Anatolii Petrovich Vel'min Papers, 1940-1963
Collection context
- 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 9 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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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:
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Lawyer in Poland during the 1930's and then emigrated to France where he became Columbia University's Russian archive representative in France.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Location of this collection:
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