Mariia Aleksandrovna Bocharnikova Papers, 1917-1969

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BA#0611
Bib ID:
4077926 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Bocharnikova, M. (Marii︠a︡)
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
8 items (3 folders)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
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This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and content

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.

Using the Collection

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

Reproductions 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); Mariia Aleksandrovna Bocharnikova Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

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.

Revision Description

2020-02-27 PDF removed. jg

2021-08-02 authorities revised, notes revised and expanded, bio note added. ksd

Biographical / Historical

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."

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Postcards CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Women Soldiers -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID