Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Evgenii Eduardovich Messner Papers
Messner, Evgeniĭ Ėduardovich, 1891-1975
4077822
BAR Ms Coll/Messner
Russian
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700 items
8 boxes
1917-1974
Location of Originals Note
Holder of originals: Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1957.
Biographical sketch
An officer in the White Army who emigrated to South America where he worked at the General N.N. Golovin Institute of Research on the Problems of War and Peace.
Processing Information
Papers Accessioned 1957.
Processing Information
Papers Processed 02/--/80.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts by Messner and others, memoirs by Messner, photographs and printed materials. Manuscripts by Messner include a typescript (275 p.) entitled "Nekotorye prichiny porazhenii︠a︡ Germanii v voĭnu 1939-1945 g.g." Messner's memoirs (3293 p. and 350 p.) cover the years 1914-1973. Included among them are clippings, photographs, mimeographed materials and pamphlets. The majority of his memoirs concern World War I and the Civil War. Photographs are mostly copies. Printed materials consist mostly of clippings of articles by Messner in South American monarchist periodicals.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located on-site.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- South America -- 20th century
Russians -- South America
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Articles
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Letters (correspondence)
Memoirs
Pamphlets
Periodicals
Photographic prints
Series I: Material by MessnerCorrespondence1Memoranda1ManuscriptsAutobiography1"Iz pokoleniia v pokolenie"1"izbrannye stat'i"1"Kriticheskie mysli o pervoi vsemirnoi voine"1MLik sovremennoi voiny"1"Lutskii proryv"1"Mir bez mira"1"Nekotorye prichiny porazheniia Germanii v voinu 1939-1945 g.g."1939-19451"Nezamechennyi sovetami 'vtoroi front' vtoroi mirovoi voiny"1"Partizanskoe voevanie"(by Messner and others)2"Vzgliad snizu na voinu"2A-Z2Memoirs by Messner"Memuary o segodnia"3"Moi vospominaniia"(Parts I-V)3"Moi vospominaniia"(Part VI and Afterword)4"Odessa"4"Shesf desiatiletii vsemirnoi revoliutsii"(Pages 1-1008)4"Shesf.. ."(Pages 1009-2322)5"Shesf... "(Pages 2291-3293)6Series II: Manuscripts by OthersAbamelikov, Captain M.--"Epizod revoliutsionnoi iustitsii"7Boiarintsev, Colonel--"Rodonachal'nik pokhoda protiv belogo dvizheniia"7Dakhov, Lt.--"Sluchai Dakhova"7Golovin, General N.N.(includes preface by Messner)--"Galitsiiskaia bitva 19l4 goda"7Halaichuk, Bohdan--"Variaciones del Marxismo"7Kashpirin, Lt.Col. S.N."Atomnaia epokha"7"Nemetskii generalfnyi shtab: legenda i fakty"7"Tsareubiitsy"(?)(Translation from Polish)7Krylov, Captain V.--"Zolotoi vek"7Orekhov(?), B.L.Review of Lutskii proryv by Messner7Riabinskii, Colonel--"Pervyi pokhod"Vakar, Sergei7"Anketa ob ofitserakh velikoi i grazhdanskoi voin"7"Al'kazar"7"Boi u derevni Zagrody, 19 maia 1915 goda"19157"Epizod grazhdanskoi voiny"7"Mysli po povodu knigi Vsemirnaia miatezhevoina Prof, Genn.-Sht. Polkovnika Messnera"7"Shkola kolonnovozhatykh(1830-1970)"7Photographs8Printed Mateirals8