Elsa Bernaut Manuscript, 1951

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BA#0695
Bib ID:
4077826 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Bernaut, Elsa, 1898-1978
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
1 item (2 folders)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Typescript entitled "The Ukraine after the October Revolution" (252 p.), attributed by an unknown person to Elsa Bernaut. It deals with the history of the Ukraine from 1917 to the late 1940s.

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); Elsa Bernaut Manuscript; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Manuscript: Source of acquisition--Alexander Dallin. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1964.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Manuscript Accessioned 1964.

Manuscript Processed 02/--/79.

Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Gen Ms Coll/Bernaut.

Revision Description

2020-02-26 PDF removed. jg

Biographical / Historical

Elsa Bernaut (1989-1978), aka Else Bernaut, Elisabeth Poretsky, Elisabeth K. Poretsky, Elsa Reiss. She was wife of Ignace Reiss (aka Ignace Poretsky), a Russian spy who was assassinated by NKVD team in Switzerland on September 4, 1937, a few weeks after he declared his defection in a letter addressed to Stalin. Elsa Bernaut managed to escape first to Holland and then to the USA.

Subject Headings

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Place
Ukraine -- History -- 1917- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID