Nina Evstaf'evna Illiasevich Papers, 1893-1975

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

• Series I: Correspondence, 1914-1975
• Series II: Manuscript, undated
• Series III: Photographs, 1893-1969
• Series IV: Ephemera and Printed Materials, 1916-1975

Description

Summary

Papers consist of correspondence, a manuscript, photographs, and printed materials. There is family correspondence and letters from members of the Orthodox hierarchy in fhe Soviet Baltic countries. A handwritten memoir entitled "Moe rannee detstvo" (7p.) discusses Illiasevich's childhood. In a photograph album and a folder of loose photographs there are family pictures, pictures of the village of Ianovo in Kovno (Kaunas) province, and pictures of members of the Orthodox hierarchy in Soviet Lithuania. Newspapers and clipping contain publications about E. Kalisskii and his sons Pavel and Dmitrii.

• Series I: Correspondence, 1914-1975

• Series II: Manuscript, undated

• Series III: Photographs, 1893-1969

  Portraits and group photographs, including family, friends and clergy. There is also a photoalbum with pictures of the village of Ianovo in Kovno (Kaunas) province.

• Series IV: Ephemera and Printed Materials, 1916-1975

  Soviet banknotes; clippings and newspapers containing materials about E. Kalisskii and his sons.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Nina Evstaf'evna Illiasevich Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1975.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1975.

Papers Processed 02/--/80.

Revision Description

2022-12-01 pdf finding aid removed, new finding aid created, record updated. ksd

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History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Nina Evstaf'evna Illiasevich (1891-1975), daughter of a Russian Orthodox priest, Evstafii Kalisskii, archpriest of Cathedral of the Annunciation in Kovno (Kaunas). Variation of the spelling of her last name - Iliasevich.