Guide to the Nina Shestakoff Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Nina Shestakoff Collection
Creator:
Shestakoff, Nina, 1919-2013
Identifier/Call Number: OCH.NSC
Extent:
2.29 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1927-1949
Abstract: Nina (Deniakin) Shestakoff was born in
1919, and moved to Shanghai from Russia with her family, where her father worked as a
lighthouse keeper for multiple lighthouses in China. Shestakoff attended boarding school at
both the St. Joseph Convent and the St. Francis School for Girls. The collection consists of
copies of photographs and photocopied family albums from the 1930s and 1940s, along with
descriptions of the photographs provided by Shestakoff. Also included in the collection is a
painting done by Shestakoff of the Pei-Yu-Shan lighthouse off the China coast, where her
father was the lighthouse keeper.
Language of Material: English
Biographical Information:
Nina (Deniakin) Shestakoff was born in 1919, and moved to Shanghai from Russia with her
family, where her father worked as a lighthouse keeper for multiple lighthouses in China.
Shestakoff attended boarding school at both the St. Joseph Convent and the St. Francis
School for Girls. She married Alex Shestakoff and eventually settled in California before
her death in 2013.
Scope and Contents
The
Nina Shestakoff Collection consists of copies of
photographs and photocopied family albums from the family's life in China during the 1930s
and 1940s, along with descriptions of the photographs provided by Shestakoff. Also included
in the collection is a painting done by Shestakoff of the Pei-Yu-Shan lighthouse off the
China coast, where her father was the lighthouse keeper.
Related Material
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Nina Shestakoff, 2004
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Jessica Geiser, 2013
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Photographs
Box 1, Folder 1
Black Portfolio - Photocopies and Descriptions,
1927-1949
Box 1, Folder 2
Shanghai - Nanking - Tientsin & Peking Railroad Photographs and
History,
ca. 1930-ca. 1939
Box 1, Folder 3
Shestakoff's Mother's Lighthouse Photograph Album - Photocopies and
Descriptions,
1932-1951
Box 1, Folder 4
Steno-Typist Academy Group Photograph,
1938
Box 1, Folder 5
Miscellaneous Photographs and Descriptions
Box 2, Item 1
Painting of Pei-Yu-Shan Lighthouse done by Shestakoff,
1938
