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
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- Germany -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- England -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- Austria -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century
Nobility -- Soviet Union
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union
Memoirs
Passports
Photographic prints
Military records - Names:
- Semenov, Grigoriĭ
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 - Places:
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
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