Register of the Boris Nikolaevich Kompaneiskii papers

Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Boris Nikolaevich Kompaneiskii papers

Date (inclusive): 1921-1973

Collection Number: 2001C15

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Russian

Physical Description: 1 microfilm reel (0.15 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Writings and miscellany, relating to physiology, Russian literature, and Russian émigré affairs. Microfilm.

Creator: Kompaneĭskiĭ, Boris Nikolaevich, 1885-1965

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

Acquired.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Boris Nikolaevich Kompaneiskii Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of Originals

Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.

Biographical Note

1885 November 18	Born, St. Petersburg, Russia
1908	Degree in physiology, St. Peterburg University, Russia
1924	Degree, psycho-physiology, Moscow State University, Soviet Union
1926-1941	Worked as a researcher and professor in various laboratories and institutes, including the Moscow Academy of Arts, the Herzen Pedagogical Institute and Institute for Brain Research, Leningrad, Soviet Union
1942	Arrives in Berlin, Germany
1943-1946	Researcher and laboratory director, Physiological Institute, University of Vienna, and Psychological Institute, University of Innsbruck, Austria
1948	Author, Zapiski bezbozhnika
1948-1965	Professor, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
1949	Author, Otets Aleksandr
1965	Died, Argentina
	Author, Kul'tura dushi i kul'tura dukha

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of the literary works of Boris Nikolaevich Kompaneiskii, a scientist specializing in human perception of color and light. He was also known to have used the pseudonym N. Kovalenskii.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Russian literature

Russians -- Argentina

Physiology

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1958-1973

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Curriculum vitae

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 1. Includes associated correspondence relating to the transfer of Kompaneiskii's writings to the Museum of Russian Culture by his widow, Lydia, 1973

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Miscellany

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 2. Includes partial inventory

WRITINGS 1921-1952

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"Iskuplenie," undated

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 3.Typescript

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"Iskusstvennyi bog," undated

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 4. Typescript

"Piat' chudes mira," undated

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Typescript

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Russian

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 5.

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English (entitled "The Five Miracles of the World")

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 6.

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"Practical Application of Dr. Kompaneysky's Research Works in Fine Arts," undated

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 7. Typescript

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"Practical Application of Dr. Kompaneysky's Work for Military Defence," undated

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 8. Typescript

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"Prizraki," undated

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 9. Typescript

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"Sozviezdie Khrista," undated

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 10. Printed copy

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"Sviatoi muchenik Uar," undated

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 11. Typescript

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"Volshebnyi obruch," undated

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 12. Typescript

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"Liubov' rebenka," 1921

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 13. Typescript

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"Iskushenie," 1921 March 20

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 14. Typescript

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"Glaza Meri," 1923 October 23

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 15. Typescript

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"Zhivye maski," 1923 November 25

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 16. Typescript

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"Inzhener," 1925 July 12

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 17. Typescript

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"Satana," 1931

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 18. Typescript

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"Ee dnevnik," 1932 August 12

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 19. Typescript

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"Oktologiia: Misteriia zemli," 1932 August 20

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 20. Typescript

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"Sv. Pelageia," 1933 September 20

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 21. Typescript

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"Gala," 1935 August 22

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 22. Typescript

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"Sv. Matrona," 1935 November 7

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 23. Typescript

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"Tret'e izmerenie," translation into Russian of a work by Edward Iversen 1936 August 5

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 24. Typescript

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"Vechnost'," 1937 November 9

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 25. Typescript

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"Puteshestvie po zvezdnym miram," 1945 May 28

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 26. Typescript

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Zapiski bezbozhnika 1948

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 27. Printed copy

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Otets Aleksandr 1949

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Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 28. Printed copy

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"New Principles in the Color Science," English abstract of "Nuevos Principios de la Ciencia del Color," Acta Argentina de Fisiologiia y Fisiopatologia 1952

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 29. Typescript