Valentina Chelishcheva collection, 1897-1990

Summary

Creators:

Chelishcheva, Valentina, Chelishchev, Viktor Nikolaevich, 1870-1952, and Cheremshanskiĭ, I͡Urĭ Apollonovich, b. 1898

Abstract:

Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, personal documents, certificates, printed matter, and photographs relating to Russian émigrés in China, Czechoslovakia and Germany after the Russian Revolution. Includes papers of and writings by various émigrés, including Viktor Nikolaevich Chelishchev and I͡Uriĭ Apollonovich Cheremshanskĭ.

Extent:

7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (4.5 Linear Feet)

Language:

In Russian and English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Valentina Chelishcheva collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, personal documents, certificates, printed matter, and photographs relating to Russian émigrés in China, Czechoslovakia and Germany after the Russian Revolution. Includes papers of and writings by various émigrés, including Viktor Nikolaevich Chelishchev and I͡Uriĭ Apollonovich Cheremshanskĭ.

Biographical / historical:

See chronology

Chronology

Date	Event
1905 May 30	Born, Ekaterinoslav, Russian Empire
1928 November 4	Married Viktor Viktorovich Chelishchev (Tchelistcheff) in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1929 October 24	Birth of son Viktor
1943 September 15	Birth of daughter Maria
1948 March 23	Arrived in the United States

Acquisition information:

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2017.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 6 series: Biographical file, Family file, Iurii Apollonovich Cheremshanskii file, Subject file, Photographs, Printed matter, and Oversize file

Physical location:

Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Some of Iurii Apollonovich Cheremshanskii's correspondence is in Georgii Cheremshanskii letters received; Iustina Vladimirovna Kruzenshtern-Peterets Papers (Box 1, Folder 16); Georgii Pavlovich Larin Papers (Box 1, Folder 13); and Ivan Alekseevich Poliakov Papers (Box 4, Folder 35). Some of his immigration documents are in the Valentine F. Morozoff Papers (Box 1, Folder 5).

Related material can also be found in the Iurii Apollonovich Cheremshanskii Papers, Columbia University Library. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Cheremshanskii's letters to Peter Balakshin are among the P. P. Balakshin Papers (Box 3, Folder 3), University of California, Berkeley. Bancroft Library

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Russians -- China
Russians -- Czechoslovakia
Russinas -- Germany

Names:

Chelishcheva, Valentina

Places:

Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Valentina Chelishcheva collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:

Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US

Contact:

(650) 723-3563

hooverarchives@stanford.edu

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