Bunin family papers, 1795-2020

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Summary

Title:
Bunin family papers
Dates:
1795-2020
Creators:
Bunin family and Bunin, Boris Ivanovich
Abstract:
Writings, certificates, photographs, postcards, and miscellany relating to social conditions and rural life in Russia before the Russian Revolution, Russian émigré life in France and the United States, and activities of the right-wing Russian émigré group Mladorosskaia Partiia in France between the two world wars.
Extent:
14 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes (10.43 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian and English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

The Bunin family archives contain a variety of materials, including genealogical records, certificates, memoirs, correspondence, writings, printed documents, and photographs. These documents cover topics such as social conditions in pre-Revolutionary Russia, the Russian Imperial Army, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, émigré life in France and the United States, and the activities of the right-wing Russian émigré group Mladorosskaia Partiia in France between the World Wars. They also document the Russian Orthodox Church abroad. Notably, the archives feature a comprehensive family genealogical record. The collection includes numerous photographs of Bunin family members, Russian military officers from World War I and the Russian Revolution, as well as Tsar Alexander III, Tsar Nicholas II, and other members of the Romanov family.

Biographical / historical:

Family of Boris Ivanovich Bunin, Russian émigrés in France and the United States.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1990.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-23 09:50:19.129055

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], Bunin family 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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