Abstract This collection contains correspondence; printed material such as postcards, brochures, fliers, posters, etc; trading cards; action figures; collectibles; fandom materials; and other ephemeral items. Correspondence primarily includes letters from Soviet citizen and science fiction fan Igor A. Toloconnicov. Clark and Toloconnicov were in correspondence with each other and regularly traded science fiction publications over the course of several years. Select materials regarding VolgaCon '91...

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Folder contains corrrespondence from Igor A. Toloconnicov to Catherine Clark spanning 1989 through 1993. Most of the topics discussed pertain to Toloconnicov's academic, professional, and personal activities in science fiction circles in Russia. There are also several letters in which he comments on the economic and political state during the transitions of power from the Soviet system.