Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Kovarskiĭ, Ilʹi︠a︡ Nikolaevich, 1880-1962
- Extent:
- 200 items and 2 manuscript boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Il'ia Nikolaevich Kovarskii Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials. Cataloged correspondents in the collection include letters from prominent figures, including Mark Aldanov, Mark Vishniak, and others. Among the manuscripts are A. Argunov's, "Iz perezhitogo," on Russian socialists in 1914-1917; a report by Kovarskii read to the Society of Russian Doctors in France, 1940 (Obshechestvo Russkikh Vrachei im. Mechnikova); and items on Soviet themes by Mark Vishniak, dated 1965-67. There is a photograph of Il'ia Fondaminskii, of Aleksandr Kerenskii, and of members of the Russian Constituent Assembly in France, 1922. One subject file concerns the death of Vladimir Zenzinov. Printed materials include catalogs and book lists from "Rodnik."
- Biographical / Historical:
Doctor, Socialist Revolutionary, and in interwar France, director of the publishing firm and library "Rodnik.".
- Acquisition information:
Papers: Source of acquisition--Vera Kovarsky (Kovarskaia). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Vera Kovarsky (Kovarskaia). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1979.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Vera Kovarsky (Kovarskaia). Date of acquisition--1977.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1976.
Papers Accessioned 1979.
Papers Processed 08/--/79.
Papers Revised 01/--/83.
Papers Accessioned 1977.
Materials were intellectually arranged into series in 2021. Notes and authorities were revised and expanded. Nothing in the collection was physically rearranged.
- 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
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century
Russians -- France
Catalogs
Letters (correspondence)
Notes (documents)
Photographic prints - Names:
- Partīi︠a︡ sot︠s︡īalistov-revoli︠u︡t︠s︡īonerov
Rossīĭskoe uchreditelʹnoe sobranie (1921 : Paris, France)
Zenzinov, V. (Vladimir), 1880-1953
Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich, 1881-1970
Fondaminskiĭ, Ilʹi︠a︡, 1879-1948
Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich, 1886-1957
Grebenshchikov, Georgīĭ, 1882-1964
Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959
Pregelʹ, Sofii︠a︡, 1894-1972
Vishni︠a︡k, M. V. (Mark Venʹi︠a︡minovich), 1883-1977 - Places:
- Russia -- Politics and government -- 1894-1917
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Il'ia Nikolaevich Kovarskii Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- 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