Register of the Semen Dmitrievich Ignat'ev papers
Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Semen Dmitrievich Ignat'ev papers
Date (inclusive): 1898-1976
Collection Number: 2000C62
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
6 microfilm reels
(0.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, financial records, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian choirs in the
United States.
Creator:
Ignat'ev, Semen Dmitrievich, 1891-1974
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Semen Dmitrievich Ignat'ev Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
Location of Originals
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. Boxes 8-10 were not microfilmed. These boxes contain photographs,
albums, artwork, and financial records which soley exist at the Museum of Russian Culture.
Chronology
| 1891 January 25 |
Born, Ostrovskii uezd, Pskovskaia guberniia, Russia |
| 1918 June 8 |
Married Aleksandra Ivanovna Kozlova, Gul'kevichi village, Kubanskaia oblast' |
| 1920 |
Evacuated to Gallipoli with White Army |
| c. 1926 |
Organized Kuban' Cossack Chorus |
| 1950 |
Emigrated to Sweden |
| 1955 |
Emigrated to the United States |
| 1961 |
Naturalized as a U.S. citizen |
| 1974 |
Died, San Francisco, California |
Biography
S. D. Ignat'ev was born near the town of Ostrov, Pskovskaia guberniia, on 25 January 1891 (O. S.). While in the White army
in South Russia, he married Aleksandra Ivanovna Kozlova, thus cementing his association with the Kuban' Cossacks. Evacuation
to Gallipoli was followed by several years in Bulgaria.
A musician by training, he formed a chorus and musical ensemble of émigré Kuban' Cossacks around 1926, touring with them across
Europe through the 1940s. During these years, he lived primarily in Germany, and in one of his writings describes his experiences
in Berlin in 1945.
The Second World War brought about the dissolution of the Kuban' Cossack Chorus. In 1950, Ignat'ev moved to Sweden (where
he found employment mounting specimens for the botanical department of the Swedish Museum of Natural History), and then in
1955 to San Francisco, changing his musical venue to conducting church choirs (his education included the Pskov seminary,
where he received a thorough grounding in liturgical music). Ignat'ev died in San Francisco in May 1974
Scope and Content Note
Semen Dmitrievich Ignat'ev was well-known as a composer and conductor of the Kuban' Cossack Chorus, and later of church choirs.
This collection consists mainly of materials relating to these activities. Other subjects include autobiographical writings
dealing with his experiences on Gallipoli in the early 1920s and in Berlin in 1945, as well as writings, subject files and
printed matter relating to Russian Orthodox liturgical music. Some of the correspondence is with relatives in the Soviet Union.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming of 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 the Museum of Russian Culture. The grant
also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain at the
Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco, as its property. A transfer table of 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
Choral societies -- United States
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE
1910-1972
reel 1
Address book
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 1.
reel 1
Articles about or mentioning Ignat'ev
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 2.
reel 1
Congratulatory notes honoring Ignat'ev and his chorus
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 3.
reel 1
Contract
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 4.
Family file -- Aleksandra Ignat'eva
reel 1
Identity papers
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 5.
reel 1
School records
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 6.
reel 1
Identity papers
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 7. Includes naturalization and marriage certificates, residence, work and travel
permits
reel 1
Letters of recommendation for Ignat'ev
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 8.
reel 1
Program of musical production involving S. D. and A. I. Ignat'ev
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 9. Includes photographs
reel 1
School records
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 10.
reel 1
Scrapbook
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 11. Includes correspondence and autographs
reel 1
Miscellany
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 12.
CORRESPONDENCE
1926-1976
General note
See also BIOGRAPHICAL FILE/Scrapbook.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence to and from Ignat'ev's wife, Aleksandra Ivanovna
reel 1
Greeting cards
1941-1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 13.
reel 1
Letters
1948-1975
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 14.
reel 1
General
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 1.
reel 1
Family
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 2.
reel 1
Unidentified
1964-1970 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 3.
reel 1
Alekseev, Pavel I.
1962-1964 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 4.
reel 1
Anna, Igumen'ia
1959-1965 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 5.
reel 1
Arnemann (?), Vera
1960-1968
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 6.
reel 1
Associazione Femminile Italiana
1929
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 7.
reel 1
Barankeev, Ivan
1963-1971
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 8.
reel 1
Baskakova, L.
1959
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 9.
reel 1
Benigsen, Elena Ivanovna
1960-1967
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 10.
reel 1
Bogolepov, Aleksei Aleksandrovich
1961-1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 11.
reel 1
Boiarintsev, M.
1961
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 12.
reel 1
Brandt, Guido
1928-1930
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 13.
reel 1
Cedergren, A. and G.
1952-1964
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 14.
reel 1
Chub, I. A.
1970-1971
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 15.
reel 1
Degtiarev, Mikhail Pavlovich
1956-1971
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 16.
reel 2
Frömke, Natalia
1963-1965
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 17.
reel 2
Funk, A.
1963-1964
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 18.
reel 2
Gartong, Marianna
1960
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 19. Includes letter from Gartong to Archbishop Ioann of San Francisco, 1964
reel 2
Gavrilov, Petr E.
1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 20.
reel 2
Germany (Federal Republic, 1949-). Generalkonsulat (San Francisco)
1964
reel 2
Ioann, Archbishop of San Francisco
1946
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 1.
reel 2
Ioann (Pommer), Archbishop of Latvia
1931
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 2.
reel 2
Iur'eva, M.
1937
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 3.
reel 2
Ivanov, Boris I.
1970 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 4.
reel 2
Kiut (?), N. D.
[1929]
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 5.
reel 2
Koshlakov, M., Rev.
1942-1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 6.
reel 2
Koshlich, Georgii Pavlovich
1941-1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 7.
reel 2
Kozlova, Valentina I.
1970-1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 8.
reel 2
Kramarevskaia, V.
1959-1969
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 9.
reel 2
Krivosheev, A.
1961-1965
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 10.
reel 2
Kvartirova, A. and M.
1969 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 11.
reel 2
Ladinskii, Leonid, Rev.
1970-1971
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 12.
reel 2
Langlet, Nina
1961-1973
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 13. Includes poem by Valdemar Langlet
reel 2
Leoussoff, Kseniia
1955
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 14.
reel 2
Levitov, M.
1971-1974
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 15.
reel 2
Lubimtsev, M. and S.
1953-1970 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 16.
reel 2
Mantulin, Valentin N.
1969
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 17.
reel 2
Mikhailichenko, Vasilii Stepanovich
1963
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 18.
reel 2
Ob"edinenie russkikh natsional'nykh organizatsii v Germanii
1936-1937
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 19.
reel 2
Obshchestvo byvshikh dieiatelei Imperatorskago rossiiskago krasnago kresta v Germanii
1940
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 20.
reel 2
Olen', I.
1955-1961
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 21.
reel 2
Petrenko, N.
1970-1971
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 22.
reel 2
Petrova, Lidiia
1960-1963
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 23.
reel 2
Pol', V.
1961-1962
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 24.
reel 2
Polozhenskii, Sergei, Rev.
1942-1972
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 25.
reel 2
Sakharov, D.
1936-1961
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 26.
reel 2
Scholuch, A.
1965
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 27.
reel 2
Sergiia, Matushka
1968 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 28.
reel 2
Smolenskii, Sergei A.
1961-1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 29.
reel 2
Snarskaia, Liubov' Ivanovna
1940-1968 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 30.
reel 2
Timashev, A.
1937-1960
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 31.
reel 2
Tolstaia, M.
1954-1962
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 32.
reel 2
Ugriumov, Aleksei Ivanovich
1967-1968
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 33. Includes related letter by A. Pliushkova
reel 2
Ustinova, Ritta
1973
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 34.
reel 2
Varashkevich, Boris
1943
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 35.
reel 2
Veiglas, Nikolai, Rev.
1968-1972
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 36.
reel 2
Verevkina, Mariia
1964-1968
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 37.
reel 2
Voronkova, S.
1960-1961
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 38. Includes related letter by unidentified correspondent
reel 2
Zhdanov, Nikita Romanovich
1961-1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 39.
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
1917-1966
reel 2
General
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 40. Includes various notes and miscellaneous writings, mainly relating to Russian
church music, n.d. Holograph and typescript
reel 3
Letters to the editor
1966 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 41.
reel 3
Copyrights to musical notes
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 42.
reel 3
Miscellany
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 43. Includes lists of notes for balalaika orchestras and similar material
reel 3
"Dosug v dieistvuiushchei armii: Niechto v rodie dnevnika,"
1917
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 44. Holograph
reel 3
S nami Bog
1966
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 45. Printed copy
reel 3
Poetry
1949-1962 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 1-2. May include poems not authored by Ignat'ev, but which he set to music
reel 4
Poetry (contd.)
Scope and Contents
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 3
reel 4
"Adiutantik,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 4. Holograph
reel 4
"Bogoslovie v zvukakh,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 5. Typescript
reel 4
"D. S. Bortnianskii,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 6. Typescript. Includes background materials and typed notes on Bortnianskii's operas
reel 4
"Gallipoliiskii pamiatnik,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 7. Notes and typescript
reel 4
"Kniaz' Igor',"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 8. Typescript
reel 4
"O Glazunovie,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 9. Background notes and holograph
reel 4
"Palestrina,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 10. Holograph
reel 4
"Pamiatnik,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 11. Printed copy (possibly from
Chasovoi)
reel 4
"Pskovitianka,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 12. Typescript
reel 4
Untitled reminiscences of N. V. Plevitskaia
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 13. Typescript
reel 4
"Kratkoe rukovodstvo k prakticheskomu izucheniiu Oktoikh ili Osmoglasnika,"
1947
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 14. Typescript
reel 4
"Ringaren,"
Katrineholms-Kuriren, , and
Svenska Dagbladet
1953 December 22 1953 December 27
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 4 : 15. Printed copies
reel 4
Notes and background materials
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 1-2.
reel 4
Typescript
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 3.
reel 4
"Khor Kubanskikh kazakov u Gosudaryni-Imperatritsy,"
Russkaia zhizn
1958 November 25
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 4. Printed copy
reel 4
"A. G. Rubinshtein,"
[1959]
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 5. Typescript
reel 4
"Chistyi Chetverg v osazhdennom Berline,"
Russkaia zhizn'
1966 April 16
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 6. Typescript and printed copy
SUBJECT FILE
1927-1974
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, notes, and printed matter
reel 4
Church of the Transfiguration, Stockholm, Sweden
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 7.
reel 4
Glück, Christian
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 8.
reel 4
Haydn, Franz-Josef
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 9.
reel 4
Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 10.
reel 4
Kubanskii kazachii khor
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 11.
reel 4
Liadov, A. K.
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 12.
reel 5
Lissenko, Georg
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 13.
reel 5
Obshchestvo russkikh veteranov Velikoi voiny, San Francisco, California
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 14.
reel 5
Orthodox Eastern Church--Hymns
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 15.
reel 5
Rakhmaninov, S. V.
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 5 : 16.
reel 5
Religion
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 1.
reel 5
Rimskii-Korsakov, N. A.
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 2.
reel 5
Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov' (Orthodox Eastern Church)
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 3-6.
reel 5
Serov, A. N.
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 7.
reel 6
Voice
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 8.
reel 6
Miscellany
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 6 : 9.
PRINTED MATTER
1898-1974
Scope and Contents note
Relates to Cossacks, Russian culture, military history and miscellaneous subjects
reel 6
Bulletins
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 7 : 1.
reel 6
Clippings
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 7 : 2-3.
reel 6
Periodicals
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 7 : 4.
