Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Iď¸ A︡kovlev, Lev Nikolaevich, 1888-
- Abstract:
- Lev I͡Akovlev was a Russian Imperial Navy officer who immigrated to the United States and became a musical critic in the San Francisco Bay Area. The collection contains personal papers, photographs, printed materials, and correspondence.
- Extent:
- 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In Russian and English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lev I͡Akovlev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Personal papers, photographs, printed materials, and correspondence, reflecting Iakovlev's activity assisting Russian émigré students to immigrate to the United States and promoting Russian arts and music in America. Includes rare printed materials (music and performance guides from the 1930s and 1940s) and correspondence with prominent émigrés including George Guins and Rodion Berezov.
- Biographical / historical:
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Russian Imperial Navy officer who first came to the United States in a government mission and stayed after the revolution, becoming a musical critic in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2021.
- Processing information:
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An accession inventory is a basic description of an archival collection (or a part thereof) for which a detailed finding aid has yet to be created. Additionally, no attempt at intellectual arrangement has been made. The depth of description varies depending on the format of the materials and the amount of pre-existing description when the materials were acquired. An accession inventory might also be labeled as such if it is a fully digital collection, in which the digital files have yet to be processed.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lev I͡Akovlev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563