Anatolii Petrovich Beklemishev Papers, 1917-1959

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BA#0032
Bib ID:
4077474 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Beklemishev, Anatoliĭ Petrovich
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
300 items (3 boxes; 1 oversized folder)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and Content

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence consists of letters written to Beklemishev and his wife in the 1950s. Manuscripts include his extensive fictionalized memoirs ("Potonuvshai︠a︡ Atlantida"), items apparently written for emigre

publications, and a report for the Institute for the Study of the UDDR ("Iz praktiki izobretatelśtva v Sovetskom Soi︠u︡ze"). The printed materials consist chiefly of clippings of Beklemishev's writings.

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1963.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1963.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1963.

Papers Processed 12/--/78.

Papers Revised 04/--/82.

Papers Accessioned 1963.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Engineer and journalist, Beklemishev taught at Kiev Polytechnic Institute, and came to the United States after World War II. He wrote for emigre periodicals, including "Novoe Russkoe Slovo" under the name Kasi︠́a︡n Proshin.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Clippings (Information Artifacts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russians -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID