Catherine A. Gumensky papers, 1913-1985

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Summary

Creators:
Gumensky, Catherine A., 1897-1988
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, financial records, clippings, and photographs, relating mainly to Russian émigré and family affairs.
Extent:
13 microfilm reels (2.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Catherine A. Gumensky papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Catherine A. Gumensky (Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Gumenskaia) was a California artist of local note. The collection contains materials relating to her work as an artist and other biographical data, as well as her children's stories. Of particular significance is the family file, which contains a large amount of correspondence (of Catherine, her mother Neonila Platonovna Aristova, and others) with family members in the Soviet Union and other countries from the 1920s through the 1980s, as well as writings of other family members.

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 the 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
1897 July 14 (N.S.)
Born, Kazan', Russia
1914-1917
Student, Moscow University, Moscow, Russia
1921
Arrived in the United States
Married Dmitrii B. Gumensky
1925
M.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, California
1927
Naturalized as a U.S. citizen
1932
Divorced Dmitrii B. Gumensky
1945-1952
Translator, U.S. Army, European High Command
1988
Died, Apple Valley, California
Acquisition information:
Acquired.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Russians -- United States

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], Catherine A. Gumensky 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
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