Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Gasler, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1880-approximately 1965
- Extent:
- 36 items and 2 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection consists primarily of Gasler's 26-part manuscript memoirs (ca. 1,350 p.), which discuss his family, his military career, World War I, the emigration in France, and interwar Latvia. The collection also includes Gasler's service record and passport, several postcards, and several clippings.
- Biographical / Historical:
Colonel on the Russian Army's general staff during WWI.
- Acquisition information:
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1957.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1969.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1964.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1957.
Papers Accessioned 1969.
Papers Processed 04/--/79.
Papers Accessioned 1964.
- 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 -- Latvia -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Passports
Photographic prints
Postcards
Memoirs - Places:
- Latvia -- History -- 1918-1940
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