Zdanski (Konstanty) papers, circa 1900-2015

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Title:: Konstanty Zdanski papers
Dates:: circa 1900-2015
Creators:: Zdanski, Konstanty
Abstract:: Memoirs and photographs relating to the Russian community in China and to Polish-Soviet trade relations.
Extent:: 2 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes (4.9 Linear Feet)
Language:: Russian
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Konstanty Zdanski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: The Konstanty Zdanski papers includes two memoirs covering his life in Harbin, repatriation to Poland in 1952, and his career as a Polish trade agent to the USSR. There is some poetry and other minor papers, as well as photo albums depicting family members, life in Harbin, the USSR, and Poland. There is also an album of photographs of the Smolnyi Institute circa 1905, from which Konstantin Zdanski's mother (E. Kubarovskaia) graduated.
Biographical / historical:: Konstanty Zdanski was a Polish-Russian resident of Harbin, China during the 1920s and 1930s; he subsequently served as a Polish trade agent in the Soviet Union.
Acquisition information:: Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2016.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Russians -- China
Places:: Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Poland -- Commerce -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Commerce -- Poland

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-01 17:01:36.269070

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Konstanty Zdanski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US