Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Detiam za Rubezhom Records, 1926-1964

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Material is arranged into eight series.

• Series I: Cataloged Material
• Series II: Arranged Correspondence
• Series III: Protocols, Minutes, Reports, Charters, and Press Releases
• Series IV: Financial Records
• Series V: Subject Files
• Series VI: Lists
• Series VII: Photographs and Picture Postcards
• Series VIII: Printed Material

Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists mainly of correspondence, financial records, and subject files. Also included are protocols of meetings and reports, photographs, membership and subscription lists, and printed materials. The cataloged materials include manuscripts sent by such authors as Alekseĭ Remizov and Boris Zaĭt︠s︡ev for "Den ́Russkogo Rebenka" (Day of the Russian Child) in the 1930s, as well as correspondence from Nikolaĭ Vakar, Claire Boothe Luce, Aleksandra Tolstai︠a︡, and others. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with and about beneficiaries, and financial records from the period 1926-57.

• Series I: Cataloged Material

• Series II: Arranged Correspondence

  (This series has been arranged only by country of origin and year, except for certain individuals and institutions with vhich there was a large volume of correspondence. Also, in the correspondence from Germany, letters for some years have been partially sorted alphabetically by author, and in the North American correspondence, some years are partially sorted by month.)

• Series III: Protocols, Minutes, Reports, Charters, and Press Releases

• Series IV: Financial Records

• Series V: Subject Files

• Series VI: Lists

• Series VII: Photographs and Picture Postcards

  (Many photographs have been left in correspondence where they were found with specific letters)

• Series VIII: Printed Material

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

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Preferred Citation

Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Detiam za Rubezhom Records. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

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--Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Deti︠a︡m za Rubezhom. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1956.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1956.

Papers Processed 01/--/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

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Genre/Form

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Founded in the United States in 1926.