Siluan Femistoklovich Baldin Manuscripts, 1950
Collection context
- Creator:
- Baldin, S. F. (Siluan F.)
- Extent:
- 6 items 1 folder
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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Two typescript memoirs: "Voennoinzhenernaiia komissiia russkogo pravitel'stva v Severo-Amerikanskikh Soedinennykh Shtatakh v Pervuiu mirovuiu voinu 1914-1917 g."; and "Iz Niu Iorka v Rossiiu i iz Sovetskoi Rossii v Niu Iork. Moe prebyvanie v Sovetskoi Rossii v 1917-1919 g. i ukhod iz nee" (combined ca. 50 p.). There are also two curricula vitae for Baldin, an offprint of an article on engineering and a typescript of an article on enginering by him.
- Biographical / historical:
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Siluan Femistoklovich Baldin (1870-1961), Russian military engineer before the Revolution. During World War I, was sent to the USA to lead a mission that procured military equipment for the Russian Imperial Army (President of the Engineering Commission of Russian Goverment in the United States). In 1917 he returned to Russia. After Revolution emigrated first to Czechoslovakia and then settled in th USA.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located on-site.
- Terms of access:
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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Siluan Femistoklovich Baldin Manuscripts; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
- Location of this collection:
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