This collection is located on-site.
Included are Gershun's manuscript memoirs, entitled "Vospominanii︠a︡ russkogo advokata" (843 p.), covering the 1890s to 1918; manuscripts and typescript of a work entitled "Essai sur la Profession dʹAdvocat"; a letter; two printed items which concern Gershun, and some newspaper clippings.
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This collection is located on-site.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Olʹga M. Gershun (Mrs. Boris L.). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1956.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers Accessioned 1956.
Papers Processed 05/--/79.
Papers Revised 01/--/83.
2009-06-26 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
A lawyer, Gershun was President of the Union of Russian lawyers in France (Obʺedinenie russkikh advokatov vo Frantsii).