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Lodygin Family Papers, 1792-1950

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BAR Ms Coll/Lodygin
Bib ID 4077768 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Lodygin family; Lodygin, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1847-1923; Lodygin, Alma, 1871-1925; Lodygin, Rita, 1901-; Lodygin, Vera, 1902-1946; Parry, Albert, 1901-1992
Title Lodygin Family Papers, 1792-1950
Physical Description 1150 items (4 boxes; 1 oversized folder; 4 framed photographs)
Language(s) English .
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

Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, blueprints, drawings, stamps, documents, photographs and printed materials. Manuscripts are mostly by Lodygin's wife Alma, and include "The Story of a Brilliant Russian" (100 p.) about her husband. There is also a manuscript (52 p.) by Professor Albert Parry entitled "Legendary Lodygin," which appeared in the emigre newspaper "Novoe Russkoe Slovo." A handwritten manuscript (23 p.) by Lodygin is included under the title "Treatise on Arc Lamps and Incandescent Lamps."

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.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Frederick A. Faust, 1976, 1987.

Gift of Frederick A. Faust, 1976,1987.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Frederick A. Faust. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Faust, Frederick A. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/--/86. Accession number--B-86-12-20.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1976.

Papers Processed 12/--/79.

Papers Processed 01/--/87.

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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"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Articles Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
blueprints (reprographic copies) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Emigration and immigration of scientific and technical personnel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Science -- Soviet Union Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Engineer, chemist, and inventor who was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States after marrying an American. The Soviets consider him the inventor of the first practicable incandescent light bulb (ca. 1872).