Il'ia Nikolaevich Kovarskii Papers, 1922-1967

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

• Series I: Correspondence
• Subseries I.1: Cataloged correspondence
• Subseries I.2: Arranged correspondence
• Series II: Manuscripts
• Series III: Photographs
• Subseries III.1: Cataloged photographs
• Subseries III.2: Arranged photographs
• Series IV: Subject Files
• Series V: Printed Materials and Miscellaneous

Description

Scope and Content

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials. Cataloged correspondents in the collection include letters from prominent figures, including Mark Aldanov, Mark Vishniak, and others. Among the manuscripts are A. Argunov's, "Iz perezhitogo," on Russian socialists in 1914-1917; a report by Kovarskii read to the Society of Russian Doctors in France, 1940 (Obshechestvo Russkikh Vrachei im. Mechnikova); and items on Soviet themes by Mark Vishniak, dated 1965-67. There is a photograph of Il'ia Fondaminskii, of Aleksandr Kerenskii, and of members of the Russian Constituent Assembly in France, 1922. One subject file concerns the death of Vladimir Zenzinov. Printed materials include catalogs and book lists from "Rodnik."

• Series I: Correspondence

• Series II: Manuscripts

• Series III: Photographs

• Series IV: Subject Files

• Series V: Printed Materials and Miscellaneous

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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); Il'ia Nikolaevich Kovarskii Papers; 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

Papers: Source of acquisition--Vera Kovarsky (Kovarskaia). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Vera Kovarsky (Kovarskaia). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1979.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Vera Kovarsky (Kovarskaia). Date of acquisition--1977.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1976.

Papers Accessioned 1979.

Papers Processed 08/--/79.

Papers Revised 01/--/83.

Papers Accessioned 1977.

Materials were intellectually arranged into series in 2021. Notes and authorities were revised and expanded. Nothing in the collection was physically rearranged.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

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

2021-03-26 Finding aid intellectually arranged in series; authorities and notes revised and expanded. KSD

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

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Doctor, Socialist Revolutionary, and in interwar France, director of the publishing firm and library "Rodnik.".