Register of the Association of Russian-American Scholars in U.S.A. records
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova, Jessica Yu
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Association of Russian-American Scholars in U.S.A. records
Date (inclusive): 1921-2022
Collection Number: 2015C16
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Russian
Physical Description:
29 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(12.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, minutes, financial and membership records, and editorial records of the Association's journal,
Transactions/Zapiski relating to Russian culture and to Russian scholars in the United States. Includes some records of predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Association of Russian-American Scholars in U.S.A.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Box 26 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Association of Russian-American Scholars in U.S.A. records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
Association of scholars of Russian culture.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Association of Russian-American Scholars in the USA (also known as Russkaia akademicheskaia gruppa v SShA) is an association
of émigrés and US specialists in Russian language, literature, history and culture.
The records contain general organizational documents (member correspondence, financial records, minutes of meetings, and related
materials), documents relating to a proposed "Golden Book of the Russian Emigration" (almanac of prominent émigrés and their
contributions to world culture), materials on émigré life and culture, including other organizations (Orthodox Church, Tolstoy
Foundation, Koulaieff Fund and others), members' files (including clippings, photos and other biographical data), editorial
correspondence for the organization's periodical
Zapiski (Transactions),
Zapiski published and unpublished articles, obituaries, reviews, notes, and monographs. The bulk of the material is from 1967 to 2007.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Russia -- Civilization
Russia -- Study and teaching
Organizational Records
1966-2005
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, financial records, minutes of meetings, publicity materials, and reports relating to the organization.
box 1
"The Charter of the Association"
1971-1973
box 24
"The Charter of the Association" (continued)
box 24
Financial records
1967-2003
box 1
General membership meetings material
1979-2003
box 2
General membership meetings material (continued)
box 3
General membership meetings material (continued)
box 21
General membership meetings material (continued)
box 1
Management Committee meetings
1973-2005
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda and financial reports.
box 2
Management Committee meetings (continued)
box 16
Management Committee meetings (continued)
box 21
Management Committee meetings (continued)
box 1
Membership applications
1966-2005
box 3
Membership applications (continued)
box 4
Membership applications (continued)
box 23
Washington branch of Association
1998-2005
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, meeting agenda, and financial records.
box 24
Washington branch of Association (continued)
Correspondence
1952-2007
Scope and Contents
Includes historical writings, memoirs, and other book
Zapiski Russkoi akademicheskoi gruppy v S.Sh.A./Transactions of the association of Russian-American scholars in the U.S.A. related materials. Most letters are to and from the President of Association Nadezhda Alekseevna Jernakoff.
box 4
General
1952-2005
Arrangement Statement
Arranged chronologically.
Book editing (letters to the editor)
1971-2007
Arrangement Statement
Arranged in their original order by the volume number of the book.
box 16
Establishment of a memorial to honor "Prince Volodymyr the Great of the Ukraine," Congress of the United States, House of
Representatives, Res. 494,
1985-1986
Scope and Contents
Includes proposals, correspondence, and clippings.
box 23
L'Association des amis d'Ivan Tourgueniev, Pauline Viardot et Maria Malibran
1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and printed matter.
box 16
Bakhmeteff Archive
1977-1984
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and clippings regarding a conflict between the Russian community abroad and Columbia University.
box 23
Tolstoy Foundation
1974-2003
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, writings, and printed matter.
Zapiski Russkoi akademicheskoi gruppy v S.Sh.A./Transactions of the association of Russian-American scholars in the U.S.A.
1973-2008
box 22
Book reviews
1982-1986
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and clippings.
box 22
Book subscribers
1998-2008
box 22
Copyright
1973-1985
Scope and Contents
Includes certificates and correspondence.
box 23
Financial records (printing expenses)
1985-1987
box 5
Manuscripts (book chapters)
1921-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes "Istoriografiia," by George Vernadskii.
box 6
Manuscripts (book chapters) (continued)
box 7
Manuscripts (book chapters) (continued)
box 25
Manuscripts (book chapters) (continued)
box 26
Metal lithographic plates.
circa 1925
Access
Box 26 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Incremental Materials 2023
Processing Information
These incremental materials were processed to a baseline standard that employs an accession inventory for description. An
accession inventory is a basic description of an archival collection with no attempt at intellectual arrangement. The depth
of description varies depending on the format of the materials and the amount of pre-existing description received when the
materials were acquired.
box 27, folder 1
ARAS Dissolution, General
2021-2022
box 27, folder 2
ARAS - diss., Exhibit A, Incorporation, By-laws and amendments
1972-1978
box 27, folder 3
ARAS - diss., Exhibit B, Plan for dissolution and distribution of assets
2018-2019
box 27, folder 4
ARAS - diss., Exhibit C, History of ARAS, gives reason for end
2021
box 27, folder 5
ARAS - diss., Exhibit D, Consent of Board of Dir.
2021
box 27, folder 6
ARAS - diss., Exhibit E, Consent of members
2018
box 27, folder 7
ARAS - diss., Exhibit F, final Financial Report
2021
box 27, folder 8
ARAS and The New Review, as decided at last General Meeting
2018-2022
box 27, folder 9
Digitization, as decided at last General Meeting
2018-2022
box 27, folder 10
ARAS/РАГ Ending - meeting
2018
box 27, folder 11
Existential crisis
2008-2011
box 27, folder 12
[Russian language file title]
2003-2010
box 27, folder 13
Number 35, ARAS
2008-2010
box 27, folder 14
[Russian language file title]
2009-2014
box 27, folder 15
[Russian language file title]
2009-2013
box 27, folder 18
Number 37, Authors, Complimentary, Copyright permissions
2006-2011
box 28, folder 1
[Russian language file title]
2007-2008
box 28, folder 2
[Russian language file title]
1933
box 28, folder 4
Correspondence and financial, Unnumbered vol. also known as "2011 vol."
2005-2011
box 28, folder 5
Author copies and various complimentary
2010s
box 28, folder 6
Transactions, Individual subscriptions, Changes
2010
box 28, folder 7
Institutions, Subscriptions
2010s
box 28, folder 8
Cancellations, Institutional subscribers (U.S.A, Canada, Europe)
2013-2016
box 28, folder 9
Russian institutions etc.
2010s
box 28, folder 10
[Russian language file title]
2008
box 28, folder 11
ARAS Expenditures
2007-2022
box 28, folder 14
ARAS Final financial statements
2022
box 28, folder 15
ARAS Financial reports
2011-2021
box 29, folder 1
ARAS Financial reports
2003-2010
box 29, folder 2
ARAS Minutes of General Meetings
1985-2002
box 29, folder 4
ARAS Example of voting process
1991-1999
box 29, folder 5
[Russian language file title]
2010s
box 29, folder 7
Re-certification process
2008-2011
box 29, folder 9
РАГ ARAS Incorporation
1968-1978
box 29, folder 10
[Untitled file]
1981-1997
box 30, folder 1-3
Bequests [Folders 1-3 of 3]
1979-2012
box 30, folder 5
[Russian language file title]
2008-2009