Collection ID: 4078037 BAR Ms Coll/Semchevskiĭ

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Semchevskiĭ, Konstantin Vasilʹevich, 1894-1978
Extent:
30 items and 1 box
Language:
Russian .

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection includes cataloged photographs (Nicholas II, Grigoriĭ Semenov) and arranged correspondence to both Semchevskiĭ and his wife. The main item in the collection is Semchevskiĭ's eight-part memoir which describes his childhood in Tbilisi, his service as kamer-pazh (page of the bedchamber) to Nicholas II and his military career in World War I and the Civil War. It also describes Semchevskiĭ's life as an emigre in Berlin, where he ran a bookstore, in England, where he manufactured motorcycles, in Austria, where he worked at an oil refinery, and eventually in the United States. There are also documents (such as military records and passports) and a photograph of Semchevskiĭ and his wife taken in 1921.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1975.

Papers: Source of acquisition--K. V. Semchevskiĭ. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.

Papers: Source of acquisition--K. V. Semchevskiĭ. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1977.

Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1975.

Papers Accessioned 1976.

Papers Accessioned 1977.

Papers Processed 06/--/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

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