Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Miller, Elizaveta Leonidovna, -1970
- Extent:
- 1000 items and 6 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files and printed materials. Correspondence consists mostly of letters to Elizaveta Miller. Memoirs and manuscripts are mostly by Miller and cover topics ranging from her childhood in St. Petersburg to her emigration to South Africa. Subject files include materials concerning her brother, Grigoriĭ Lozinskiĭ, a poet, translator and literary critic. Documents and photographs concern the Lozinskiĭ and Miller families. Printed materials consist of books, clippings, periodicals, and pamphlets; included is an "Almanach de St. Petersburg" (1911), with directories and a listing of names.
- Biographical / Historical:
The sister of Grigoriĭ L. Lozinskiĭ and the wife of Vladimir A. Miller, a Petersburg lawyer. Miller emigrated with her husband to South Africa after the Civil War.
- Acquisition information:
- Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1960.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1960.
Papers Processed 03/--/80.
- 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 -- South Africa -- 20th century
Books
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Directories
Letters (correspondence)
Lists (document genres)
Memoirs
Pamphlets
Periodicals
Photographic prints - Names:
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ
Lozinskiĭ family
Miller family
Lozinski, Grégoire, 1889-1942 - 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