Register of the Anatole Alexandrovich Efimoff papers

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Title: Anatole Alexandrovich Efimoff papers
Date (inclusive): 1909-1981
Collection Number: 2016C20
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (2.51 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, personal documents, printed matter, photographs, and miscellany relating to art and to Russian émigré affairs.
Creator: Efimoff, Anatole Alexandrovich, 1897-1981
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2016.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Anatole Alexandrovich Efimoff papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Russian artist; émigré in China and the United States.

Scope and Content of the Collection

Correspondence, personal documents, printed matter, photographs, and miscellany relating to art and to Russian émigré affairs.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Russians -- United States
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Russians -- China
Art

 

Biographical File 1937-1981

box 1, folder 1

Addresses of A. A. Efimoff's associates and friends undated

box 1, folder 2

Brief biographies 1981

Scope and Contents

Contains The Anatole Efimoff Story, 1897-1981 and Presenting…The Peking Collection by Anatole A. Efimoff, 1897-1981
box 1, folder 3

Concert programs 1937-1943

Scope and Contents

Contains programs of his solo performances of his "Velikorusskii Orkestr" ("Великкорусский оркестр")
box 1, folder 4-6

Employment records 1949-1959

Scope and Contents

Contains records of his work at the Russian High School for Girls in Shanghai, the Russian Hospital in Shanghai and on Tubabao Island, and as an art instructor in Los Angeles
box 1, folder 7

Identity papers 1947-1965, undated

box 1, folder 8

Immigation and naturalization records 1941-1956

box 1, folder 9-14

Legal and medical records 1972-1981

Scope and Contents

Advance health directive, death certificate, desposition of his collection, funeral and final expenses, last will and testament, power of attorney
box 1, folder 15

Letters of appreciation and introduction 1938-1964

box 1, folder 16

Miscellaneous 1950-1963

 

Correspondence 1951-1981

box 1, folder 17

Outgoing correspondence 1973-1981, undated

Scope and Contents

Greeting cards and a letter from A. A. Efimoff to James and Eleanor Jacobson
box 1, folder 18

"Nicole" 1966

box 1, folder 19

Pacificulture Foundation 1980

box 1, folder 20

Radio and Television Women of Southern California 1965

Scope and Contents

Regarding A. A. Efimoff's portrait of actress Domma Reid
box 1, folder 21

Rosicrucian Egyptian, Oriental Museum 1951

box 1, folder 22

Yorty, Sam 1973

 

Exhibitions and Shows 1937-1980

box 1, folder 23

List of exhibitions undated

Scope and Contents

Provides locations and dates from 1937 to 1980
box 1, folder 24

Catalogs, clippings and invitations, Shanghai 1937-1940

box 1, folder 25

"Temples and Palaces of Old Peking" 1951-1952

box 1, folder 26

"Los Angeles Then and Now" 1953

box 1, folder 27

Painting of Chief Justice Earl Warren's birthplace 1954-1959

box 1, folder 28

"30 Years in China" 1954

box 1, folder 29

Women's Club of Hollywood 1955

box 1, folder 30

Still life demonstration, Business Men's Art Institute 1957

box 1, folder 31

"People and Places in the Society Islands" 1965

box 1, folder 32

"Old Peking: Paintings of Palaces, Temples and Street Life in China" 1980

 

Writings 1937

box 1, folder 33

"The Fine Art of Miniature Painting" undated

box 1, folder 34

Poetry by anonymous author, dedicated to A. A. Efimoff circa 1937

 

Printed Matter 1938-1964

box 1, folder 35

The Walla Walla U.S. Marine Newsweekly 1938

Scope and Contents

Vol. X, No. 46 (April 23, 1938). Contains photographs of A. A. Efimoff's portraits of Lt. Colonel C. C. Cates (page 16) and Major G. D. Hamilton (page 18)
box 1, folder 36

Map of Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora 1964

 

Photographs and Artwork 1909-1966

box 1, folder 37

Caricature of A. A. Efimoff circa 1940

Scope and Contents

Done for North-China Daily News by Sapajou (artistic nom de plume of Georgii Avksent'evich Sapozhnikov)
box 1, folder 38

