Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Velʹmin, Anatoliĭ Petrovich, 1883-approximately 1969, Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich, 1886-1957, Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959, Kuskova, Ekaterina, Maklakov, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Alekseevich), 1870-1957, Veĭnbaum, M. E. (Mark Efimovich), 1890-1973, and Taube, M. A., baron (Mikhail Aleksandrovich), 1869-1961
- Extent:
- 3300 items and 9 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, subject files and printed materials of Velḿin. The correspondence includes letters from Mark Aldanov, Mikhail Karpovich, Ekaterina Kuskova, Vasiliĭ Maklakov, Mikhail Taube, and Mark Weĭnbaum. Most of the manuscripts are by Velḿin himself and concern the Russian emigration in Poland, the 1917 Revolution and Civil War, and German concentration camps during World War II. The collection likewise contains Velḿin's diary (handwritten in eleven volumes) covering the 1900-1960 period. There are subject files devoted to Vasiliĭ Maklakov and to the activities of the Russian scouts, and there are numerous publications, such as journals, pamphlets, clippings and books.
- Biographical / Historical:
Lawyer in Poland during the 1930's and then emigrated to France where he became Columbia University's Russian archive representative in France.
- Acquisition information:
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1953.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1963.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1953.
Papers Accessioned 1963.
Papers Processed 02/--/82.
Papers Processed 10/--/82.
- 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