Collection ID: 4078044 BAR Ms Coll/Savin, P.P.

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Savin, P. (Petr)
Extent:
125 items and 1 box
Language:
Russian .

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection consists primarily of the Captain Savin's memoirs. Included are photocopies of three typescript variants of the above work, as well as a photocopy of the published version entitled "Gibelʹ Generala Millera" (Paris, 1939). Also included in the collection is correspondence from the 1960s both to and from Petr Savin, and between third parties. Among these latter are letters from the personal archive of the secretary of Grand Prince Nikita of Russia, Aleksandr Alekseevich Belorukov.

Biographical / Historical:

Petr P. Savin, a captain in the Imperial army, was a close friend of general E.K. Miller.

Acquisition information:
Papers: Source of acquisition--Petr P. Savin. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975.
Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1975.

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