Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Romankevich, Andreĭ I︠A︡kovlevich, 1900-
- Extent:
- 7 items and 7 items
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Romankevich's typescript memoir (8 p.) is accompanied by six photographic slides of churches in Kiev and Shevchenko University. Romankevich was present at a meeting of students at the university in Kiev on the day after the announcement of the tsar's abdication from the throne had reached the city.
- Biographical / Historical:
A law student in Kiev who joined the White Army, emigrated to Poland and practiced law until World War II, was arrested and spent two years in a Soviet prison camp, and emigrated with Anders' Polish army, eventually settling in Great Britain.
- Acquisition information:
Memoir: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1970.
Memoir: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1971.
- Processing information:
Memoir Accessioned 1970.
Memoir Accessioned 1971.
Memoir Processed 01/--/81.
- 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
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Memoirs
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- 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