Manuscript by S.M. Zernova about Rakhmaninov closed to 1 Jan. 2017; boxes 10-13 closed to 1 January 1998.
This collection is located on-site.
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials of members of the Zernov family, especially Nikolaĭ M. Zernov. Correspondence includes letters from Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev, Archimandrite Kiprian, Alekseĭ Remizov, Vasiliĭ Zenḱovskiĭ, and copies of many letters from Gustave Kullmann to his wife Marii︠a︡, nʹee Zernova. Manuscripts include: memoirs by Sofii︠a︡ A. Zernova about her childhood, youth, and family; Sofii︠a︡ M. Zernova's albums, poems, diaries and memoirs about the Civil War and the emigration in Europe; manuscripts by Nikolaĭ Zernov on religious and literary themes; a report by a Lt. Shokotov on his White Army detached service in 1917-1919; a brief manuscript by Vladimir M. Zernov claiming that syphillis was a contributing factor in Lenin's death; and manuscripts and speeches by Kullmann. Subject files include biographical information collected by Nikolaĭ Zernov on many emigre Orthodox churchmen and religious writers, and materials relating to Kullmann and the Zernov family.
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.
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Manuscript by S.M. Zernova about Rakhmaninov closed to 1 Jan. 2017; boxes 10-13 closed to 1 January 1998.
This collection is located on-site.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Gift of Nikolai M. Zernov, 1964-65; gift of Militza Zernov, 1983, 1985.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Nikolaĭ M. Zernov. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1964.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Nikolaĭ M. Zernov. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1965.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1966.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1971.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1974.
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1976.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Zernov, Militza. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1983. Accession number--B-87-3-17.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Zernov, Militza. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1985. Accession number--B-87-3-17.
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Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers Accessioned 1964.
Papers Accessioned 1965.
Papers Accessioned 1966.
Papers Accessioned 1971.
Papers Accessioned 1974.
Papers Accessioned 1976.
Papers Processed SC 04/--/82.
Papers Processed Sc 09/--/82.
Papers Processed EJS 03/--/87.
Papers Processed EJS 03/--/87.
Papers Processed 03/--/87.
Papers Processed 03/--/87.
Nikolaĭ M. Zernov was a lecturer at Oxford University and the author of "The Russian Religious Renaissance of the 20th Century"; his sister Sofii︠a︡ was active in the Russkoe Khristi︠a︡nskoe Studencheskoe Dvizhenie (Russian Christian Student Movement); his sister Maria was married to Gustave Kullmann who was a Swiss and an official of the League of Nations and the United Nations; their parents were Stepan I. and Sofii︠a︡ A. Zernov.
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