Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov papers, 1945–1998
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, journal offprints, and photographs from the personal papers of Knorozov. The Biographical series includes a group of Knorozov's personal daily notes, receipts, notes on research planning, hand-written selections of prose and poetry, and documents related to Knorozov's trips to Copenhagen, Mexico, and Guatemala. The files also include newsclippings about Knorozov from Soviet and Spanish language newspapers. The Correspondence includes professional correspondence as well as various notes and attachments, between Knorozov and other scholars and institutions in the Soviet Union and abroad. The series is not large, but recurring subjects of the letters are theoretical linguistics, Maya languages and writing, Peru writing/notation systems, archaeology of Kuril Islands, and publishing. Correspondence with David Kelley, Michael and Sophie Coe, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Thomas Barthel, Norman and Dolores McQuown, and the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, will be of particular interest to Mayanists. The Writings include manuscripts and offprints of Knorozov's publications, including parts of the drafts of the monographs The writing of the Maya Indians and Maya hieroglyphic codices. The Research Files is the largest series and is organized by topic. Subjects range from Ainu pictographs, archaeology, and writing. Most of the papers are in Russian, with other languages including Spanish, Dutch, English and German.
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Preferred citation: Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov papers, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, DC.