Description
Materials assembled by Alex N. Kniazeff, including diaries, photo albums, family
papers and papers re Russian organizations in the U.S., especially San Francisco.
Background
Alexis Nicolas Kniazeff was born in Tsitsihar Station (Manchuria, China) on August 5, 1909. His father,
Nikolai Ivanovich Kniazeff, an officer of the Russian Imperial Army Engineering Troops, and his mother,
Nadiezhda Shabanova, a Red Cross nurse during the war, were married after the Russian-Japanese War in
1905 and decided to remain in the Far East. During the Civil War, his father was a commandant of the
Manchuria station, and then an assistant commandant for the city of Harbin, where Alexis went to high
school. He graduated from the American Methodist College in 1927.
Extent
Number of containers: 1 box, 39 cartons, 1 oversize box
Linear feet: 49.25
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
Availability
Collection is open for research.