Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Daragan, Dmitriĭ Iosifovich, 1884-
- Extent:
- 2000 items and 5 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Collection includes correspondence of family and personal letters from 1902-1973, including typed excerpts of letters written by Daragan to his wife from the Murmansk-Arkhangelśk region during 1919-20. The remainder of the correspondence deals with Daragan's business and naval and religious topics. Manuscripts consist primarily of Daragan's memoirs of his youth, family and naval experiences in northern Russia. There are family documents, the earliest of which dates from 1762, and family financial records. Other printed materials include two pre-World War I theater programs from St. Petersburg and Moscow. There are also photographs of the Daragan family, dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Biographical / Historical:
Officer of the Russian Imperial Navy and later a businessman in the emigration in Finland.
- Acquisition information:
Papers: Source of acquisition--Dmitriĭ Daragan. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1960.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1970.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1973.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1960.
Papers Accessioned 1970.
Papers Accessioned 1973.
Papers Processed 02/--/79.
Papers Revised 09/--/82.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- aapm
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- Finland -- 20th century
Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence)
Memoirs
Photographic prints
Programs (documents) - Places:
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu