The Romanovs: Their Empire, Their
Books.
The Political, Religious, Cultural, and Social Life of Russia's Imperial House
Acknowledgements
This exhibition has been underwritten by Pinewood
Foundation and PaineWebber
Group Inc.
In addition, support has been provided by a major gift made in memory ofHerman
Rosenthal, Founding Chief, Slavic and Baltic Division, by
his family, and by a generous grant from theNew York Council
for the Humanities, a state program of the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
Special thanks to Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel P. Davison, A
La Vieille Russie, Museum
Reproductions, Mrs.
Ania Kayaloff, and Mr.
Stephen R. de Angelis for
their generous support of this exhibition.
Marc Raeff, Bakhmeteff
Professor of Russian Studies Emeritus, Columbia
University, and Richard Wortman,
Professor of History at Columbia University, served
as co-curators of the exhibition, with contributions
from Edward Kasinec and Robert
H. Davis, Jr. of the Slavic and Baltic
Division which houses the greater part of The New
York Public Library's Slavic, Baltic, East European,
and Eurasian collections.
For their assistance in the preparation of this
exhibit, the co-curators thank the staff of the
Slavic and Baltic Division, as well as the curators
and staff of the following divisions: the Art and
Architecture Department and the Print Collection
of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art,
Prints and Photographs, the General Research Division,
the Manuscripts and Archives Division, the Map
Division, the Music Division, the Oriental Division,
the Rare Books Division, and the Spencer Collection.
Special thanks to Anthony Troncale, Associate Head
of the Library's Digital Unit, for overseeing the
production of the digital images on display throughout
the exhibition.
The Library wishes to thank Arkady
Aronov, Professor of Music at
Mannes College and the Manhattan School of
Music, for his recorded performance of works
by Sergei Puchkov, Karl Dondo, and B. A. Frisek,
from manuscripts once in the collection of
Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich, played
at the listening station in the exhibition.
The CD was digitally recorded and mastered
by Adrian Cosentini, Chief Engineer of the
Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded
Sound. The performance was recorded in the
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts. Baldwin Piano
is the official piano of The New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts.
For more information about the exhibition or the
collections, contact Robert H. Davis, Jr., Librarian
for special collections and outreach services,
at (212) 930-0940 (e-mail: rdavis@nypl.org).
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