Collection ID: 4077643 BAR Ms Coll/Iskander
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Iskander, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1889-1957
- Extent:
- 17 items and 1 box
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection consists mostly of Iskander's memoirs, including a typescript entitled "Videnii︠a︡ proshlogo" (457 p.), which discusses his years in Turkestan during the Civil War. There are also several notebooks containing other memoirs by Iskander. In addition, there are clippings about him, and several photographs, including one of Iskander's father.
- Biographical / Historical:
Illegitimate son of Grand Duke Nikolaĭ Konstantinovich.
- Acquisition information:
- Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1967.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1967.
Papers Processed 07/--/79.
- 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:
- Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Memoirs
Photographic prints - Names:
- Nikolaĭ Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 1850-1918
- 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