Register of the Alexander Yvanoff (Aleksandr Efimovich Ivanov) papers
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Title: Alexander Yvanoff (Aleksandr Efimovich Ivanov) papers
Date (inclusive): 1957-1976
Collection Number: 2000C80
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 microfilm reel
(0.15 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, and photographs, relating to the Russian Civil War, Russian émigré life in the Philippines, and guerrilla
activities in the Philippines during World War II.
Creator:
Yvanoff, Alexander, 1896-1973
Access
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alexander Yvanoff Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Location of Originals
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Chronology
| 1896 January 20 |
Born, Kazan', Russia |
| 1917 |
Ensign (Praporshchik), Russian Army |
| 1922 |
Left Vladivostok for the Philippines |
| 1930 October 6 |
Married Petronila Brown |
| 1941-1945 |
Fought the Japanese in the Philippines in a guerrilla unit |
| 1973 January 25 |
Died, Zamboanga, Philippines |
Biography
Yvanoff was born in Kazan' on 20 January 1896. As an ensign (praporshchik) in the Russian army in 1917, he witnessed the collapse
of the front, and returned to Kazan', where he joined the anti-Bolshevik army in 1918. He remained with the Whites till his
evacuation from Vladivostok with Admiral Iu. K. Stark's flotilla in October 1922.
A fluke of fate left him stranded in the Philippines (instead of continuing on to the United States as had been his intention),
and there he remained, working as a logger, surveyor, and miner.
During the Second World War, he fought with guerrilla forces against the Japanese, and spent the post-war years locating and
defusing bombs and landmines left in the Philippines. Yvanoff died in Zamboanga on 25 January 1973. He described his life
in a memoir entitled "From Kazan to Zamboanga," recorded by Ann Evans, the wife of a mining engineer for whom Yvanoff had
worked.
Scope and Content Note
The piece de resistance of this collection is Yvanoff's memoir, "Kazan' to Zamboanga," detailing his family history, participation
in the Russian Civil War in Siberia and the Far East, evacuation to the Philippines and life there, including participation
in anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare during World War II.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for 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 in the
Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco, as its property. A transfer table indicating 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
World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Russians -- Philippines
box 1
Biographical File, .
1969-1976
Scope and Contents note
Article about Yvanoff, with related correspondance, and clippings
box 1
Correspondence, .
1967-1973
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 1
Writings, .
1972
Scope and Contents note
Memoirs entitled "Kazan' to Zamboanga"
box 1
Photographs, .
1957-1973
Scope and Contents note
Eleven prints depicting Yvanoff and family members
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE
1969-1976
box 1, folder 1
Article about Yvanoff from
Sunburst magazine, , with associated correspondence
1976
box 1, folder 3
On various subjects with notes and commentary by Yvanoff
box 1, folder 4
Bourret, W.
1973 and undated
box 1, folder 5
Evans, Hugh and Ann, .
1967-1973
General note
See also WRITINGS
Scope and Contents note
Much of the correspondence relates to Ann Evans' typing and editing of Yvanoff's memoirs.
box 1, folder 6
Soviet Union. Posol'stvo (Japan)
1971
WRITINGS, .
1972
General note
See also CORRESPONDENCE/Evans, Hugh and Ann
Scope and Contents note
Memoirs typed and edited by Ann G. Evans, entitled "Kazan' to Zamboanga," 1972.
box 1, folder 9
Rough draft, with Yvanoff's corrections
box 1, folder 11
PHOTOGRAPHS, .
1957-1973
Scope and Contents note
Eleven prints depicting Yvanoff and family members
