Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Sack, Alexander N (Alexander Nahum), 1890-1955 and Kennan, George Frost, 1904-
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet and ca.1500 items, 7 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, a document, subject files and printed materials of Sack. The collection chiefly concerns American claims against Soviet Russia, and the currency of Estonia and other successor states. The collection contains a 1928 document signed by George F. Kennan. The manuscripts include essays and memoranda concerning currency exchange, tax laws and a number of American court cases involving financial affairs immediately after the 1917 revolution. There are subject files relating to diplomatic claims concerning debts, and the Soviet-Estonian peace conference of 1920. Among the printed materials are clippings and various American statutes and laws.
- Biographical / Historical:
Sack, i.e. Aleksandr Naumovich Zak, was a Russian lawyer who came to New York after the 1917 revolution.
- Acquisition information:
- Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1952.
- Processing information:
Papers Accessioned 1952.
Papers Processed 04/--/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