Epistulae 1: Letters sent by M.A. Castrén
subject: Epistulae 1. Letters sent by M.A. Castrén. Edited by Timo Salminen & Juha Janhunen. Manuscripta Castreniana, Personalia I,1. 851 pp. ISBN 978-952-7262-25-2 (print) ISBN 978-952-7262-26-9 (online). 50 €.
description: M.A. Castrén continued the European tradition of expeditions in Russia but he was also able to fulfil the needs of the Imperial Russian administration for information about the Empire as well as the Finnish national movement’s request to explore the history of the Finnish people. Being far away from home brought about a massive need for him to stay in contact both with friends and relatives in Finland and with colleagues and official authorities at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The present volume brings together all the currently known letters written by Castrén, both official and unofficial (except his correspondence with his fiancée and future wife Natalia Tengström, which will be published in Epistulae 2). Most of the letters date from the years he spent in the field, but there are also letters written in Finland before and after his expeditions. Altogether, this volume contains 231 letters and some drafts written by Castrén in the 20-year period between 1832 and 1852. View the whole volume (pdf)
description: (View the whole volume without frames) Contents Manuscripta Castreniana: A General Preface to the Series by Juha Janhunen Editors’ Foreword by Timo Salminen and Juha Janhunen Practical Information Matthias Alexander Castrén’s letters, transferring information and discussing ideas by Timo Salminen Recipients of M.A. Castrén’s letters by Timo Salminen Matthias Alexander Castrén: (Jump to: Letters written in 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852) Letters written in 1832 1 Helsinki, 9 April 1832, to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University 2 Uskela, 10 July 1832, to Johan Abraham Fellman 3 Helsinki, 3 September 1832, to Johan Abraham Fellman Letters written in 1833 4 Helsinki, 7 January 1833, to Johan Abraham Fellman 5 Helsinki, 14 February 1833, to Johan Abraham Fellman 6 Helsinki, 26 May 1833, to Jacob Fellman 7 Helsinki, 31 October 1833, to Johan Abraham Fellman Letter written in 1834 8 S.d. 1834, to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki Letter written in 1835 9 S.d. 1835, to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki Letters written in 1836 10 [Helsinki, c. April 1836], to Johan Abraham Fellman 11 Helsinki, 7 May 1836, to Johan Abraham Fellman Letters written in 1838 12 Muonio, July 1838, to Knut Felix von Willebrand 13 Helsinki, 25 September 1838, to Carl Robert Ehrström 14 Helsinki, 27 September 1838, to Anders Johan Sjögren 15 Helsinki, 30 October 1838, to Anders Johan Sjögren 16 Helsinki, 15 December 1838, to Jacob Fellman Letters written in 1839 17 Helsinki, 23 September 1839, to Carl Robert Ehrström 18 S.d. [December 1839], to the Faculty of Arts at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki Letters written in 1840 19 S.d. [probably February 1840], to Elias Lönnrot 20 Helsinki, 2 February 1840, to Carl Robert Ehrström 21 Helsinki, 12 March 1840, to Jacob Fellman 22 Helsinki, 22 March 1840, to Jacob Fellman 23 S.d.…
creator: Matthias Alexander Castrén
creator: edited by Timo Salminen & Juha Janhunen
publisher: Finno-Ugrian Society
date: 2021
rights: © Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura – Société Finno-Ougrienne – Finno-Ugrian Society & the authors
format: hardcover, PDF
language: English, svenska
identifier: ISBN 978-952-7262-25-2 (print), ISBN 978-952-7262-26-9 (online).
coverage: 1832–1852

Epistulae 2: Correspondence between Matthias Alexander Castrén and Natalia Tengström
subject: Epistulae 2. Correspondence between Matthias Alexander Castrén and Natalia Tengström. Edited by Juha Janhunen & Timo Salminen. Manuscripta Castreniana, Personalia I,2. 149 pp. ISBN 978-952-7262-27-6 (print), ISBN 978-952-7262-28-3 (online). 50 €.
description: After returning from his last expedition in February 1849, Castrén actively started making preparations for his academic future and personal life. In January 1850, he became engaged to Natalia Tengström, the youngest daughter of Johan Jacob Tengström, Professor of Philosophy at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki. Their wedding took place in October 1850. The present volume contains the letters exchanged between Castrén and Natalia during the period of their engagement from February to September 1850. This intensive correspondence gives new insights into the persons of Castrén and his bride, as well as the role the Tengström family played in the intellectual circles of Finland. The letters also illustrate how intimate and, occasionally, humorous the relationship between Castrén and Natalia was. Although the social background of their engagement and marriage followed a pattern that was typical of the time, the letters speak for themselves and reveal that true love was involved. In the light of these previously unpublished letters Castrén himself emerges as a somewhat different person from the one he is known as on the basis of his other, more official and less intimate writings. View the whole volume (pdf)
description: (View the whole volume without frames) Contents Manuscripta Castreniana: A General Preface to the Series by Juha Janhunen Editors’ Foreword by Juha Janhunen and Timo Salminen Practical information Natalia and Alexander: An Introduction by Juha Janhunen Correspondence between Matthias Alexander Castrén and Natalia Tengström 1 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 17–19 February 1850 2 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 10/22 February 1850 3 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 24–26 February 1850 4 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 15/27 February 1850 5 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 1 March 1850 6 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 19 February/3 March 1850 7 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 21 February/5 March 1850 8 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 8 March 1850 9 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 24 February/8 March 1850 10 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 28 February/12 March 1850 11 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 13 March 1850 12 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström s.d. 1850 13 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 28–29 June 1850 14 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 30 June 1850 15 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström s.d. [1 July 1850] 16 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 2 July 1850 17 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 2 July 1850 18 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén s.d. [3 July 1850?] 19 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén s.d. [20 August 1850] 20 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 21 August 1850 21 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström s.d. [16 September 1850?] 22 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 17 September 1850 23 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström 19 September 1850 24 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström s.d. [23 September 1850] 25 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 24 September 1850 26 M.A. Castrén to Natalia Tengström s.d. [26 September 1850?] 27 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén 26 September 1850 28 Natalia Tengström to M.A. Castrén s.d. [27 September 1850] Sources and Literature Indexes
creator: Edited by Juha Janhunen & Timo Salminen
creator: Matthias Alexander Castrén
creator: Natalia Castrén (née) Tengström
publisher: Finno-Ugrian Society
date: 2021
rights: © Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura – Société Finno-Ougrienne – Finno-Ugrian Society & the authors
format: hardcover, PDF
language: English, svenska
identifier: ISBN 978-952-7262-27-6 (print), ISBN 978-952-7262-28-3 (online).
