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George Vernadsky Papers, circa 1500-1973, bulk circa 1918-1973

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: BA#0483
Bib ID 4078205 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973
Title George Vernadsky Papers, circa 1500-1973, bulk circa 1918-1973
Physical Description 100 linear feet (234 boxes; 4 oversized folders; 1 box glass negatives)
Language(s) Russian , English , French .
Additional Description http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4078205.pdf
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.

Six boxes at the end of the collection were closed for 15-25 years after death of George Vernadsky (12 June 1973).

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, printed materials, and memorabilia of historian George Vernadsky (Georgii Vladimirovich Vernadskii; 1887-1973). Most of the collection consists of his personal and professional papers, circa 1918-1973. Sizable groups of materials also concern members of his family, especially his wife Nina (1884-1971); his father, scientist Vladimir I. Vernadskii (1863-1945); his mother Nataliia E. Vernadskaia (1860-1943); and his sister Nina V. Toll' (1898-circa 1976).

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.

Six boxes at the end of the collection were closed for 15-25 years after death of George Vernadsky (12 June 1973).

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: Source of acquisition--George and Nina Vernadsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1953.

Papers: Source of acquisition--George and Nina Vernadsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1957.

Papers: Source of acquisition--George and Nina Vernadsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1959.

Papers: Source of acquisition--George and Nina Vernadsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1962.

Papers: Source of acquisition--George and Nina Vernadsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1965.

Papers: Source of acquisition--George and Nina Vernadsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1968.

Papers: Source of acquisition--George Vernadsky. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1973.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Nina V. Toll. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Nina V. Toll. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1953.

Papers Accessioned 1957.

Papers Accessioned 1959.

Papers Accessioned 1962.

Papers Accessioned 1965.

Papers Accessioned 1968.

Papers Accessioned 1973.

Papers Accessioned 1975.

Papers Accessioned 1976.

Papers Processed 10/--/82.

Revision Description

2020-04-13 PDF finding aid converted to EAD by CLB and KSD.

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:"
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"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Articles Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Essays Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Journals Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Memoirs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pamphlets Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Arbatsky, Yury Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bakhmetev, B. A. (Boris Aleksandrovich) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bromberg, I︠A︡. A. (I︠A︡kov Abramovich), 1898- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- 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
Graham, Loren R. Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Losskiĭ, N. O. (Nikolaĭ Onufrievich), 1870-1965 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Robinson, Geroid Tanquary, 1892-1971 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovitch, 1870-1952 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Russia -- History -- 1533-1613 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Russia -- History -- 1689-1801 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Russia -- History -- 1801-1917 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Savit︠s︡kiĭ, P. N. (Petr Nikolaevich), 1895-1968 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Science -- Soviet Union Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- History -- 1633-1689 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- Study and teaching Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Struve, Petr Berngardovich, 1870-1944 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Toll, Nina V., 1898-approximately 1976 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Vasilʹev, A. A. (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich), 1867-1953 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Vernadskai︠a︡, Natalii︠a︡ Egorovna, 1860-1943 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Vernadskiĭ, V. I. (Vladimir Ivanovich), 1863-1945 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Vernadsky, Nina, 1884-1971 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID