Collection ID: 4077728 BAR Ms Coll/Kuksin
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Kuksin, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, 1886-1966
Extent:
600 items and 2 manuscript boxes
Language:
Russian .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kuksin Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, diaries (1941-1966), documents, printed materials, photographs, and appointment books (1925-1965). The bulk of the material concerns Kuskin's activities in emigration. Included is a copy of a treaty drawn up in 1921 among various anti-communist political groups in Turkey, including the Vseukrains'ka natsional'na Rada (All-Ukrainian National Rada) and the Krest'ianskaia narodnaia partiia (Peasant National Party), pledging cooperation against the Communists. Several of the family photographs in the collection pre-date the Revolution.

Biographical / Historical:

Served in the Skoropadskyi government of Ukraine, represented Hetman P. Skoropadskyi in Istanbul in the early 1920s; later became active in anti-communist politics in emigration.

Acquisition information:
Papers: Source of acquisition--Curt Marcus (Kuksin's executor). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1966.
Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1966.

Papers Processed 11/--/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

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

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:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kuksin Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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