Register of the Michael M. Byckoff collection
Finding aid prepared by Michael K. MacKenzie
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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.
box 1
Paper Money of Russia and the USSR, by Albert I. Malyshev, Vladimir I. Tarankov, and Igor N. Smirenny, published 1991
box 1
The Complete Catalog of Paper Banknotes and Bills of Russia, the USSR and CIS Countries, 1769-1994, by Peter F. Ryabchenko, published 1995
box 1
Photograph album. Miscellaneous bonds
box 2
"Private." Miscellaneous notes, postage currency, and bonds
box 3
"Private." Various ribbons, notes, bonds
box 4
Album of local issue notes
box 5
"Bukhara." Includes notes of the Emirate of Bukhara [Khanate of Bukhara], the Soviet People's Republic of Bukhara [Bukharskaia
Narodnaia Sovetskaia Respublica], Khiva, Khan, and the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
box 7
"Central Asia." Notes of the Turkestan region, the Transcaspian regional government, the British Military Mission in the Transcaspian
region, Semirech'e, and miscellaneous notes, stamps, and bonds
box 6
"Central." Includes notes and bonds of the Northern Region, Northwest Front, Archangel'sk government territory, as well as
other miscellaneous notes
box 8
"Crimea." Includes notes of the Crimea territorial government; Don Cossack government; South Russia, High Command of the Armed
Forces; British State Treasury; and Plenipotentiary for Food of the Government Territory of Kherson, as well as other miscellaneous
notes.
General note
A detailed description, with catalog numbers, is available.
box 9
"Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania." Includes Arnsenburg notes and notes of Lithuania and Memel Notgeld
box 10
"Imperial." Various notes of the Czarist empire
box 12
"Siberia #1." Notes and bonds
box 13
"Siberia #2." Notes of the Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, and Irkutsk regions, as well as various cities and local regions
box 13
"Siberia #3." Includes Shanghai Russian and Japanese occupation of Manchuria notes
box 14
"Transcaucasian." Notes and bonds from Transcaucasian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic [Zakavkazskaia Sotsialisticheskaia
Federativnaia Sovetskaia Respublica], Transcaucasian, Armenia-Autonomous Republic, and various other regions and territories
box 15
Map of the Chinese Eastern Railroad
box 15
"Ukraine #1." Notes of the Liep'ja region in Latvia and other regions and cities, the State Bank in Kiev, the Ukrainian Soviet
Republic, and the German occupation in World War II
box 16
"Ukraine #2." Local issue notes
box 17
"U.S.S.R." Notes, postage stamp currency, and bonds
