Samuel Fiszman papers, 1971-1984

A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives

Finding aid prepared by Crystal Matjasic (2010) and Cynthia Pemberton (2013).

Creator: Fiszman, Samuel
Title: Samuel Fiszman papers
Collection No.: C381
Dates: 1945-2001, bulk 1970-1999
Quantity:

Quantity: 3 cubic feet

Quantity: 3 boxes

Abstract: Samuel Fiszman was a professor in the Indiana University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures from 1970 until 1985. His research interests focused on Polish and Russian literature. The collection consists of teaching materials and publications, as well as correspondence related to these endeavors.
Language: Materials are in Polish , Russian , and English .
Repository: Indiana University Archives
Herman B Wells Library E460
1320 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000
Business Number: 812-855-1127
archives@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/university-archives

Biographical Note

Born on October 15, 1914 in Radom, Poland, Samuel Fiszman attended Warsaw University, where he studied German, and the Lwowski Instytut Politechniczny for the study of agriculture. He received a diploma from the Lwowski Instytut Politechniczny in 1940. Upon the Nazi invasion of Poland, Fiszman fled to Kiev, Ukraine, where he studied at Saratov University. After the war Fiszman acquired a clerical job with the Polish Embassy in Moscow that enabled him to continue his research on Russian-Polish literature at the Lenin Library and to publish several scholarly works on Poland.

Fiszman returned to Poland in 1950, where he was appointed associate director of the Slavic Department in the Polish Academy of Sciences and head of the Department of Russian Literature at Warsaw University. One of the many Jewish professors dismissed from Polish universities in 1968, Fiszman joined the faculty in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Indiana University in 1970 as a dual specialist in Polish and Russian literatures.

A prolific author, Fiszman published numerous books and articles, writing extensively on Adam Mickiewicz and Alexander Pushkin. In 1982, Fiszman organized a conference on The Polish Renaissance in its European Context and in 1991 a conference on Constitution Reform in Eighteenth-Century Poland. The conferences concluded with the compilation and publication of the papers presented in The Polish Renaissance in its European Context and Jan Kochanowski and Constitution and Reform in Eighteen-Century Poland , both edited by Fiszman. Fiszman retired in 1985 with the title Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures. He died on December 13, 1999.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Samuel Fiszman are organized into four series: Correspondence, Professional, Publications and Teaching files. A large portion of this collection is in Polish and some Russian.

The Correspondence series (1967-2001) is arranged chronologically and includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards from academic colleagues, Fiszman's students studying abroad, as well as personal friends from Poland and Russia. .

The Professional files series (1980-1998) is arranged chronologically and includes materials concerning the organization of conferences relating to The Polish Renaissance in its European Context, the Bicentennial of the Polish Constitution, Slavic Literature, the 200th anniversary of Adam Mickiewicz's birthday, and Fiszman's retirement announcement. Also included is correspondence with contributors relating to work on The Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature.

The Publications series (1945-1990) consists of two sub-series: Adam Mickiewicz (1984-1987, undated) and General (1945-1990). Arranged chronologically, the Adam Mickiewicz sub-series includes four drafts of a book manuscript (undated) concerning Russian poet Adam Mickiewicz with accompanying bibliographic, archival materials and a collection of notebooks containing research notes. The General sub-series which is arranged alphabetically contains materials relating to The Polish Renaissance in its European Context and Jan Kochanowski which were both published as a result of a conference entitled The Polish Renaissance in its European Context. Other papers from the conference can also be found in this series, as well as various other essays and numerous files of unidentified research notes.

The Teaching series spans the years from 1971-1997, is arranged alphabetically and consists of student papers, exam questions and course outlines.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into four series: Correspondence, Professional, Publications and Teaching files.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

One folder containing student recommendations has been restricted, and the names on student papers have been redacted.

Advance notice required for access to the collection.

Usage Restrictions:

The donor(s) of this collection have not transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.

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Separated Material

Approximately 180 photographs were pulled and transferred to the IU Archives Photographs Collection.

Related Material

Additional publications and research materials may be accessed in IUScholarworks: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/

Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/archivesphotos/

Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Provenance

Transfer from the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 2001 and 2012.

Preferred Citation

[Item], Samuel Fiszman papers, Collection C381, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.

