Eleonor Buist Collection of Soviet Printed Materials, 1929-1957

Collection context

Creator:
Buist, Eleonor
Extent:
24 items (4 folders)
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Collection consists of printed materials, including books, set of photographs "Vidy Moskvy" (1956); theater playbill, tickets and programs (1957); instruction sheets from the State Library named after Lenin; business card of Geroid T. Robinson with handwritten inscription. Books include: A. R. Kugel'. Profili teatra (1929); Modeli detskoi i zhenskoi odezhdy (1957); Gostiam Moskvy (guide, 1957); Kratkii telefonnyi spravochnik (1957).

Biographical / historical:

Eleanor Buist, Slavic bibliographer, senior reference librarian of Columbia University Libraries, executive secretary of the Coordinating Committee for Slavic and East European Library Resources of the Joint Committee on Slavic Studies and the Association of Research Libraries. Born in Brooklyn, New York. A.B., Vassar College, 1937; M.A., Middlebury College, 1949; M.S., Columbia University, 1954. She was research secretary and later research assistant in Russian studies at the Russian Institute of Columbia University from 1946 to 1954; and in the fall of 1961 she served as a senior fellow of the Institute for a period of research including travel in the Soviet Union. Contributed to a number of professional publications, including "The Library Quarterly," Constance Winchell's "Selected Reference Books" series in College and Research Libraries, Guide to Reference Books, American Documentation. Her review articles include "Soviet Publishing," and a translation, "Training the Soviet Student in Bibliography and Information Techniques."

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Eleonor Buist Collection of Soviet Printed Materials; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
Before you visit:
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Contact:
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