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    <unittitle>Valerii Soifer papers</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88271381" source="naf">Soĭfer, Valeriĭ</persname>
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      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">5 linear feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1960/2007" type="inclusive">1960-2007</unitdate>
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<p>Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.</p>  </processinfo>
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<p>This collection has no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Personal papers of Dr. Valerii Soifer (Soyfer), well-known Russian biologist, and the records of the Committee to Help Russian Scholars.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Valerii Soifer Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>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.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>2007-2008-M08: Source of acquisition--Valerii Soyfer. Date of acquisition--2007.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Valeriĭ Nikolaevich Soĭfer, b.1936, geneticist and scientific historian, emigrated to the U.S. in 1988, then served as a professor at University of Ohio, Columbus.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>This collection is located on-site.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.</p>  </accruals>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111330" source="lcsh">Science -- History -- 20th century</subject>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88271381" source="naf">Soĭfer, Valeriĭ</persname>
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