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Gagarin Family Papers, 1827-1921

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Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BAR Ms Coll/Gagarin Family.
Bib ID 4077523 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Gagarin Family; Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909; Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938
Title Gagarin Family Papers, 1827-1921
Physical Description 68 items (1 box; 1 oversized folder)
Language(s) Russian .
Additional Description http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4077522.pdf
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

Summary

Papers of the Gagarin family, consisting of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, invitations, drawings, and photographs. The correspondence includes letters to Prince Gagarin, Russian Ambassador in Rome in the 1820s and 1830s; letters to Prince Aleksandr A. Gagarin; and one letter each from R.W. Gilder and Fedor Shali︠a︡pin to Princess (Marii︠a︡?) Gagarina. The documents chiefly concern Prince Aleksandr A. Gagarin. There are photographs of the Emir of Bokhara and his son from about 1900.

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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: Source of acquisition--Marii︠a︡ and Aleksandra Gagarina. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1957.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Marii︠a︡ and Aleksandra Gagarina. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1959.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Marii︠a︡ and Aleksandra Gagarina. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1960.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

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Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1957.

Papers Accessioned 1959.

Papers Accessioned 1960.

Papers Processed 04/--/79.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

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"Portal"		 "CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Drawings (visual works) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Invitations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"		 "CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Emir of Bokhara, ca. 1900 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gagarin, Aleksandr A, Prince Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gagarina, Marii︠a︡, Princess Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Russia -- Foreign relations -- 1801-1917 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Prince Aleksandr A. Gagarin served in such official posts as Russian consul in Beirut and Barcelona around the turn of the century.