coverage: 1850

Itineraria (1–2)
subject: Itineraria 1. Manuscripta Castreniana, Personalia II,1. Pp. 1–691. Itineraria 2. Manuscripta Castreniana, Personalia II,2. Pp. 692–1647. ISBN 978-952-7262-12-2 (1–2, print/hardcover), ISBN 978-952-7262-13-9 (1, print/hardcover), ISBN 978-952-7262-14-6 (2, print/hardcover), ISBN 978-952-7262-15-3 (online). 80 € (1–2).
description: M.A. Castrén continued the European tradition of expeditions in Russia but he was also able to fulfil the needs of the Imperial Russian administration for information about the Empire as well as the Finnish national movement’s request to explore the history of the Finnish people. This two-part volume contains the reports and previously unpublished diaries written by Castrén in Finnish Lapland in 1838, Finnish and Russian Karelia in 1839, Finnish Lapland and Arctic Russia in 1841–1844, and in Siberia in 1845–1849. The introductory article contextualizes them in the intellectual and scholarly environment of the time. View the whole volume (pdfs)
description: Contents Manuscripta Castreniana: A General Preface to the Series by Juha Janhunen Editor’s Foreword by Timo Salminen Practical Information Vocabulary List of Illustrations Matthias Alexander Castrén as a Travelling Researcher by Timo Salminen M.A. Castrén’s Travel Routes Matthias Alexander Castrén: Journey to Lapland 1838 1 Resa till Lappland år 1838 2 Några dagar i Lappland 1838 3 Ett Post scriptum 4 [Reseanteckningar 1838. Lappland.] Journey to Karelia 1839 5 Resa till Ryska Karelen år 1839 6 Redogörelse för min resa under sist ledne sommar 7 Hvarjehanda philologiska, mythologiska historiska m. m. anteckningar i Finskan, gjorda under sommaren 1839 Journey to Lapland, Russia and Siberia 1841–1844 8 Resa till Lappland, norra Ryssland och Sibirien åren 1841–44 Appendix 8.1 Appendix 8.2 Appendix 8.3 Appendix 8.4 9 Hvarjehanda anmärkningar 10 Utdrag ur ett bref, dateradt Kuolajärwi den 3 December 1841 11 [Resedagbok 1842] 12 [Anteckningar 1842] 13 Hydrographiska anmärkningar öfver den Mesenska kretsen af Archangelska Guvernem[entet] 14 Schrenk’s Reise durch die Tundren der Samojeden Journey to Russia and Siberia 1845–1849, Travel Reports 15 Rese-plan 16 Utdrag ur Reseanteckningar 1845 af Doct[or] M. A. Castrén 17 Reseanteckningar 18 Rese-anteckningar i Sibirien af M. A. Castrén Appendix 18.1 Appendix 18.2 Appendix 18.3 19 Rese-Anteckningar af Dr M. A. Castrén Appendix 19.1 Appendix 19.2 20 Tolstoj Nos den 25 Nov[ember] (7 Dec[ember]) 1846 21 Jenisejsk d. 22 Mars/3 April 1847, Rapport till Kejserl[iga] Wetenskaps Akademien i Petersburg 22 Jenisej Appendix 22.1 23 [Reseberättelse I–II] 24 Rese-anteckningar Appendix 24.1 25 Några Upplysningar om de till Sibirien deporterade Finnar 26 Rapport till Kejs[erliga] Vetenskaps-Akademien i S:t Petersburg Journey to Russia and Siberia 1845–1849, Travel Diaries 27 Dagbok 27.2.1845–25.9.1845 Appendix 27.1 28 [Reseanteckningar] 29 [Reseanteckningar, Minusinsk 1847] 30 [Reseanteckningar 1847–1848] Appendix 30.1 31 Мѣсяцословъ на 1846…
creator: Matthias Alexander Castrén
creator: edited by Timo Salminen
publisher: Finno-Ugrian Society
date: 2019
rights: © Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura – Société Finno-Ougrienne – Finno-Ugrian Society & the authors
format: hardcover, PDF
language: English, svenska
identifier: ISBN 978-952-7262-12-2 (1–2, print/hardcover), ISBN 978-952-7262-13-9 (1, print/hardcover), ISBN 978-952-7262-14-6 (2, print/hardcover), ISBN 978-952-7262-15-3 (online).
coverage: 1838–1849