Collection ID: 4078014 BAR Ms Coll/Brusilov.

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Brusilov, Alekseĭ Alekseevich, 1853-1926 and Brusilova, N. V. (Nadezhda Vladimirovna), 1864-1938
Extent:
300 items and 1 box
Language:
Russian .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Aleksei Alekseevich and Nadezhda Vladimirovna Brusilov Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of General Aleksiei Alekseevich Brusilov and his wife Nadezhda Vladimirovna. The correspondence is largely copies of their letters from 1914-1918 and her correspondence after his death. The manuscripts include part of his memoirs and several of her minor manuscripts, including an incomplete memoir. There are family photographs as well as photographs of Brusilov in military dress. Printed materials relate to Brusilov's career in the Imperial and Red armies and his rehabilitation by the Soviets in the Khrushchev era.

Biographical / Historical:

Aleksei Alekseevich Brusilov (1853-1926), Imperial General during World War I. In 1920 joined the Red army. Died in Moscow from pneumonia. Nadezhda Vladimirovna Brusilova-Zhelikhovskaia (1864—1938), writer, Brusilov's second wife. In 1930 she left for Czechoslovakia for treatment and remained in exile.

Acquisition information:
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1955.
Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1955.

Papers Processed 01/--/79.

Papers Revised 06/--/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:

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); Aleksei Alekseevich and Nadezhda Vladimirovna Brusilov Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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