This collection is located on-site.
Collection consists largely of Bocharnikova's memoirs (typescript with holograph notes), which deal with World War I, the Revolution and Civil War, and her participation in the "Women's Death Battalion." There are also printed materials on female soldiers and sailors in World War I ("Voennaia byl'" - publication of the Obshche-Kadetskoe Ob'edinenie, No. 95, Jan. 1969; clippings from "Niva", 1917), personal photographs (1932, 1933), and picture postcards with 1917 scenes.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mariia Aleksandrovna Bocharnikova Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1961.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1963.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1968.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1971.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers Accessioned 1961.
Papers Accesssioned 1963.
Papers Accessioned 1968.
Papers Accessioned 1971.
Papers Processed 01/--/79.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Gen Ms Coll/Bocharnikova.
2020-02-27 PDF removed. jg
2021-08-02 authorities revised, notes revised and expanded, bio note added. ksd
Maria Alexandrovna Bocharnikova (1899-1975), soldier, Kinght of St. George, nurse, member of the Russian Expeditionary Force in Persia during the World War I, non-commissioned officer of the 2nd company of the Petrograd Volunteer Women's Battalion, took part in the defense of the Winter Palace. During the civil war she served in the Markovsky, then in the 1st Kuban regiment. Emigrated in 1920; in France since 1932. Member of the Ob"edinenie sester miloserdiia Rossiiskogo obshchestva Krasnogo Kresta (ROKK). Published in the journal "Rodnye perezvony" (Brussels) and "Novyi Zhurnal."
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