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Ol'ga Ivanovna Subbotina Papers, 1846-1954

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BAR Ms Coll/Subbotina
Bib ID 4078104 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Subbotina, Olǵa Ivanovna, 1886-1963; Benckendorff, Marii︠a︡; Taube, Elizabeth
Title Ol'ga Ivanovna Subbotina Papers, 1846-1954
Physical Description 6.5 linear feet (8 manuscript boxes; 1 half manuscript box; 6 flat boxes)
Language(s) Russian , French , English .
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.

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This collection is located on-site.

Arrangement

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in six series.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, documents, diaries and notebooks, photographs, printed materials and memorabilia of Olga Ivanovna Subbotina (or Soubbotine, 1886-1963), her grandmother, Mariia Sergeevna Benckendorff, and her sister, Elizaveta Ivanovna Taube (Mrs. Harold Roberts). The correspondence includes letters and telegrams of Aleksandra Fedorovna, Empress of Russia. The letters of Mariia Benckendorff's son, Vasilii Dolgorukov, provide information about the Imperial family in 1916-1918. There are diaries and notebooks of Marii Benckendorff, Pavel Konstantinovich Benkendorff, Ol'ga Subbotina and Elizaveta Taube. Among the documents are IDs, birth and marriage certificates, passports, wills, etc. Financial and legal documents include a file entitled "Claim against the National Bank of New York", which contains material about the exile of the Imperial family to Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg, as do other folders. There are photographs of immediate and extended family members, Nicholas II and his family and European royalty. There is also family and Alexandra Fedorovna's, Empress of Russia, memorabilia.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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 has no restrictions.

This collection is located on-site.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ol'ga Ivanovna Subbotina Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Source of acquisition--M.M. Cooke. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1969.

Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1965, 1967.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1965.

Papers Accessioned 1969.

Papers Processed 08/--/82.

Papers Accessioned 1967.

The collection was newly processed and new finding aid written by Katia Davidenko in October 2019. During the processing the materials were rehoused, immediate preservation and conservation matters were addressed, old PDF finding aid was removed.

Revision Description

10-15-2019 The collection was newly processed and new finding aid written by Katia Davidenko. Materials were rehoused, immediate preservation and conservation matters were addressed, old PDF finding aid removed.

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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"ArchivedGRID"
Certificates Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diaries Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notebooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Passports Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wills Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

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"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Alekseĭ Nikolaevich, Czarevitch, son of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1904-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Alexandra, Empress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1872-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Anastasii︠a︡ Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1901-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Apponyi, Albert, gróf, 1846-1933 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dolgorukov, Vasiliĭ Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Elisaveta Ḟeodorovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, Saint, 1864-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- England -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Ksenii︠a︡ Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1875-1960 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Marii︠a︡ Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1899-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Marīi︠a︡ Ḟeodorovna, Empress, consort of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1847-1928 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Nobility -- Soviet Union Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Olʹga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1895-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Tati︠a︡na Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1897-1918 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID