Collection ID: 4077854 BA#0262

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Mendeleev, Pavel Pavlovich, 1863-1951
Extent:
8 linear feet and 12 manuscript boxes; 2 oversize boxes
Language:
Russian .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

Background

Scope and Content:

The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, photographs, and printed materials. Correspondence in the collection includes 1 item from Ivan Bunin, 2 from Vladimir Davydov, and many from G. A. Alekseev. Mendeleev's extensive memoirs, "Svet i teni v moei zhizni," discuss his childhood and youth, government service, World War I, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War, and life in the emigration up to 1933. Subject files in this collection concern the Prague Russian Archive, the Union of the Russian Nobility, the Russian Imperial family in the emigration, and other topics. Printed materials include an almost complete set of the weekly "Parizhskii Vestnik" (1942-1944).

Biographical / Historical:

Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev (1863-1951), Russian statesman and public figure, member of the State Council. His government career included service in the Ministry of Justice, the Imperial Chancery, and the Council of Ministers; in 1904-1906 he was a close associate of Sergei Witte. He was subsequently a member of the State Council and Marshall of the Tver ́nobility. In the emigration he lived in France, was president of the Union of the Russian Nobility (Soiuz Russkikh Dvorian), and representative of the Prague Russian Archive.

Acquisition information:
Papers: Source of acquisition--Ksenii︠a︡ Denikina. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1952.
Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1952.

Papers Processed 02/--/80.

Papers Revised 07/--/81.

Arrangement:

Material is arranged into eight series.

Rules or conventions:
aapm

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

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); Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

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