Borel' Mikhail K. and Vera M. Papers, 1905-1977

Creator:: Borel', Mikhail K., -1974, Borelʹ, Vera M., and Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Extent:: 100 items (1 box)
Language:: Russian .
Scope and content:: The collection includes correspondence and manuscripts, as well as copies of documents. The correspondence of General Alekseev is represented by extracts from letters of the periord of the Russo-Japanese War, and by copies of both official and personal correspondence from 1917-1918. Also included are a few letters to K. V. Denikina answering requests for information about General Alekseev; these include 2 from his daughter V. M. Borel'. The largest part of the collection comprises manuscripts by M. K. Borel'; a lengthy memoir of the Civil War entitled "Za veru i vernost'". Other Civil War memoirs, a number of brief historical anecdotes and stories of an account of the battle of Mukden by a British journalist named Atteridge, and a memoir of 1917 Soviet Russia by Sergeĭ Novikov called "Konets rodnogo polka" complete the collection.
Biographical / historical:: A principal commander of the White armies during the Civil War.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1966.

Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1966.

Papers Processed 06/--/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

Other finding aids:

Collection inventory is available as a PDF file. Collection can be requested through CLIO.

Location of originals:

Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

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