Efimoff family, Ufa, Russia circa 1910

Scope and Contents

A. A. Efimov is seated second from the left, between his father and his brother and mother
box 2, folder 1

Leonid Alexandrovich Efimoff 1909-1917

Scope and Contents

2 mounted photographs of A. A. Efimoff's brother
box 2, folder 2-3

A. A. Efimoff undated

Scope and Contents

19 prints, including some passport and I.D. photographs
box 2, folder 4

A. A. Efimoff - 8" x 10" photographs 1961, undated

Scope and Contents

2 enlarged portrait prints and 3 prints depicting A. A. Efimoff instructing an art student, seated in front of his works, and lecturing in a library
box 2, folder 5

Group photographs with A. A. Efimoff undated

Scope and Contents

6 prints taken in Harbin and unidentified locations in China
box 2, folder 6-7

A. A. Efimoff and his Russian folk instrument orchestra circa 1937-1943

Scope and Contents

7 prints
box 2, folder 8

A. A. Efimoff and others, Tubabao Island, Philippines circa 1950

Scope and Contents

6 prints of A. A. Efimoff with other Russian refugees and Filipinos
box 2, folder 9

A. A. Efimoff and exhibits of his works in Shanghai circa 1937-1940

Scope and Contents

9 prints and 3 mounted prints
box 2, folder 10

Painting presentation 1954

Scope and Contents

Presentation of Efimoff's painting of Chief Justice Earl Warren's birthplace
box 2, folder 11

Painting demonstration 1957

Scope and Contents

2 prints depicting A. A. Efimoff demonstrating a still life painting
box 2, folder 12

Painting presentation, Los Angeles 1960

Scope and Contents

2 prints depicting A. A. Efimoff presenting his protrait of Mr. and Mrs. Dorn
box 2, folder 13

Painting presentation, Los Angeles circa 1963

Scope and Contents

2 prints depicting A. A. Efimoff presenting his portrait of former Los Angeles Mayor F. T. Woodman amd 1 print of the portrait
box 2, folder 14

A. A. Efimoff's leaving Tahiti for Los Angeles circa 1964

Scope and Contents

2 clippings of photographs
box 2, folder 15

A. A. Efimoff at home, Los Angeles undated

Scope and Contents

12 color prints depicting A. A. Efimoff in his home and garden
box 2, folder 16

A. A. Efimoff at work and with his artworks undated

Scope and Contents

14 prints
box 2, folder 17

A. A. Efimoff instructing art students, Los Angeles undated

Scope and Contents

2 prints
box 2, folder 18

Miniatures by A. A. Efimoff circa 1937

Scope and Contents

6 prints
box 2, folder 19

Paintings by A. A. Efimoff, Tsingtao, China 1932-1935, undated

Scope and Contents

5 prints
box 2, folder 20

Paintings by A. A. Efimoff, Peking, China 1933-1939, undated

Scope and Contents

17 prints
box 2, folder 21

Portraits by A. A. Efimoff, China 1935-1940, undated

Scope and Contents

12 prints
box 2, folder 22

Portraits by A. A. Efimoff, Philippines 1950

Scope and Contents

6 prints
box 2, folder 23

Paintings by A. A. Efimoff undated

Scope and Contents

2 prints depicting a Russian village scene and a Chinese man
box 2, folder 24

Chinese gate, unidentified location undated

box 2, folder 25

Iurii Vladimirovich Egeberg 1911

Scope and Contents

1 print of a boxing champion
box 2, folder 26

Gimnaziia imeni A. S. Pushkina (Гимназия имени А. С. Пушкина), Harbin 1930, undated

Scope and Contents

2 small mounted prints depicting staff (including A. A. Efimoff) and students of this Russian high school
box 2, folder 27

Interior of Russian Orthodox chapel , Harbin circa 1930

box 2, folder 28

"Nicole" and husband, France 1966

Scope and Contents

1 color print
box 2, folder 29

Soldiers and nurse, Ufa, Russia undated

Scope and Contents

1 mounted print depicting 6 Russian soldiers and a nurse
box 3, folder 1

News clipping with copy of painting, "Temple of the Cypress Grove, Peking" 1938

Scope and Contents

The clipping was taken from the North China Daily News, Magazine Supplement.