Elena Varneck papers, 1930-1933

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Summary

Creators:
Varneck, Elena, 1891-1976
Abstract:
Research notes, drafts of writings, and translations, relating to a proposed publication entitled Revolution and Civil War In Siberia and the Far East, pertaining to events of the Russian Revolution and Civil War in Siberia.
Extent:
18 manuscript boxes (7.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Elena Varneck Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The Elena Varneck papers consist primarily of Elena Varneck's translations from Russian into English of published and unpublished materials. Much of the translations are from newspapers and serials. Various aspects of social conditions and events during the revolution and civil war in Siberia, 1917-1923, are made accessible in these translations. Some of these translations were used in Varneck's book The Testimony of Kolchak and Other Siberian Materials (1935).

In the writings series, E. Varneck's typescript autobiography details events and conditions in Russia prior to the 1917 Revolution. Included are various references to the educational system and military schools during that time. This series also reflects Varneck's own research and findings relating to the revolution and civil war in both Russia and Siberia.

There are also many translations on the same subject by E. Varneck of various manuscripts at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. These materials are cataloged by the name of author with an added entry under the name Elena Varneck. They are also accessible by using the appropriate subject heading in the card catalog.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1891
Born, Kiev, Russia
1917
Translator at the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., for the Provisional Government
1928-1929
Translator at the Harvard University Medical School
1929-1942
Research Associate at the Hoover Institution
1935
Editor of The Testimony of Kolchak and Other Siberian Materials, published by Stanford University Press
1942-1945
Translator at the U.S. Department of State and at the first United Nations Conference
1948-1951
Instructor of Russian language at Stanford University
1976
Died, Stanford, CA
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

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], Elena Varneck Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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