Vladimir Aleksandrovich Vereshchagin Papers, 1916-1964

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Vereshchagin
Bib ID:
4078204 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Vereshchagin, Vladimir, 1888-; Kshesinskai︠a︡ , Matilʹda Feliksovna, 1872-1971; Kirill Vladimīrovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 1876-1938; Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vasiliĭ Ivanovich, 1845-1936; Tėffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna), 1872-1952; Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
92 items (1 box)
Language(s):
Russian .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4078204.pdf
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Description

Summary

Correspondence and memoirs of Vereshchagin. Correspondence includes letters from a number of major emigre cultural figures, such as Ivan Bunin, Matild́a Ksheshinskai︠a︡, Vasiliĭ Nemirovich-Danchenko; there are also poems by Nemirovich-Danchenko and by Nadezhda Teffi. In addition, there are letters by members of the Imperial family in exile, particularly Grand Prince Vladimir Kirillovich. Vereshchagin's memoirs touch on such subjects as his childhood and family, the Imperial Corps of Pages, cultural life in St. Petersburg and Petrograd, and the early 1920's in Petrograd and Moscow. In addition, there is a pamphlet of poems by Vereshchagin"Stikhi" (1955).

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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Accruals

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1966.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1966.

Papers Processed 09/--/82.

Biographical sketch

Nephew of the artist Vasiliĭ Vereshchagin.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pamphlets CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID