Lodygin Family Papers, 1792-1950

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
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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.

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."

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.

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.

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).

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Articles
Drawings (visual works)
Letters (correspondence)
Photographic prints
blueprints (reprographic copies)
Subject
Emigration and immigration of scientific and technical personnel
Science -- Soviet Union

Series I: Lodygin Family Papers


Box 1

Correspondence


Box 1

Unidentified Manuscripts


Box 1

Untitled Manuscripts


Box 2

Manuscripts


Box 2

Biographical Information on Lodygin


Box 2

"Aleksandr Nicolaivich Lodygin"


Box 2

"Book of Important Dates and Sayings of Margarita Aleksandrovna Lodyguine"


Box 2

"Book of Important Dates and Sayings of Vera Aleksandrovna Lodyguine"


Box 2

"A Brief Analysis of 'The Secret City' by Hugh Walpole"


Box 2

"The Eternal Link"


Box 2

"The Identical Brand"


Box 2

"The Legendary Lodygin"


Box 2

"The Nesselrode Food Baby"


Box 2

"Personal Experiences in the Russian Revolution"


Box 2

"Relationships and Marriage Relations of the Romanov Family"


Box 2

"Russian Autocracy"


Box 2

"The Story of a Brilliant Russian"


Box 2

"Treatise on Arc Lamps and Incandescent Lamps"


Subject Files


Box 2

Death of Aleksandr Lodygin


Box 2

Life Extension Institute, Inc.


Box 2

Sperry Gyroscope Company


Box 2

Blueprints and Drawings


Box 2

Postage Stamps


Box 3

Documents


Box 3

Photographs


Printed Material


Box 3

Clippings


Box 4

Newspapers


Box 4

Magazines


Box 4

Pamphlets


Box 4

Books


Box Oversize Folder

4 framed photographs


Box Oversize Folder

1 diploma