Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Svitich, Aleksandr, 1890-1963 and Rozanov, V. V. (Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich), 1856-1919
- Extent:
- 600 items and 3 boxes; 1 oversized folder
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Svitich's papers, which consist of manuscripts, photographs, subject files, and printed materials, chiefly concern the Orthodox church in interwar Poland. The papers also include Svitich's diaries, written in Poland between 1939 and 1940. Also included is an essay, in an unidentified hand, which Svitich attributes to V.V. Rozanov. There are photographs of Mikhail Artsybashev and Vladimir Burt︠s︡ev. Subject files concern: the Orthodox church in the Vilnius region in the late 19th century; meetings of various Russian organizations in 1917; many aspects of Orthodoxy in Poland in the 1920's and 1930's, including government persecution and in World War II. Among printed materials are issues of "Russkiĭ Golos"(Lwʹow) confiscated by the Polish government in 1939, and issues of Russian newspapers from World War II, including "Vestnik Russkago Komiteta v General-Gubernatorstve" (Warsaw).
- Biographical / Historical:
Lay official of the Orthodox Church in Poland. Worked for the Russian newspapers "Za svobodu" and "Russkiĭ golos.".
- Acquisition information:
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1954.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1956.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1958.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1959.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1954.
Papers Accessioned 1956.
Papers Accessioned 1958.
Papers Accessioned 1959.
Papers Processed 11/--/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 -- Poland
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
Diaries
Essays
Newspapers
Periodicals - Names:
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ zagranit︠s︡eĭ
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ - 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