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
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- 20th century
Russians -- France
Letters (correspondence)
Memoirs
Newspapers
Periodicals
Photographic prints - Names:
- Soi︠u︡z russkikh dvori︠a︡n
Russkiĭ komitet obʺedinennykh organizat︠s︡iĭ
Soi︠u︡z revniteleĭ pami︠a︡ti Imperatora Nikolai︠a︡ II
Alekseev, G. A.
Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953
Davydov, V. N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich), 1849-1925
Arsenʹev, Nikolaĭ Sergeevich, 1888-1977
Benua , Alʹbert Nikolaevich, 1852-1936
Denikin, Anton Ivanovich, 1872-1947
Denikina, Ksenii︠a︡ Vasilʹevna, 1892-1973
Gershun, Boris Lʹvovich, 1870-1954
Maklakov, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Alekseevich), 1870-1957
Nicolaevsky, Boris I., 1887-1966
Obolenskiĭ, V. A., kni︠a︡zʹ (Vladimir Andreevich), 1869-1950
Shmelev, I. S. (Ivan Sergeevich), 1873-1950
Tkhorzhevskiĭ, Iv. (Ivan)
Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973
Vishni︠a︡k, M. V. (Mark Venʹi︠a︡minovich), 1883-1977
Zeeler, Vladimir Feofilovich, 1874-1954
Bonch-Bruevich, Vladimir, 1873-1955
Dobuzhinskiĭ, Rost. M. (Rostislav Mstislavovich), 1903-2000
Golit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Dmitrīevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1874-1957
Girs, A. F. (Alekseĭ Fedorovich), 1871-1958
Girs , Li︠u︡bovʹ A., -approximately 1965
I︠A︡khontov, Arkadiĭ Nikolaevich, 1878-1938
I︠U︡renev, Petr P.
Shebeko, Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich
Kube, Olʹga - Places:
- Russia -- Politics and government -- 1894-1917
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- 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); Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
- 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