Register of the I. V. Gessen papers

Finding aid prepared by Ronald Bulatoff
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Title: I. V. Gessen papers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1920
Collection Number: 38005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Russian and English
Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes (1.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, letters, and leaflets relating to the White Army in the Russian Civil War. Includes two translations of I. V. Gessen's memoirs, V Dvukh Vekakh, one entitled Reminiscences, translated into English from the Russian by E. Varneck, and a second entitled Legality versus Autocracy, edited and annotated by Ladis K. D. Kristof. Reminiscences also available on microfilm (1 reel).
Creator: Varneck, Elena, 1891-1976
Creator: Gessen, I. V. (Iosif Vladimirovich), 1866-1943
Creator: Kristof, Ladis K. D.
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

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1938.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], I. V. Gessen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternate Forms Available

Reminiscences translation, (box 3 folder 5 and box 4 folder 1) also available on microfilm (1 reel).

Biographical Note

1866 Born, Odessa, Russia
1885 Arrested and imprisoned in St. Petersburg, Russia
  Exiled to Vologda Province, Russia
1896-1905 Attorney at the Russian Ministry of Justice
1905 Member, Kadet Central Committee
1919 Left Russia
1920s-1930s Leading émigré figure in Berlin
  Editor, Rul' (Berlin)
  Editor, Rech' (Berlin)
1921-1937 Editor, Arkhiv Russkoi Revoliutsii (Berlin)
1937 Author, V Dvukh Vekakh, Berlin
1943 Died, New York City

Scope and Content of Collection

Reports, letters, and leaflets relating to the White Army in the Russian Civil War. Includes two translations of I. V. Gessen's memoirs, V Dvukh Vekakh, one entitled Reminiscences, translated into English from the Russian by E. Varneck, and a second entitled Legality versus Autocracy, edited and annotated by Ladis K. D. Kristof.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Konstitut͡sionno-demokraticheskai͡a partii͡a

 

V Dvukh Vekakh

Scope and Contents note

Typewritten English translations by Ladis K. D. Kristof and Elena Varneck of the book by I. V. Gessen originally published in Russian.
box 1, folder 1-6

Drafts with annotations

box 2, folder 1-4

Drafts with annotations

box 2, folder 5

Legality Versus Authority - The Memoirs of I. V. Gessen, translated and edited by Ladis K. D. Kristof

box 3, folder 1-4

Legality Versus Authority - The Memoirs of I. V. Gessen, translated and edited by Ladis K. D. Kristof

box 3, folder 5

Reminiscences, translated by Elena Varneck

box 4, folder 1

Reminiscences, translated by Elena Varneck

box 4, folder 2

Miscellany 1919-1920

Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous reports, correspondence, leaflets, and other material relating to the operations of the White Russian Army during the Russian Civil War in South Russia.