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Scope and Content Note
Title: Anatole S. Loukashkin papers
Date (inclusive): 1901-1989
Collection Number: 2001C61
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
33 microfilm reels
(5.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, financial and legal records, minutes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Russian Center
of San Francisco, the San Francisco newspaper Russkaia zhizn', and various aspects of Russian history and Russian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Loukashkin, Anatole S., 1902-1988
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anatole S. Loukashkin Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Location of Originals
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Chronology
1902 May 3 |
Born, Russia |
1932 |
Appointed director, Muzei Obshchestva izucheniia Man'chzhurskogo kraia, Harbin, China |
1941 |
Arrived, United States |
1988 October 6 |
Died, San Francisco, California |
Biography
A. S. Loukashkin was born in Liaoian, China, on 3 May 1902 (N.S.): his father was an employee of the Chinese Eastern Railway.
Receiving his schooling in Chita, he returned to China following the Revolution, where he graduated from the Harbin Institute
of Oriental and Commercial Studies. He worked as a curator of the Museum of the Society for the Study of Manchuria (Obshchestvo
izucheniia Man'chzhurskogo kraia) in the 1930's. Upon arrival in the United States in 1941, he transferred his skills to the
California Academy of Sciences, where he became an authority on the Pacific sardine (Sardinops Caerulea).
More significant was his participation in various Russian organizations: he was executive director of the Federatsiia russkikh
blagotvoritel'nykh organizatsii (involved in helping Russian displaced persons relocate to the United States following the
Second World War), served on the boards of the Russian Center of San Francisco and Russian Life Corporation, which published
the newspaper Russkaia zhizn'. For over a decade (1954-1965) he served as director of the Museum of Russian Culture, in particular
acquiring for it a voluminous amount of material about Russians in China. Loukaskin died in San Francisco on 6 October 1988.
Scope and Content Note
A. S. Loukashkin was a biologist and the director of the Muzei Obshchestva izucheniia Man'chzhurskogo kraia in Harbin, China,
and the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco, California. He also served on the boards of the Russian Center and Russian
Life Corporation, which published the newspaper
Russkaia zhizn' (San Francisco, California); two series so named reflect his activities in these organizations. The collection contains a
small number of Loukashkin's scientific writings and a large quantity of collected materials on a variety of subjects, primarily
Russians in China, the United States, and other countries. The PRINTED MATTER series contains rare issues of Russian émigré
periodicals, especially those published in China.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum
of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available
at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the
United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Russia -- History
Russkai͡a zhizn' (San Francisco, Calif.)
Russian Center (Location of meeting: San Francisco, Calif.)