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Columbia University: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Columbia University: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
Located in Butler Library, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is Columbia's principal repository for rare and unique materials, with holdings that span four thousand years of recorded knowledge, from cuneiform tablets to early printed books and born-digital archives. Each year RBML welcomes thousands of researchers and visitors to their reading room, exhibitions, programs, and classrooms.

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Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, printed materials, and memorabilia of historian George Vernadsky (Georgii Vladimirovich Vernadskii; 1887-1973). Most of the collection consists of his personal and professional papers, circa 1918-1973. Sizable groups of materials also concern members of his family, especially his wife Nina (1884-1971); his father, scientist Vladimir I. Vernadskii (1863-1945); his mother Nataliia E. Vernadskaia (1860-1943); and his sister Nina V. Toll' (1898-circa 1976).

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Voĭt︠s︡ekhovskiĭ, S. L. (Sergeĭ Lʹvovich), 1900-1984

Correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, and printed materials of Voĭt︠s︡ekhovskiĭ. Correspondents include Tati︠́a︡na Dubrovskai︠a︡, Nikolaĭ Obruchev, Vasiliĭ Orekhov, Igor ́Sikorskiĭ, Boris Solonevich, and many others; there are also memoirs by Voĭt︠s︡ekhovskiĭ on emigres whom he knew. There are files on the Rossiĭskiĭ Politicheskiĭ Komitet (Russian Political Committee) in New York; on the Pushkin Fund; extensive materials concerning emigre monarchist and anti-Communist groups (for example, the Solidarists); and reviews of the Russian emigre press ("Obzor pressy") prepared by Voĭt︠s︡ekhovskiĭ in 1962-1975.

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T︠S︡itron, Isidor Lv́ovich, 1886-1957

This small collection consists of correspondence, a short typescript biography of T︠S︡itron by an unidentified author, and clippings of articles by T︠S︡itron in emigre Russian newpapers. Correspondence includes one letter each by Mark Aldanov and Oskar Gruzenberg, and nine by Vasiliĭ Maklakov.

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Freedericksz, Aleksandr von, -1953

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and printed materials. There are letters and telegrams from Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim of Finland; two brief memoirs, one by E.L. Miller about Freederichsz and his wife, the other by the wife, entitled"Le salon de ma tante, la Baronne de Witte;" Freedericksz's diaries from 1938-40; and newspaper clippings about Mannerheim.

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Rossiĭskai︠a︡ laun-tennisnai︠a︡ federat︠s︡ii︠a︡

The correspondence is primarily with member clubs throughout Europe, and the manuscripts are chiefly minutes of federation and club meetings. Also included in the collection are several photographs, some financial records, a file on the women's team, clippings, programs and four issues of the federation's illustrated year-book.

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Merzheevskiĭ, Vladimir Danilovich, 1897-1975

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, a subject file, and printed materials. There are letters both to Merzheevskiĭ and to other persons. Most of the manuscripts were submitted for publication in "Vladimirskiĭ Vestnik," which published chiefly religious and monarchist materials. There is a book of memoranda of the regional chapter of the society of veterans of Gallipoli in Belgium and the group of the First Army Corps in Belgium and Luxembourg. The subject file is on General Miller and contains photographs of Miller and General Kutepov. Printed materials include approximately 80 copies of "Vladimirskiĭ Vestnik" dated 1955-1968.

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Lodyzhenskiĭ, I︠U︡riĭ Ilʹich

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, and printed materials. The majority of the collection consists of anti-communist printed materials, primarily on religious persecution in the U.S.S.R. Among the printed materials there is a memoir by Lodyzhenskiĭ on Gorkiĭ, Korolenko and Shmelev in the almanac, "Sbornik literaturno-istoricheskogo kruzhka v San Paulo (1951-61)." Manuscripts include a typescript by Lodyzhenskiĭ, "Pro-Christo: Povest"́ (227 p.), his memoirs, "Zapiski vracha (iz epokhi rossiĭskogo smutnogo vremeni)" (66 p.) and a manuscript on the emigre anti-communist movement, "Mezhdunarodnoe anti-kommunisticheskoe dvizhenie (1924-1950)" (255 p.). There is also a letter by Dmitriĭ Merezhkovskiĭ.

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Shatilov, Pavel Nikolaevich, 1887-1943

The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts. The correspondence, both incoming and outgoing (copies), spans the years 1921-1938, and includes both personal and official letters as well as such ancillary materials as financial accounts, reports, clippings, circulars, etc. It deals with the activities of the White army at the end of the Civil War (Crimea, Gallipoli, Bulgaria) and with the policies and programs of the Russkiĭ Obshche-Voinskiĭ Soiuz (ROVS) in the emigration. The manuscripts are in the form of memoirs, both General Shatilov's and his wife's; there is also a memoir by an unidentified author. There are two copies of General Shatilov's 2,000 page manuscript. In it he recounts his childhood and military education, his participation in the Russo-Japanese War, and his role in World War I, the Civil War, and subsequently in the emigration in Europe, through World War II.

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Fedorov, Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich, 1858-1949

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, and printed materials that concern emigre educational and political groups in Europe. Most of the collection deals with the Central Committee to Secure Higher Education for Russian Youth Abroad (T︠s︡entralńyĭ Komitet po Obezpechenii︠u︡ Vysshego Obrazovanii︠a︡ Russkomu I︠u︡noshestvu za Granit︠s︡eĭ), which Fedorov headed. There are also materials on the Union of Russian Students in France (Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Studentov vo Frant︠s︡ii), for 1921-22; the Russian National Committee (Russkiĭ Nat︠s︡ionalńyĭ Komitet), of which Fedorov was vice-president; the journal "Borb́a za Rossii︠u︡" which he edited; and the Commission to Coordinate the Activity of Russian Organizations Aiding the Unemployed (Komissii︠a︡ po Soglasovanii︠u︡ Dei︠a︡telńosti Russkikh Organizatsiĭ, Okazyvai︠u︡shchikh Pomoshch ́Bezrabotnym), which he chaired. Cataloged correspondents in the collection include Aleksandr Kizevetter, Semen Frank, Sergeĭ Rakhmaninov, and Petr Struve.