Boris Vladimirovich Gerua Papers, 1904-1974

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Gerua.
Bib ID:
4077543 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Gerua, Boris Vladimirovich, 1876-1942
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
2100 items (5 boxes)
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

The collection consists primarily of letters written to Gerua in the 1930s by other emigres who had formerly served as officers, such as Vladimir Kamenskiĭ and Vasiliĭ Gurko. There are also copies of letters by Gerua from the Far East at the time of the Russo-Japanese War. Also included are manuscripts by Gerua and by Nikolaĭ Rotshteĭn; sketches by Gerua of participants in the 1926 Zarubezhnyĭ Sʺezd (Congress Abroad) in Paris; and photographs.

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: Source of acquisition--V. B. Heroys. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1964.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1967.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1976.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1974.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1964.

Papers Accessioned 1967.

Papers Accessioned 1976.

Papers Processed 08/--/81.

Papers Accessioned 1974.

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

Gerua, also spelt Heroys, was before and during World War I an officer on the Imperial general staff. Gerua settled in England after the 1917 revolution.

Subject Headings

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

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Genre/Form
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sketches CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Russia -- History, Military -- 1801-1917 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID