Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Bok, Boris Ivanovich, 1879-1955, Nikitin, Vladimir, Androsov, Dmitrii Grigor'evich, Berg, O. F., Berg, Vladimir Ferdinandovich, Fok, Aleksandr Viktorovich, I︠U︡zefovich, A. M. (Alekseĭ Mikhaĭlovich), 1882-1975, Vorob'ev, Aleksandr Apollonovich, and Ienish, N. V.
- Extent:
- 55 items and 1 box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Boris Ivanovich Bok Collection on the Siege of Port Arthur; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Manuscripts and related materials on the siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War, collected by Boris Ivanovich Bok. Included are diaries and memoirs by Russian participants in the siege: Dmitrii Grigor'evich Androsov (Diary), Oskar Fabianovich Berg (Memoirs), Vladimir Ferdinandovich Berg (Memoirs), Aleksandr Viktorovich Fok ("Zametki"), Nikolai Viktorovich Ienish (Memoirs), Aleksei Mikhailovich Iuzefovich (Memoirs), Vladimir Nikoalevich Nikitin (Diary), Aleksandr Apollonovich Vorob'ev (Memoirs). Some of the memoirs and diaries were published in: "Port-Arthur, Vospominaniia uchastnikov" (New York, 1955).
Other materials from the period 1904-1907 - correspondence, reports, minutes of an investigating commission - were collected by General Vladimir Nikolaevich Nikitin concerning the investigation into the siege.
- Biographical / Historical:
Boris Ivanovich von Bok (1879-1955), naval officer, captain of the 1st rank, naval attaché at the Russian embassies in Berlin and the Netherlands; district leader of the nobility of the Shavlyai district, Vilna province. In emigration in the USA. President of the Port Arthur Anniversary Committee in San Francisco. Died in San Francisco, buried in Serbian Orthodox Cemetery, San Francisco.
- Acquisition information:
- Collection on the Siege of Port Arthur: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1954.
- Processing information:
Collection on the Siege of Port Arthur Accessioned 1954.
Collection on the Siege of Port Arthur Processed 01/--/79.
Collection on the Siege of Port Arthur Revised 05/--/82.
- 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:
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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); Boris Ivanovich Bok Collection on the Siege of Port Arthur; 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