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Nikolai Aleksandrovich Berdiaev Letters, 1923-1947

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BAR Ms Coll/Berdi︠a︡ev.
Bib ID 4077684 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Berdi︠a︡ev, Nikolaĭ, 1874-1948
Title Nikolai Aleksandrovich Berdiaev Letters, 1923-1947
Physical Description 216 items (1 box)
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.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Material is arranged into one series.

Description

Scope and Content

Collection of letters to Nikolaĭ A. Berdi︠a︡ev. The correspondents include a number of important emigre figures in the fields of literature, philosophy, and theology. The collection is useful for the study of emigre contributions in these areas, and also the emigration in France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, particularly in the 1920s and 1930s.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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

Letters: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1952.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Letters Accessioned 1952.

Letters Processed 01/--/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

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

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Letters (correspondence) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Emigration and immigration -- Czechoslovakia -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Germany -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Russian philosophy -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soviet literature -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Nikolaĭ A. Berdi︠a︡ev was a philosopher, theologian and historian.