Totomiants (Vakhan Fomich) papers, 1923-1951

Printable guide [HTML]
Request items

Summary

Title:
Vakhan Fomich Totomiants papers
Dates:
1923-1951
Creators:
Totomiant͡s, Vakhan F. (Vakhan Fomich), 1875-1964
Abstract:
Writings and biographical data, relating to economic cooperative movements and theory, and to Russian émigré affairs.
Extent:
1 microfilm reel (0.15 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Vakhan Fomich Totomiants papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Vakhan F. Totomiants was a prominent theorist of economic cooperation, with many published works on the subject to his credit. This collection contains a number of his newspaper articles, reviews of his works and unpublished writings, particularly on economic subjects.

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
1875 February 3
Born, Astrakhan', Russia
1898
Ph.D., University of Brussels, Belgium
1915
Ph.D., Kiev University
1918
Author, Teoriia kooperatsii
1921
Author, Istoriia ekonomicheskikh i sotsial'nykh uchenii
1922-1930
Taught at several universities and institutes in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1923
Author, Osnovy kooperatsii
1943
Author, Iz moikh vospominanii
1956
Author, Iz istorii russkoi ekonomicheskoi mysli

Vakhan Fomich Totomiants was born into an Armenian family in Astrakhan' on 3 February 1875. He graduated from the University of Brussels (1898) and received his Ph. D. from the University of Kiev (1915). As a specialist in cooperative economics, he wrote several treatises on cooperatives and economics in general: Teoriia kooperatsii (1918), Istoriia ekonomicheskikh i sotsial'nykh uchenii (1921), Osnovy kooperatsii (1923), and Iz istorii russkoi ekonomicheskoi mysli (1956).

Generally considered to be one of the leading figures in the field, he taught in Kharkov', Kiev, Moscow and St. Petersburg, and following his emigration from Russia at several universities and institutes in Germany, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria between the wars.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2001.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-06-28 17:11:04.235272

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], Vakhan Fomich Totomiants 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
Website