Register of the George E. Barantseff Collection
Prepared by Olga Verhovskoy Dunlop
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
© 2003
Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Register of the George E. Barantseff Collection
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Stanford University
- Stanford, California 94305-6010
- Phone: (650) 723-3563
- Fax: (650) 725-3445
- Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
- Prepared by:
- Olga Verhovskoy Dunlop
- Date Completed:
- 2000
- Encoded by:
- ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications
© 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: George E. Barantseff collection,
Date (inclusive): 1814-2001
Collection number: 2000C1
Collector:
Barantseff, George E., collector
Extent:
3 oversize boxes, 1 card file box
(1.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Printed matter, photographs, memorabilia, and miscellany, relating to aspects of Russian imperial, military and émigré history.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
Russian.
Administrative Information
Access
Box 2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George E. Barantseff Collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Accruals
Increments may have been received since this finding aid was prepared. Please check Stanford University's online catalog Socrates
at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat to find the full extent of the collection.
Scope and Content Note
The collection of Colonel Count George Barantseff consists mostly of printed matter and memorabilia related to Imperial Russia
from Alexander II to Nicholas II and to the Russian emigration in China in the 1930s.
Of special interest are memorabilia belonging to the Barantseff family, including medals awarded to them by members of the
imperial family.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Russia--History, Military.
Russians in foreign countries.
Russia--History.
Russia.
Container List
Box 1
Biographical File, 1999.
Scope and Content Note
Letter of appreciation
Letter of appreciation from the United States Coast Guard and miscellaneous printed matter re Alaska, 1999
Box 1
Writings, 1991.
Scope and Content Note
Essay re Romania
Barantseff, George, "A Current Major Issue in International Affairs: Romania," 1991.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript
Box 1
Printed Matter, 1814-1993.
Scope and Content Note
Books and periodicals related to the Russian imperial family, the Russian emigration in China, and Russian medals. Arranged
alphabetically by physical form and therein by author
V noch' na 17 iiulia 1918g., Izdanie detskago lageria imeni Tsesarevicha Vladimira, Tsingtao (Qingdao), 1936
Bozherianov, N.,
Trista Let Tsarstvovaniia Doma Romanovykh, Saint-Petersburg, 1912
Durov, V.,
Russkie i sovetskie boevye nagrady, Moscow, 1990
Moskovskii Otdel Obshchestva Popicheniia o Bednykh i Bol'nykh Detiakh,
Al'bom-Knizhka Soderzhashchii Snimki iz Zhizni Naslednika Tsesarevicha i Velikago Kniazia Alekseia Nikolaevicha, Moscow, 1913
Nestor, Archbishop,
Ocherki Dal'niago Vostoka, Belgrade, 1934
Nevskii, V.,
Vokrug Sveta Pod Russkim Flagom, Detgiz, 1953
Nikitina, V.,
Ordena Rossii, Moscow, 1991
Porter, Robert Ker,
Narrative of the Campaign in Russia During the Year
1812, Hartford, 1814
Sheveleva, E.,
Nagrudnye Znaki Russkoi Armii, Saint-Petersburg, 1993
Pravoslavnaia Rus', San Francisco, 1978 July 17
Russkaia Zhizn', Jordanville, New York, 1968 July 17
Box 1
Miscellany, 1967.
Scope and Content Note
Defense Language Institute certificate of appreciation
Defense Language Institute certificate of appreciation awarded to George N. Markov, 1967
Box 1
Photographs, 1923-1994.
Scope and Content Note
Five prints related to the Russian imperial family, the Barantseff family, and the Russian emigration in China
1 print depicting Count Evgenii Barantseff, 1923
1 print depicting Colonel George Barantseff, 1994
1 print depicting the Russian imperial family, n.d.
1 print depicting Archbishop Nestor, 1934
1 print depicting the White Russian Volunteer Force, Tientsin(?), China, 1930s(?)
Box 2-3
Memorabilia, 1901-1930s.
Scope and Content Note
Badges and medals related to Imperial Russia and the Russian emigration in China, pocket watch from the workshop of Pavel
Bure, and Russian officer's sword. Arranged alphabetically by physical form
Gold-colored badge, bearing the cipher of Empress Mariia Feodorovna, given to Countess Barantseff in recognition of her support
for educational institutions under the empress's patronage, n.d.
3 membership badges issued by colonial clubs in Tientsin, China, 1930s
Silver medal bearing the likeness of Emperor Alexander II, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Remained in the possession of Count Barantseff and was never issued to the public
Silver medal bearing cipher of Emperor Nicholas II, awarded to combattants in the Boxer Rebellion, 1900-1901
Silver medal celebrating the tri-centennial of the Romanov dynasty, 1913
Pocket watch, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Silver with gold plate initials from the workshop of Pavel Bure, watchmaker to the court of Nicholas II
Box 3
Russian officer's sword, with pommel bearing the cipher of Emperor Nicholas II, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
The sword was broken in half so that Count Barantseff could smuggle it out of Russia and into Japan at the end of the Russian
Civil War
