Collection ID: 4077474 BA#0032

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Beklemishev, Anatoliĭ Petrovich
Extent:
300 items and 3 boxes; 1 oversized folder
Language:
Russian .

Background

Scope and Content:

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence consists of letters written to Beklemishev and his wife in the 1950s. Manuscripts include his extensive fictionalized memoirs ("Potonuvshai︠a︡ Atlantida"), items apparently written for emigre

publications, and a report for the Institute for the Study of the UDDR ("Iz praktiki izobretatelśtva v Sovetskom Soi︠u︡ze"). The printed materials consist chiefly of clippings of Beklemishev's writings.

Biographical / Historical:

Engineer and journalist, Beklemishev taught at Kiev Polytechnic Institute, and came to the United States after World War II. He wrote for emigre periodicals, including "Novoe Russkoe Slovo" under the name Kasi︠́a︡n Proshin.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1963.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1963.

Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1963.

Papers Processed 12/--/78.

Papers Revised 04/--/82.

Papers Accessioned 1963.

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

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu