Collection ID: 4078072 BAR Gen Ms Coll/Shevich
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Shevich, Marii︠a︡ Kirillovna
- Extent:
- 113 pages and 113 pages
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
These typescript memoirs discuss her childhood at diplomatic posts (Japan, Washington, Netherlands), and in France and Russia; and her adult life up to 1920. A great deal of attention is devoted to life in the Imperial court and aristocratic social circles.
- Biographical / Historical:
Shevich was the daughter of diplomat Kirill Struve. She was lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court before the 1917 revolution. From 1917 to early 1920, when she left Russia, she lived in the Kislovodsk area with Grand Princess Marii︠a︡ Pavlovna.
- Acquisition information:
- Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1956.
- Processing information:
Memoirs Accessioned 1956.
Memoirs Processed 09/--/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:
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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