Theodore Ivanoff Geshkoff Papers, 1920-1966

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

• Theodore Geshkoff Papers

Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials and photographs. The correspondence includes letters from Mikhail T. Florinskiĭ, Henry S. Haskell, James T. Shotwell, and Arthur Hays Sulzberger, mostly concerning the preparation and publication of Geshkoff's doctoral dissertation, entitled "The Balkan Union." There is also correspondence with Bulgarian-American journalists. Manuscripts, which comprise the bulk of the collection, include Geshkoff's Master's thesis, entitled "The Constitiution of Bulgaria," and several works, in varying states of completion, on the Balkans and Balkan affairs.

• Theodore Geshkoff Papers

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

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Accruals

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--T. I. Geshkoff. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1975.

Papers: Source of acquisition--International Affairs Dept., Columbia University. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1979.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1975.

Papers Accessioned 1979.

Papers Processed 05/--/79.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

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

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

M.A., 1926, Ph.D., 1940.