Loukashkin (Anatole S.) papers, 1901-1989

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Summary

Title:
Anatole S. Loukashkin papers
Dates:
1901-1989
Creators:
Loukashkin, Anatole S., 1902-1988
Abstract:
Speeches and writings, financial and legal records, minutes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Russian Center of San Francisco, the San Francisco newspaper Russkaia zhizn', and various aspects of Russian history and Russian émigré affairs.
Extent:
33 microfilm reels (5.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Anatole S. Loukashkin Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

A. S. Loukashkin was a biologist and the director of the Muzei Obshchestva izucheniia Man'chzhurskogo kraia in Harbin, China, and the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco, California. He also served on the boards of the Russian Center and Russian Life Corporation, which published the newspaper Russkaia zhizn' (San Francisco, California); two series so named reflect his activities in these organizations. The collection contains a small number of Loukashkin's scientific writings and a large quantity of collected materials on a variety of subjects, primarily Russians in China, the United States, and other countries. The PRINTED MATTER series contains rare issues of Russian émigré periodicals, especially those published in China.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1902 May 3
Born, Russia
1932
Appointed director, Muzei Obshchestva izucheniia Man'chzhurskogo kraia, Harbin, China
1941
Arrived, United States
1988 October 6
Died, San Francisco, California

A. S. Loukashkin was born in Liaoian, China, on 3 May 1902 (N.S.): his father was an employee of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Receiving his schooling in Chita, he returned to China following the Revolution, where he graduated from the Harbin Institute of Oriental and Commercial Studies. He worked as a curator of the Museum of the Society for the Study of Manchuria (Obshchestvo izucheniia Man'chzhurskogo kraia) in the 1930's. Upon arrival in the United States in 1941, he transferred his skills to the California Academy of Sciences, where he became an authority on the Pacific sardine (Sardinops Caerulea).

More significant was his participation in various Russian organizations: he was executive director of the Federatsiia russkikh blagotvoritel'nykh organizatsii (involved in helping Russian displaced persons relocate to the United States following the Second World War), served on the boards of the Russian Center of San Francisco and Russian Life Corporation, which published the newspaper Russkaia zhizn'. For over a decade (1954-1965) he served as director of the Museum of Russian Culture, in particular acquiring for it a voluminous amount of material about Russians in China. Loukaskin died in San Francisco on 6 October 1988.

Acquisition information:
Acquired.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
Date Encoded:
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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Anatole S. Loukashkin 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
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