Collection ID: 4077883 BAR Ms Coll/Novit︠s︡kiĭ

Collection context

Background

Scope and Content:

The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, photographs, a sound tape, and printed materials. There are many letters from Anton Kartashev; other correspondents include Mikhaĭl Karpovich, Philip Mosely, and Vasiliĭ Zenḱovskiĭ. There are manuscripts by Kartashev, Karpovich, and George Vernadsky, as well as by Novit︠s︡kiĭ himself on the Orthodox Church and the emigration. Subject files touch on his organizational activities. There are photographs of Novit︠s︡kiĭ with Dwight Eisenhower, Nelson Rockefeller, and Jacob Javits, and also of Zenḱovskiĭ. The sound tape is an interview with Novit︠s︡kiĭ on Voice of America about his father-in-law, Georgiĭ Shavelśkiĭ. Some of the materials concern Novit︠s︡kiĭ's brother, Evgeniĭ, and wife, Marii︠a︡.

Biographical / Historical:

An active member of many emigre orgainzations, Novit︠s︡kiĭ chaired such bodies as the Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Deti︠a︡m za Rubezhom, Obshestvo Druzeĭ Akademii Svi︠a︡togo Sergei︠a︡, and the Russian-American Republican Club.

Acquisition information:
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1967.
Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1967.

Papers Processed 06/--/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

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

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