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[Identification of item], in the André Savine Collection of I︠A︡kov Borisovich Polonskiĭ Papers #70181-z, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Acquired as part of the André Savine Collection in 2002.

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• André Savine Collection (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• André Savine Collection (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)--Curator.
• Authors, Russian--France--Paris--Societies, etc.--History--20th century--Sources.
• Business correspondence.
• Ephemera.
• Immigrants--France--Paris--History--20th century--Sources.
• Minutes (Records)
• Polonskiĭ, I︠A︡kov Borisovich, 1892-1951--Archives.
• Polonskiĭ, I︠A︡kov Borisovich, 1892-1951--Author.
• Primary sources.
• Records (Documents)
• Respublikansko-demokraticheskai︠a︡ gruppa (Paris, France)--Archives.
• Respublikansko-demokraticheskai︠a︡ gruppa (Paris, France)--Author.
• Russians--France--Paris--History--20th century--Sources.
• Russians--France--Paris--Intellectual life--History--20th century--Sources.
• Russians--France--Paris--Politics and government--History--20th century--Sources.
• Russians--France--Paris--Societies, etc.--History--20th century--Sources.
• Soi︠u︡z russkikh pisateleĭ i zhurnalistov v Parizhe--Archives.
• Soi︠u︡z russkikh pisateleĭ i zhurnalistov v Parizhe--Author.
• Полонский, Яков Борисович, 1892-1951--Author.
• Полонский, Яков Борисович, 1892-1951--Аrchives.
• Республиканско-демократическая группа (Paris, France)--Archives.
• Республиканско-демократическая группа (Paris, France)--Author.
• Союз русских писателей и журналистов в Париже--Archives.
• Союз русских писателей и журналистов в Париже--Author.

• Soiuz russkikh pisatelei i zhurnalistov v Parizhe Records, 1917-1952 held at Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries

I︠A︡kov Borisovich Polonskiĭ (1892-1951) was a lawyer, journalist, literary historian, and book collector active in the intellectual and political life of Russian and Russian Jewish émigré community in Paris, France. Polonskiĭ belonged to several émigré political groups, and to literary societies and associations dealing with publishing and book culture, including Respublikansko-demokraticheskai︠a︡ gruppa (Республиканско-демократическая группа, "The Republican-Democratic Group") and Soi︠u︡z russkikh pisateleĭ i zhurnalistov v Parizhe (Союз русских писателей и журналистов в Париже; "Union of Russian Writers and Journalists in Paris"), in which he held leadership positions. Soiuz russkikh pisateleĭ i zhurnalistov v Parizhe was a literary association formed in 1920 in Paris whose membership included many prominent émigré authors. Respublikansko-demokraticheskai︠a︡ gruppa was an émigré political association formed in 1944 in Paris by former members of Respublikansko-demokraticheskoe obʺedinenie (Республиканско-демократическое объединение).

The collection contains papers, 1940-1951, of Soi︠u︡z russkikh pisateleĭ i zhurnalistov v Parizhe and of Respublikansko-demokraticheskai︠a︡ gruppa, as well as planning documents for the creation of a Russian language daily newspaper, and includes correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, manifesto and program drafts, expense estimates, and miscellaneous notes and clippings.