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Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii Papers, 1912-1977

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BAR Ms Coll/Semchevskiĭ
Bib ID 4078037 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Semchevskiĭ, Konstantin Vasilʹevich, 1894-1978
Title Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii Papers, 1912-1977
Physical Description 30 items (1 box)
Language(s) Russian .
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Arrangement

Description

Scope and Content

The collection includes cataloged photographs (Nicholas II, Grigoriĭ Semenov) and arranged correspondence to both Semchevskiĭ and his wife. The main item in the collection is Semchevskiĭ's eight-part memoir which describes his childhood in Tbilisi, his service as kamer-pazh (page of the bedchamber) to Nicholas II and his military career in World War I and the Civil War. It also describes Semchevskiĭ's life as an emigre in Berlin, where he ran a bookstore, in England, where he manufactured motorcycles, in Austria, where he worked at an oil refinery, and eventually in the United States. There are also documents (such as military records and passports) and a photograph of Semchevskiĭ and his wife taken in 1921.

Using the Collection

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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.

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: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1975.

Papers: Source of acquisition--K. V. Semchevskiĭ. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.

Papers: Source of acquisition--K. V. Semchevskiĭ. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1977.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

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Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1975.

Papers Accessioned 1976.

Papers Accessioned 1977.

Papers Processed 06/--/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"
Memoirs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Military records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Passports Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Emigration and immigration -- Austria -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- England -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Germany -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Nobility -- Soviet Union Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Semenov, Grigoriĭ Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

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Series I: Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii Papers



Box 1 Catalogued photographs


Box 1 Nicholas II, Tsar' of Russia


Box 1 Semenov, Grigorii


Arranged Correspondence


Box 1 Letters to Elena Vasil!evna Semchevskaia


Box 1 Letters to Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii


Arranged Manuscript


Box 1 Semchevskii, K. V., "Vospominaniia" (memoir; 8 folders)


Box 1 Arranged Documents, (2 folders)


Box 1 Arranged Photograph


Printed Materials


Box 1 Semchevskaia, Elena Vasil'evna, Rasskazy i ocherki (Madrid, 1969)


Box 1 Miscellaneous printed materials