Overview of the Rapoport family papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Rapoport family papers

Date (inclusive): 1935-2013

Collection Number: 2017C10

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Russian

Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, digital media (0.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, personal documents, and photographs relating mainly to the "doctors' plot" arrests in the Soviet Union in 1952-1953.

Creator: Rapoport family

Creator: Rapoport, I͡A. L. (I͡Akov L'vovich)

Creator: Rapoport, Sofii͡a

Creator: Rapoport, N. I͡A. (Natal'i͡a I͡Akovlevna)

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

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Acquisition Information

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

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Rapoport family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Family of I͡A. L. Rapoport, Soviet physician and "doctors' plot" victim, his wife Sofii͡a Rapoport, a physiologist, and their daughter N. I͡A. Rapoport, a chemist.

Scope and Content of Collection

Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, personal documents, and photographs relating mainly to the "doctors' plot" arrests in the Soviet Union in 1952-1953.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Antisemitism -- Soviet Union

Science -- Soviet Union

Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953

Digital Materials undated

Scope and Contents

1 USB flash drive containing Nataliia Rapoport's writings, correspondence, copies of biographical documents, photographs, and documents relating to her academic work. Also includes YA.L. Rapoport's biographical documents and photographs.

Conditions Governing Access

Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.

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