Ol'ga Ivanovna Subbotina Papers, 1846-1954

Creator:: Subbotina, Olǵa Ivanovna, 1886-1963, Benckendorff, Marii︠a︡ , and Taube, Elizabeth
Extent:: 6.5 linear feet 8 manuscript boxes; 1 half manuscript box; 6 flat boxes
Language:: Russian , French , English .
Scope and content:: 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.

Acquisition information:

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

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

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.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in six series.

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Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

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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.

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