Nikolai Vasil'evich Matviichuk Papers, 1945-1973

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Matviĭchuk.
Bib ID:
4077811 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Matviĭchuk, Nikolaĭ Vasilévich, ca. 1880-ca. 1970; Grebenshchikov, Georgīĭ, 1882-1964; Berezov, Rodion Mikhaĭlovich, 1896-1988; Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979; Sedykh, Andreĭ, 1902-1994; Veĭnbaum, M. E. (Mark Efimovich), 1890-1973; Shakhovskoĭ, Dmitriĭ Mikhaĭlovich; Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
1500 items (10 boxes)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
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This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and Content

Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. There are letters from Rodion Berezov, Aleksandra Tolstai︠a︡, I︠A︡kov T︠S︡vibak, and Mark Weĭnbaum as well as one letter each from Georgiĭ Grebenshchikov, Dmitriĭ Shakhovskoĭ, and Igor ́Sikorskiĭ. There is a poem and letter drafts by Matviĭchuk, dating from 1945-1973. The arranged manuscripts include a brief memoir by Matviĭchuk entitled "Ushedshee." The essay discusses his family, the Civil War, and life in the Soviet Union during the 1920s. Matviĭchuk left the Soviet Union during World War II, and eventually emigrated to the United States. There is a box of clippings and several boxes of emigre newspapers and journals, many of which contain essays by Matviĭchuk.

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--N. V. Matviĭchuk. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1954.

Papers: Source of acquisition--N. V. Matviĭchuk. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1956.

Papers: Source of acquisition--N. V. Matviĭchuk. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1958.

Papers: Source of acquisition--N. V. Matviĭchuk. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1960.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1973.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1954.

Papers Accessioned 1956.

Papers Accessioned 1958.

Papers Accessioned 1960.

Papers Processed 04/--/82.

Papers Accessioned 1973.

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

A writer who used the pseudonym Nikolaĭ Zhigulev.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Clippings (Information Artifacts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Newspapers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journalists -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russian literature -- Foreign countries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID