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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Pring Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 SPRI

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Pring Collection

Date(s): 1900-1955

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 3 boxes

Name of creator(s): Pring | S W | d 1954 | translator of Russian literature and writings on music

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

S W Pring (?-1954) was a translator of Russian literature and writings on music.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Translations from Russian literature by S W Pring including translations of short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; translation of the composer Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov's memoirs; correspondence relating to the possible publication in book form of Pring's translation of correspondence between Rimsky-Korsakov and Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Papers arranged by author.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Date(s) of descriptions: Revised Jan 2003


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Composers | Musicians | Performers | Artists
European cultures | National cultures
Music | Performing arts
Russian literature | European literature | National literatures

Personal names
Balakirev | Mily Alexeyevich | 1837-1910 | Russian composer
Chekhov | Anton Pavlovich | 1860-1904 | Russian dramatist
Pring | S W | d 1954 | translator of Russian literature and writings on music
Rimsky-Korsakov | Nikolai Andreevich | 1844-1908 | Russian composer x Korsakov | Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky

Corporate names

Places
Russia | Eastern Europe
Crimea x Krym