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  • Title: Michael M. Byckoff collection
    Date (inclusive): 1769-1995
    Collection Number: 83042
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In Russian and other languages
    Physical Description: 17 oversize boxes (9.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Currency, banknotes, and stamps, issued by the Russian Imperial and Soviet governments, and by various regional and local governments and banks during the period of the Russian Civil War.
    source: Byckoff, Michael M.
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Michael M. Byckoff Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Michael M. Byckoff collection consists of currency, banknotes, and postage stamp currency issued by the Russian Imperial and Soviet governments, and by various regional and local governments and banks during the period of the Russian Civil War.
    The container list provided here lists the albums in each box of the collection.

    Other Finding Aids

    The items in this collection are being individually cataloged by Michael K. MacKenzie, Byckoff's grandson, using three currency catalogs: (1) Kardakov's catalog, in German and Russian, which has no illustrations of the currency; (2) Rybichenkov's catalog, in Russian, which is the most complete catalog but has very few illustrations of the currency; and (3) Pick's Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, in English, which is less complex than the other catalogs. The format used by MacKenzie for listing each item and its catalog numbers from the three catalogs is explained in the key accompanying the item-level description.
    At present MacKenzie's item-level description is available for one album, labeled "Crimea" (box 8). As additional albums are cataloged by MacKenzie, the descriptions will be added to the detailed finding aid for this collection, which is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives reading room.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Postage stamps -- Russia
    Postage stamps -- Soviet Union
    Money -- Russia
    Money -- Soviet Union
    Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Miscellanea
    Byckoff, Michael M.