Acquisition Information

Accession Information: 2001/055, 2012/153

Processing Information

Processed by Crystal Matjasic in 2010 and Cynthia Pemberton in 2013

Collection Inventory

Series:

Correspondence , 1967-2001, undated
General
Box 1
Undated
Box 1
1969
Box 1
1970
Box 1
1971
Box 1
1972
Box 1
1973
Box 1
1974
Box 1
1980
Box 1
1982
Box 1
1983
Box 1
1984
Box 1
1985
Box 1
1986
Box 1
1987
Box 1
1997
Box 1
1970-1990
Box 1
1970-1998
Box 1
1971-1991
Box 1
1974-1975
Box 1
1974-2000
Box 1
1977-1981
Box 1
1977-1998
Box 1
1977-1999
Box 1
1979-2000
Box 1
1980-1999
Box 1
1981-1999
Box 1
1982-1999
Box 1
1983-1999
Box 1
1984-1994
Box 1
1985-1990
Box 1
1986-2000
Box 1
1989-1994
Box 1
1991-1999
Box 1
1992-1997
Box 1
1993-1995

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 1
1993-1999
Box 1
1994-1995
Box 1
1995-2000
Box 1
1998-1999
Box 1
Greeting cards
Box 1
1971-1978
Box 1
1981-1988
Box 1
Personal
Box 1
Sir Cecil Parrot/Esther Simpson , 1970-1988
Box 1
Andrzej Walicki , 1978-1998
Box 1
Czeslaw Milosz , 1980-2001
Box 1
Post cards
Box 1
Undated
Box 1
1967-1975
Box 1
1981-1988

Series:

Professional files , 1980-1998, undated
Box 1
Adam Mickiewicz Conference , 1998
Box 1
American Institute of Polish Culture , 1989-1998
Box 1
Bicentennial of the Polish Constitution Conference , 1991
Box 1
Essays , undated
Box 1
Polish Renaissance in its European Context Conference , 1980-1982
Box 1
Professor Xawery Dunikowski and Book , 1994
Box 1
Retirement Announcement , 1985
Box 1
Slavic Literature Conference , 1980-1994

Series:

Publications and Research , 1945-1990, undated

Subseries:

General , 1945-1948, undated
Box 2
Adam Mickiewicz clipping , undated
Box 2
Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature
Box 2
1973-1979
Box 2
1974-1980
Box 2
Undated
Box 2
Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature
Box 2
Undated

Physical Description: (7 folders)

Box 2
1971
Box 2
1972-1973
Box 2
1973
Box 2
1975
Box 2
1977
Box 2
1978
Box 2
1979
Box 2
1980
Box 2
1981
Box 2
1982
Box 2
1986-1987
Box 2
1990
Box 2
Kurier Codzienny , undated
Box 2
NoweWidnokregi , 1945
Box 2
Odrodzenie
Box 2
1947
Box 2
1948

Subseries:

Adam Mickiewicz Manuscript Drafts and Research Materials , 1984-1987, undated
Box 2
Adam Mickiewicz book project unidentified notes , undated
Box 2
Adam Mickiewicz manuscript draft
Box 2
Version 2 (?) , undated

Physical Description: (9 folders)

Box 2
Version 3 (?) , undated

Physical Description: (8 folders)

Box 2
Version 4 (?) , undated

Physical Description: (5 folders)

Box 3
Version 1 (?) , undated

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Box 3
Archival materials , undated
Box 3
Bibliographic and archival materials , undated
Box 3
Literary Award for book , 1992
Box 3
Mickiewicz i Puskin , 1987, undated
Box 3
Miscellaneous Chapters , undated
Box 3
Miscellaneous Notes , undated
Box 3
Notebooks relating to Mickiewicz manuscript , undated
Box 3
On the Function of Landscape Motif in Puskin's 'Poaslo dnevnoe svetilo,' , undated
Box 3
The Polish Renaissance in its European Context and Jan Kochanowski
Box 3
Collected Conference Papers , 1984, undated
Box 3
Images , undated
Box 3
Information about the Volume , undated
Box 3
Miscellaneous Notes , undated
Box 3
Table of Contents and Forward , undated
Box 3
Primary sources for Mickiewicz manuscript , undated

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Box 3
Russian Literature research , undated
Box 3
Some Remarks about Russian Letters in France before Vogue in the Light of Merimee's

Series:

Teaching , 1971-1997, undated
Box 3
Old Russian Literature , 1975
Box 3
Polish Culture , 1976
Box 3
Polish Literature , 1975-1980
Box 3
R563 , 1981-1982
Box 3
Russian Romanticism , 1971-1974
Box 3
Survey of Polish Literature , 1980, undated
Box 3
Students , 1971-1997

Conditions Governing Access: (RESTRICTED)

Box 3
Student Papers , 1971-1979
Box 3
RESTRICTED RECORDS