Register of the Giles Udy collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Giles Udy collection
Date (inclusive): circa 2004-2011
Collection Number: 2011C62
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
483 digital files (135 Megabytes)
(0.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs of the sites of forced labor camps near Noril'sk, Russia.
source:
Udy, Giles
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 by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [digital file name], Giles Udy collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Location of Original Materials
The original photographs in their native file format remain with Giles Udy.
Biographical Note
Giles Udy is an independent academic and a member of the Council of the Keston Institute, formerly Keston College. His long-term
work is on the history of the gulag camps of Norilsk, but he has also published research on the impact of Soviet Communism
in British politics between the wars.
See also: Giles Udy website, copyright 2008 by Giles Udy, http://www.gilesudy.com/
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of born-digital, chiefly color photographs of Noril'sk is accompanied by Udy's notes, which describe the geography,
history, and function of the subjects depicted. The images are of landscapes and buildings; virtually no people are shown.
Three types of files are in the collection: PDF files containing photographs by Udy, JPG files that appear to be chiefly historical
photographs acquired by Udy, and DOC files containing Udy's descriptions of the general subject content of the photographs.
The files available to researchers are the only versions available at Hoover; no higher quality files were received by Hoover.
To protect his copyright, Udy provided most of the photographs to Hoover in PDF format with an embedded copyright statement.
The dates of the collection are based on the "date modified" field of the few JPG files provided to Hoover.
The directory structure, folder names and file names were retained by Hoover almost exactly as received from Giles Udy. The
directory structure consists of folders with descriptive names; it is the basis of the container list. Many of the file names
are also descriptive, though many others follow this alphanumeric form: DSCN1234.pdf. Because the descriptive folder and file
names were very long, occasionally exceeding the file system limit of some operating systems, and contained many characters
not recommended for file names, Hoover staff slightly altered some file names while retaining their descriptive nature. The
creator's full file names were documented and can be provided on request.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in a single series, Photographs of Noril'sk.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Forced labor -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Pictorial works
Udy, Giles
Photographs of Noril'sk
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 483.0 digital_files
Scope and Contents note
Arranged by location or subject, and accompanied by notes written by Udy
Photographs of camps and settlements west of Noril'sk
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 132.0 digital_files
onsite digital
Alevrolitnyĭ mining camp/penal camp
onsite digital
Kalargon penal camp cell block
Photographs of Lake Lama camp
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 59.0 digital_files
General note
This was a pine syrup extraction camp 100 kilometers east of Noril'sk
onsite digital
Baltic officers memorials on shore of Lake Lama
onsite digital
Former NKVD rest house nearby
onsite digital
Miscellaneous views
General note
Provided as background interest
Photographs of Medvezhiĭ Rucheĭ settlement
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 31.0 digital_files
onsite digital
Medvezhiĭ Rucheĭ settlement
onsite digital
Nickel mining sites and buildings
onsite digital
Tundra looking south from nickel mine dumps
onsite digital
Photographs of Mt. Schmidt
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 39.0 digital_files
Scope and Contents note
Includes old city, new city and mines
Photographs of Noril'sk old city
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 49.0 digital_files
General note
The old city dates from the mid-1930s to early 1950s
onsite digital
Residential and administrative buildings
onsite digital
Prison
General note
The prison dates to before 1950
Photographs of Noril'sk old city memorial area by old camp graveyard
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 80.0 digital_files
onsite digital
New Jewish memorial
General note
This dates to 2005
onsite digital
New memorial
General note
This dates to 2005-2006
onsite digital
Photographs of Noril'sk - Dolgoe Ozero (Long Lake) and causeway between old and new cities
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 11.0 digital_files
Photographs of Noril'sk new city
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 75.0 digital_files
General note
This was designated as a city in 1956 but began earlier. The early buildings were built chiefly by prisoners
onsite digital
Entrance to new city from causeway across lake
onsite digital
Camp 5-6 administration building
onsite digital
Miscellaneous sites of interest
onsite digital
Photographs of Noril'sk from outside the city
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 3.0 digital_files
onsite digital
Sample Google Earth screenshots of Noril'sk industrial archaeology
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 4.0 digital_files
General note
Provided to indicate what can be done to identify the original sites of the Norillag/Gorlag camp complex from memoirs, original
maps and drawings, combined with on-site and satellite investigation
