Bakhmeteff Archive General Manuscripts-Photographs, 1880-1960

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Gen Ms Coll/Photographs.
Bib ID:
4077531 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
230 items (230 items)
Language(s):
Russian .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4077531.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.

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Summary

Photographs of various people and on various topics. There are a number of major groups: late 19th century Russian revolutionaries; the wreck of Alexander III's train in 1888; Russian families in the early 20th century; nurses in Petrograd in World War I (Kononova); Aleksandr Kerenskiĭ at the front, 1917; St. Tikhon's Monastery in Pennsylvania; and American cultural and political figures in the USSR in the 1950's (such as Van Cliburn, W.A. Harriman, Richard Nixon, Carl Sandburg, and Isaac Stern).

Using the Collection

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.

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

Photographs: Source of acquisition--E. L. Magerovsky. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1960.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--E. In. Ixküll-Gilʹdenband. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--International Affairs Dept., Columbia Universtiy. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1980.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--William Harkins. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1980.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--S. L. Garin. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1968.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--E. In. Ixküll-Gilʹdenband. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--G. L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1983.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--I. V. Barry. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--A. Shuberskiĭ. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--E. Popandopulo. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1975.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Photographs Accessioned 1960.

Photographs Accessioned 1975.

Photographs Accessioned 1980.

Photographs Accessioned 1980.

Photographs Accessioned 1968.

Photographs Accessioned 1975.

Photographs Accessioned 1983.

Photographs Accessioned 1975.

Photographs Accessioned 1975.

Photographs Accessioned 1975.

Photographs Processed 02/--/83.

Photographs Revised 07/--/83.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich, 1881-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID