Isabel Florence Hapgood papers
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Isabel Florence Hapgood (1850-1928) was an American translator and author. Collection consists primarily of correspondence, documents and photographs from Russian artists, musicians, writers, and clergy. Includes materials prepared by Hapgood on the history of education of women in Russia; letters and photographs of writers and artists from other parts of the world, especially western Europe and the United States; and papers about Kate Marsden, a controversial medical relief fund raiser for a Siberian leper colony, including letters from prominent people in Russia, England and the United States concerning Marsden. Correspondents include Maxim Gorky, Alla Nazimova and members of the Tolstoy family.
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Date created: 1864