Leon Adlershteyn and Irina Bereznaya papers, 1910-2018

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Creators:: Adlershteĭn, Leon T︠S︡alimovich and Bereznaya, Irina
Abstract:: The Leon Adlershteyn and Irina Bereznaya papers includes memoirs, interviews, and correspondence relating to the lives of Adlershteyn, a naval architect and researcher, and his wife, a Russian/English translator.
Extent:: 7 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 2 optical disks (7.08 Linear Feet)
Language:: In English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Leon Adlershteyn and Irina Bereznaya papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: Includes memoirs, interviews, and correspondence relating to the lives of Adlershteyn and Bereznaya. Includes letters from Gulag forced labor camps, as well as documents and memoirs relating to World War II.
Biographical / historical:: Leon Adlershteyn (Leon T͡Salimovich Adlershteĭn) was born in 1925 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was a Naval architect and researcher. Adlershteyn survived internment in Gulag forced labor camps. Adlershteyn married Irina Bereznaya, a Russian/English translator, in 1962 and immigrated to the United States in 1994.
Acquisition information:: Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2019.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Personal narratives
Internment camps -- Soviet Union
Russians
Emigration and immigration
Russians -- United States
Personal correspondence
Interviews
Places:: Soviet Union -- Social conditions

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Restrictions:: Boxes 10-13 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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], Leon Adlershteyn and Irina Bereznaya papers, [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