Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev Papers, 1900-1951

Summary Information

Description

Scope and Content

The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, photographs, and printed materials. Correspondence in the collection includes 1 item from Ivan Bunin, 2 from Vladimir Davydov, and many from G. A. Alekseev. Mendeleev's extensive memoirs, "Svet i teni v moei zhizni," discuss his childhood and youth, government service, World War I, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War, and life in the emigration up to 1933. Subject files in this collection concern the Prague Russian Archive, the Union of the Russian Nobility, the Russian Imperial family in the emigration, and other topics. Printed materials include an almost complete set of the weekly "Parizhskii Vestnik" (1942-1944).

• Series I: Cataloged Material

• Series II: Arranged Correspondence

• Series III: Manuscripts

• Series IV: Documents

• Series V: Photographs

• Series VI: Subject Files

• Series VII: Notebooks, Scrap Notes, Various

• Series VIII: Printed Materials

Arrangement

Material is arranged into eight series.

• Series I: Cataloged Material
• Series II: Arranged Correspondence
• Series III: Manuscripts
• Series IV: Documents
• Series V: Photographs
• Series VI: Subject Files
• Series VII: Notebooks, Scrap Notes, Various
• Series VIII: Printed Materials

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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This collection is located on-site.

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); Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Ksenii︠a︡ Denikina. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1952.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1952.

Papers Processed 02/--/80.

Papers Revised 07/--/81.

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

Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev (1863-1951), Russian statesman and public figure, member of the State Council. His government career included service in the Ministry of Justice, the Imperial Chancery, and the Council of Ministers; in 1904-1906 he was a close associate of Sergei Witte. He was subsequently a member of the State Council and Marshall of the Tver ́nobility. In the emigration he lived in France, was president of the Union of the Russian Nobility (Soiuz Russkikh Dvorian), and representative of the Prague Russian Archive.

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
Letters (correspondence)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Memoirs	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Newspapers	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Periodicals	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Name
Alekseev, G. A.	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Arsenʹev, Nikolaĭ Sergeevich, 1888-1977	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Benua , Alʹbert Nikolaevich, 1852-1936	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Bonch-Bruevich, Vladimir, 1873-1955	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Davydov, V. N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich), 1849-1925	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Denikin, Anton Ivanovich, 1872-1947	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Denikina, Ksenii︠a︡ Vasilʹevna, 1892-1973	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Dobuzhinskiĭ, Rost. M. (Rostislav Mstislavovich), 1903-2000	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Gershun, Boris Lʹvovich, 1870-1954	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Girs , Li︠u︡bovʹ A., -approximately 1965	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Girs, A. F. (Alekseĭ Fedorovich), 1871-1958	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Golit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Dmitrīevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1874-1957	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
I︠A︡khontov, Arkadiĭ Nikolaevich, 1878-1938	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
I︠U︡renev, Petr P.	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Kube, Olʹga	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Maklakov, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Alekseevich), 1870-1957	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Nicolaevsky, Boris I., 1887-1966	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Obolenskiĭ, V. A., kni︠a︡zʹ (Vladimir Andreevich), 1869-1950	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Russkiĭ komitet obʺedinennykh organizat︠s︡iĭ	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Shebeko, Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Shmelev, I. S. (Ivan Sergeevich), 1873-1950	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Soi︠u︡z revniteleĭ pami︠a︡ti Imperatora Nikolai︠a︡ II	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Soi︠u︡z russkikh dvori︠a︡n	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Tkhorzhevskiĭ, Iv. (Ivan)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Vishni︠a︡k, M. V. (Mark Venʹi︠a︡minovich), 1883-1977	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Zeeler, Vladimir Feofilovich, 1874-1954	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Place
Russia -- Politics and government -- 1894-1917	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Russians -- France	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID