Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Seryshev, Innokentiĭ Nikolaevich, 1883-
- Extent:
- 10 linear feet and 20 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials. Seryshev carried on a voluminous correspondence in Esperanto, as well as Russian and English, with individuals in many countries. This material mostly dates from the late 1920s. Photographs of Seryshev's correspondents have been left with the letters to which these photos were attached. The main manuscript is a lengthy autobiography by Father Seryshev, illustrated with photos, postcards, and documents, called "V Zemnom plane moego vechnogo bytii︠a︡", describing in five volumes and appendices his life and travels in pre-revolutionary Siberia, in Japan (1919-1922), in China (1922-1925), and in Australia, where he settled after 1926. An earlier manuscript entitled "Peshkom po i︠a︡ponskim shkolam", also covers the Japanese period in Seryshev's life. Among materials relating to Seryshev's activities as a promoter of Esperanto, mention should be made of his manuscript "Esperanto v SSSR i ee satelitakh", to which much primary material is adjoined. Printed material includes "Siberio" (1914), a collection of articles on Siberia, translated into Esperanto and edited by Seryshev; various Russian-language periodicals brought out by Father Seryshev in Australia; and Esperanto textbooks in Russian, Polish, and Lithuanian.
- Biographical / Historical:
Orthodox priest and Esperanto enthusiast.
- Acquisition information:
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1954.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1955.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1957.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1962.
Papes: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1966.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1968.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1969.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1971.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1954.
Papers Accessioned 1955.
Papers Accessioned 1957.
Papers Accessioned 1962.
Papers Processed 08/--/81.
Papes Accessioned 1966.
Papers Accessioned 1968.
Papers Accessioned 1969.
Papers Accessioned 1971.
- 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 -- Far East -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- Australia -- 20th century
Esperanto
Esperanto -- Textbooks for Russians
Esperanto -- Textbooks for Poles
Esperanto -- Textbooks for Lithuanians
Autobiographies (literary works)
Memoirs
Periodicals
Photographic prints
Postcards - Names:
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ
- Places:
- Japan -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
China -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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