Aleksei Vasil'evich Obolenskii Photographs & Printed Materials, 1900-1961

Creator:: Obolenskīĭ, A. V., kni︠a︡zʹ, 1877-1969
Extent:: 0.5 Linear Feet (500 items (1 manuscript box))
Language:: Russian .
Scope and content:: The photographs, taken before 1917, belonged to the Obshchestvo Okhrany Pami︠a︡tnikov Iskusstva i Stariny, and are mostly of Georgian religious art and architecture. The printed materials consist of a map of the Caucasus region and of Obolenskiĭ's memoirs: "Moi vospominanii︠a︡" (1953), and "Moi vospominanii︠a︡ i razmyshlenii︠a︡" (1961). Memoirs were cataloged and transfered to SEEC: see SEEC 1641gb (1953 edition) and SEEC 1642gb (1961 edtition).
Biographical / historical:: Prince Aleksei Vasil'evich Obolenskiĭ (Obolenskīĭ, A. V., kni︠a︡zʹ, 1877-1969) served in the Imperial provincial and central governments, and worked with both Stolypin and Stürmer, and was a leader of the Octobrist Party.

Acquisition information:

Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1959.

Source of acquisition--A. V. Obolenskiĭ. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1961.

Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1966.

Processing information:

Photographs and Printed Materials Accessioned 1959.

Photographs and Printed Materials Accessioned 1961.

Photographs and Printed Materials Accessioned 1966.

Photographs and Printed Materials Processed 06/--/80.

Printed memoirs were cataloged and transfered to SEEC. "Moi vospominanii︠a︡" (1953) see: SEEC 1641gb. "Moi vospominanii︠a︡ i razmyshlenii︠a︡" (1961) see: SEEC 1642gb.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

aapm

Location of originals:

Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

Access and use

Restrictions:: This collection is located on-site.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Aleksei Vasil'evich Obolenskii Photographs & Printed Materials; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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