Evgeniia Ignat'evna and Iulii Nikolaevich Vagner Papers, 1866-1966
Collection context
- Creator:
- Vagner, Evgenii︠a︡ Ignatʹevna, 1889-approximately 1970 and Vagner, I︠U︡. N. (I︠U︡līĭ Nikolaevich), 1865-1944
- Extent:
- 1700 items 4 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject file, and printed materials of Evgenii︠a︡ I. Vagner and her husband, I︠U︡liĭ N. Vagner. While most of the correspondence is personal, some of it relates to I︠U︡liĭ Vagner's scientific research. There is a manuscript by an unknown person about Ivan D. Sytin, and a number of notebooks with entries by Evgenii︠a︡ Vagner. The documents, which include passports, travel documents, service records, and diplomas of both Evgenii︠a︡ Vagner and her husband, mainly concern their lives in emigration in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and, at the end of World War II, in Germany. There are three folders of photographs, a subject file concerning Evgenii︠a︡ Vagner's post cards and copies of two editions of a book by I︠U︡liĭ Vagner"Nachalńyĭ kurs prirodovedenii︠a︡" Kiev, 1908, and Belgrade, 1924.
- Biographical / historical:
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Wife of I︠U︡liĭ N. Vagner, zoologist.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located on-site.
- Location of this collection:
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