Collection Tree
The Collection Tree is organized according to the folders in which the materials were originally found in 2022, in the drawers of Berdyaev’s desk and in the dresser on the south wall by the door. These materials seem to have been preserved and/or copied by Evgeniya Yudifovna Rapp, Nikolai Berdyaev’s sister-in-law. Accompanying these folders was a sort of table of contents, which she had labeled as “опись архива” (archival inventory).
We have kept Rapp's organizational system. Some of Rapp’s folders were kept in their original state with their original labels; others had to be transferred to newly purchased folders for safekeeping. Not all the folders in the inventory could be located, but we have listed them as placeholders for completeness. Where no clear title of the folder was provided, we have added one.
In addition to the Rapp collection, we have also partially digitized Berdyaev’s own library. Shelves are organized according to cardinal directions, starting with the south wall, top to bottom, left to right, shelf by shelf. We have photographed the entire shelf, then the spines of books, shelf by shelf, and then the title pages of books. Books with noteworthy inscriptions will be duplicated in a separate folder and tagged as such.
Архивная Опись Archive Opis -Active
Папка 1 - Работы Разных Авторов 1А & Б Folder 1 - Works by Various Authors -Active
Папка 2, Письма Н.А. Бердяева разным лицам [Folder 2, Letters of N.A. Berdyaev to Various People] -Active
Папка 3, Выдержки из записных книжек Бердяева [Folder 3, Excerpts from Berdyaev's Notebooks] -Active
Папка 4, Выписки из Бердяева Folder 4, Excerpts from Berdyaev -Placeholder
Папка 5, Заметки Н.А. Бердяева [Folder 5, Notes of N.A. Berdyaev] -Active
Папка 6, Письма Н.А. Бердяеву Folder 6, Letters to N.A. Berdyaev -Active
Папка 8, Выдержки из Бердяева Folder 8, Excerpts from Berdyaev -Placeholder
Папка 9, Выдержки из писем Н.А. Бердяеву [Folder 9, Excerpts from letters to N.A. Berdyaev] -Active
Папка 11, Работы Н.А. Бердяева Folder 11, Works of N.A. Berdyaev -Placeholder
Папка 12, Дневник (Л.К.) Folder 12, Diary (L.K.) -Placeholder
Папка 13, Оттуда (Из писем старого друга) Folder 13, From There (From the Letters of an Old Friend) -Placeholder
Папка 15, Дневниковые записи (unknown author) Folder 15, Diary Entries (unknown author) -Placeholder
Папка 16, Мои размышления о пути современной женщины Folder 16, My Reflections on the Path of the Modern Woman -Placeholder
Папка 17, Сталь, Памяти дочери Достоевского Folder 17, Stal, In Memory of Dostoevsky's Daughter -Active
Папка 18, Список рецензий Н.А. Бердяева Folder 18, List of Reviews of N.A. Berdyaev -Placeholder
Папка 19, Молитва Серена Киркегора Folder 19, Prayer of Søren Kierkegaard -Placeholder
Папка 24, Письма разных лиц Folder 24, Letters from Various People -Placeholder
Папка 25, Стихи Матери Марии Folder 25, Poems of Mother Maria -Placeholder
026 Папка 26, (MISSING/Skipped)
Папка 27, То, что говорила молния 14 мая 1920 года, Судак Folder 27, What the Lightning Said on May 14, 1920, Sudak -Placeholder
Папка 33, Бог есть истина, 1926 г., автор непознанный Folder 33, God is Truth, 1926, Author Unknown -Placeholder
Папка 35, Тексты на английском [Folder 35, Texts in English] -Active
Папка 36, Георгий В. Флоровский, 2 оттиска Folder 36, Georgii V. Florovsky, 2 Reprints -Placeholder
Папка 37, Книга Фрица Либа Folder 37, Fritz Lieb Book -Placeholder
Папка 39, Указ 14 фев 45, Московский патриарший синод Folder 39, Decree February 14, 1945, Moscow Patriarchal Synod -Placeholder
Папка 40, Рукописные тексты Н.А. Бердяева Folder 40, Handwritten Texts of N.A. Berdyaev -Active
Папка 41, Разное Folder 41, Miscellaneous -Placeholder
Папка 42, Статьи различных авторов (французские) Folder 42 - Articles of Various Authors (French) -Placeholder
Папка 43, письма и разное Folder 43, Letters and Miscellaneous -Placeholder
Папка 46, Письма Лидии Бердяевой Folder 46, Lydia Berdiaev Letters -Active
Папка 47, Различные документы Бердяева (в столе) Folder 47, Various Berdiaev Papers (in desk) -Active
Папка 48, Письма Бердяева из стола Folder 48, Berdiaev Letters from Desk -Active
Папка 49, Фотографии Folder 49, Photographs -Active
Bookshelves -Active
South Wall Bookshelves -Active