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Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev Papers, 1900-1951

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BA#0262
Bib ID 4077854 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Mendeleev, Pavel Pavlovich, 1863-1951
Title Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev Papers, 1900-1951
Physical Description 8 linear feet (12 manuscript boxes; 2 oversize boxes)
Language(s) Russian .
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

Arrangement

Material is arranged into eight series.

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).

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.

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.

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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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Letters (correspondence) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Memoirs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Newspapers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Periodicals Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

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

History / Biographical Note

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.