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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.