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Correspondence, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings of Nikolaĭ P. Vakar. The correspondence includes numerous letters by Aleksandr Konovalov and Anatoliĭ Velʹmin and one letter by Grand Duke Dimitriĭ Pavlovich. Among manuscripts are a short autobiography by Vakar, and the originals and copies of his diary from 1938-1940. The diary concerns such topics as emigre politics in Paris in this period. There are numerous clippings of newspaper pieces by Vakar. In addition, there is a long obituary of Vakar by Paul Friedrich.
Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged.
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Papers: Source of acquisition--Ksenii︠a︡ Denikina. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1967.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Catherine Chvany. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Catherine Chvany. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1983.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Catherine Chvany. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1985.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Catherine Chvany. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1986. Accession number--B-86-11-26.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers Processed 01/--/82.
Papers Processed 01/--/82.
Papers Processed 06/--/83.
Papers Processed 09/--/85.
Papers Processed 11/--/86.
Author of "Belorussia: Making of a Nation" (1956).
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