California State University, Northridge, International Guitar Research Archives (IGRA)

Vladimir Bobritski, better known as Bobri, was born May 1898 in Kharikiv, Ukraine. He was an illustrator, author, composer, educator and guitar historian who arrived in the United States in 1921. Bobri's career and hobbies overlapped over time and he became an integral part of the classical guitar community by joining the Society of Classic Guitar, illustrating for the Society's Guitar Review magazine, and becoming friends with Andrés Segovia. The majority of the collection consists of photographs documenting his visit to Spain to visit Andrés Segovia, all which were taken in the early 1970s. Other materials in the collection are papers associated with Society of the Classic Guitar and a published composition.