folder 92: Revisions to Ira Aldridge, 1976
Folder 93: Pictorial History Revisions, 1976
Folder 94: N.E.H. Grants, 1976
Folder 95: Dickenson Symposium, 1976
Folder 96: Project #2, 1976 April
Folder 97: Soviet Artists and Exhibit, 1976
Folder 98: Washington Trip, 1976 March
Folder 99: Washingont Trip, 1976
Folder 100: Budget, 1976
Folder 101: Ezra Pound: Fascist, 1976
Folder 102: Library of Congress - Robert v Allen, 1976
Folder 103: Soviet Poetry Reading, 1976 April 14
Folder 104: Southern Illinoisan Feature Article on Marshall, 1977 April 10
Folder 105: Wellesley College, 1977
Folder 106: University of Texas, 1977
Folder 107: University of Illinois, 1977
Folder 108: Kent State, Glen A Olds, 1977
Folder 109: Soviet and East European Research Center, 1977
Folder 110: President's Scholar Program Final Papers, 1977
Folder 111: Budget and Budget Plan, 1977-1984
Folder 112: Graduate Assistants, 1977-1978
Folder 113: E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1977
Folder 114: Advisory Council for Center, 1978 February 2
Folder 115: Marshall's Grant Research, 1979-1984
Folder 116: Center for Soviet and Eastern European Newsletter, 1979
Folder 117: Correspondence, 1980
Folder 118: James Earl Jones, 1981
Folder 119: General Production Invitations, Flyers, 1984
Folder 120: Interaction Conference on Soviet Armed Forces and Military Power, Jerusalem, 1985
Folder 121: Representative Kenneth Grey Letters, 1985
Folder 122: Paul Robeson Awards Program adn Event Coverage, 1985
Folder 123: Stanis Lavsky Method of Directing
Folder 124: Work Logs
Folder 125: The Silent Film by H.M., A New Theory
Folder 126: Wirtings on Soviet Union, Possibly by Herbert Marshall
Folder 127: Letterhead from "Emperor Jones" Period
Folder 128: Other Reporitories/Resources
Folder 129: Chronicle #1
Folder 130: Chronicle #2
Folder 131: Chronicle #3
Folder 132: Chronicle #4
Folder 133: Chronicle #5, 1973-1974
Folder 134: Big Business Project

Box 3

Folder 1: Off Campus Bulletin 2
Folder 2: Bulletins 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13, 1969-1974
Folder 3: Bulletin 10, 1972-1973
Folder 4: Bulletin 13, 1974
Folder 5: Bulletin 14, 1972-1975
Folder 6: Bulletin 15, 1971-1975
Folder 7: Bulletin 16, 1975
Folder 8: Bulletin 17, 1975-1976
Folder 9: Bulletin 18, 1976
Folder 10: Bulletin 20, 1960-1977
Folder 11: Bulletins 1-40, 1969-1991
Volume 1: Southern Illinois University Carbondale Monograph, 1972: Includes, "The Art of Acting" and "Further Research on Ira Aldridge, The Negro Tragedian."
Volume 2: Further Research on Ira Aldridge, 1968
Volume 3: Russian and Soviet Studies: A Handbook, 1973
Volume 4: Eisenstein: Three Films, Edited by Jay Leyda, 1974
Volume 5: Confrontations with Tyranny: Six Baltic Plays, 1977
Volume 6: Ivan the Terrible, by Sergei Eisenstein, 1970
Volume 7: Here I Stand, by Paul Robeson, 1971
Volume 8: Monograph 1: "The Art of Acting"
Item 1: Color Slides: Painters, "Itinerants", 1861-1881
Item 2: Color Slides: Moscow Monumental Sculptures, 1871-1934
Item 3: Color Slides: Birthplace of Sergei Yesenin, 1965
Item 4: Color Slides: Russian Museum Ancient Art, circa 1300-1600
Item 5: Color Slides: State Russian Museum Painting, 1804-1859
Item 6: Color Slides: Painter, Const. Somov, 1896-1928
Item 7: Color Slides: Painter, Vasily Surikov, 1848-1912
Item 8: Color Slides: Russian Museum of Ancient Russian Painting, circa 1100-1600
Item 9: Color Slides: Painter, Martiros Saryan (Armanian), 1907-1963
Item 10: Filmstrip #1: Painter M.A. Vrubel', D. Sarab'ianov
Item 11: Filmstrip #10: Sculptor V. I. Muzhina, N. Kaspe
Item 12: Filmstrip #11: In the Halls of the State Tretiakov Gallery, Part 2, D. Sarab'ianov
Item 13: Filmstrip #13: In the Halls of the State Tretiakov Gallery, Part 1, D. Sarab'ianov
Item 14: Filmstrip #15: In the Halls of the State Tretiakov Gallery, Part 3, D. Sarab'ianov
Item 15: Filmstrip (Color with Brochure): In the World of Folk Art, T. Semyonova
Item 16: Filmstrip: Nik Rorrich

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