Boris Georgievich Berg Manuscripts and Photographs, 1880-1953

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BA#0043
Bib ID:
4077695 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Berg, Boris Georgievich, 1884-1953
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
14 items (3 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

Manuscripts and photographs of Boris Georgievich Berg. There is an unpublished biography by B. G. Berg of Fedor Fedorovich Berg, "Feld́marshal Graf F. F. Berg i ego sovreminniki." The memoirs of B. G. Berg cover his youth, theatre career, World War I and its aftermath, and the emigration in France and the United States. There are also photographs of members of the Berg family.

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.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Boris Georgievich Berg Manuscripts and Photographs; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Manuscripts and photographs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1957.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Manuscripts and photographs Accessioned 1957.

Manuscripts and photographs Processed 01/--/79.

Manuscripts and photographs Revised 04/--/82.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

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

2021-07-20 Authorities and notes revised, updated and expanded; biographical note written; finding aid edited. ksd

Biographical / Historical

Count Boris Georgievich Berg (November 24, 1884 - December 1, 1953), chamber-junker, genealogist, member of the Historical-Genealogical Society (USA); married to Sofia Aleksandrovna Erdeli (nee Sannikova). Belonged to the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Finland. In 1906 graduated from the Imperial Alexander Lyceum, served in the Governing Senate, having risen to the rank of Court Councilor (nadvornyi sovetnik) and the rank of chamber-junker of the Imperial Court. Emigrated after the revolution, lived in France and then in the USA. Settled in New York, was a member of the in Russian Historical and Genealogical Society in America, was engaged in the historical research and the work on the magazine "Novik."

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Berg, Ḟedor Ḟedorovich, graf, 1793-1874 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Theatre -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID